Evelyn Keyes, Truman Capote--1977 TV Interview

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  • čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
  • Evelyn Keyes discusses her revealing Hollywood expose "Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister" and her marriages to John Huston, Charles Vidor and Artie Shaw in this revealing 1977 interview, joined by Truman Capote and Steve Allen.

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  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Před 7 měsíci +30

    Talk shows in the 70s were sooooo good!!!! I was a kid then but i would watch all these talk shows even when i did not understand who the guests were - because everyone was so fascinating & entertaining. There is nothing like it now. And celebrities of today are not very interesting…….😊

    • @cindymaceda2999
      @cindymaceda2999 Před 6 měsíci +4

      And the guests then talked. They didn’t have to play a silly game or do some stupid thing.

    • @margieshelnutt9006
      @margieshelnutt9006 Před 5 měsíci

      DITTO!!!!!

    • @margieshelnutt9006
      @margieshelnutt9006 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I would love to read this book now that I’m older. I love that Steve Allen is engrossed in the book. Probably checking to see if he’s in it and Truman is giggling like a teenager. So you know all the men are impressed.

    • @kevinwhelan9607
      @kevinwhelan9607 Před 3 měsíci

      The awful truth.

  • @desertwind306
    @desertwind306 Před 6 měsíci +14

    I was watching Truman Capote on talk shows in the late Sixties when I was a teenager, and was very fasinated by him. Who is this man with such a strange voice, and such good stories that everyone wants to hear. Have been a fan ever since. Now I am into finding out all I can about Evelyn Keyes. Awesome seeing them here together.

    • @dennisgallagher
      @dennisgallagher Před 6 měsíci +1

      I just watched her in "Johnny O'Clock" last night. She and the movie were both very good.

    • @beatricewoods8377
      @beatricewoods8377 Před 6 měsíci

      Loved Truman watched him when ever he was on talk shows

    • @beatricewoods8377
      @beatricewoods8377 Před 6 měsíci +1

      No problem with his voice I just love him on talk shows in the 60s. Truly missed.. ❤️

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 Před 5 lety +41

    What a hoot! Steve Allen was real bookaholic. Through the whole interview he sits there READING Evelyn's book! On national TV! I've never seen anything like it.

  • @mwj5368
    @mwj5368 Před 5 lety +27

    Wow! Truman's creative mind-set and so spontaneous! He flows with metaphor and verisimilitude and his concept of what constitutes beauty. I could see Steve Allen in a sense practically levitate from his chair ha! I wish he had been conducting the interview as I was taken by Truman's unique semblance of beauty, his means of which he perceived beauty in Charlie Chaplin in his old age, of what for Truman transcended age. It was a flashing and magical moment. I think that Truman's visuals were metaphorically reaching into Charlie's soul, the depth of his character, a true creative genius. I could see Evelyn beginning to connect with it too, a connection to what for me would have developed even further into what was for me the best part of the whole interview. Thanks Alan Eichler for posting this!

  • @francishedges3903
    @francishedges3903 Před 3 lety +13

    Evelyn Keyes was such a lovely Lady. I saw her in the national touring company of No,No Nanette and she was Fabulous.

    • @RobbGF
      @RobbGF Před 3 lety +1

      The Evelyn Keyes Movie Collection: czcams.com/play/PLA9dyopf8noPL_B2_XKbLksOQMDYe7GUl.html

  • @susancarter2365
    @susancarter2365 Před 4 lety +12

    Truman Capote is so interesting. One of my friends had a photo shoot with him. He enjoyed that shoot.

  • @citizen1163
    @citizen1163 Před 5 lety +14

    Her book is still relevant today. What amazes me about Chaplin is how he went from extreme poverty in London to a mansion high above Lake Geneva! What a man!

    • @AABB-zb6dv
      @AABB-zb6dv Před 4 lety +3

      I always thought about that as well. In 10 years he went from extreme poverty and sleeping in orphan shelters to being biggest star ever. Fascinating.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 Před rokem +2

      And yet back when VCR's came in Chaplin had an entire library shelf of Benny Hill shows and loved to watch him.
      It was the English music hall tradition he came from.

    • @gregorypalmer5403
      @gregorypalmer5403 Před rokem

      @@poetcomic1 As did Julie Andrews, later !

    • @cindymaceda2999
      @cindymaceda2999 Před 6 měsíci

      Bizarre how he got away with sleeping with underage girls with impunity because he was adored by the world.

    • @cindymaceda2999
      @cindymaceda2999 Před 6 měsíci

      And Tina Turner, too ! From picking cotton to becoming the biggest superstar & ending up living in a mansion in Zurich.

  • @catmother4214
    @catmother4214 Před rokem +10

    Love her! I still watch her movies on CZcams. ♥️♥️♥️

  • @zuckertuschi2842
    @zuckertuschi2842 Před 5 lety +16

    Just loving T.C.; such a beautiful but misunderstood soul.

    • @Mutasis_Mutandis
      @Mutasis_Mutandis Před 2 lety +2

      Hmmm. He wrote some pretty damning things regarding his socialite friends, betraying them all. Did you hear of “Answered Prayers?”

    • @cherylpelletier3165
      @cherylpelletier3165 Před 6 měsíci

      He was a writer

  • @wadesutton3510
    @wadesutton3510 Před 6 lety +7

    I read and loved her book.I met the lady here in NOrleans in early 80.sh. We had Two great talks.Miss her.

  • @angerjane
    @angerjane Před rokem +11

    Four very smart people

  • @Modmansf
    @Modmansf Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you Mr. Eichler for sharing this. Merv G. seemed to engage some of the most entertaining and accomplished people as guesrs. It's a pleasure to see these and I hope there are more to follow.

  • @medavog
    @medavog Před rokem +9

    love he wrap dress possibly DVF

  • @claroscureaux50
    @claroscureaux50 Před 8 lety +17

    Thank you for posting this. I read her memoir years back in the 80s, have read many many many more bios and memoirs since, and her book still stands out as one of the funniest and most honest of the lot. Very intelligent woman.

    • @aeichler
      @aeichler  Před 8 lety +2

      Thanks. Here's another: czcams.com/video/R0jOjjAlS24/video.html

    • @aeichler
      @aeichler  Před 8 lety +1

      And another: czcams.com/video/hfDNATFxu-s/video.html

    • @JeffRebornNow
      @JeffRebornNow Před 7 lety +4

      Alan, Capote went on many television shows yet the record of his appearances isn't here on CZcams. It's very scant, and most are only snippets. Too bad, really. I wish more people would post his appearances. I know he went on Cavett during during this period of his life, when Dick had an abbreviated half-hour show. It's nowhere to be found.

    • @TheTibmeister
      @TheTibmeister Před 5 lety +1

      claroscureaux i read it back in the 80s and it was refreshing to read something so honest and intelligent.

    • @SJ-ni6iy
      @SJ-ni6iy Před 2 lety +3

      I had never really heard of this woman and only came across this because of Capote but I definitely want to read it now. I’m shocked at how candid she is, it’s nice to see someone being genuine.

  • @rogerparis
    @rogerparis Před 2 lety +4

    Wow! That was truly remarkable and fascinating conversations. I did wonder why Steve Allen seemed slightly uncomfortable in greeting her and didn’t shake her hand.

  • @geneinpennsylvania
    @geneinpennsylvania Před 4 lety +10

    She tells stories like we are all in on the joke and we aren't

    • @lawsonj39
      @lawsonj39 Před rokem +1

      True--but as she keeps talking she brings us into her world.

  • @johnm2631
    @johnm2631 Před 5 lety +10

    1977 AMAZING, Humans are humans.

  • @Thomas-fu8vp
    @Thomas-fu8vp Před 4 lety +7

    On every interview Truman did he rubbed his eyes constantly.

  • @taraniso
    @taraniso Před 8 lety +14

    She's really interesting. Griffin became bored and turned back to Truman, who took forever to recall one minor trip to see Chaplin. Wish he'd stuck with Evelyn.

    • @RobbGF
      @RobbGF Před 3 lety +1

      The Evelyn Keyes Movie Collection: czcams.com/play/PLA9dyopf8noPL_B2_XKbLksOQMDYe7GUl.html

    • @Jasper7182009
      @Jasper7182009 Před 3 lety +6

      But to have Capote relate this was a gem. A wonderful reflection on Chaplin.

  • @djackman4229
    @djackman4229 Před 5 lety +4

    john huston said she decorated their house all in white - to her taste, not his.

  • @Conn30Mtenor
    @Conn30Mtenor Před 3 lety +4

    She was married to Artie Shaw. I can see why.

  • @770WT
    @770WT Před 4 lety +6

    Merv seems disturbed Keyes wrote the book .

  • @dalenelson7161
    @dalenelson7161 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Half-baked career, I wouldn't say that.
    She was a hottie back then.

  • @nashvillespiker
    @nashvillespiker Před 2 lety +8

    Truman was so out of it during the last years of his life, it is hard to believe that he was once a great writer. He couldn't even speak coherently at that point.

  • @lindahughes2289
    @lindahughes2289 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Evelyn just came to a great conclusion on her life AND what's his face just abruptly cut her.off and turned to Truman and talked to him ! Never.seen such a rude cutoff,ever!

  • @sibengerard1856
    @sibengerard1856 Před 4 lety +9

    one can hardly imagine what Truman. would have achieved without the distractions of Hollywood.

  • @ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes
    @ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes Před rokem +2

    Thanks! The Evelyn Keyes Movie Channel - www.youtube.com/@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes

  • @CarolineChiasson
    @CarolineChiasson Před rokem +4

    She is quite funny! I loved her book when I was a teenager but when I re read it as an adult, I found it to be a little gossipy.

  • @gabriellebernard198
    @gabriellebernard198 Před 2 lety +3

    Strange to hear Truman talk about Chaplin,:he would die later that year

  • @rrookie28
    @rrookie28 Před 5 lety +3

    She mentioned 4th of July describing her husband and she died on 4th of July. @4:03"

    • @citizen1163
      @citizen1163 Před 5 lety +3

      Max Rookie She was about 61 years old here. Natural beauty.

  • @bramblebop1904
    @bramblebop1904 Před 4 lety +1

    I read this book.

  • @michaeldoyle6702
    @michaeldoyle6702 Před 6 lety +6

    Wonder if Griffin was out to Capote.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 Před 6 lety +5

      merv was a well known gay man...ava gabor only fooled the rubes....in fact if you were perceptive you would see merv put his boyfriends on camera who were sitting in the audience

    • @Valkonnen
      @Valkonnen Před 5 lety +11

      Yes, people like him, Rock Hudson and Roddy McDowell were known by everyone in the industry to be gay, but they kept it out of the media.

    • @Valkonnen
      @Valkonnen Před 5 lety +3

      @@jadezee6316 Merv wasn't the director of the show. Where the camera went during a taping was not something that Merv can control. That's why all of the cameramen have headphones on. They're taking direction from the Director.

    • @desertwind306
      @desertwind306 Před 6 měsíci +3

      When I read the book about Merv Griffin I was shocked when he talked of being with Marlon Brando. lol! Will never think of Brando the same again.

  • @gregoryboyd7176
    @gregoryboyd7176 Před 3 lety +2

    I noticed that Keyes still never mentioned her most famous marriage - to Al Jolson. By most accounts (certainly hers when she rarely DOES talk about it) it was a marriage from Hell.

    • @aeichler
      @aeichler  Před 3 lety +6

      It was Ruby Keeler who was married to Jolson. Evelyn Keyes played a character based on Ruby in the film "The Jolson Story" with Larry Parks.

    • @gregoryboyd7176
      @gregoryboyd7176 Před 3 lety +2

      @@aeichler You're absolutely RIGHT! BTW: after watching that video I ordered a copy of her book!

  • @user-oe6yn7vi3k
    @user-oe6yn7vi3k Před 5 měsíci +1

    She comes across to me as slightly daffy. She has great stories though. Oh my, and then Capote on Chaplin - superb.

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I didn't find him superb at all when he was drunk/high

  • @stacyblue1980
    @stacyblue1980 Před 2 lety +5

    Just fkn admit which wife you were! I'm falling asleep here!

  • @kennithumperovitch1580
    @kennithumperovitch1580 Před 8 lety +7

    Sat in jail for three months! This and the Bible were my two favorite books to read!

    • @efilperpenfuhrer
      @efilperpenfuhrer Před 8 lety +2

      So WHAT did You Do? I'm a Tough Kitty just Let Out. Don't Ask.

  • @MsJoybird1
    @MsJoybird1 Před 6 měsíci +2

    This woman is NUTS!

  • @maggieb369
    @maggieb369 Před 2 lety +6

    Merv was a good host

  • @BisonBabe
    @BisonBabe Před 6 měsíci +1

    Everyone is so impressed with themselves….😂

  • @suzannefarrington4143
    @suzannefarrington4143 Před 6 měsíci

    She was married to Artie Shaw from 1957 to 1985.

  • @grecogrant2511
    @grecogrant2511 Před 8 lety +1

    "you don't have to go all out" but we did, I liked her but hate the tell all stuff

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 Před 6 lety +3

    capote talks of chaplins beauty here....is not far fetched....as a young man he was described that way...ironically when he dressed as a woman.....for his art

  • @gregoryreese7686
    @gregoryreese7686 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It was said that when Evelyn walked in room ßhe turned all heads of the men in the room.

  • @helencrawshaw5227
    @helencrawshaw5227 Před rokem +1

    More Truman and Steve and less merv 6:18

  • @calamistify
    @calamistify Před 6 lety +15

    Her intonation sucks, she prattles on....boring. I too would rather talk with Truman.

    • @Jasper7182009
      @Jasper7182009 Před 3 lety +2

      … I found her fascinating. I had no idea she was married to so many powerful men.

  • @erwinwoodedge4885
    @erwinwoodedge4885 Před rokem +8

    The seventies and eighties really were the lowpoint of fashion.

  • @VictrolaJazz
    @VictrolaJazz Před 3 lety +1

    Bad 70's color! An overall yellowish tint to match the yellow clothes!

  • @paulamiles9559
    @paulamiles9559 Před rokem

    She thinks she's now married to Artie Shaw.

  • @hankochai
    @hankochai Před 3 lety +8

    She comes off as a real narcissist.

  • @fidobarks
    @fidobarks Před 6 lety +2

    luv her, fun gal....

    • @fidobarks
      @fidobarks Před 6 lety

      she looks awesome, gr8 spirit

  • @donseiler1307
    @donseiler1307 Před 6 měsíci +1

    She doesnt answer any questions.
    🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  • @JohnnyTubeNYC
    @JohnnyTubeNYC Před 5 lety +4

    I think Truman and Merv were a tad gay.

  • @johnm2631
    @johnm2631 Před 5 lety

    19,546 XO

  • @johnkeyes2045
    @johnkeyes2045 Před 7 lety

    acorn antiques in background.

  • @francesm5978
    @francesm5978 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Flaky.

  • @HughKAyers
    @HughKAyers Před 6 lety +1

    Big Daddy! The Big Daddy Syndrome!

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Před 6 lety

      Burl Ives couldn't have said it better himself !!

  • @donseiler1307
    @donseiler1307 Před 6 měsíci +3

    She is very boring.

  • @wintercame
    @wintercame Před 6 měsíci +1

    Who dressed Truman?? Yikes!

  • @ellataylor6060
    @ellataylor6060 Před 4 lety

    clicked on this in error . They made me feel queasy . Uck.

  • @marilynskrepich9548
    @marilynskrepich9548 Před 5 lety +1

    Was Merv gay?

    • @Valkonnen
      @Valkonnen Před 5 lety +7

      Yes...Gay as a Hatter.

    • @edglebennett6312
      @edglebennett6312 Před 4 lety +2

      Why do you care about his sexual orientation?

    • @robertn800
      @robertn800 Před 2 lety +3

      Gat 🌈 as Picnic 🧺 Basket 🥳

    • @gregorypalmer5403
      @gregorypalmer5403 Před rokem +3

      @@edglebennett6312 Exactly. Why do some people dwell on it? Do we talk publicly about our daily bm's ? Is that next ? Polygamy ? Very few normal people are interested in some other person's bodily functions, or fluids with other people. Sorry to be indelicate but aren't we done yet with this sad sad self-centered blather?
      And why did Capote talk in Baby Talk? Didn't anyone find that disturbing? He had to be 45 -50 years old !

    • @edglebennett6312
      @edglebennett6312 Před rokem +3

      @@gregorypalmer5403 LOL! Unfortunately, CZcams has exposed some very less than smart people across middle America. I don't care what your sexual persuasion is or your religion affiliation. And most definitely not your political party. I just care that a person is highway decent and a kind person.

  • @davemojarra4734
    @davemojarra4734 Před 4 lety +3

    Truman was boring af.

  • @manueladarazsdi9675
    @manueladarazsdi9675 Před 6 lety +3

    She sets women back a hundred or more years...

    • @richarddixon7855
      @richarddixon7855 Před 3 lety +1

      You didn't pay close attention or watch to the end of her interview... where she discusses who she "allowed" to choreograph her life.

    • @Jasper7182009
      @Jasper7182009 Před 3 lety +9

      It was another time and it’s unfair to judge her by your current cultural standards. I consider myself a feminist and I would never make that remark about Miss Keyes. And I’m sure I am much older than you are.

  • @johnfolsom3800
    @johnfolsom3800 Před 6 lety

    She was also married to Al Jolson