tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50920688137145267302024-03-14T00:39:04.058-07:00Yvonne Monlaur Official blogThis is a Official blog of Yvonne Monlaur, star of Hammer's classics and 60's fantasy movies.Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-24972856095688365322018-04-18T11:48:00.000-07:002018-04-18T12:31:50.116-07:00Welcome !<br />
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Bienvenue sur le blog d'Yvonne Monlaur.</div>
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L'actrice internationale du cinéma de genre des années 60 et l'ambassadrice française de la célèbre Hammer Films.</div>
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Durant neuf ans, Yvonne Monlaur a partagé ici avec ses lectrices et lecteurs de nombreuses anecdotes sur sa carrière cinématographique</div>
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ainsi que des souvenirs personnels de son enfance et sa famille.</div>
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Conformément à sa volonté, son blog reste en ligne. </div>
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Cette belle aventure se poursuit aujourd'hui et demain.</div>
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Les stars de cinéma sont immortelles.<br />
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<a href="http://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2009/03/les-maitresses-de-dracula-premiere.html">Les maitresses de Dracula. La Hammer Films</a> - <a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2011/02/une-etrangere-rome-12.html">L'étrangère à Rome. Ma carrière italienne </a> - <a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2009/10/un-cercueil-de-diamants.html">Tips not included. Mes films allemands</a> - <a href="http://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2013/08/le-concerto-de-la-peur-1963.html">Benazeraf. Le concerto de la peur </a>- <a href="http://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2010/11/ma-russie-romantique.html">Ma Russie romantique</a> -<br />
<a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2017/04/">In Memoriam</a></div>
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<i>Welcome to Yvonne's Monlaur blog.</i></div>
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<i>The international actress of the 60's genre cinema and French ambassador of the famous Hammer Films.</i></div>
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<i>Here, for nine years, Yvonne Monlaur shared with her readers, many anecdotes from her film career</i></div>
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<i>As she had wished, her blog remains online.</i></div>
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<i>This beautiful adventure continues today and tomorrow.</i></div>
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<a href="http://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2009/03/brides-of-dracula-first-part.html">Brides of Dracula, Hammer Films</a> - <a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2011/02/three-strangers-in-rome-12.html">Three strangers in Rome, my Italian career</a> - <a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2009/10/tip-not-included.html">Tips not included. My german movies</a> - <a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2013/08/night-of-lust-1963.html">Benazeraf. Night of lust</a> - <a href="http://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2010/11/my-romantic-russia.html">My Romantic Russia</a> - <a href="https://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/2017/04/">In Memoriam</a></div>
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<br />Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-17043735265872730842017-04-19T13:49:00.000-07:002018-04-18T10:00:21.962-07:00In Memoriam<br />
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C'est avec beaucoup de tristesse que je vous annonce le décès de Yvonne Monlaur.<br />
Elle nous a quittés le mardi 18 avril.<br />
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Selon ses volontés et celles de son fils Alexis,<br />
ce blog restera en ligne afin de célébrer sa mémoire.<br />
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Pour de nombreux cinéphiles, elle sera à jamais cette éblouissante incarnation du charme féminin des années soixante.<br />
Elle aura traversé le cinéma Italien et Fantastique avec une grâce qui, aujourd'hui encore, enchante tous ceux qui découvrent ses films.<br />
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A travers le blog, les conventions internationales et les hommages, elle avait retrouvé son public et vu de nouvelles générations de fans venir à sa rencontre et l'applaudir.<br />
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Yvonne aimait passionnément la vie et les autres.<br />
Et c'est tout naturellement que notre relation de travail durant la rédaction de ce blog s'est muée en une profonde et sincère amitié.<br />
Je mesure aujourd'hui à quel point il en est aussi le plus beau témoignage.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of Yvonne Monlaur. She left us yesterday, Tuesday, April 18.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>According to her wishes and those of her son Alexis, this blog will remain online to celebrate her memory.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>For many film fans, she will be forever the dazzling incarnation of the feminine charm of the sixties.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>She will have blessed the Italian and fantastic cinema with a grace that, still today, delights all those who discover her films.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>Through the blog, international conventions and tributes, she found her audience again and saw new generations of fans come to meet her and applaud her.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>Yvonne passionately loved life and others. And it is only natural that our working relationship during the writing of this blog has changed into a deep and sincere friendship.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">" Très triste d'apprendre la disparition d'Yvonne Monlaur, l'inoubliable Marianne Danielle des " Maîtresses de Dracula" de Terence Fisher, mais aussi Nicole dans " Le Cirque des horreurs", </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lee dans "L'empreinte du Dragon Rouge", ou Nora Rivière dans le sulfureux " Concerto de la peur" de Benazeraf.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Pour lui rendre hommage, un extrait d'une vidéo filmée récemment lors d'une interview qu'elle m'avait accordée. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">A la fin de l'entretien, elle avait joué le jeu d'une lecture du célèbre numéro 1 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">de Midi-Minuit fantastique, où bien sûr, il était question de Dracula et du baron Meinster...</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">RIP dear Yvonne." <b>Nicolas Stanzick - Midi Minuit Fantastique</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>"Very sad to hear of the passing of Yvonne Monlaur,</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>the unforgettable Marianne Danielle from Terence Fisher's " Brides of Dracula", </i></span><i>but also Nicole in " Circus of Horrors", Lee in " The Terror of the Tongs", </i><i>or Nora Rivière in Benazeraf's sulfurous " Night of Lust".</i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>At the end of the interview, she had accepted to read from the famous number 1 issue of </i></span><i>Midi-Minuit Fantastique, which of course was about Dracula and baron Meinster...</i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>RIP dear Yvonne." <b>Nicolas Stanzick - Midi Minuit Fantastique</b></i></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span lang="EN-US">"Une bien triste nouvelle.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">J'ai toujours en mémoire ma visite à Yvonne Monlaur, </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">la qualité de son accueil et la précision de </span><span lang="EN-US">ses passionnants souvenirs ( notamment la scène des cadenas </span><br />
des "Maîtresses de Dracula" ): témoignage irremplaçable<br />
du glorieux temps de la Hammer films et témoignage radio en or."<br />
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<i style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">( notably the scene of the locks in " Brides of Dracula" ): an irremplaceable </i><i style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">testimony of the glorious times of Hammer films and a gold stuff for radio."</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><i><b>François Angelier - Mauvais Genres / France Culture</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">"I met Yvonne when shooting " Brides of Dracula". We were both very young ( I was 28 and Yvonne just 20 ). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Yvonne was so beautiful, professional and sweet with every one. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">We met again, many years later, at Hammer films convention at Bray studios, where the film </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">was shot. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">She looked great, pretty as ever, and had not changed that much. She will be </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">very missed by a lot of people, and I hope many will pay homage to her. She deserved it so."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><br /></span><i>" Yvonne was a terrific actress and a wonderful lady. I was privileged to first know her when Simon Greetham and I organized the Bray Days with many Hammer alumnis and she was just a joy to be with. she later gracefully granted me an interview in her home near Paris.</i></div>
<i>She will be sadly missed. She is forever associated with so many good memories of times gone by."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">" I was absolutely devasted to hear of the passing of Yvonne. So upset actually.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">She was the most charming, beautiful and funny woman. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">An amazing and very dignified lady.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">I shall miss her enormously. We had so much fun together at film conventions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">I send all my love and prayers to her family and her son Alexis, whom she positively adored. "</span><br />
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<i>" Yvonne was such a sweet lady and I love the time we had together.</i><br />
<i>We last met at the festival of fantastic films at Manchester and she bought me a scarf for my birthday.</i><br />
<i>I am so saddened by this terrible news. My condolenses and love to her family."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">" I did not know Yvonne very well but had met her </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">a few times, in various film conventions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">She immediatly went to my heart. She was such a lovely spirit, so adorable, </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">sweet and kind. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">I was looking forward to meeting her again and I am so sorry she is gone. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">All my thoughts go to her and her family."</span><br />
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<i>" Yvonne was one of the sweetest guests we ever had at THE MONSTER BASH EXPO ( Pittsburg, USA ). </i><br />
<i>In her french accent and broken english she stopped me at one of the MONSTER BASH shows </i><i>and said : </i><i>" I wish to tell you. You are like a family. This is my family in America.</i><i>"</i><br />
<i>It meant so much to me. She gave me a hug in that hotel hallway and it makes me well with tears </i><i>remembering this moment in time. She was so sweet.</i><br />
<i>We will greatly miss you, Yvonne. Rest in peace."</i><br />
<i><b>Ron Adams - Monster Bash USA</b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">With such love, I remember and hold you in my heart. You, your dear family, and friends and fans the world over are all in my thoughts and prayers. With gladness and reverence, I share these memories of you, in celebration of your beautiful Life and Spirit...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">When first the joyful occasion of meeting our beloved Yvonne presented itself to me, it was at the hallowed Fanex convention in Baltimore. It was a beautiful, breezy, sunny July afternoon, and Yvonne's fans here in the U.S. were ecstatically lining up to meet this beautiful, charming and delightful lady, who had won hearts the world over with her unforgettable performances. Like thousands of other people around the world, I fell in love with Yvonne while watching her films on TV. Little did I realize then, as a "monster kid" growing up in the late 1970s in Painesville, Ohio, that I would one day meet this vivacious and amazing woman, whose cinematic heroines from a storybook universe swept me off my feet. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> But, the day arrived, and the time had come that peaceful July afternoon to step forward and greet this magical person, who, in my universe, was akin to an Olympian Goddess, taking a vacation from Mount Olympus to spend a relaxing weekend with us mortals here on earth! Having seen her "Brides of Dracula" co-star, the sainted Peter Cushing, kiss so many ladies' hands in the movies and in press photos and interviews, I spontaneously decided to do the same...and as I did so, I saw an adorable, furry little face peering from across the table at me--it was "Joulik," Yvonne's beloved little dog, who had made the trans-Atlantic journey with her to Baltimore! Yvonne introduced us with the same Continental elegance I had seen her bring to her roles, and, to paraphrase Humphrey Bogart's classic closing line in "Casablanca,"it was "the beginning of (two) beautiful friendships"!</span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Over the years, I, along with hundreds of other monster kids, was blessed with the repeated lifetime highlight of seeing Yvonne and Joulik, every time they came to the U.S. to greet their adoring fans. During these times, I would bring little doggie treats for Joulik to nibble on, and Yvonne would help me improve my French; once, in 2007, she had even translated for me the opening quote in French that appears at the beginning of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," which I was performing later that year. In the story, the quote reads, "Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitot qu'on le touche il resonne--De Beranger," which Yvonne translated for me as, "His heart is a lute that is suspended; as it is touched, it resonates--De Beranger."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> I would write little hand-made birthday and holiday greeting cards to Yvonne in French, and every so often, I'd send her one of my little "Christmas ornament" creations, as well. We had a lovely trans-Atlantic penpal correspondence over the years. I smile as I think back over our various phone conversations, too, such as the morning she excitedly called to tell me about her newly-created blog page, wherein she would entertain her fans with stories and photos of her career. It is a wonderful way to honor her now, as we celebrate the joy she has brought to so many.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> During her U.S. visits, I would show Yvonne my latest sculpting achievements on the stop-motion model I had made of Peter Cushing, who, in 1989, had graciously done a voice-over for my (still) work-in-progress animation film, "Walpurgis Night." To my everlasting gratitude and delight, Yvonne, herself, agreed to join the ensemble voice-over cast, and, in June, 2009, recorded some poetry by Charles Baudelaire for me, in its original French text, at the Monster Bash classic movie conference in Butler, Pennsylvania. These included "Les Metamorphosis du vampire" ("Metamorphosis of the Vampire"); "Le Revenant" ("The Ghost"); and "Les Hiboux" ("The Owls"). It has been a decades-long labor of love, which I am now more than ever determined to bring to completion. Yvonne's participation in it is nothing short of breathtaking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> Imagine, then, how this joy became multifold, when dozens of other fans got to listen to Yvonne perform, live on stage at Monster Bash in June, 2011, Charles Baudelaire's "Les Metamorphosis du vampire," again in its original French text. It was the opening to our "midnight show" stage presentation of Bram Stoker's short story, "Dracula's Guest." Carla Laemmle, who played the "Prima Ballerina" in the 1925 Lon Chaney version of "The Phantom of the Opera" (by another genius from France, Gaston Leroux), as well as the young lady who speaks the opening line of dialogue in the 1931 production of "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi, provided a voice-over introduction for the show, detailing the background of "Dracula's Guest." She also autographed several antique Transylvanian postcards, as take-home souvenirs for the audience. Two of Yvonne's fellow Hammer leading ladies, Caroline Munro and Veronica Carlson, joined in on the fun, playing ghostly vampires that a young traveler encounters in a graveyard on Walpurgis Night. Closing out the show were passages of vampire poetry from Lord Byron's "The Giaour," with puppets of Dracula, a werewolf, and Frankenstein's creation, operated by Michael Lederman, Bruce Tinkel, and Gary Patti. At the end, I did a little dance, wearing a dragon mask. Paul Spencer did the sound editing for the show (overseen and operated by Brian Keegan and Geoffrey Curtis), and Caroline's daughter, Iona, came up with the lovely idea of having audience participation during once of the rehearsals. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">At key points in the show, the audience would provide howling and screaming sound effects, as they waved assorted spooky props in the air. Ron Adams, who helms the Monster Bash shows, arranged to have a beautiful, ornate chair that belonged to the hosting Days Inn, be brought on stage for Yvonne to sit in while she performed. I partly draped the chair with some gorgeous antique fabrics, that looked like something right out of a Hammer movie! To complete the effect, Yvonne read Baudelaire's vampire poetry from a huge, bat-shaped card, surrounded by Victorian era lamps with flickering, battery-operated candles. Beside us, on the stage, was an amazing antique wicker coffin, which Ron and the rest of the terrific Monster Bash crew supplied as a prop for the weekend festivities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">This once-in-a-lifetime dream was followed, in October 2014, by another witches' brew extravaganza at the Halloween Monster Bash celebration. I had adapted Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," calling it "Mac of the Red Beth." Yvonne returned to delight the fans with another live performance of a Baudelaire poem in its original French text--this time, it was "L'Horloge" ("The Clock"). In a costume I had assembled for Yvonne, with much help from Dan Webber, Michael Lederman, Kelly Patterson, Paul Spencer and Yvonne, herself--along with the fabric stores in Manhattan and in Mars, Pennsylvania, and from Yvonne's own wardrobe!--our dear Yvonne played a Spirit who inhabits "the gigantic clock of ebony" in one of the chambers described in Poe's tale. She read from a scroll of purple fabric with red trimming, with miniature skulls at either end. As she sat on her throne, Yvonne was surrounded by eerie characters holding such props as an hour class, or a miniature grandfather clock draped in antique fabric, with a skull affixed to its top. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Joining the amazing ensemble gathered for this production were Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke as Shakespeare's 3 Witches, whose costumes evoked, respectively, Spring & Summer; Autumn; and Winter. Monica Moehring played the dual role(s) of Queen Hecate and the Red Death, wearing exquisite masks for each role created by her husband, Tim, all of which Yvonne enthusiastically described in her blog. Adding to the fun were Mark Redfield, Tami Hamalian, Bruce and Sharon Tinkel, Michael Lederman, Gary Patti, Steven Thornton, Michael and Ria Pierce, John and Timothy Frick and fellow Bash attendees as an assortment of colorful and ghoulish characters during the masquerade ball. These were led by Poe's "Prince Prospero," wearing a mask of the legendary hobgoblin of Christmas folklore, "Krampus," joined by an assortment of masks and puppets from earlier plays at Monster Bash. Once again, the voice of Carla Laemmle provided chilling and dramatic readings, herein from the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Louisa May Alcott.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> This show was also a tribute to the memory of Carla Laemmle, who had unfortunately passed away earlier in 2014. I had adopted her beautiful Persian cat named Mimi, who also had something of a hand (or rather, a paw!) in the production, as she sat with me and her loving "cat siblings" in Brooklyn--Millie, Buddy and Johnny--as they perched on my lap while I made props such as Yvonne's magic scroll for the show. As they kept me company during the wee hours, I cut out little cardboard "flying witches" to use as shadow puppets during the presentation. As Yvonne and company assembled together, I performed a rendition of Poe's "The Imp of the Perverse." Then, as Carla Laemmle's voice could be heard reciting Percy Shelley's poetry at the beginning of "Mac of the Red Beth," describing a "legion of witches" flying through the air, the "witch" shadow puppets appeared behind thin red fabric on stage, lit up from behind. This was accompanied by theremin music created by Paul Spencer, composed on an actual theremin that he built, himself! Brian Keegan, Geoffrey Curtis and the rest of the amazing Bash team operated the lights, ran the music & sound cues, and brought everything together for a wonderfully spooky Halloween celebration. At the end of the evening, the lights dimmed, and an enormous, glow-in-the-dark owl appeared beside a banner which read, "Happy Halloween!"--with dear Peter Cushing's voice chirping "Tu-whit! Tu-whoo!" (thanks to his beautiful recordings for me). It was a fun way to top off the night, especially with so many of Peter's lovely leading ladies in attendance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> The next day, as it has now turned out to be, was the last time I was to see my beloved friend Yvonne in person, although we did continue our cherished correspondence in the following years. The last time I saw her, Yvonne clasped her hands on mine, and gazed at me intently with her beautiful brown eyes, whose luminousness I will remember always. "Promise me you will perform in France one day," she said. I promised her that I would; then we hugged, and I kissed her hand once more--just as I had done all those years before, when we first met in Baltimore, with beautiful Joulik's face peering across the table at me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> I was so looking forward to seeing our dear Yvonne again this June, at Monster Bash, where she was scheduled to attend. I had been putting together an evening of French ghost stories, featuring the works of Guy de Maupassant, and had dearly wished for Yvonne to again be a part of it all. She still shall be, for the evening will be dedicated to her, and to the beautiful friendship we have shared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> Ma chère Yvonne, je t'aime, et je tiens ma promesse. Merci!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> Restez tranquillement avec les anges. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Vous continuerez toujours dans mon coeur. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Votre ami amoureux pour toujours, Zach "</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">"Un soir de septembre 2010, dans le métro, je pense à ce que je viens de voir. Dans une boutique, j’ai trouvé une affiche belge des « Maitresses de Dracula ». « Trop cher », me suis-je dit après l’annonce du prix par le vendeur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Les stations défilent et l’incompréhension de ma décision grandit. Elle fait place très vite à des regrets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Regrets liés à ce que représente «Les Maitresses de Dracula » (et bon nombre de films de la Hammer) : la naissance d’une cinéphilie qui ne m’a jamais quittée depuis la vision de ces films à la télévision les mardi soirs à l’heure où internet n’existait pas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Regrets liés aussi à quelque chose de plus personnel qui débuta en juillet 2000 après un emménagement dans le même immeuble qu’Yvonne Monlaur : la naissance d’une amitié réelle et forte.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Le métro poursuit sa course et je continue à penser à cette affiche.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Yvonne fait partie de ma vie quotidienne et je ne sais pas encore à quel point nos rencontres sont précieuses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Entre l’attente d’une météo plus clémente, la dernière lecture d’un bon bouquin, la programmation excellente d’une émission de musique classique ou la sortie d’un film tant attendu, il y avait toujours matière à discuter et à se donner des nouvelles. Curieuse de tout, grande voyageuse (entre ses conventions internationales et la visite chez ses proches et amis), mère et grand-mère comblée, Yvonne était très occupée et ne s’arrêtait jamais. Ses mots et ses pensées étaient toujours positifs malgré tout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Je sors alors du métro, je monte l’escalier et je ne pense plus à cette affiche. Je pense simplement à Yvonne et je me retrouve sur le quai d’en face pour faire demi-tour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ce soir de septembre 2010, je ne veux pas avoir de regrets. Je les garde pour plus tard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mai 2017, Yvonne est partie. La vie de mon quartier ne sera plus jamais la même et je ne regrette pas mon détour.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Au revoir Yvonne."</span></div>
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<i>Yvonne Monlaur was a special friend. </i></div>
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<i>Of her many talents and accomplishments, she was most proud of when she left behind her career as an actress to stay home to raise her son, who was her pride and joy.</i></div>
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<i>I was fortunate to have met her and her son in person years ago at an autograph show in California.</i></div>
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<i>Years later, she attended the Monster Bash annual convention and there became part of my best friend</i></div>
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<i>I, along with a roomful of admiring fans were awed by her presence as she opened the production of reciting short poems - in French.</i></div>
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<i>Her readings made us appreciate the beauty of her native tongue. A beautiful soul speaking a beautiful langage. She promoted Anglo-French goodwill.</i></div>
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<i>My vivid memory of her was when at the Monster Bash show, I met her in the hall way</i></div>
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<i>She said : " Tell Zach, when I see him, I give him a billion kisses."</i></div>
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<i>They had bonded and become close friends.</i></div>
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<i>May the angels be giving her a billion - and more- kisses.</i></div>
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<i>Viva la Yvonne !</i></div>
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<i> Hommage du Cinéma Français pendant la Cérémonie des Césars 2018.</i></div>
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<i><br /></i>Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-20904843048270992032017-02-20T06:59:00.000-08:002017-02-20T07:01:48.614-08:00Agence Interim : Banque (1969)<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></i></span>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When my agent offered me a part in a French series, I welcomed the news with shared feelings.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Of course, I was delighted to shoot again in my country, I had a good memory of Claude Pierson’s “Chevalier Bayard” and Dominique Nohain’s “Ah the women”, but I had arrived at a time in my career where I wanted to ease up a bit. Besides, I was several months pregnant, and the promise of a happy event occupied all my thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The director of the series, Marcel Moussy, insisted on meeting me. He asked me if I liked to sing. He was ready to wait for the birth of my son towards the end of winter to continue filming of the episode with me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">“Agence Interim: Banque” remains a fond memory. On this occasion, I had Pierre Richard as a partner. He was a very nice man, and one could easily foresee that he would have a great career, given his irresistible comic power.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The episode was a tribute to the Music-Hall with a nod to the burlesque films, evidenced by a mad rush in the middle of the plot.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">For my part, I had the great honor of singing Mistinguett’s biggest hit : “C’est vrai !”</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">It is the kind of fantasy that French television could afford at that time, in spite of a tight budget, but with such a sense of entertainment that it still gives today a certain charm to all these amused and amusing productions !</span><br />
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Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-17340844523923127452017-02-20T02:23:00.001-08:002017-02-20T06:59:12.605-08:00Agence Interim : Banque (1969)<br />
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Lorsque mon agent me proposa un rôle dans une série française, j'accueillis la nouvelle avec des sentiments partagés.<br />
Bien sûr, j'étais ravie de tourner à nouveau dans mon pays, j'avais gardé un bon souvenir de "Chevalier Bayard" de Claude Pierson et "Ah les femmes" de Dominique Nohain, mais j'étais arrivée à un moment de ma carrière où je voulais lever le pied. De plus j'étais enceinte de plusieurs mois et la promesse d'un heureux événement occupait toutes mes pensées.<br />
Le réalisateur de la série, Marcel Moussy insista pour me rencontrer. Il me demanda si j'aimais chanter. Il était prêt à attendre la naissance de mon fils vers la fin de l'hiver, pour poursuivre le tournage de l'épisode avec moi.<br />
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<i>Deux veilleurs de nuit dans une banque demandent à être remplacés pour aller à La fête des bretons. Cette nuit-là, des malfaiteurs ont décidé de cambrioler la banque...</i><br />
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<i><br /></i>"Agence Interim: Banque" reste un bon souvenir. A cette occasion, je donnais la réplique à Pierre Richard un homme sympathique dont il n'était pas difficile de prévoir qu'il ferait une grande carrière tant il avait un pouvoir comique irrésistible.<br />
Je me souviens même avoir aperçu le talentueux Françis Veber le rejoindre durant une pause déjeuner. Il y avait déjà une grande complicité entre ces deux artistes.<br />
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La costumière m'avait trouvé un très joli costume de danseuse en lamé or. Elle me fit porter un corset très serré pour masquer les rondeurs de ma grossesse passée.<br />
L'épisode se voulait un hommage au Music-Hall avec un clin d'oeil appuyé aux films burlesques, en témoigne cette cavalcade folle qui traverse l'intrigue.<br />
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J'avais, pour ma part, l'insigne honneur de reprendre le grand succès de Mistinguett: C'est vrai !<br />
C'est le genre de fantaisie que la télévision française de l'époque pouvait se permettre, malgré de petits moyens, mais avec un tel sens du divertissement qu'il confère aujourd'hui un charme certain à toutes ces productions amusées et amusantes !<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pour plus de précision sur la série, consulter <a href="http://php88.free.fr/bdff/index.php?p=accueil">l'excellent site BDFF</a></span><br />
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<em>Je souhaite à tous mes lecteurs de très bonnes fêtes de fin d’année. </em><em>Merci pour vos courriers et vos commentaires. Rendez-vous pris pour 2017 !</em><br />
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Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-61028942357675956642016-07-10T03:12:00.001-07:002016-07-10T03:13:33.593-07:00Capri, it's not over ! * * a reference to a famous french song : Capri c'est fini.<br />
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Dear friends and readers,<br />
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Here I am again, back from a lovely trip in my dear Italy.<br />
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I saw Naples again and its beautiful bay, the museum of Capodimonte where I could once more contemplate a Caravaggio I love : The flagellation of christ.<br />
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I strolled througn the historic center where I once shot Domenico Paolella movie : <i>Non sono piu Gaglione.</i><br />
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I was very emotional to return to these shooting locations after all these years gone by ... but Capri ...<br />
What an enchantement to see the magical island under the sun. so many memories resurfaced !<br />
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I wanted to share with you these pictures full of recklessness and exhilaration, taken shortly before the boating accident that almost cost me my life during the filming of <i>Avventura a Capri</i>.<br />
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I prefer to remember the adorable support of the show-biz personnalities who came to my bedside on that July 14, 1958.<br />
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There were among others, Henri-Georges Clouzot and his wife Vera, Colette de Jouvenel, daughter of Colette the immortal author of Ripening seed and the Claudine series, Félicien Marceau the author of Capri, petite île, the beautiful actress Françoise Arnoul and many others who sent me warm messages of friendship.<br />
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During these difficult days in the hospital, I also received a bouquet of red roses.</div>
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I never knew who is this mysterious italian stranger was.</div>
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" Ecco undici rose la dodecisima sei tu "</div>
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Here are eleven roses, the twelfth is you.</div>
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Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-26671325704015181182016-07-06T03:58:00.001-07:002016-07-10T03:13:57.370-07:00Capri ce n'est pas fini !<br />
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Me voici de retour d'un beau voyage dans ma chère Italie.<br />
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J'ai revu Naples et sa baie superbe, le musée de Capodimonte où j'ai pu contempler à nouveau un Caravage que j'adore : La flagellation du Christ.<br />
J'ai parcouru le quartier historique où je tournais jadis le film de Domenico Paolella :<i> Non sono piu Gaglione.</i><br />
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C'était très émouvant de revenir sur ces lieux de tournage après toutes ces années écoulées... Mais Capri ... Quel enchantement de revoir cette île magique sous le soleil. Que de souvenirs ont ressurgi !<br />
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Je voulais partager avec vous ces photos pleines d'insouciance et de joie de vivre, prises peu de temps avant l'accident de bateau qui faillit me coûter la vie durant le tournage de <i>Avventura a Capri.</i><br />
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Je préfère me rappeler des adorables témoignages de soutien des personnalités du spectacle venues à mon chevet le 14 juillet de cette année 1958.<br />
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Il y avait entre autres, Henri Georges Clouzot et sa femme Vera, Colette de Jouvenel, la fille de Colette, l'immortelle auteur du Blé en herbe et des Claudines, Félicien Marceau, l'auteur de Capri petite île, la belle actrice Françoise Arnoul et tant d'autres m'ont écrit de chaleureux messages d'amitié.<br />
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Durant ces jours difficiles à l'hôpital, j'ai également reçu un bouquet de roses rouges.<br />
Je n'ai jamais su qui était ce mystérieux inconnu italien.<br />
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" <i>Voici onze roses, la douzième c'est toi "</i><br />
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A l'occasion de ces premiers jours de printemps, je vous adresse ce billet qui feuillette à nouveau mon album de souvenirs. </div>
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Ceux qui me lisent depuis longtemps ne seront pas surpris d'y retrouver des photos de ma chère Italie. </div>
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A ma grande joie, je vais la retrouver au mois de mai lors de mon séjour à Naples et Capri.</div>
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Dans la grande tradition des polars américains, la cigarette est un accessoire indispensable de la séduction. C'était une manie à l'époque d'enfumer le plateau dans ce type de scène.</td></tr>
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Toujours en Italie, à Camogli près de Gênes, le tournage de Solo,<br />
intitulé aussi Al mare pago io avec René Quellet. <br />
Une coproduction avec la Suisse. Ce film délicieux est resté inachevé. Il a été projeté à la cinémathèque suisse le 05/02/2013.</td></tr>
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Hors plateau, un lutteur m'apprend une prise de combat.<br />
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A l'époque je ne vivais plus en France, mais la presse ne m'avait pas oubliée. <br />
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Prise peu de temps avant le film Mannequin de Paris par Sam Levin<br />
le photographe des stars.<br />
J'étais alors Mannequin junior. Les photos de Levin ont eu un rôle indéniable dans les débuts de ma carrière cinématographique.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">With the approaching holidays, 2015 comes to an end.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">A year of mourning for my dear France.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I thank the friends who have sent me messages from around the world to share </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">their emotion and their love for our beautiful country.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Cinema, as mentioned on this blog through memories of my tender years and, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">more broadly, the world of arts and entertainment, is here to amuse us, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">ignite our imagination, raise our spirit, cultivate a taste for the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">beautiful.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">In short, during a short while, a film, a book, a concert or an exhibition </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">help us to enchant the world, making it more alive, more human.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">For 2016, I wish you all beautiful artistic emotions and lots of love.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Chers Tous,<br /><br />Avec les fêtes qui approchent, l'année 2015 s'achève.<br />Une année endeuillée pour ma chère France.<br /><br />J'ai une pensée toute particulière pour les victimes des attentats de Paris ainsi que leur famille et, au delà des frontières, pour tous ceux qui souffrent du terrorisme.<br /><br />Je remercie les amis qui m'ont envoyé des messages du monde entier me faisant part de leur émotion, et de l'amour qu'ils portaient à notre beau pays.<br /><br />Le cinéma évoqué sur ce blog à travers mes souvenirs de jeunesse et, de manière plus large, le monde des arts et du spectacle est là pour nous divertir, enflammer notre imagination, élever notre esprit, cultiver le goût du beau, bref, le temps d'un film, d'un livre, d'un concert ou d'une exposition, il nous aide à enchanter le monde, le rendre plus vivant, plus humain.<br />A sa façon, il est l'un des plus sûrs remparts contre la barbarie et le néant.<br /><br />C'est ce monde- là que je suis fière de célébrer avec vous, aujourd'hui et demain.<br /><br /><br />Pour 2016, je vous souhaite à tous de belles émotions artistiques et beaucoup d'amour.</i></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times" , serif;">Planet : </span><span style="font-family: "times" , serif;">“Viva Blackpool ! ”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times" , serif;">It is a pleasure, during these conventions, to get acquainted with such nice people, not to mention the pleasure of meeting Caroline and Martine again.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i>Cela fait longtemps que je n'ai pas eu le plaisir de vous écrire.</i><br />
<i>Si vous étiez bagagiste ou chef de cabine, vous m'auriez surement croisé durant les mois qui viennent de passer. Je n'ai pas cessé de voyager.</i><br />
<i>Je suis allé notamment à Venise en famille, admirer la beauté et les richesses artistiques de cette ville magique.</i><br />
<i>Quel plaisir aussi de pouvoir parler l'italien avec les autochtones comme à l'époque de ma carrière italienne.</i><br />
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<i>Cette fois-ci je reviens d'un bref séjour en Angleterre. Une convention à Blackpool organisée par l'association de protection de la nature: Our Disappearing Planet : "Viva Blackpool ! "</i><br />
<i>Il faisait un temps de chien ! La mer déchainée offrait un spectacle grandiose aux touristes téméraires qui s'aventuraient sur la côte. J'en faisais parti le temps d'une courte promenade. Quel spectacle !</i><br />
<i>J'adore la mer. J'ai dû être navigatrice dans une autre vie.</i><br />
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<i>L'ambiance de " Viva Blackpool! " était survoltée.</i><br />
<i>La salle où les invités signaient des dédicaces avait été tranformé en boîte de nuit semblable à celles que j'avais connues à Las Vegas. Musique tonitruante, Girls, Jeux, Roulette. Il ne manquait plus que les machines à sous !</i><br />
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<i> "Les Filles de la Hammer" imperturbables étaient toutes entières dévouées à leur séance de dédicaces et la rencontre avec leurs fans.</i><br />
<i>J'avais comme consoeurs de tablée, Martine Beswick ( Dr Jeckyll and Sister Hyde), Caroline Munro</i><br />
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<i>Le hasard et les circonstances m'ont rapprochés de Sheila Steafel avec qui je partageais le petit déjeuner. Elle parlait couramment le français.</i><br />
<i>Cette actrice au fort tempérament comique, exprimant son art à la télévision comme au cinéma avait connu le succès en créant le personnage décalé de la chanteuse de cabaret victorien Popsy Wopsy</i><br />
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<i>Elle me dit qu'elle aimait beaucoup Brides of Dracula. Nous avons échangé nos photos dédicacées.</i><br />
<i>Sheila Steafel est toujours en activité. Elle écrit des livres et a publié son autobiographie.</i><br />
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<i>C'est aussi le privilège de ces conventions que de faire de jolies rencontres comme celle ci outre le plaisir de retrouver Caroline et Martine.</i><br />
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When I did not appear in a scene,<br />
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I admire him in all his films.</div>
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Christopher was the last gentleman of genre movies.</div>
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<i>Je suis très triste du décès Christopher Lee. </i></div>
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<i>C'est une grande perte pour le cinéma fantastique. </i></div>
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<i>Christopher était un collègue charmant. </i></div>
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<i>Nous avons tourné ensemble dans Terror of the Tongs. </i></div>
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<i>Je l'admirais dans tous ses films. </i></div>
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I was one of the guests of the 25th Manchester fantastic film festival last fall.<br />
It is always a renewed pleasure to meet my fans and get to know other artists during signing sessions.<br />
This is how I ended having a friendly discussion during a cocktail with italian director Ruggero Deodato.<br />
Such an affable man that I had no idea that he had contribued so many horrible scenes to the gore cinema of the 80s !<br />
We nostalgically talked about Italy during the sixties.<br />
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Hammer had many ambassadors during this edition.<br />
Besides your host, there were delicious Caroline Munro, Judy Matheson, Janina Faye and the nice Robin Stewart. The son of Peter Cushing in The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires knew my films pretty well : Brides of Dracula and The terror of the Tongs. I appreciated his warm company and that of his wife Bertie.<br />
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On the second day, Wayne Kinsey, the renowned Hammer historian, was supposed to interview me about my career.<br />
The interview ended with a series of questions from audience.<br />
Some were particularly interested in the Melville Shavelson film : It Started in Naples.<br />
This comedy starred beautiful Sophia Loren and Clark Gable, my idol since I have discovered him in the classic: Gone with the wind.<br />
My appearance in It Started in Naples is so brief that I advise unknowing viewers to avoid blinking during the film, otherwise they would miss me !<br />
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I played a hostess in a nightclub. I had to whisper a few amiable words in Clark Gable's ear.<br />
I was delighted to shoot this short scene, and yet nervous to have to face this legendary star.<br />
As a gentleman he was, Gable immediately put me at ease during rehearsals.<br />
Not far away on the set, his wife watched him behave more than closely. She seemed quite used to it !<br />
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I remember Cinecitta studios, so alive at the time.<br />
The set decoration department of the great master Fellini was then building Marcello Mastroiani's appartments for what would be one of his masterpieces: La dolce vita.<br />
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I had auditionned for the role of Maddalena. I remember playing a scene, lying on a canopy bed.<br />
Fellini directed me with a lot of energy and communicative enthusiasm. He was literally playing my character. He acted the same with all his cast. He took the time to tell me why I was not right for the part. I was too angelic, too solar, probably too earthy. He needed a most stylish beauty, more sophisticated.<br />
Anouk Aimée finally immortalized the role of Maddalena.<br />
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Je faisais partie des invités du 25e festival fantastique de Manchester l'automne dernier.<br />
Cela reste un plaisir renouvelé de rencontrer mes fans et faire la connaissance d'autres artistes au gré des séances de dédicaces.<br />
C'est ainsi que j'ai eu une discution sympathique au cours d'un cocktail avec le réalisateur italien Ruggero Deodato. Un homme affable dont j'étais loin d'imaginer quelles scènes horribles il a laissées au cinéma gore des années 80 ! Nous avons évoqué avec nostalgie l'Italie des sixties.<br />
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La Hammer ne manquait pas d'ambassadeurs durant cette édition.<br />
Outre votre hôte, il y avait la délicieuse Caroline Munro, Judy Matheson, Janina Faye ainsi que le charmant Robin Stewart. Le fils de Peter Cushing dans Les sept vampires d'or connaissait bien mes films: Brides of Dracula et The terror of the tongs. J'ai beaucoup apprécié sa compagnie chaleureuse ainsi que celle de sa femme Bertie.<br />
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Le deuxième jour, il avait été convenu que Wayne Kinsey, l'historien érudit de la Hammer m'interviewe sur ma carrière. L'entretien s'acheva par une série de questions du public.<br />
Certains s'intéressaient particulièrement au film de Melville Shavelson: C'est arrivé à Naples.<br />
Cette comédie avait pour vedettes la belle Sophia Loren et Clark Gable, mon idole depuis que je le découvris dans le grand classique : Autant en emporte le vent.<br />
Mon apparition dans C'est arrivé à Naples est si brève que je conseille aux spectateurs peu avertis de ne pas cligner des yeux durant le film sous peine de me louper !<br />
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Je jouais une entraineuse dans un cabaret. Je venais susurrer quelques mots plus qu'aimables à l'oreille de Clark Gable.<br />
J'étais ravie de faire cette courte scène et j'avais pourtant le trac devant cette star légendaire.<br />
En grand gentleman qu'il était, Gable m'a tout de suite mise à l'aise durant les répétitions.<br />
Non loin de là sur le plateau, son épouse surveillait le moindre de ses faits et gestes. Un travail de longue haleine semble t-il !<br />
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Je me souviens des studios Cinecitta si vivants à l'époque.<br />
Le département de décoration du grand maître Fellini construisait alors les appartements de Marcello Mastroiani pour ce qui allait être l'un de ses chefs d'oeuvre : La dolce vita.<br />
J'avais passé le casting pour le rôle de Maddalena. Je me souviens avoir joué une scène, allongée sur un lit à baldaquin. Fellini me dirigeait avec une énergie et un enthousiasme communicatifs. Il jouait littéralement mon personnage. Il était comme ça avec tous ses acteurs. Il prit le temps de me dire pourquoi je ne convenais pas pour le rôle. J'avais l'air trop angélique, trop solaire, trop terrienne sans doute. Il fallait une beauté plus stylée, plus sophistiquée.<br />
C'est Anouk Aimée qui immortalisera le rôle de Maddalena.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Once again, the organizers of Monster Bash outdid themselves </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">for this new edition dedicated to gothic Hammer films.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The famous </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Pittsburgh convention, this October, gave a tribute to classic actresses of English horror. Along with my friends Suzanna Leigh (<i>Lost Continent, Lust for a Vampire</i>), Veronica Carlson (<i>Dracula Has Risen from the grave, Horror of Frankenstein, Frankenstein must be destroyed</i>), Martine Beswick (<i>Prehistoric women, One million years BC, Dr. Jeckyll and Sister Hyde</i>) and Caroline Munro (<i>Dracula AD 1972, Captain Kronos vampire hunter</i>), we once again formed a happy team, as you'll discover.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Right to left: Caroline Munro, Martine Beswick,Veronica Carlson,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">me and Suzanna Leigh</span></td></tr>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Saturday</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> was a special day, <span class="hps">ending with the</span> wonder<span class="hps">ful show</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">my dear friend</span> <span class="hps">Zach</span> <span class="hps">Zito</span>. <span class="hps">A</span> <span class="hps">multifaceted artist</span> <span class="hps">whose performances are</span> <span class="hps">always</span> <span class="hps">eagerly awaited</span> at <span class="hps">Monster</span> <span class="hps">Bash.</span><br /><span class="hps">This time</span>, the show <span class="hps">focused on</span> <span class="hps">the poems of</span> <span class="hps">Edgar Allan Poe</span>.<br /><span class="hps">Martine Beswick</span>, <span class="hps">Caroline Munro</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Veronica Carlson</span> <span class="hps">impersonated</span> <span class="hps">three</span> <span class="hps">witches.</span> <span class="hps">As for me</span>, I <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">the Spirit of the</span> <span class="hps">Clock</span> <span class="hps">in relation to</span> <span class="hps">Baudelaire's poem</span> of <span class="hps">which I</span> <span class="hps">read</span> <span class="hps">some excerpts</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The next</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">last day</span>, <span class="hps">late morning</span>, <span class="hps">Brides of</span> <span class="hps">Dracula was screened and</span> <span class="hps">followed by an</span> <span class="hps">interview</span> <span class="hps">during which</span> <span class="hps">the public could</span> participate and <span class="hps">ask me questions</span> <span class="hps">about the film</span> <span class="hps">and my career.</span> </span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span lang="EN"><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">public</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> of film fans with </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">very specific</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">questions.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">evoked</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> my </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hammer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> days </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Eddie</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Constantine.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I also</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">fondly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">remember</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">smiling</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and caring</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> face of a</span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> young</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kurdish</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">woman in the</span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">audience.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I had</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">autographed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">pictures</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> for her </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the day before.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She was</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">exiled with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">family away from</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">her country</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at war.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I admired</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">her courage,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">her interest</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> in </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">reminded me that</span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the beauty of being an artist is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">also</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the ability to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #222222; 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Une fois encore, les organisateurs de Monster Bash ont fait des prouesses pour cette nouvelle édition dédiée aux films gothiques de la Hammer.<br />
La célèbre convention de Pittsburgh rendait, en ce mois d'octobre, un hommage aux actrices des classiques de l'épouvante anglais. Nous formions avec mes amies Suzanna Leigh ( <i>Lost continent, Lust for a vampire</i>), Veronica Carlson ( <i>Dracula has risen from the grave, Horror of Frankenstein, Frankenstein must be destroyed</i>), Martine Beswick ( <i>Prehistoric women, One million years B.C, Dr Jeckyll and Sister Hyde</i>) et Caroline Munro ( <i>Dracula A.D 1972,Captain Kronos vampire hunter</i> ) une joyeuse équipe, comme vous allez le découvrir par la suite.<br />
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La première journée fut consacrée à des séances de dédicaces. J'ai fait à cette occasion la connaissance de mes voisines de table : l'actrice Elisabeth Shepherd ( elle était remarquable dans l'adaptation cinématographique de Poe : <i>The tomb of Ligeia</i> ) et la merveilleuse Victoria Price. Elle dédicaçait des photos de son illustre père, l'inoubliable Vincent Price. J'ai eu le plaisir de discuter avec elle en français et de constater qu'elle possédait une grande culture, qu'elle était une très sportive et avait un goût indéniable pour les langues étrangères. Parallèlement aux dédicaces, des projections de films et des conférences permettaient au public de redécouvrir les classiques du fantastique.</div>
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La journée du samedi avait la particularité de s'achever par le spectacle magnifique de mon cher ami Zach Zito. Un artiste aux multiples talents dont les performances sont toujours très attendues à Monster Bash.</div>
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Cette fois-ci, le spectacle était axé sur des poèmes d'Edgar Poe. </div>
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Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro et Veronica Carlson interprétaient trois sorcières. Quand à moi, j'incarnais l'Esprit de l'Horloge en rapport avec le poème de Baudelaire dont je disais quelques extraits.</div>
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Un impondérable retarda la livraison des costumes confectionnés avec beaucoup de créativité par Zach et nous priva d'une séance d'essayage et de retouche qui aurait été la bienvenue car, lorsque j'enfilai le mien en toute hâte dans la chambre d'hôtel, je découvris qu'il s'agissait d'un grand tablier en tulle brodé représentant des cadrans qui ne recouvrait pas totalement l'arrière de mon anatomie !<br />
Il fallait que je trouve très rapidement une solution. Munie d'épingles à nourrice, j'improvisai alors avec un châle providentiel arrangé en jupe la pièce de costume manquante ! Je saisis mon poème orné d'attaches en forme de crânes et redescendis aussitôt pour rejoindre l'équipe. Je marchais un peu comme un crabe, de peur qu'on ne voit trop l'arrière de ma nouvelle tenue !<br />
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Malgré tout, le spectacle s'est déroulé à merveille. Zach a captivé le public avec son monologue de trente minutes, composé d'extraits de pièces de Shakespeare, de poèmes de Poe, ponctué par l'intervention des sorcières "hammeriennes". Zach me conduisit ensuite vers un siège sur scène où je dis mon poème pendant qu'une remarquable actrice portant un masque inquiétant en cire figurant les deux faces du destin errait au milieu du public.<br />
Une fois encore le spectacle de Zach Zito recueillit l'ovation du public. Nous étions toutes ravies d'y avoir participé.<br />
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Le lendemain et dernier jour, en fin de matinée, eut lieu la projection de <i>Brides of Dracula</i> suivie d'une interview au cours de laquelle le public pouvait intervenir et me poser des questions sur le film et ma carrière.<br />
Un public cinéphile aux questions très pointues. J'évoquai ma période Hammer ainsi qu'Eddy Constantine. Je me remémore aussi avec tendresse le visage souriant et bienveillant de cette jeune femme kurde au milieu du public. Je lui avais dédicacé des photos la veille. Elle était exilée avec sa famille loin de son pays en guerre. J'admirai son courage, et l'intérêt qu'elle me portait me rappelait que la beauté de ce métier d'artiste, c'est aussi de pouvoir faire oublier au public les difficultés de la vie, ne serait-ce que le temps d'un spectacle.<br />
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Monster Bash 2014 fut décidement une édition aussi chaleureuse que la précédente.<br />
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<a href="http://yvonnemonlaurautographs.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523902879730875474" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SdlywMvTRGY/TKjYZvgdvFI/AAAAAAAAAoc/Is9xyrye_8w/s400/YMonlaurBlogDA+4++copie.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 153px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-18190466291306908652014-08-07T07:51:00.001-07:002014-08-07T07:55:08.168-07:00Memories, memories...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><i><a href="http://yvonnemonlaurofficialblog.blogspot.fr/search?updated-max=2014-08-07T07:51:00-07:00&max-results=1"><b>( lire en français )</b></a></i></span><br />
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A reminiscence of the film : Terror of the tongs</td></tr>
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Inauguré en 2010 avec Souvenirs d'Italie, je vous propose de tourner à nouveau les pages de mon album de voyage. Celui de ma vie. Des images de France et d'ailleurs, si lointaines et si proches à la fois. Sur un air de danse ou dans les coulisses d'un plateau de tournage, des moments privilégiés que je partage avec vous ... Je vous souhaite à toutes et tous de très bonnes vacances. A très vite !</div>
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<span lang="EN">The film, by Bernard Borderie, capitalized on the public's enthusiasm for the American thrillers that swept the screens since after the war.<br />No genre ingredient was missing in this French production. Black and white photography, so typical of B pictures, the femme fatale , the mob racketeer, fist fights and vigilante FBI agent Lemmy Caution.<br />Eddie Constantine played the part again in several sequels including Ladies’ Man ( 1962) still directed by Borderie, with yours truly.<br />Borderie was a charming and humorous man. We had met during a dinner . He had promised me a part in his new film. I was to appear as Claudia, a supporting character.</span><br />
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I was delighted to find my way back to French movie studios, after playing in so many Italian comedies.</div>
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<span lang="EN">Borderie asked me to act with an Italian accent. It was not a problem for me.<br />I also had to drive a car, and that was something else. My only previous experience<br />was driving a jeep in the countryside. So I took some lessons in order to seem perfectly relaxed at the wheel during my few driving scenes.<br /><br />We were shooting on the French Riviera . The restaurant "The fishermen’s house" had become general headquarters for cast and crew.<br />I shared billing with great actresses such as Françoise Brion, Eliane D'Almeida and Claudine Coster .<br />Armand Thirard , the chief cameraman, was struggling to remember our names when preparing set-ups. He started referring to us by a distinctive part of our outfit. He nicknamed me “the black feather” throughout the film, although I did not wear any. I had, however, a very short brown haircut that kind of looked like bird feathers.<br />Claudine Coster’s husband, Robert Manuel, was a resident of the “Comédie Française”. He used to come with her on movie sets. He was a true scholar and a very funny man that I liked very much, a fantastic storyteller. He captivated the cast and crew with countless anecdotes about Sacha Guitry and French theater.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eddie Constantine was very courteous, but a man of few words. Someone who kept his distance between takes.<br />
During my last scene with him, Lemmy Caution finds Claudia dead at the bottom of the cliff and decides to lift her body. Although the scene was a dramatic one, I still recall it with a smile. We had to reshoot several times, since the FBI agent had some difficulty raising me. Sandy soil did not provide sufficient stability to accomplish this perilous waterfall, and a chair had to be cleverly camouflaged to provide sufficient support In order for him to lift the body of the crime!<br />
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La première fois que j'ai vu l'acteur américain Eddie Constantine, c'était au cinéma dans son premier grand succès : La môme vert de gris (1953).<br />
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Le film de Bernard Borderie surfait sur l'engouement du public pour le polar américain qui déferlait sur les écrans depuis l'après guerre.<br />
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Aucun ingrédient ne manquait pour faire illusion dans cette production française. La photo noir et blanc si typique des séries B, la femme fatale, le trafiquant mafieux, les bagarres et l'agent justicier du FBI, Lemmy Caution.</div>
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Borderie était un homme charmant et plein d'humour. Nous nous étions croisés lors d'un diner. Il m'avait promis un rôle dans son nouveau film. Un petit rôle, celui de Claudia.<br />
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J'étais ravie de retrouver les plateaux français après toutes les comédies italiennes que je venais d'enchainer. </div>
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Nous tournions sur la côte d'Azur. Le restaurant "La maison des pêcheurs" était devenu le quartier général du casting du film.</div>
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Je partageais l'affiche avec d'excellentes comédiennes comme Françoise Brion, Eliane D'almeida et Claudine Coster.<br />
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Armand Thirard, le chef opérateur avait beaucoup de mal à retenir nos noms lors des mise en place. Il prit l'habitude de nous désigner par un élément distinctif de notre tenue. Il me baptisa La plume noire durant tout le film bien que je n'en porta aucune. J'avais, cependant une coupe de cheveux bruns très courts qui pouvait faire penser à des plumes de jais.<br />
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L'époux de Claudine Coster, Robert Manuel était sociétaire de la Comédie française. Il vint la rejoindre sur les plateaux de tournage. Un homme érudit et plein de verve que j'appréciais beaucoup, un fantastique conteur. Il captivait l'équipe avec ses innombrables anecdotes sur Sacha Guitry et le théâtre français.</div>
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Lors de ma dernière scène avec lui, Lemmy Caution trouve Claudia morte au bas de la falaise et décide de porter sa dépouille. Bien que la scène fut dramatique, il m'en reste un souvenir amusé. Nous dûmes en effet refaire la prise plusieurs fois car l'agent du FBI éprouvait des difficultés à me soulever. Le sol sableux n'offrant pas une stabilité suffisante pour accomplir cette périlleuse cascade, une chaise habilement camouflée lui servi d'appui pour parvenir à soulever le corps du délit !</div>
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<em>Je souhaite à tous mes lecteurs de très bonnes fêtes de fin d’année. </em><em>Merci pour vos courriers et vos commentaires. Rendez-vous pris pour 2014 !</em><br />
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<br />Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-56535442448856098372013-11-20T11:56:00.000-08:002013-11-29T02:29:56.634-08:00Inn for trouble (1960) fr.Pour ce billet automnal, je vous propose, chers lecteurs, de retrouver mon Angleterre bien aimée.<br />
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Mon interprétation aux côtés de Daniel Massey dans la dramatique télévisée Women in love (1959) avait été très remarquée. Une coupure de presse du Daily Mail dit de moi que j'étais pétillante comme une coupe de Champagne.<br />
Il ne se passa pas bien longtemps avant que mon agent à Londres, John Matters, me propose de jouer à nouveau dans une comédie mais pour le cinéma cette fois-ci.<br />
Pennington Richards mettait en scène les aventures de la famille Larkin, issue d'un sitcom très populaire à l'époque: "The Larkins". J'intégrais une troupe très soudée de merveilleux comédiens autour de David Kossov (1) et Peggy Mount, les irrésistibles époux Larkin dans ce spin-off intitulé "Inn for trouble".<br />
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A cette époque, mon anglais était très approximatif, de plus l'accent cockney et la diction rapide des acteurs ne me facilitaient pas la tâche.J'écoutais attentivement les directives du réalisateur. Pennington Richards me demandait de garder un fort accent français pour respecter la touche exotique du personnage.<br />
David Kossov et Peggy Mount manifestaient beaucoup d'intérêt pour les comédies italiennes dans lesquelles j'avais joué.<br />
La fine équipe entretenait une joyeuse complicité sur le plateau entre les prises.<br />
C'est ainsi que j'appris durant le tournage une chanson typique des pubs anglais:<br />
"Knees up Mother Brown"!<br />
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Le succès du film ne s'est pas démenti.<br />
Quelques mois plus tard, dans un tout autre climat, Terence Fisher évoquera en riant avec moi<br />
les péripéties burlesques de la famille Larkin... sur le plateau de Brides of Dracula.<br />
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<b><i>Synopsis</i></b><br />
<i>Après 25 ans de bons et loyaux services à la brasserie de Belcher, Alf Larkin ( David Kossov) estime qu'il est prêt pour gérer un de leurs pubs. </i><br />
<i>Au lieu de cela, la société lui offre pour seul cadeau de départ, un stylo à plume à ses initiales.</i><br />
<i>Furieuse, sa femme Ada ( Peggy Mount) décide de prendre les choses en mains.</i><br />
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<i>Les Larkin partent gérer le Earl Osbourne, un pub perdu en pleine campagne.</i><br />
<i>Très vite ils découvrent quelques problèmes.</i><br />
<i>Pour commencer, le manque de clients et un chiffre d'affaire en berne.</i><br />
<i>Ils bouleversent aussi la vie du village, de la police locale et de la confrérie de chasse à courre, </i><br />
<i>Les Hooray Henrys.</i><br />
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<i>Leurs jours à la tête du pub semblent comptés mais les Larkin ont plus d'un tour dans leur sac pour redresser la situation avec des moyens peu orthodoxes.</i><br />
<i>Ils ne savent pas encore que la nouvelle route principale du village doit passer devant leur établissement et qu'ils sont assis sur une mine d'or.</i><br />
<i>Malheureusement pour eux, un concurrent l'a découvert et va tout faire pour les chasser du village.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1- David Kossov fut dirigé par Terence Fisher dans une production Hammer film: Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960).</span></i><br />
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<a href="http://yvonnemonlaurautographs.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523902879730875474" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SdlywMvTRGY/TKjYZvgdvFI/AAAAAAAAAoc/Is9xyrye_8w/s400/YMonlaurBlogDA+4++copie.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 153px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Yvonne Monlaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771947053830357757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092068813714526730.post-19522361364263212102013-08-07T06:23:00.000-07:002013-08-07T06:24:52.818-07:00Night of lust ( 1963)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After Michel Deville's " A cause, à cause d'une femme", my agent Blanche Montel proposed me for the casting of José Benazeraf's second movie : " Le concerto de la peur" ( also known as " La drogue du vice"), a.k.a. Night of lust.<br />
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<i>In the midst of rivalries between drug gangsters, laboratory assistant Nora/Yvonne Monlaur has become a compromising witness and is kidnapped and held in a remote house by Eric Wolf/Hans Verner. He falls in love with her. Nora is finally freed by the rival gang and helplessly witnesses Eric'death.</i><br />
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At the time, José benazeraf was best known as a producer. He had not yet won the reputation of cult filmmaker with generations of erotomaniac moviegoers.<br />
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I remember he invited me to meet him and his wife in his Paris apartment. He must have had a true passion for Napoleon, as eagle and bee, famous emblems of the emperor, highlighted the living room.<br />
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He told me about the film. Rivalries between drug traffickers. He spoke of the importance of my role- Nora, the laboratory assistant, held hostage by a gang and coveted by the Chief played by Hans Verner.<br />
He did not, however, discussed the nudity scenes with me.<br />
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I was delighted to play alongside Michel Lemoine, whom I already knew. A funny and charming man that I would once play with in "Mission to Caracas".<br />
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I also met Jean-Pierre Kalfon. We would work together once again in the television series " Chevalier Bayard".</div>
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It was interesting to participate in such a different shooting. The camera was very static. Filming this way was the opposite of what could be expected in a genre film such as "film noir". It ultimately gave the film a very personal tone.</div>
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"Night of Lust" was a weird film, but so was its director : kind, cultured, then suddenly very coarse.</div>
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Especially during the scene where I fight with Régine Rumen.</div>
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Benazeraf abruptly rose from his chair. He came to me and shook me like a plum, accusing me of not being aggressive enough with my jailer. As I don't have the temperament to let others have their way, I began to struggle violently with him as well and, as we continued rehearsing, I had the feeling that I was fighting him more than Régine!<br />
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At other times we walked about literature between takes, me of my dear russians, Pushkin, Gogol and him of Montherlant, whose work he regarded as his bible. But I was careful not to mention my father the poet, because no one in my family was really aware of the kind of screenplay I was involved in, and I did not want it to be otherwise. I still felt that I was shooting a kind of daring film that could shock them.<br />
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At another time, I had a love scene with Michel Lemoine in the Verrières forest, in the middle of the night. Benazeraf left us free to improvise, it was so cold. We were glad to cuddle each other in order to keep warm. But this was not enough to protect us.</div>
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When the last shot was completed, the actors and the technical team left with a heavy cold.<br />
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After this film, I was offered many nude parts. Eroticism got very popular in the 70s and began to become a key ingredient in the production of genre films.</div>
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But I had no intention to spent my time catching colds on movie sets !</div>
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I got some interesting proposals from abroad but they would have kept me away from my family at a time when I needed a more stable life. I turned to television.<br />
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"Night of lust" was released at Paris in the famous Midi Minuit theater.</div>
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The room was full. I know. I was part of the audience. It is always a satisfaction, when you have made a movie, to come incognito in order to discover the first public reactions. " Night of lust" was well received.<br />
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I wish you all a great summer vacation.</div>
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Thank you for your kind comments. I kiss you.</div>
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Après " A cause, à cause d'une femme" de Michel Deville, mon agent artistique Blanche Montel me proposa pour le casting du deuxième film de José Bénazeraf : "Le concerto de la peur" connu aussi sous le titre : "La drogue du vice".<br />
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<i>Au coeur d'affrontements entre trafiquants de drogue, la laborantine Nora /Yvonne Monlaur, devenue un témoin compromettant est enlevée et sequestrée dans une demeure reculée par Eric Wolf /Hans Verner. Il en tombe amoureux. Nora doit sa libération au gang rival et assiste impuissante à la mort d'Eric.</i><br />
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A l'époque José Benazeraf était plus connu en tant que producteur. Il n'avait pas encore gagné cette notoriété de cinéaste culte auprès de générations de cinéphiles érotomanes.<br />
Je me souviens qu'il me reçut avec sa femme dans son appartement parisien. Il devait vouer une véritable passion pour Napoléon 1er car l'aigle et l'abeille, emblèmes fameuses de l'empereur, ponctuaient la décoration du salon.<br />
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Il me parla du sujet du film. Des rivalités entre trafiquants de drogue. Il me parla de l'importance de mon rôle - Nora la laborantine, otage d'un gang et convoitée par le chef interprété par Hans Verner. A aucun moment, il n'évoqua les scènes de nudité avec moi.<br />
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J'étais ravie de jouer aux côtés de Michel Lemoine que je connaissais déjà. Un homme drôle et délicieux que j'aurais de nouveau à mes côtés dans "Mission spéciale à Caracas".</div>
J'ai aussi fait la rencontre de Jean Pierre Kalfon. Nous nous retrouverons ensuite dans le feuilleton télévisée Chevalier Bayard.<br />
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C'était interessant de participer à ce tournage si différent des autres. Les plans étaient très statiques. Cette manière de filmer allait à l'encontre de ce que l'on pouvait attendre du découpage d'un film de genre comme le polar. A l'arrivée cela donnait un ton très personnel à la réalisation.</div>
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"Le Concerto de la peur" était un film bizarre à l'image du metteur en scène, gentil, cultivé puis brusquement grossier.<br />
Notamment lors de la scène où je me bats avec Régine Rumen.<br />
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Benazeraf s'est brusquement levé de son fauteuil . Il est venu me secouer comme un prunier, me reprochant de ne pas être assez agressive avec ma geôlière. Comme je ne suis pas d'un tempérament à me laisser faire, je me suis mis à me débattre et à le violenter à son tour tant et si bien que, les répétitions se prolongeant, j'avais l'impression de me battre plus avec lui qu'avec Régine !<br />
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A d'autres moments nous parlions littérature entre les prises, moi de mes chers russes, Pouchkine, Dostoievski, Gogol et lui de Montherlant dont il considérait l'oeuvre comme sa bible.<br />
Toutefois je me gardais bien d'évoquer mon père poète car aucun des mes proches n'était vraiment au courant du scénario que j'étais en train de tourner et je ne souhaitais pas qu'il le soit d'une manière ou d'une autre. J'avais quand même le sentiment de faire un film entre deux eaux qui aurait pu les choquer.<br />
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Je pense à cette scène dénudée en voiture durant laquelle mes deux kidnappeurs déboutonnent mon corsage pour découvrir ma poitrine. Elle n'était pas dans le script. Au moment où je feignais l'évanouissement, j'entendis Bénazeraf ajouter "- il faut ajouter plus de sexe!".<br />
Je me suis sentie un peu piégée sur le coup et puis très vite j'ai compris que c'était dans l'intérêt de la scène. J'ai obtempéré.<br />
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A un autre moment, j'avais une scène d'amour avec Michel Lemoine dans le bois de Verrières, au milieu de la nuit.<br />
Benazeraf nous laissa libre d'improviser, il faisait tellement froid. Nous étions heureux de nous serrer l'un contre l'autre pour nous réchauffer. Cette étreinte ne suffit pas à nous protéger.<br />
La dernière prise achevée, les acteurs comme l'équipe technique, quittèrent le plateau très enrhumés.<br />
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A la suite de ce film, on m'a proposé de nombreux rôles dénudés. L'érotisme très en vogue dans les années 70 commençait à devenir un ingrédient indispensable de la production du film de genre.<br />
Mais il n'était pas question pour moi que je passe mon temps à m'enrhumer sur les plateaux !<br />
Il y avait bien ces propositions intéressantes qui venaient de l'étranger mais elles m'auraient éloigné de ma famille à une époque où j'avais besoin d'une vie plus stable. Je me suis tourné vers la télévision.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Nora au chevet d'Eric (Avec Michel Lemoine et Hans Verner)</b></span></td></tr>
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"Le concerto de la peur" est sorti au cinéma le Midi Minuit.<br />
La salle était pleine. Je le sais . Je faisais parti des spectateurs. C'est toujours une satisfaction quand on a fait un film de venir incognito découvrir les premières réactions du public. "Le Concerto de la peur"<br />
fut bien accueilli.<br />
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Je vous souhaite à toutes et tous d'excellentes vacances d'été.<br />
Merci pour vos sympathiques commentaires. Je vous embrasse.<br />
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