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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Fan" data-source="post: 245249" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>Yes they are all in the scrap book and there are more in that vein, it seems that people were divided in the matter although there are far more praising her performance and the storyline than against it.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>This is what she herself had to say on the subject</p><p></p><p><em>"I was always determined; stubborn. I grew up in what some would call high circumstances: we lived on the East Side, and my parents had money, but I was rebellious and bored with it all. I loved it when my father designed plays, because I was fascinated by actors and directors and all theatre people, but so-called New York society bored me to death. I decided to become an actress very early, and I told my parents. There was some conviction in my family that I should go to 'good' schools and marry a nice guy, but I asked for, and received, my emancipation, and by the time I turned eighteen, I was on Broadway. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"I'm difficult to deal with.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"I did everything. Everyone should do everything. Stock companies, touring companies, regional theatres (of which there were very few in the early forties), Broadway, radio. Television came into being during that time, and I did that, too. You have to learn and you have to do bad things, I think. You also have to find out if you're one of the bad things. A lot of bad actors with whom I've worked thought they were just swell, and you wonder about perception. You start to look for honest teachers and peers who will tell you when you're rotten or misguided.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"<span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">I got lucky when I was cast by [Elia] Kazan in </span></em><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">Deep Are the Roots<em>, the first play, to my knowledge, to acknowledge the deep racism in the hearts and minds of so-called 'good' American, Christian people. It was 1945 and the war was coming to an end and lovely Gordon Heath played a black, American soldier who returns from war a hero, but in his native South, where his mother was a cleaning lady for a fine, old Southern family, he's just a n*****. I played a young girl, torn between the traditions of her upbringing and her desire and admiration for this noble, beautiful young man. It wasn't a great play, but it had great timing, and Kazan directed it beautifully.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)"><em>"I want to be clear about something: Kazan drove me insane. I don't mean that he abused me, although at times it might have looked that way. He drove me so deep within myself to make a part and a play real and relevant that I sometimes left rehearsals--and performances--in tears and exhausted. Only Kazan led me to realize how powerful the theatre could be, and how potent and--forgive my dependence on this word--noble the art of acting can be.</em></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">"He made me address my own racism, which I could not believe resided in the heart of a well-raised girl with smart, so-called liberal parents, but it was there. I analyzed and scrutinized my character so deeply that I knew her better than I knew myself, and I crafted for her a biography that was quite extensive. I was good in that play; I earned the right to call myself an actress. Why? Elia Kazan. He taught me how to act."</span></em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.soapchat.net/threads/great-barbara-bel-geddes-and-father-norman-article.1800/">http://www.soapchat.net/threads/great-barbara-bel-geddes-and-father-norman-article.1800/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barbara Fan, post: 245249, member: 21"] Yes they are all in the scrap book and there are more in that vein, it seems that people were divided in the matter although there are far more praising her performance and the storyline than against it. This is what she herself had to say on the subject [I]"I was always determined; stubborn. I grew up in what some would call high circumstances: we lived on the East Side, and my parents had money, but I was rebellious and bored with it all. I loved it when my father designed plays, because I was fascinated by actors and directors and all theatre people, but so-called New York society bored me to death. I decided to become an actress very early, and I told my parents. There was some conviction in my family that I should go to 'good' schools and marry a nice guy, but I asked for, and received, my emancipation, and by the time I turned eighteen, I was on Broadway. "I'm difficult to deal with. "I did everything. Everyone should do everything. Stock companies, touring companies, regional theatres (of which there were very few in the early forties), Broadway, radio. Television came into being during that time, and I did that, too. You have to learn and you have to do bad things, I think. You also have to find out if you're one of the bad things. A lot of bad actors with whom I've worked thought they were just swell, and you wonder about perception. You start to look for honest teachers and peers who will tell you when you're rotten or misguided. "[COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]I got lucky when I was cast by [Elia] Kazan in [/COLOR][/I][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Deep Are the Roots[I], the first play, to my knowledge, to acknowledge the deep racism in the hearts and minds of so-called 'good' American, Christian people. It was 1945 and the war was coming to an end and lovely Gordon Heath played a black, American soldier who returns from war a hero, but in his native South, where his mother was a cleaning lady for a fine, old Southern family, he's just a n*****. I played a young girl, torn between the traditions of her upbringing and her desire and admiration for this noble, beautiful young man. It wasn't a great play, but it had great timing, and Kazan directed it beautifully. "I want to be clear about something: Kazan drove me insane. I don't mean that he abused me, although at times it might have looked that way. He drove me so deep within myself to make a part and a play real and relevant that I sometimes left rehearsals--and performances--in tears and exhausted. Only Kazan led me to realize how powerful the theatre could be, and how potent and--forgive my dependence on this word--noble the art of acting can be.[/I][/COLOR] [I][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]"He made me address my own racism, which I could not believe resided in the heart of a well-raised girl with smart, so-called liberal parents, but it was there. I analyzed and scrutinized my character so deeply that I knew her better than I knew myself, and I crafted for her a biography that was quite extensive. I was good in that play; I earned the right to call myself an actress. Why? Elia Kazan. He taught me how to act."[/COLOR][/I] [URL]http://www.soapchat.net/threads/great-barbara-bel-geddes-and-father-norman-article.1800/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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