The fried egg hat picture is amazing.
Thank you for the compliments! Eve is highly charismatic, and I was thrilled when she admired my bone structure and “goyishe nose.”
Um, someone needs to fill out Eve’s Wikipedia entry (hint, hint … I am a Wiki editor and author and could help with the technical BS if necessary … ). Seriously. She should have something much better than what’s there.
If the hint is for myself, I’m not comfortable doing it, because I think living persons should be the ones to fill in their Wikipedia entry.
I don’t know Eve as well as I’d like to, but I’ve always gotten the very strong impression that she is in many ways a very private person. I was surprised by her agreeing to speak about her (what’s the right word?) transexedness. I think she’d be happier with her Wikipedia entry remaining a stub without details. I believe she’s said as much when asked about in some thread I ain’t gonna search for.
Superb interview.
And Eve’s “Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara,” is perhaps the best-researched, tightly supported Hollywood biography I’ve ever read. It’s a standout work - absolutely essential to anyone who has any interest in the silent film era.
It’s against Wikipedia policy for people to fill out their own, and I think there’s some pretty solid reasoning behind that.
Well yes, of course someone would have to ask her what’s OK with her or not - anything else would be irresponsible. I’d just really like to see more on there on female authors in general - it’s one of the weaker areas, and Eve’s work has historical importance to boot.
I just finished the Jean Harlow book. Really looking forward to the Bara and John Gilbert books.
Great article (and Eve looks very lovely) but why isn’t Eve posting here anymore?
Unfortunately, I cannot discuss that.
Over the years I’ve met a good bunch of Dopers. Being invited to attend a luncheon at the Algonquin with Eve and 4 or 5 other Dopers is without doubt a highlight of such moments.
Direct, brilliant, acerbic, quick-witted. Warm. Intense. And a lot more. As is evidenced by the reviews of others, her body of work on early cinema is deeply respected in the cinema history community. Oddly, I’m 30 pages into “United Artists: The Company Built By The Stars”. My head’s been filled with the very filmmakers and silent stars that are her purvey.
Deftly handled there, Una. What a treat !!
Very cool to both of you!