A Star Is Born (Turner Classic Movies) by Lorna Luft

Author:Lorna Luft [LUFT, LORNA / VANCE, JEFFREY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Running Press
Published: 2018-09-18T00:00:00+00:00

J. L. Warner, my mother, my father, George Cukor, and Warner Bros. distribution president Benjamin Kalmenson, attend the second “preview” of A Star Is Born, held at the Encino Theatre, Encino, California, August 1954.

A contract designer at RKO, Michael Woulfe, designed Mama’s premiere ensemble. Months before, she had asked to borrow a suit from Jean Simmons that had caught her eye; the piece was one of Woulfe’s, made for Simmons. The designer instead came up with a black velvet dress with a beaded white stand-up bateau collar encircling her neck. A small pillbox hat of beaded white satin almost completed the picture. Mama also requested a black fur muff large enough to conceal a handy flask of vodka—her nerve-steadier of choice, just as it had been on the set of the movie. Extravagant accolades passed all around as the film concluded at the Pantages Theatre. Mama was in Hollywood heaven, with more revelry to follow at the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel, where Jack Warner hosted a soiree for eight hundred guests titled “Night of Stars,” with a menu of poached eggs benedict, chicken à la king (with pecan waffle), sirloin steak, ice cream, cake, coffee, and cocktails. My mother wasn’t dieting that night. It was a time of happy celebration. Mama was in a state of rapture, and all the stars in attendance were lavishing praise on her and Dad. They were so happy to have successfully crossed the finish line. Enjoying the film with their peers, followed by the lavish Cocoanut Grove supper party, was one of the happiest nights of their lives.

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