Photo credit: Hugh E Dillon
Earlier this month the Turner Classic Movies’ “Road toHollywood” tour came to Philly (Prince Theater) and brought along legendary actress Eva Marie Saint, the actress best known for her sexy spy role, playing opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic - North By Northwest. The 10-city tour is part of a campaign to promote the vintage film network’s annual TCM Classic Film Festival (April 12-15).
If you've ever seen the pilot episode of the TV show Remington Steele, you may recall before Pierce Brosnan steps on the scene, Laura (Stephanie Zimbalist) has to create the illusion of the great detective Remington Steele, by making hotel reservations under his name, stocking the room with men clothes and toiletry items, asking the valet to deliver dry cleaning etc.. This was all deliberately taken from the movie North by Northwest. In the film, there is no actual Roger Kaplan, it's just a name used for a CIA decoy.
Eva Marie Saint is now 87 years-old and still incredibly lovely, feisty, funny and quick. This Q & A is filmed from afar, but it's interesting to hear her spar with TCM's interviewer Ben Mankiewicz, discuss what it was like to work with the likes of Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock, and her acting debut on the film On the Waterfront.
31.03.2012 | tinseltine's blog
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