Elsa wore blue chiffon when she danced in the blue salon. And she wore white chiffon when she danced in the white salon.
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@VisionaryofMirage9 жыл бұрын
She seems like one of those rare people you could talk to for hours.
@floris.9273 жыл бұрын
TBH on Dick Cavett everybody was like that. What a time and what a show.
@BillyAlabama Жыл бұрын
I agree. She’s fascinating on so many levels.
@carolking6355 Жыл бұрын
Dear Elsa is the most wonderful. She accepted Charles in a way nonone else would have. How they must have adored each other. ❤️
@JohnSmith-uy7svАй бұрын
but did she accept Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and savior before she died? that is the question for all eternity.
@XX-gy7ue4 жыл бұрын
SHE WAS BRILLIANT - HE HAD THE BEST GUESTS !
@brendanwoods99279 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've seen her in an interview. How charismatic and witty.
@themarvellousmrsmorticia7 ай бұрын
Elsa Lanchester was an incredible chanteuse. The stories she would tell and funny British songs she sang were fabulous. If I could travel back in time, I'd go see her perform.
@wildroot27625 жыл бұрын
She was beautiful as The Bride and still beautiful during this interview.
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
She let herself gain too much weight to be considered beautiful...but she sure was charismatic. I mean, this woman had two Academy Award nominations, and won a golden Globe...she was a wonderful talent.
@hifithepanda15 жыл бұрын
She's hilarious! I love her. She doesn't hide anything. I love the albums that she put out "Songs for a Smoke Filled Room" etc... this interview shows that side of her.... the playful, upfront, honest, brilliant woman she was.
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
No....she was certainly not honest...she was skillfully hiding the aberrant nature of her marriage to Charles Laughton...I will say though...she was truly beautiful, as a younger woman...even when she played a female "monster" she exuded sensuality. Why she did not receive more leading lady roles in Hollywood is a mystery to me...Sadly, she wound up bed-ridden for the last few years of her life, after suffering a stroke...She died in that home for Actors that is located in Hollywood...she was, however, worth nearly a million dollars at that time.
@RosePetal1712 жыл бұрын
These interviews are wonderful. You would never hear a 'celebrity' today chat so openly and honestly for a full hour. Everything is so orchestrated and un-organic today.
@purdy93118 жыл бұрын
she is so refreshing. charming lady
@edwardbarile89264 жыл бұрын
I have always adored this marvelous talented smart beautiful woman. I actually saw this interview of Elsa Lanchester on the Dick Cavett show years ago: I also read her autobiography "Elsa Lanchester Herself".
@SirChezarie12 жыл бұрын
Truly - its amazing the way she speaks of a world so long ago .
@davidpowers742920 күн бұрын
What a relaxed, unpretentious, enjoyable guest -- who had a great career and an obviously great bond with Mr. Laughton. Looking back at photos of Elsa Lanchester in the 1920's, 1930's, and even in this video from the early 1970's, I always thought she was incredibly cute. I mean, physically, really a cute pixie. She probably got a lot of attention in the old days. She exhibited a lot of humor and talent in many amusing character roles. She was, you might say, the Angela Lansbury of her era.
@independentfilmchannel14762 жыл бұрын
Ms Lanchester raised the enjoyment level of every scene she ever played on screen. I loved the bawdy number she did called "When a Lady Hazza Piazza."
@Vejur90003 жыл бұрын
She is fascinating. Her voice and her diction, are fascinating.
@flenif224711 ай бұрын
Thanks to tv....no one has a unique personality or speech anymore
@c.a.savage56895 ай бұрын
It's an educated English accent. No more, no less. Listen to the BBC.
@bobatchison-pallasart-hagi88843 жыл бұрын
1970 was around the time of Ken Russell's film "Loves of Isadora" and there was a revival of interest in her. I was very interested in her comments about Isadora and was amazed to learn she was one of her "Isadorable" students. The kissing of the hand routine was something I had never heard before, many thanks for uploading this!
@exaudi33 Жыл бұрын
That film was directed by KAREL REISZ, not Ken Russell.
@WisterWilson2 ай бұрын
Yeah well what about 2022……3 words: Ida Celestia Pond
@jezedwards3858 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful beautiful lady.
@gregherried51896 жыл бұрын
When I was 13, I bought an album called Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs and I still remember the songs from it. They are a lot of fun.
@adamblue29806 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esuidLV6vZvUin0.html This is awesome!
@bobconnor1210 Жыл бұрын
Damn, she was great. Real character.
@califdad48 жыл бұрын
I just read this was done in 1970. Never saw this before and never knew she was that witty and interesting
@BansheeMilkАй бұрын
Such an adorable spirit
@SuperC8889 ай бұрын
She’s hilarious as is her husband Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution. The way they play off each other with a wink and twinkle in her eye. ❤❤
@kentishtowncowboy10 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise she was English and a Londoner as well. An enjoyable and relaxed interview and she had a delightful speaking voice.
@1948DESMOND9 жыл бұрын
SHE certainly has , or rather had, a dellightful speaking voice. if only people spoke like that today, whether in england , america or anywhere else. god, education has become dumbed down, has it not? even though elsa left school at 13, she obviously became self-educated. she probably read educated newspapers like the london times. the lower classes today refer to the sunday times as The Fucking Times. the world is now a dirtier world. men who hang around men's toilets want to get married and adopt children. disgusting. even if charles lalughton was gay himself.
@victreebel1707 жыл бұрын
JOSEPH McBLOGGS men who hang around toilets? god, you're the disgusting one for thinking that's something a typical gay man does. this isn't 1950. why did you add that onto the end of your rant about the dumbing down of people, anyway? just makes you sound uneducated.
@LS-md4nn7 жыл бұрын
Blondie Mckenzie Aside from being a bitter, and hateful homophobe, you're hung up on class in the most despicable way. Best of all, with your air of superiority, and disdain for all current education, your writing and punctuation is a disaster, as is your lack of capital letters, and incorrect spacing. I can only conclude, based on the what you've written, that you failed to enjoy good schooling, did not read educated newspapers, and have a need to be seen otherwise. I feel sorry for you.
@LS-md4nn7 жыл бұрын
No, I don't feel sorry for you. Shame on you for putting down so many types of people, painting them with broad strokes of ignorance.
@LS-md4nn7 жыл бұрын
Joseph Preston I hear you. Just the same... Not all americans, or all of any one group of people, are that foolish. We don't think actors that speak with english accents are American, but thanks for that broad brush you painted us with. There are too many in the U.S. that are willfully provincial, though the same could be said of people in any country. Case in point, Blondie McHateful, and the global list goes on... I'm sure you already know this.
@jeromemckenna710210 жыл бұрын
She's terrific fun. I hope she was a nice a person in real life as she was here.
@RosePetal1712 жыл бұрын
"Are you enjoying your corpse?"....Love it!
@mariellecharmaine15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I find Elsa Lanchester so charismatic and witty in these clips. I love her stories.
@s.f.6942 жыл бұрын
What a interesting woman she was 😊 so full of life and the interviewer was a total gentleman as well very classy
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
I think he was being tactful, and dutifully avoided the more controversial aspects of her life...her marriage to a gay man, and likely her affection for women...no kids, etc. She likely was busy being his "beard"...a very common thing in Hollywood, even now.
@katc23455 ай бұрын
What an amazing lady i wish i couldve met!
@TrangPakbaby15 жыл бұрын
LOL! She is utterly adorable!
@CharlesandElsafan11 жыл бұрын
Elsa's 110 on October 28th!!! Brilliant actress and lovely woman, reading her biography at the moment- hilarious :)
@Grisostomo06 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful interview. She's a gem. Elsa came of age in the 1920s , was a student of Isadora Duncan and the wife of the great Charles Laughten.
@tommoncrieff115410 ай бұрын
The wife! Unless …
@Grisostomo0610 ай бұрын
@@tommoncrieff1154 Whooops!
@cmoran91038 жыл бұрын
This is just amazing. Thank you so much for uploading it! 'You cover as much territory as you can in these quick interviews' - if only it could be longer, especially when she's talking about Duncan.
@jimbojamesIV13 жыл бұрын
More, I want more Elsa Lanchester and before this I would have said that I was simply a Laughton fan.
@katc23455 ай бұрын
That is a super intelligent woman!
@cheryl33294 жыл бұрын
Love her she was also in an episode of the Night Gallery
@RDX19818 жыл бұрын
she aged well :) always will be the bride of frankenstein
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
She was mentally together...but looked her age.
@zzzbbbooo6 жыл бұрын
She is fascinating!
@keithdickens139511 ай бұрын
they don’t make ‘‘em like this anymore,a beautiful lady
@glenn2008196510 жыл бұрын
Filmed 1970....lovely lady.
@jayraskin15 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Great information about Isadora from one of the greatest actresses of the 20th century.
@mrskenscott9643Ай бұрын
This was a fantastic interview. On both sides. Dick Cavett was a genius
@whispperson12 жыл бұрын
Love this Lady
@welshpete122 жыл бұрын
I wish I could hear more ! What a fascinating interesting woman !
@barbaraduggan63111 жыл бұрын
love Elsa ,,,she was a great character actress and more......
@markstarkey59402 жыл бұрын
Very down to earth lady,not ostentatious like some of today's actors
@Lulugirard9415 жыл бұрын
Lanchester is my role model!
@JimiG5411 жыл бұрын
Self-important? She was famous for her movie roles, and known as a music hall comedienne who sang funny old bawdy cockney tunes which were made into an LP and singles. She was honest, witty, and talented. Can you say the same about yourself? No? Then clam up.
@PMS19509 ай бұрын
A truly great lady - articulate, witty, talented and a personality that completely obliterates many of today's mass produced, overpaid prima donnas.
@TheCureForLife15 жыл бұрын
what a lady :) love her
@Cavallaro23764 жыл бұрын
Elsa Lanchester starred as the bride in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
@jayraskin12 жыл бұрын
Excellent points. I love both Isadora and Elsa.
@chrisdorr57869 күн бұрын
I would love to have heard her talking more about both her & Charles' experiences with James Whale. I'm sure Charles had some tales from The Old Dark House.
@WinkBlinkNod7 жыл бұрын
What an enchanting person she was. ROFL at 8:36!
@MrJawstherevenge876 ай бұрын
I remeber the episode of I love Lucy she was in. She was hilarious and could do comedy too
@beeniman64211 жыл бұрын
I have her portrait tattooed on me as the bride of frankenstein lol
@John2213311 жыл бұрын
Well, don't forget her most famous role ..... "The Bride of Frankenstein"
@ricardosimon5176 жыл бұрын
Great woman!
@aisforapple2494 Жыл бұрын
Who would have ever thought that the 'Bride of Frankenstein' would be so charming?
@jarodcarnarvon51982 жыл бұрын
She was a good actress. I liked her in "That Darn Cat".
@ZeevaTV12 жыл бұрын
yeh but you have to take it as from one performer with an ego about another--per the wiki on Elsa "Elsa studied dance in Paris under Isadora Duncan, whom she disliked. When the school was discontinued due to the start of WW I, she returned to England. At that point (she was about 12 years of age) she considered herself capable of teaching dancing in the Isadora Duncan style (despite her own scathing remarks about her former teacher's style) &started to give classes to children..." at 12...
@LLOYDOLA2 жыл бұрын
Cool, loved her In Bell Book and Candle
@DocHackenbush16 жыл бұрын
The Bride! Gosh!!
@europamacmillan94985 жыл бұрын
Oh how I wish there was more -sometimes Cavett’s attempt at glib wit go horribly wrong
@photo1615 жыл бұрын
She's simply impossible charming...
@maxmalakooti26282 жыл бұрын
Somehow she sort of reminds me of Helena Bonham Carter, and I love that kind of energy.
@SpeegBJ11 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, thank you for your good perspective on matching egos.....Duncan and Lancaster. Acerbic Elsa does present herself to have invented! I love them both. Isadora first and foremost, and I enjoy her firsthand account of dancing under/with her.
@panos30513 жыл бұрын
LANCHESTER!
@jonsey36452 жыл бұрын
What are struggling to say? Do you like her or not? Was that an insult or what? Having sensed some tawdry, left handed spin I would caution you that given your poor manner of communicating ideas that you have not and probably will not ever be in this great ladies orbit.
@gettinhitched5 жыл бұрын
I would love to have her over for coffee
@mrstanfordwhite12 жыл бұрын
her autobiograpy is so much fun...just like this only more so. ever hear her performances of baudy cafe music?
@mewmew16405 жыл бұрын
Did anyone ever see her on an episode of I Love Lucy? Really funny.
@billross50844 жыл бұрын
She played a " hatchet murderous Evelyn Holmbly" as I recall. Great episode.
@billross50844 жыл бұрын
She played a " hatchet murderous escaped convict Evelyn Holmbly".
@mariec42753 жыл бұрын
@@billross5084 she was not the hatchet murderous...but Lucy and Ethel thought she was.
@billross50843 жыл бұрын
Yes you are correct. And she thought Lucy was the hatchet murderess " traveling with her blonde companion".
@mariec42753 жыл бұрын
@@billross5084 yes. We just watched that episode last tonight! 😂
@telecaster196316 жыл бұрын
Beautiful woman.
@thebrideoffrankenstein24155 жыл бұрын
She's such an interesting lady....would love to drink tea with her... ☕
@Tolstoy11113 жыл бұрын
@cheeriosinabowl Elsa played the Bride of Frankenstein in the 1935 film. Isadora is the Founder of Modern Dance.
@akarpowicz12 жыл бұрын
Very cute. Like the bit about the boy's school. Sounds like she was a St Trinian's type schoolgirl.
@belle26ramirez12 жыл бұрын
@lbr1234 she played Katie Nanna in mary poppins right?
@anavilla7134 Жыл бұрын
ISADORA DUNCAN FOUND IMMENSE INSPIRATION IN THE JOYFUL, IRREVERENT AND FREE DANCERS OF CAN-CAN, WHICH I TALK ABOUT IN A VIDEO ON MY CHANNEL.
@519djw67 жыл бұрын
Since she was a pupil of Isadora Duncan, I was hoping that she would mention any impressions she had of the the great Russian poet Sergei Esenin, who was married to Duncan in the early 1920s.
@519djw67 жыл бұрын
Есенин совсем не “незаметный”. Исключением Пушкина, он самый возлюбленный поэт России. И мне всё равно, как Вы думаете. И кроме того, Вы самый не умеете на писать на английском!
@veronicawhatley50446 жыл бұрын
talented like her husband
@user-mz4gn8df1x4 ай бұрын
It kinda sucks being in love with someone that passed before you were born
@WisterWilson2 ай бұрын
Is this a reference to the Pond-Duncan Love Letters?
@CharlesandElsafan11 жыл бұрын
There's a bit more of her on the Alain Delon interview segment of this same episode- you can also find that here on youtube. Beyond that I don't know of any other clips.
@KristopherBatiste-vi4wh2 ай бұрын
Whoa whoa whoa my name is isadora but I’m only 10 years old
@braunmike116 жыл бұрын
Isadore Duncan
@leejones85824 жыл бұрын
The bride of Frankenstein
@hoellenkatzlehensmarr60367 жыл бұрын
Ha! As as child I often had to wear nasty clothes & it was horrible!
@JD-bp1ig4 жыл бұрын
She had me at “my parents were socialists”.
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
I thought that most English folks were socialists; their system of government has a lot of socialist features.
@TheMetalheadfromhell2 жыл бұрын
@@curbozerboomer1773 I believe it has a lot to do with the fact that England was one of the first country to industrialize, had a very big working class wich went through the most terrible forms of exploitation, thus creating the ideal conditions for socialist ideas to emerge.
@CanadianMonarchist Жыл бұрын
@@curbozerboomer1773No, the English are probably the least socialist country in Europe. They’re an essentially centrist people.
@ubertuber6610 жыл бұрын
She's throwing off witty & esoteric one-liners left and right, and it's all going over his head -- an interview ruined by the interviewer.
@DoggieFosters4 жыл бұрын
Yes. She was (accidentally) running circles around him.
@jasoncharles86514 жыл бұрын
She is much a lady as not to out him as a dweeb.
@elizabethwhite21513 жыл бұрын
He always had great guests, but not the sense or humility to not try to compete with his guests. Even as a child, I always found him completely insufferable. I just wanted to listen to these amazing people share their experiences and thoughts.
@justinkeyser20236 жыл бұрын
The Bride of Frankenstein
@moiraregis13 жыл бұрын
whatever their sexual preferences, it's obvious that their marriage was not only convenient but also suffused with warmth, humor, understanding and mutual admiration. both odd ducks and an oddly good fit--
@charleswm.taylor49666 жыл бұрын
No, Elsa was definitely heterosexual. From my point of view, that was a sad side of her life. But when Laughton was dying of cancer, Elsa would walk up in the Hollywood Hills behind their houseat 1825 Curson just half a block up from Hollywood Blvd and across from the Wattles Estate. She would pick wild flowers to bring back to Charles. That was a sign of devotion and love. Like most couples, there were ups and downs. Charles Laughton didn't have appreciation for Elsa's taste in art and would remove, then sell art works that she had purchased and hung in their home. Laughton collected pre-Columbian art. Years after he died, she was at a Turnabout Christmas party in which I too attended. It was a grab bag party in which each person brought a wrapped gift and placed it under a sheet in the middle of the living room. Everyone sat in a circle around the sheet. Each person had a turn to reach in and pull out a present. I picked a small present that turned out to have been brought by an antique dealer. Inside was a pre-Columbian chicken head. I wanted it as a Punch and Judy enthusiast. I knew that Punch original name was Pulcinella which in Greek Commedia del Arte meant chicken beak for his large nose. Elsa wanted the chicken but I wanted it more. I kept it. Elsa was gracious and didn't insist. I still have my pre-Columbian chicken head.
@computerbunnie5 жыл бұрын
LOOK AT HER NECKLACE - listen to her story - whoa this is like a cult from the 70’s
@here_we_go_again2571 Жыл бұрын
Cult? 1970's had funky fashion and decor! Elsa's career was during the 1920's to the 1950's with guest roles on TV shows in the 1960's to the early 1970's She started out in plays and also sang in British Music halls (UK's equivalent to US's Vaudeville -- live entertainment) venues and in early films.
@CharlesandElsafan11 жыл бұрын
*aside from the "...talks about Charles Laughton" one I think you've already seen.
@ivelosthewilltolive13 жыл бұрын
Cavett seems not to know quite what to do with her -- I think she's a little outside of his comfort zone. Too bad, I think she's fascinating.
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
He was in his early thirties here...she was from another generation in time.
@michiganjfrog3663 жыл бұрын
Those glossy eyes.. 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 I'll bet she was a friend of Aleister Crowley
@yelloworangered6 жыл бұрын
Wish she could be less witty and more insightful about what Isadora Duncan was trying to accomplish, but that' s the danger of being lionized as entertaining.
@jasonmillion59703 жыл бұрын
what year is this video from ? she died in 1986 I know
@henrikechers99956 жыл бұрын
She is so interesting and so wonderful to listen to. I never liked Dick Cavett
@davidreid80752 ай бұрын
Unlikely as it seems , some people were not so conformist in the near past as they are nowadays.... I wonder why ?
@JimiG5411 жыл бұрын
cheeriosinabowl who?
@chrisrattray8958 Жыл бұрын
This interviewer, who’s name I can’t remember, had a voice which grated on me ever since I first saw him. His banal monotonous delivery and tone laced with interruptive futile attempts at smart humorous remarks only served to bring the interviewees down to his uninteresting level. This style of interview is pervasive now, with the interviewees being reduced to mere props for these failed comedians.
@frankiebowie6174 Жыл бұрын
She left school when she was 13, but what she made of herself!
@pootdaggy26575 жыл бұрын
I'll always think of her as Henry VIII's German wife. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc18bKSdvuDaZ40.html
@stuartlee6622 Жыл бұрын
Jack Paar
@jaymesguy23910 жыл бұрын
She's delightful, but wearing a terrible outfit in exactly the wrong colour for her! Maybe it was to spite Isadora!
@Rodin995 жыл бұрын
why is she talking so much? where is the movie clip. can't she play a game with Cavet?