A new documentary was released here in NYC this week about the stage and film production of the iconic The Boys in the Band which ran on stage for 5 years before being made into a feature film directed by William Friedkin (The French Connection & The Exorcist).
As many here know this landmark production had the participation of several DS cast members, Joel Crothers, Chris Bernau, Keith Prentice and Don Briscoe all at one time appeared on the stage version.  Only Prentice went on to be in the film.

There isn't much personal information about Keith but lots of shots of him in rehearsal, production and filming and a discussion of the film's reception and then fall from grace after Stonewall.

The film also contains vintage footage of Roddy MacDowell's Malibu beach house parties with Lauren Bacall, Natalie Wood (close friend of the playwright), Robert Wagner, Tuesday Weld, Judy Garland, Rock Hudson, etc.


http://firstrunfeatures.com/makingtheboys/

AND she has repeatedly said she hasn't even been asked to be in the film. But perhaps they know more than HBC has been letting on. Or they're convinced that she will eventually be asked and that she will agree to be Julia...

Actors are like politicians...i mean if they can cry at a sham Golden Globe award win, they can say and do whatever is expedient.  No disrespect to HBC but maybe her agent is advising her to play tough with hubby to get more $$ or a part in another film..who knows.

Slightly off topic, but I'd heard that Margaret Hamilton was a kindergarten teacher before she became famous as a certain witch from Oz. I always wondered what her kids thought of her.

While not as a teacher, I know someone here in NYC who's family owned a restaurant MH used to frequent in the Village.  He says she was always so nice, you'd  never have known she was the WWW.

that is sooo wrong but yes it did elicit a loud chuckle this a.m.

It's just a darned shame that Magda and Sandor were, apparently, never "blessed" with any children.

IIRC Sandor and Magda were the only happily married couple on the whole show and then they killed him.

 But particularly in later scenes in the film.

So cruel...you know I actually think that is her real hair (though fans joke about her bad wig)...obviously  Edith did catch Grayson after after she awoke from catnaps.

I always find myself wondering whether Grayson had a card-sharp streak from how deftly she handles those cards.  Must've been what she learned at the knee of one of Daddy's Atlantic City showgirl buddies...

Daddy was a gambler amongst many other things,  his idea of "weekend" time with his only child probably involved hours in a card parlor.