It's interesting that in back-to-back performances, Kim goes from other-worldly femme fatale to confused shopgirl in Vertigo, and from cool, aloof witch to vulnerable mortal in this. She had a crush on Dick Quine, and thought Stewart 'just the greatest person of all'. What a cast! (Rex Harrison and Lili Palmer played the leads on Broadway.)
A gorgeous film to look at, the epitome of late 1950s style. Edited by Charles Nelson (incredible credits.)
Of Kovacs, Lemmon is quoted as saying 'He was one of the most stimulating people I've ever known. To this day, we still sit and talk about him. He had antennae out in every direction. He wouldn't just talk about his own work.'
It encouraged me to buy a book on Greenwich Village.
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