Mark Heyman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

ardsaidmtwastom. Oneof themtookMi&aelTWdtowhere
m. Wright was. I wa~l left with Elizahth
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Taylor and I took her
arcrund for about forty minutes. She was thsn abwt twenty-five years
old, height of her fame. And after the tar, I laet the &hers
sumplace, and than we all traipsed along. was Mt. and Mrs.
Wright and by this time the business m. Appmntly, that
conference was WET. So, Mr. Wright was talking mre akn.lt
architecture. I stayed alq, as did a few uther apprentices, and we
went to the theater, and I mrmbr sittm im the thsater. In the
front ruw, Mr. and Mrs. Wright anl Michael Todd atld Elizabeth Taylor
& a couple of us in the back arrd s brdq d and so on. Michael
Todd was telling Mr. Wright smethhg a hk Hollym&, about mclvies.
I had -y read that he grw up in the vaudwille business.
He was a amly ht&ar at a burl- &m and he still lmhd lib
that. Hewas just tough. He had a big fat cigar ardhewwld talk
with it in his mxlth. He was a real tough kid frcsa chicago. He was
try- to take the stage. Mr. Wright was -1- w,
you kmw, ad Michael Todd was also exp1ahir-q things. It was mdly
-ing. They got almg all right. Ardm. might -
that kid of theatrid pemm. Elk- Taylor never said a word.
Shejustsatthereandatonetimeinthestory, I d m @ t ~ ~ t
it ms abaxt, lxlt Todd was saykg alnrt different of
11~~~9esanlhe~~~tothinkofamieandb~chedwer~.
Wright anA he hit Elizabeth Taylor QI the anu atd he said, %ay,
Elizahth, what wms that last mwie yau were in? What was the name of
that mnrie?I1 He cauLdnlt thB name of the mie. He was a
very macho guy. She was very timid, by the way. She was very shy.
Whem I toak her -I was al- with k for forty or forty-five
rfdmkes. -toakherbmwnsawayearly. Theysearedtobe
too little to take on the tar. They were wearm oclwfwy cnxtfits,
abA six ard eight old. And so I was with her ad tdc her
arrxvd ard, of caurse, enqhdy lookad up wherever m m. she was
veryshyandwasveryafraidtosay~. Shewas justvery
beautiful and hardly said a wwrd.
other visitors, Adlaj. S-, .I didn1t get to talk with him. I saw
him. I heard him. Frank Umr&, wfio was then garemnr of Idaho, the
~t gwemor in the camtry, yehudi Menuhim, the violinist,
Christophar I-, Bl&&&er rnler, Charlton Hsstan.
Q: W1s stap for a mrmt with Nler. Were y m party to ;iny of
that.. .
A: Well, Fuller EKlmehcrw or other I also got the chore of taking l-&n
m, or trPking care of him for an h#ur or so, maybe it was two
hours. M that was in the library, sort of a hmhr, a dark rocan.
Wetalkedalangth. Wehadalotofthingstotalkabcutbecause
his daughter to elarmbay -1 with me. She was a year or tm
behimi me. When I was in that -1, he had irrvented the
car, bxlceafpltituptothe~l, talksdtotheschmlabautitand
- his daughter. I barely knew her [in schaol] ard I had not
her. In any case, he very talkative and he carried the
then tank kids art in a ride. I ms in the me class too law or too
high to get a ride. Arryway, so I saw the car parked in fmnt of the
dmol. I IEUI, that was all aur amectimwas. So, I asked about