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CLAUDE JARMAN: (LAUGHS) This was the first feature film that was made entirely in Esperanto. There were English subtitles. And somebody said, “God, it was the best film ever made in Esperanto.” Only at a film festival could you show that. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Years before Mel Gibson. CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: What else? CLAUDE JARMAN: What were the great films that year? We had films from George Cukor, Jack Warner. The Shop on Main Street was one. Mark Robeson— MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Talk about that, because you had worked with him, right? CLAUDE JARMAN: I was actually in his first—I guess he made one other film before. He wasn’t George Cukor. He wasn’t somebody who had that history, although at that time he was still a very able director. He was doing some interesting things. Roman Polanski, Arthur Freed, Fred Astaire—Who actually got up and did a dance with Albert. I mean, it was one of the great tributes of all time. It was fabulous. We also had—who was I going to tell you? Oh, I think Walt Disney came up that year, because we showed—was it Snow White? MARGARITA LANDAZURI: I’m not sure. I don’t have that in my notes. CLAUDE JARMAN: I think we showed Snow White. Barney Conrad went down to pick him up, and I guess the film hadn’t shown up. And Barney went down and said, “Mr. Disney,” and he got in the car and he said, “Where’s the goddamn film?” He was like, “Oh my God, we found the film,” but it was like— MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Don’t piss off Walt Disney. (LAUGHS) 17
CLAUDE JARMAN: Oh, man! Barney still— you should talk to Barney. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Oh, I would love to, yeah. CLAUDE JARMAN: I could give you his phone number. He lives down in Santa Barbara. He remembers all this stuff. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: And he’s such a great storyteller. CLAUDE JARMAN: He’s got some great stories on this. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: This is great. If you have anybody else that you think might be a good interview, we’d love to interview them—maybe Charlotte Maillard, or Charlotte Shultz. CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes, from her side of it. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: The party circuit. CLAUDE JARMAN: Party circuit. And later on, our Opening Night party, when we moved to the Palace, and then our parties at the Hyatt—the people who were running our party were Kay Woods and Nancy Pelosi. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Really? CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes, Nancy. She and Kay were co-chairs of our Opening Night party every year. MARGARITA LANDAZURI: That’s amazing. So I want to hear more about this Fred Astaire tribute, because he was one of my idols. CLAUDE JARMAN: Well, it was just special. I think what happened is someone like Fred Astaire felt comfortable with Albert, because Albert understood him. Albert knew what clips to show, and he could 18
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