San Francisco Film Society Oral History Project Interview with ...

him. I said, “Where are you?” And he said, “I’m in your office and I’m just wondering when
you’re coming down.” I said, “George, I’m in New York!” And he’s talking and talking, and
he’s just rambling, and then he says, “There’s a bunch of presents on the safe.” I said, “Those are
yours.” And he said, “All for me?” He’s like a little kid, you know? He is so wonderful.
JEANNETTE SHAHEEN: He’s so used to everybody asking him for everything. Him dishing
out, paying for everything.
JEANNETTE ETHEREDGE: Oh, wait! Do you remember the picnic in Golden Gate Park? It
was hilarious. There was a picnic, remember, we had that guy who did all the catering.
JEANNETTE SHAHEEN: Michael. He was a caterer. He was Peter’s friend.
MIGUEL PENDÁS: Michael Goldstein?
JEANNETTE SHAHEEN: Yes. He used to cater.
JEANNETTE ETHEREDGE: We started doing these picnics out in Golden Gate Park for the
staff.
JEANNETTE SHAHEEN: Yeah, and even the extended staff.
JEANNETTE ETHEREDGE: That was the same thing. What board members came?
JEANNETTE SHAHEEN: None.
JEANNETTE ETHEREDGE: George and I were at this thing, and they were having a baseball
game and grilling burgers and stuff, and off in the distance was some guy standing there. And it
was in this meadow, and the guy is far away from the picnic and he’s in a suit and tie, and he’s
just standing there. It’s almost kind of eerie, you know. It’s like he’s lurking. I mean, if he had a
trench coat on, he’d be suspicious. I remember asking somebody, I said, “What’s going on with
this guy? Who is this guy?” And nobody seemed to know. I said to George, “This guy, he’s been
standing there for the longest time just watching us.” It comes from running a bar. You see
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