We once had "stars" - not like today's celebrities and so-called influencers, but what were real stars: talented, charismatic, beautiful. Gloria Swanson was one of them.

@codybrown5775

Жыл бұрын

We didn't need CGI...We had FACES!

@LKCLifer

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree. I love the classic movies. The crap they shovel out today can't hold a candle to what once was the real magic of cinema.

@iknow2145

Жыл бұрын

Calm down, they're just people.

@joanbecenti8938

10 ай бұрын

Most entertainers now look like the person next door. No substance or presence like back in the day. And most aren't smart and have no talent or class. Thank God for the stars of yesteryear.

@user-ib6nk9zu8k

2 ай бұрын

​@@codybrown5775and man they used those faces. When I saw Gloria Swanson in the movie Sunset Boulevard I was so impressed. Instant fan.

she was 66 in this interview and looks amazing

@Darrigrande

6 жыл бұрын

Classy lady!

@davidmakous3947

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. she looks 55

@samjones4451

4 жыл бұрын

She was into yoga before it became popular.

@r.herreraart7856

4 жыл бұрын

Yes & beautiful ❤

@scotnick59

4 жыл бұрын

@Ed Absolutely true.

She looks younger here than she did in Sunset Blvd.

No matter her age, Gloria Swanson had a timeless sexiness about her.

This woman was pure class. So witty, honest and genuine and what a lovely speaking voice. I could listen to her entertaining anecdotes all day long.

My goodness for a 65 year old woman she looks amazing!!!!

@talithafreitas4610

3 жыл бұрын

In 1940 she was diagnosed with an uterine cancer. So she discovered macrobiotic food and starved the tumor. balancelivebreathe.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/why-gloria-swanson-should-be-your-lifestyle-muse/

@talithafreitas4610

3 жыл бұрын

@Human Being I know it!

@philipcramer940

Жыл бұрын

Gloria was great, she lived in Manhattan for 40 years and was very approachable. She was always on the talk shows of the day and doing things in and for the city. I met her in 1974 going into a play with my mom and she was so excited to meet her and exchange kind words. Gloria couldn't have been kinder to my mom and I've been a fan and loved her ever since. ps. my memory is that she was still quite beautiful at that time.

She was beautiful, especially her eyes. She was a great actress. Gloria Swanson will always be my favorite actress and movie star of ALL time.

@dicedchickenbig7789

6 жыл бұрын

so do i , glad to see there still are some fans

Gloria here is as incredible looking a woman as has ever lived. Just gorgeous.

Besides being a beautiful lady, she speaks in a such an interesting way. She seemed so humble, wise and down to earth.

Hard to believe that she was 65...What a beautiful woman 😍

She is so beautiful in this clip.

She was phenomenal in Sunset Boulevard and she looked really good in this interview.

Miss Swanson is one of the greatest, most gifted and wonderful actress of all time. She was incredibly beautiful up until her last years. I adore her completely.

@FlintyCobblestone

Жыл бұрын

You are not alone.

@kathrynmcelroy5658

Жыл бұрын

She was so poised and well spoken. I saw an old interview with Mike wallace and I can't forgive him for that mysoginistic interview he did with this fine woman and she handled it so graciously.

Absolutely Gorgeous. 66 years old.

One of the most articulate, well-enunciated persons in any interview ever. And she looks fabulous.

Gloria Swanson was the first true movie star. The glamour, the beauty and the popularity. Before Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, Swanson established herself as the archetypal Hollywood star.

This is probably the best interview of Gloria's I've ever seen, no posturing, no pushing health foods or lamenting dull marriages, just clear, concise and to the point

@charlesmaeger6162

2 жыл бұрын

Great, on point comment.

@kendalson7100

Жыл бұрын

Truth. She looks great too.

I could hear her talk all day she was an amazing woman

Gorgeous. Health wise she took very good care of herself and it shows.

I just discovered the icon that is Gloria Swanson in 2019 and I am Obsessed

@eraserboy12345

4 жыл бұрын

Same. Absolutely a marvel.

@you2449

4 жыл бұрын

Same too, but I just find her most interesting as a business person. Very level headed and straightforward about show business.

@katiadower

4 жыл бұрын

Read her autobiography

@rogermoore27

4 жыл бұрын

I'm worse than you. I never heard her name until May 13 2020. She was very attractive

@simplementeyolopez3492

4 жыл бұрын

Same here she's was a beutiful woman a great actress

I used to live in her old penthouse in rundown part of Los Angeles, where she lived in the 1950's... I saw Sunset Blvd for the first time when I was there. Ive been in love with her for the past 25 years.

@marjoriemargel1567

5 жыл бұрын

Eidelmania The way your sentence was constructed, it sounds like Gloria Swanson lived in a old penthouse in a rundown area of LA. If you are a writer, please be careful of your wording and sentence construction. Gloria Swanson never lived in a run down penthouse. It’s like her line, “ I am big”. It’s the pictures ( in this case L.A.) that got small!”

and she is 65 at this time. gorgeous!

Swanson is grace and professionalism-she helped to build Hollywood - at a time when it was near impossible for women to do anything let alone wield any kind of influence or power. Good lord, she’s stunning in her older years and I’m so sickened that she was not working during the time of this interview.

She's stunningly beautiful at 65! Her memories of Von Sternberg are fascinating and generous, considering she never recovered financially from Queen Kelly. A great role can be a curse as well as a gift. To the guys in the biz, she was forever Norma Desmond. She should have done many more class-A films. Instead she had to cobble together a career from scraps: Bev Hillbillies, lots of summer stock, speaking at lady's clubs and finally, the book, which was a best-seller. She knew how to survive, but she deserved better.

@photo161

6 жыл бұрын

How very true, and well said. Thank you.

@miks48

6 жыл бұрын

You mean Von Stroheim. I don't think she ever worked with Von Sternberg.

@ricardobigi5476

6 жыл бұрын

You are so right!

@jslasher1

6 жыл бұрын

Gloria loved to travel by train. She promoted the Santa Fe's "Super Chief" in a film for Paramount.

@josephdockemeyer6782

3 жыл бұрын

She should have OWNED Paramount! Gloria was one of the BEST!!!!

Tellement magnifique la grande dame Gloria Swanson la divine et tellement intelligente gracieuse et humble et si précise lorsqu' elle parle de ça carrière.

I never realized what a gorgeous lady she was ! 😍

So gorgeous here!

Great interview. She is so on point and looks every bit the legend.

Nothing like old Hollywood....so classy

When a person is born with such strongly defined facial features like a pointy nose or arched eyebrows, age wouldn't show on their faces, their features would retain their edginess and crisp with age... timeless beauty! love Gloria!

@dicedchickenbig7789

5 жыл бұрын

indeed！

@marjoriemargel1567

5 жыл бұрын

narumi ye As Mom used to say, “It’s the cheekbones”. My mother knew her from childhood..

@josephdockemeyer6782

3 жыл бұрын

Also, Gloria Swanson eschewed sugar from the time she was in her 20's. She was ahead of her time and maintained a very healthful diet. It SHOWED! I heard her skin was RADIANT!!!

Omg she looks absolutely stunning with that whole 60s look!!! Gloria exuded glamour and elegance ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Gloria Swanson was so classy and elegant !

I Love Gloria Swanson. She was so beautiful and so amazing. I love all Her movies. May She R.I.P. ❤✝️❤️🕊🙏🏼🌹🌸🌺

She was an extraordinary woman - brave and honest about her life and choices.

I have such a soft spot for Gloria Swanson. So matter of fact and to the point but yet oozes elegance.

This must be the original’ Bob’ hairstyle that took over the salons about 8 years ago. Another brilliant Hollywood star of long ago. Well spoken and stylish.

Such an intelligent, interesting person to listen to and learn from! Thank you very much for this.

Such a purely beautiful woman. Very much unlike Norma Desmond as well which is a testament to her performance. She could not be more opposite. She gracefully realized her career in film had ended and took it in stride. They don’t make actresses like this anymore.

Just watched Sunset Blvd again. Swanson is magnificent!

wow. her look is so beautiful..

@samjones4451

4 жыл бұрын

She wasn't too bright falling for Joseph Kennedy who was married with nine kids and just used her.

Priceless interview. Gloria Swanson talks from her firsthand experience as a movie star about how making a movie was much bigger a deal than it is nowadays. She was a great and intelligent actress, and a timeless beauty. With regard to the latter, she was like the best wine in that she aged gracefully and never lost her sex appeal.Thank you for posting.

I admire Miss Swanson!

Gloria looks amazing for 66ish !!

the fact that the bankers came right away after she warned them is a tribute to the respect that she had in the industry. like Mary Pickford, etc.

@marjoriemargel1567

5 жыл бұрын

Bob Lowney You point is well taken, but it was The Banks money, not Strohheims he was spending.

@songbirdy

4 жыл бұрын

paul w You really need to also wash your mouth out with that soap for 20 seconds too dude....uncalled for.

What an actress...

Lovely interview with the glorious Gloria Swanson! ❤

Really enjoyed this. What an articulate well spoken woman.

She was a very sharp and intelligent lady

Saved the film/producers a lot of money - by foreseeing an issue that no one else had apparently noticed. Great interview and story about "Convent Girl."

Memerizing eyes. Steichens photo of them behind black lace is iconic.

If you have seen Sunset Boulevard before you watch this interview (like me), Gloria Swanson's achievement comes into full relief. In SB, she truly was a woman in decline; here, she is timelessly sexy and on her game.

Such a gorgeous woman

She was one beautiful and sexy woman in her day. Sexy eyes, voice and mannerisms. I see why men tripped over themselves when in her presence.

En 1965 elle était encore très belle . A l époque de l âge d or elle était la plus belle et grande star d Hollywood.

This is a great interview, thank you so much for posting it. Gloria Swanson was a talented, intriguing and beautiful woman. She had a very interesting career as well as a very interesting life.

Gloria Swanson looks so luminous here. Never understood why she didn’t continue on with her movie career.

@marjoriemargel1567

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Duffy It wasn’t her decision. No work for women over 40. It’s still the same today. She did some smaller films as a supporting player, Sunset Boulevard was a unusually brave film to make.

PURE CLASS. Miss Swanson looks divine. Hairstyles and fashions made women in general younger than they looked in the early 1950s. Check her out in the 1990's and she still looks beautiful.

@water2wine1

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Williams she died in 1983.

@stephenwilliams1269

3 жыл бұрын

@@water2wine1 I meant until the early 1980's. Thank you for the correction.

She was a remarkable star and women..she stayed beautiful her whole life..very principled or disciplined with her looks..as an actor should be .but shouldn't we all?

What a wonderful interview!! Ans I thought I knew everything about "Sunset Blvd."!

@0mega.mechan1c.

5 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

Read Gloria's Swanson's autobiography. It's out of print but can be found from third party sellers on Amazon, at least that's where I found a hardbound edition of it. It's filled with wonderful stories about old Hollywood and her personal insights about life and living. She had one abortion and her telling of that story is bone chilling; it was a regret she lived everyday with for the rest of her life. She was an early advocate of healthy eating. I loved "Sunset Boulevrad" and love it even more now than i know more about tGloria Swanson.

She was not timeless! She was ahead of her time.

Classy movie star: beautiful, intelligent and talented. They don't make many of those anymore.

Dazzling. Her and her story. Artists at the top of their game.

What an amazing interview....a wonderful story about one of my all time favorite films!! And WOW she was gorgeous right up until her 80's.

She made me obsessed with silent movies. Such an interesting, intelligent, modern woman with a lot of stories to tell. Plus She was really beautiful in every age PS: Watch Zaza!

I first watched Sunset boulevard only about one and a half years ago which instantly became one of my favourite films. Afterwards Gloria stuck in my mind and I couldn't stop thinking of how brilliant she was. I rewatched it a few months after and I have since started to watch her earlier work. So far I have seen 6 of her films and she is now without any doubt my favourite actress, I plan to watch as much as I can of her. There's something completely enchanting and mesmerizing about her performances and her beauty that is unlike anything I've ever seen. Every time I see her on the screen I feel like I'm witnessing something divine. I have no doubts she will stay close to my heart for the rest of my life, and I'm so thankful I decided to dive deeper into film and discovered this amazing woman.

She literally doesn't look like someone who had worked in silent film upto that point. Immaculately gorgeous

She was marvelous actress and an exceptional human being.

wonderful video! thank you so much for posting it

Such a beautiful woman my goodness!!! 💖💖 So glamorous I love just watching her ❤️ Her hand movements her expressions her eyes Only a an actress from silent movies could capture and project such without speaking She was only 4’11” 🌞

Film Bulwar Zachodzącego Słońca, obejrzałem ,gdy byłem dzieckiem, wywarł na mnie takie wielkie wrażenie, że po 50 latach, co jakiś czas wracam do niego.Gloria jest wspaniałą ponadczasowa aktorka o wielkiem blasku, gwiazda, której współczesne aktorki nigdy nie dorównają.

This made for fantastic viewing! Thank you for posting this treasure.

she had an incredible diamond and Jewelry collection.

Classy lady.

She looked so youthful and beautiful I couldn’t help falling in love with her myself.

She is timeless!!1

I cannot get over how classy this woman is...

THE ICONIC NORMA DESMOND!!! ✨

This is brilliant, so interesting

I love her. ❤❤❤

Gloria Swanson had beautiful sneaky cat eyes!

What almost every man fears in a woman - The combination of ,Beauty, Creativity, and above all, Inteligence. And that is whatwe have in this Lady

@texas1949

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Downes Ain’t it the truth??? I’m so blessed with a husband who appreciates ALL those qualities! Now that is a REAL man!

Gorgeous 🌹

...so chic

65 years old. Wow. Amazing.

Incredible interview.... class all the way

Thank you for posting. What a great interview, do you know if more exist? I love her, what a character! Why is the talent of Hollywood so impoverished today? They are corporate and 'brands', back then Hollywood produced artists.

@dicedchickenbig7789

6 жыл бұрын

I found it on a franch website, hope i knew how to speak french

@tomfinland9572

6 жыл бұрын

Are you willing to say "sluts" ???????

@marjoriemargel1567

5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Taylor Because when Hollywood started at the beginning, they were artists! Today, it is just commercialism. There IS talent today, but it’s covered over with whatever massive blockbuster there selling at the moment.

Such a beautiful woman unlike the character she played in Sunset Blvd

Class, grace, beauty and one of a kind. Sunset Blvd got me hooked on old movies. She is the Queen of all Motion Pictures! So smart and just pure class! Forever my favorite actress and human being!

GREAT STAR

I've seen the reconstructed first part of "Queen Kelly," which was fabulous. The "dance hall" was actually a house of prostitution, and that "drooling scene" is included at the very end.

Wonderfully fascinating! Thank you so much🙌👏👏👏

2020 here! Thanks for the upload! Fascinating to watch these old interviews! So interesting!

What a sweet, intelligent, charming lady.

What a marvelous interview! So many great stories!

16 years earlier (in 195O), she appeared on "What's My Line?" & looks far younger in this segment

I'm just reading her autobiography, Swanson on Swanson, nearly finished it in fact & she's a fascinating lady, great actress, great character.

Wow, what a beauty. I have had an image of her as Norma Desmond until now.

Very, good interview!

She looks younger prettier and healthier here than she did in the 50s.

@scotnick59

4 жыл бұрын

Really true.

@talithafreitas4610

3 жыл бұрын

She had a very healthy life, drinking water, eating vegetables without artificial stuff and even wrote a book called Sugar Blues, explaining why people should stop eating sugar.

@talithafreitas4610

3 жыл бұрын

She drank only spring water from France, made her own flour from brown rice and her own sweetener from boiled organic raisins, and frequently fasted. “After one fast I was on for 10 days I swore I'd never eat again,” she said.