"Old age sucks..." and so did that interviewer. Thank god for Sylvia.

@Darrigrande

3 жыл бұрын

She was a great actress!

She was an excellent actress with a very photogenic face and huge beautiful eyes. Her eyes could transmit anything to the audience. I loved her in Sabotage and nearly all her Paramount films.

She's feisty and fun! Thanks for the great interview.

@jubalcalif9100

3 жыл бұрын

I have a notion to second that emotion !! :-)

wonderful actress, she was so beautiful and chic....she wore red lipstick very well

Sylvia Sidney was gorgeous especially in those wonderful and entertaining films of the early 1930s. City Lights, Pickup, Confessions of a Co-Ed, Street Scene and many others. Many years ago at the Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York, she was in a play and my mother noticed her having lunch in the cafeteria. Nervous as hell, I boldly approached her table and asked for her autograph. She graciously gave it to me. I'll never forget how friendly she was and her beautiful smile. She had very sad but beautiful eyes, and what a face, in those 1931, 1932 and 1933 films. She's very underrated and mostly forgotten with today's generation. Sad.

@catlover34fl

3 жыл бұрын

Correction: Not City Lights, City Streets from 1931 with Gary Cooper. Sorry, I mixed that one up.

@Themanwhocameback2

3 жыл бұрын

@@catlover34fl Thanks for your great story!

Dear Sylvia, She's trying to cut through the interviewer's BS, "You know you can laugh". God Bless her

I loved her in everything. Such an underrated actress.

@acdragonrider

2 жыл бұрын

Saw her in Sabotage last year and Dead End just the other day. She really brings a lot of emotion into her roles

@margeshilling7983

2 жыл бұрын

@@acdragonrider Yes! I've read she was difficult to work with so that could have limited her film output. I loved "Dead End". Bogart and Claire Trevor were great in it, also.

Sylvia has such a doll face and sweet way about her in earlier movies. I cannot believe those hideous directors or producerd said she was ugly. I love her in everything 💗

I loved when Miss Sidney said to the interviewer "you can laugh". In context, I've just watched the June Allyson interview and she was very amusing and absolutely nothing from the interviewer. When Miss Sidney laughs her whole face lights up. And those cheekbones! Wowzer.

She was a bombshell. Amazing woman in youth and with age

Sylvia Sidney was one of the greatest movie stars of the 30's & 40's....I'm afraid she's forgotten now like so many of her co-stars of her era.

@scotnick59

2 жыл бұрын

Yes: she always "delivered"

@stuartlee6622

Жыл бұрын

I haven't forgotten her!

I wish interviewers knew how to listen and ask follow up questions, rather than just reading prepared questions, one after the other. Missed opportunities with a wonderful actress.

@barrylangford3276

3 жыл бұрын

I agree totally! I think this could have been so much better with an interviewer with a personality and sense of humour. Sylvia was pretty frosty as she got older but would have responded better to someone who didn't just read a sheet of questions.

@kjcooks31

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I didn't like this interviewer as well. I wonder how they decide who would interview these stars. They should have picked someone who seemed really interested in classic movies. I started to discover Sylvia Sidney movies and am enjoying them.

@EJP286CRSKW

3 жыл бұрын

Not only that, the interviewer reads the questions like she's never seen them before, or a grade school recitation. Truly terrible. Some of the questions are idiotic, as you can tell by Sylvia's reactions.

@stuartperry1047

3 жыл бұрын

@@EJP286CRSKW Sylvia didn't suffer fools well. At all. She must have been in a generous mood- because she indulged this interviewer a bit more than some others I've seen. Maybe she felt sorry for her. At any rate, she was a wonderful resource of classic film- making expertise. She was also Borscht Belt funny as hell! The interview is good- because Ms. Sydney saves it. One of my favorite actresses from the Golden Era.

@slc2466

3 жыл бұрын

@@stuartperry1047 "Danish" should have gotten a laugh out of the interviewer- Sylvia clearly wanted to have some fun!

Sylvia is great! Thanks TCM for posting this.

@jubalcalif9100

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree !!

A great actress, a great beauty, and a terrific lady.

@jubalcalif9100

3 жыл бұрын

Could not agree more !!

She's so wonderful

"I didn't say I "felt" I was paid by the tier. I said I was PAID by the tier". You can not water this woman down. Such sharp attention and clarity.

@hudsony777

10 ай бұрын

Tear

Love it! Thanks TCM. She was part of the Group Theater. One of our great actors.

I love her outfit

Love her in her early films !

She was great. Honest and funny.

Great actress & beautiful in her youth. Thanks for posting!

She was gorgeous

I loved her performance in Dead End 1937.

My fave actress.

So glad someone set this interviewer straight for not listening.

What a Lady! God bless her

Just saw her in King Vidor's "Street Scene"(1931) , and she was fantastic as Rose, a sweet daughter of the tenements whose mother is murdered by her father. Great performance. She's a doll here, too - though of the "tough old broad" variety.

Love the classics films of the 30's and 40's. I first saw her in a Bogey film, then the Hitchcock great "Sabotage", and now look for her among TCM's On Demand offerings. I doubt there are many who have remained as active and productive as she has. She was beautiful as a young star, but also a very fine actress.

Wonderful

She's soooooo Sassy!❤️😁😁😁

So glad Ms Sidney consented to this interview.. Loved her Irony and crusty candor....but the exchange ended up being stilted and an almost painful opportunity lost. The interviewer clearly did not Know her subject, unfamiliar with Sidney's theatrical roots and entre into Hollywood at the dawn of Talkies. The interview did not understand Sidney's "Put-upon Working Class Girl of the Slums" persona that was first developed on Broadway. The interviewer likewise didnt understand the PARADOX of the Hollywood studio system that on one hand carefully groomed its actors, molding their images for stardom but ruthlessly exploited them with Stereotyping, Over-work, coercing them into ill - suited roles and/or poor productions. Exploitation, Exhaustion, Stagnation were constant complaints from Sylvia's peers / contemporaries Clara Bow, Joan Bennett and the great Bette Davis. The interviewer could have formulated better questions about directors Fritz Lang and William Wyler, how they were different in style but similar in being unrelenting PERFECTIONISTS who exhausted their players' energy, making them feel "inadequate" about their abilities. The studio system's CONTROL is what frustrated Sidney, compelling her buy out her contract with Paramount, go Free-lance with Walter Wanger, but they conflicted over the supporting part in Algiers, 1938. Sidney wanted Freedom to return to Broadway and it artistic creativity whenever she felt. Her 2nd husband was Luther Adler, a member of the great Yiddish theatre family. Because the interviewer didnt know her subject, she was unaware of Sidney's Off-Screen reputation as a "well-dressed fashion plate". She launched the career of fashion designer Michael Woulfe (Blood on the Sun), and was romantically involved with him.

A woman who doesn’t suffer fools!

She was excellent in a featured role in 1955's "Violent Saturday".

Saw the same interviewer with Ann Miller and it was an entirely different experience. Much more enjoyable in fact and that's because Miller was gracious and eager to talk about her experiences in film and onstage.

THESE ARCHIVAL INTERVIEWS ARE GREAT!! More long-form interviews, like this, please, these are priceless.

Hello, Sylvia was amazing and she looks wonderfully beautiful. I always Enjoyed her films. I love her smile, Her voice. Than you For sharing ❤ her Story. 👍 👌 lady, smart dresser.

Both Sylvia and Joan Bennett adored working with Fritz Lang; many did NOT feel the same

One tough broad - love it 😍

@hudsony777

10 ай бұрын

But articulate and with great taste and style with that toughness. Never vulgar.

THANK YOU for posting ! Great actress and classy lady ! :-)

Terrific!

ahh she is wonderful. just totally unflappable.

@jubalcalif9100

3 жыл бұрын

Indubitably !!

@Darrigrande

3 жыл бұрын

She was a great actress! One of my favorites! RIP!

Forever Fabulous

I love Sylvia! My favorite film of hers is Street Scene 1931

The old Sylvia Sidney is a total opposite type than her younger self. She turned into a Bette Davis character. When she was young, everything was so sweet and soft about her, her voice was tender and soft spoken. Fascinating how one can change with age.

@Themanwhocameback2

3 жыл бұрын

And one can change when one's sweetness is abused. Haven't you ever seen Sidney in "Street Scene" (1931)? You're pretty stupid.

Loved listening to her intellect! The interviewer did a very poor job though, and it upsets me that the potential this conversation had with such a Hollywood icon was tarnished by some rather stupid questions and clear lack of research. Sylvia's no nonsense "tell it how it is" personality at that age was no doubt unsatisfied with the interviewer herself.

@elainekavros7965

Жыл бұрын

Well said! The interviewer unfortunately was limited...the interviewer sounded like she had a set of number of pre-typed questions and did not have the ability to expand and respond to her answers with appropriate questions in the moment.

She was 85 during this, that is true, but that doesn’t mean that she is deaf. Stop shouting at her!

@johnfd0210

3 жыл бұрын

That was horrific. I thought TCM was top notch, can't believe they conducted and interview this way (the same woman is shouting at poor Ann Miller on her interview!).

@louanne801

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnfd0210 Sidney was so gracious!

@RowantheHearingAssistDog

3 жыл бұрын

The interview person isn't mic'd. Sylvia could be a bit deaf -- the squinted eyes, the turned head (I'm hearing impaired). She's probably lip reading.

@jamesmcinnis208

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder why they made the interviewer stand out in the hallway.

@Rahqee

10 ай бұрын

This was during the pandemic and they were distanced

she's dynamite!

@jubalcalif9100

3 жыл бұрын

You got that right !! :-)

A superb actress.

She talked a lot like my grandmother.

A great working legend.

I should look at her filmography, I only remember her from Beetlejuice.

@Themanwhocameback2

3 жыл бұрын

Check out "Street Scene" (1931). She will break your heart.

smart and tuff lady. Great actress.

Rip Juno. You were the best.

She may not have been famous but she was definitely memorable. Rest in peace.

@andrea585ny

2 жыл бұрын

Not so famous now but definitely famous back in the day

Fricken love her.

Hard to hear the questions

I didn't keep up with this actress, but she was part of the old guard. I did read somewhere that she'd had a flaming affair with the producer Bud Schulberg. It was the one that had broken up his marriage. Ah well, it's the old Hollywood story.

She s romanian girl!! Wow!!! Stuning woman

this interviewer is a bit lame. I don't think she did any REAL research.

@scotnick59

3 жыл бұрын

She's ridiculously lame

Love her

RIP dear Sylvia Sidney 1910-1999) ⭐🎬📽️🎥📺📻🎙️ She would be 114 years old this year. She was such an Extraordinary women, multi talented, iconic and simply legendary. Her career spanned 7 decades. She is the epitome Hollywood Golden Era elegance. She is truly a Goat 🐐❤

15:38 "LOATHED him!"

I was laughing at this. Sylvia was a hoot.

This could have been such a better interview, had they gotten a better interviewer.

I LOVE how she STILL smoked! None of this fake BS!

the interviewer: i hope she is out of the business. what a wast of great talents; the interviewer is for the birds.

Tough old cookie.

She still has the saddest eyes in the world.

Is this the same miserable interviewer who tried to terrorize Billie Dove? See that You Tube video only if you have a strong stomach. Sylvia Sidney did not suffer fools.

..previous reply called Ms. Sidney "feisty". Agreed, her "dry" responses, and seemingly uncaring/emotionless take on details of her career leave me disappointed Ms. Sidney is NOT like the characters she "lovingly" plays on screen, but rather, a "business before pleasure" personality.

@Themanwhocameback2

3 жыл бұрын

Don't be so naive. She had HAD it with Hollywood BS by the time of this interview. Her realness was not appreciated, and was actually abused. Stop judging her!

@501rivet

3 жыл бұрын

@@Themanwhocameback2 ..too late on "judging" Ms. Sidney's personality, ive already "stopped" in my previous response on her character in this interview. Moi ? Naive ? "You" dont know me. The "BS" you experience in life, how it affects you, and how you present that life exposure to others through life, IS how your judged/rated/evaluated/interpreted as a whole person. "Realness" isnt appreciated in this case because it comes off as arrogant and self serving...and unprofessional.

@Themanwhocameback2

3 жыл бұрын

@@501rivet Verbal diarrhea that comes off as delusional.

@501rivet

3 жыл бұрын

@@Themanwhocameback2 I will let other viewers judge. Your already lost. My work is done here....

@Themanwhocameback2

3 жыл бұрын

@@501rivet In case you haven't noticed, other viewers have judged, and none agree with you. Your work is done. Fly away! LOL

Making choices having a say so hmmmmm

Godawful interviewer!

She's like the real life Debett Goldry from SNL.

AT 14:36 She says she talks about beetlejuice.

Roles were for the stage, parts were for the studio?

@hudsony777

10 ай бұрын

She evidently felt the interviewer was being overly correct. A "role" would be in a great, classic stage play. A part was in a movie.

@marine_michelle4538

7 ай бұрын

Ahhh, okay. Understood. @@hudsony777

@hudsony777

7 ай бұрын

@@marine_michelle4538 Or at least in the context of this interview.

I wish interviewers knew how to listen and ask follow up questions, rather than just reading prepared questions, one after the other. Missed opportunities with a wonderful actress.