Tennessee Williams: Grasping At What We Knew
Schrafft's Fifth Avenue facade. |
Schrafft's interior. |
My
sister at times forgets me, my mother, our history, but she remembers Miriam
Hopkins and Bette Davis; Irene Dunne and Margaret Sullavan; Humphrey Bogart and
Jimmy Cagney; the menu at Schrafft's and the scent of Lanvin or White
Shoulders. These I can give her--imitations and foods and scents; photographs
and memories. I think this is a relationship with my sister, but I also think
it may be literature or theatre or some kind of art. Maria [St. Just] just
tells me it's living: Grasping at what we knew, which tells us who we are. And
so when my mind leaves me, do the voices and show me pictures and bring me
candies that remind me of a happy time.
Tennessee Williams
Interview with James Grissom
New Orleans
1982
Bette Davis |
Miriam Hopkins |
In our memories, there are no limits.
© 2014 James Grissom
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