UDebbie Reynolds ’Hollywood Intengiso yentliziyo eyaphukileyo

Sayina ithenda kaDebbie Reynolds ’yezikhumbuzo zaseHollywood. UReynolds wayenethemba lokuba iMotion Picture Academy iya kuthenga ingqokelela yakhe.Ifoto ngo-Elizabeth Weitzman

Ngempelaveki uDebbie Reynolds unikezele eHollywood mhlawumbi akazange azive ahluke kakhulu kuninzi lwabantu. Kodwa ngaphakathi kwi-Studio kaDebbie Reynolds Dance Studio ngoMeyi 16, 2014, iatmosfera yagungqa ngokungagungqiyo phakathi kokubhiyozela kunye nokudakumba ngokuthe ngqo.

Usapho, abahlobo kunye nabalandeli bangqonge umdlali oneminyaka engama-82 ubudala, njengoko amalungiselelo egqityiwe kwifandesi yesithathu kunye neyokugqibela yememori ayithandayo. UReynolds wayeneminyaka emininzi edibanise ingqokelela engaqhelekanga ye-cinema ephemera.

Ngelishwa, abayeni bakhe-ngakumbi umyeni wesibini kunye nomngcakazi ongaziwayo uHarry Karl-babeqokelele ingqokelela yamatyala ngokungaqhelekanga.

Ndiye ndaqonda kwaye ndamkela ukuba ezi zinto zixabisekileyo ziya kufumana amakhaya amatsha kwaye onwabile, utshilo kwingxelo yamazinyo alungisiweyo. Kodwa ukwamkelwa kwakungeyondlwan 'iyanetha.

Unyana kaDebbie, uTodd Fisher, wayesebenze ngokusondeleyo kunye neeProfayili zendlu yeefandesi kwiMbali ukubonisa ngononophelo izinto ezinje ngengubo ye-mink ka-Orson Welles Ummi Kane , Ipiyano enkulu kaElvis Presley, kunye neyokuqala Idabi leenkwenkwezi iiposta ezisayinwe yintombi kaReynolds, uCarrie Fisher. UTodd wayelele kwi-RV kwindawo yokupaka iintsuku, elungiselela umsitho. UCarrie wayesandula ukungena ngenqwelomoya esuka eNgilani, ukuze abe kwicala likamama wakhe ngempelaveki.

Xa uMGM wathengisa ngepropathi yabo ngo-1970, uReynolds wasebenzisa yonke imali awayeyigcinile ukuthenga yonke into awayenokuyifumana. Ukusukela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili, wenza umsebenzi wakhe wokuqokelela-okanye, engqondweni yakhe, ukuhlangula-izikhumbuzo ezininzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Wazibona njengesixhumanisi esiphilayo kwi-Old Hollywood, kwaye ukuhlonipha imbali yayo yaba luthando lokwenene lobomi bakhe.

Saqala ukuqokelela ii-stills kunye neepowusta zophando, u-Todd wachaza ngekhathalogu yefandesi yomnyango. Emva koko uDebbie wathi, 'Kutheni ungazami ukuphinda ubeke iiseti? Kwaye kuya kuthini ukuba sineekhamera ezidubule iimovie ngokwazo? Amakhadi okulandelwa? Cinezela iincwadi? ’UDebbie waziva ngathi nguye yedwa ekufuneka ephethe igeyithi. Ngaphandle koko, iya kulahleka yonke. Isampulu yengqokelela evela kwifandesi yaseHollywood kaDebbie Reynolds.Ifoto ngo-Elizabeth Weitzman

Iminyaka, ebenebhongo ngokuqokelela ingqokelela yakhe eDebbie Reynolds Hotel naseCasino eLas Vegas. Xa ihotele iqhubekile, wacwangcisa imyuziyam enkulu ePigeon Forge, eTennessee. Kodwa umphuhlisi wabhanga, naye. UTodd wakha indawo yokugcina iinyawo ezili-16,000 kwisikwere sepropathi yakhe, ngelixa babelinde inkosana kaReynolds-ngohlobo lomthengi weziko-ukuba abonakale.

Kude kube sekupheleni, uReynolds ubenethemba lokuba iAkhademi yoBugcisa beMifanekiso yoBugcisa kunye neNzululwazi ziya kufuna ingqokelela yakhe yemyuziyam ecwangcisiweyo (okwangoku icwangciselwe ukuvula ngo-2018) Kodwa, ewe, ubomi bokwenyani bunqabile njengokucoceka njengemiculo yeet technicolor.

Xa iinzame zakhe zokuthengisa ngokufanelekileyo kwi-Academy zaziphikiswa kaninzi, wayefuna isicwangciso esitsha. Ingqokelela ibonakalisa ulwazelelelo olunomdla, kodwa ubomi bakhe babudume ngokuchazwa ngokusebenziseka. Yayiyindlela ye studio: Ungatshoni. Ngoncumo.

Ke ekugqibeleni wabeka ubuncwane bakhe wathengisa. Ingqokelela yayiyinkcitho enkulu, wayesaluphala, kwaye njengoko uTodd owayediniwe wathi, Kuya kufuneka ayeke.

Ifandesi yokuqala-inamaqhekeza emifanekiso enje ngomnqwazi ka-Charlie Chaplin, isiliphu sika-Judy Garland, kunye nelokhwe emhlophe engaphantsi kukaMarilyn Monroe Ukurhawulwa kweminyaka esixhenxe ) -Kwakungo-2011. Eyokugqibela, endandimenyelwe ukuyibhala, yayingo-2014.

Wajonga ngapha kwefestile yakudala, eyakhiwe ngamaplanga, awayiguqula yangumboniso ophuphuma iiposta, iipropu, kunye nesinxibo. UCarrie wayehlala edlala kwezi lokhwe. Wayefaka iibhasi kunye noKleenex, kuba wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesine.

Uhlengahlengise ilokhwe entle ye-velvet eluhlaza ngombala wegolide ontsonkothileyo, onxitywe nguKatherine DeMille eGeorge Cukor URomeo noJuliet . Jonga umsebenzi weelokhwe ezasindiswa nguDebbie, watsho, wanikina intloko kukhathazeka. I-Akhademi ichitha izigidi ukwakha i-museum. Kodwa abanako okwaneleyo kule nto? IVelvet kunye nengubo yesatin enxitywe nguTallulah Bankhead in Ihlazo laseRoyal (1945).Ifoto ngo-Elizabeth Weitzman

Ngokusingqongileyo, abafana be-tech bavavanya iikhamera ezingama-35mm ezinkulu ezisetyenzisiweyo Ukuchukumisa kobubi kwaye Unxibelelwano lwaseFrance . Indoda esele ikhulile eyayame ngesitrato ijonge kwisambatho esimnyama saseMae West esimnyama I-Belle yee-90 . Wonke umntu wema ukuze acinge nge poster elingana nodonga Singin ’Emvuleni Ityikitywe zontathu izikhokelo.

UReynolds, owayesele ebuthathaka, wayephumle ethe cwaka kwigumbi lakhe lokunxiba kwesinye sezihlalo ezibini ezinkulu, ezimbejembeje zesilika. Inja kaCarrie eyolalayo eyayizolile yayizenze yaneliseka kwelinye.

UCarrie ngokwakhe wayemi ekoneni, ethatha ngokuzolileyo kwimfumba yeziqhamo ezomileyo kunye namandongomane. Wachaza, ehlekisa, ukuba wayeyalelwe ukuba alahle iiponti ezingama-40 ezikhawulezayo ngokuzayo Iimfazwe zeNkwenkwezi: Umkhosi uyavusa .

UDebbie wagxotha inja kaCarrie, wandikhomba ecaleni kwakhe. Sihleli kwizitulo zika-Ann Miller, wathetha ngokuqaqambileyo, esongeza ukuba uzithengile kwifandesi emva kokubhubha kukaMiller. Ndiyicinga njengokugcina umhlobo wam.

'Xa ukhula,' utshilo uDebbie Reynolds, 'izinto ziyanyamalala.'

Ukuqina ngakumbi, wayebonakala ekhangela amagama alungileyo. Xa usiba mdala, ekugqibeleni wathi, izinto ziyanyamalala.

Ndibuze ukuba uziva njani ngefandesi, kwaye amehlo akhe aba bomvu. Ndibuhlungu kancinci kwaye ndibhidekile ukuba kutheni ishishini lingazange liyibambe le nto. Ndifuna ukuba uluntu lubone zonke iinkumbulo zabo ezixabisekileyo. Yayiliphupha lam elo, endingalifumananga lizaliseka.

Ukuncwina. Ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kumenywa kuvulo lwemyuziyam, kodwa baphoswa yingqokelela enkulu. Isuti kwilungu ngalinye lePakethe yePakethe, efandeswe nguDebbie Reynolds.Ifoto ngo-Elizabeth Weitzman

UCarrie ngoku wayehleli phantsi, engenazihlangu kwaye enemilenze enqamlezileyo. Abantu bahlala bendibuza, ‘Awunayo iBikini?’ Utshilo, egxininisa kwimiceli mngeni yokugcina imemorabilia. Abavumeli nje ukuba uthathe izinto. Ndiyicinga ukuba ndingayifaka ingubo kwaye ndiyigqoke kwiqashiso?

UTodd wamkhumbuza ngesinxibo uDebbie awayenaso: Isinxibo sakho somtshato esivela Xa uHarry wadibana noSally . Uthe kufuneka siyinike uBillie [uLourd, intombi kaCarrie] ngenye imini.

UCarrie wahleka. Ingayinto ehlekisayo leyo. Intombi yam inganxiba ilokhwe [yomtshato] evela kwimovie. Ipiyano kaElvis evela kwifandesi kaDebbie Reynolds.Ifoto ngo-Elizabeth Weitzman

Ngentsimbi ye-11 kusasa ngengomso, uTodd wakhwela eqongeni ukwamkela isihlwele. Umama undithumele ukuba ndinibulise nonke: Akenzi iintsasa. Yayisisigqibo esisezantsi. Kwakukho izihlalo ezininzi ezingenabantu, ezinabantu kwiiT-shirts kunye neminqwazi ye-baseball eyasasazeka phakathi kwemiqolo. Phambi kwam, umfana onetattoo yaseHollywood ehla ngengalo wayehleli edibanisa iincindi zeapile awayezizise ngeplastiki.

Kuyo yonke le ndlela, ingcali yeX-ray ethathe umhlala-phantsi uMichael Luzzi wayefunda ngenyameko ikhathalogu. Ndiye kwiifandesi ezimbini zokuqala, utshilo. Kwakubuhlungu kakhulu. UDebbie usengumlandeli, njengathi.

Njengoko imini yayiqhubeka, ndaqala ukuxhalaba ukuba uReynolds uza kufika kwigumbi elingenanto. Wangena ngo-2 emva kwemini, kwaye ukuba wayedanile bubungakanani besihlwele, uqinisekile akazange abonise. Ngokuzimisela okuhle, waya ngqo eqongeni wacula uMso Mhle, ukusuka Singin ’Emvuleni . Abaphulaphuli bema bevuya, bezalisa igumbi kungekuphela ngokuncoma kodwa nangothando olunzulu.

Wahamba ngononophelo wehla waya kwindawo yakhe kumqolo ongaphambili; ungambona, kwi-HBO ethandekayo, i-elegiac documentary Izibane eziqaqambileyo , ehleli elila phakathi kukaCarrie noTodd. Kodwa wayejikeleza rhoqo, kubonakala ngathi kukuwenza umsebenzi wakhe ukuthetha naye wonke umntu okhathaleleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba eze.

Jonga oku, utshilo uLuzzi, endibonisa umphambili wekhathalogu yakhe yefandesi. UTodd noCarrie babekrwada amagama abo, kodwa utyikityo lukaDebbie lwalulungile. Unokwenza isitampu serabha kuloo autograph, utshilo uLuzzi. Yiklasi leyo. UDebbie Reynolds ’wagqiba ukuthengisa uninzi lweengqokelela zakhe kubathengi abangaziwayo kwi-Intanethi.Ifoto ngo-Elizabeth Weitzman

UReynolds weza kuhlala ecaleni kwakhe, kwaye wavavanya izihlalo ezingenabantu ngokuzisola okucacileyo. Ngeentsuku zakudala, wathi, wonke umntu wayeza kubhabha aye kwifandesi, nokuba bayaphi. Ngoku abantu bathenga ukubona okungabonakaliyo kwigumbi lokuhlala.

Uninzi lwezinto ziye zaya kwiibhidi ze-Intanethi ezingaziwayo. Kodwa baphoswa. UReynolds wandazisa kubalandeli abaninzi awayezobazi ngenxa yokuba bema ngaphandle kweengcango zeqonga iminyaka, okanye babhala ileta emva kweleta de waphendula-uhlobo lokuziphatha, ngeliphandle, uninzi lwabalingisi belixesha abanokuluhambisa koonogada babo. KuReynolds, aba yayingabantu ekufuneka bexabisekile, ngabo bayifumeneyo.

Ekugqibeleni, wayethatha umhlala-phantsi waya kumqolo ongasemva, apho wayebukele uLote 292-umnqwazi omnyama notyheli we-Scarlett O'Hara-unyuka uye kuma nge-35, 000 yeedola. Lihlazo eli, wathi cwaka, ngaphambi kokumemelela kwisihlwele, Oku kuyinyani! Yayisetyenziswa kwimovie! Kubiza i-100, 000 yeedola, ubuncinci! Xa igavel yehlayo kungekho nabanikezeli abongezelelweyo, yancwina. Kutshiphu kakhulu, wambombozela. Ixabiso eliphantsi kakhulu.

U-Elizabeth Weitzman wayengumgxeki wefilimu kwiNew York Daily News ukusuka ku-2000 ukuya ku-2015. Ngoku usebenza kwincwadi ethetha ngabafazi kwifilimu.