Kwiintsuku ezindala ezindala, i-perky, eyamehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka uJane Powell wenza umculo owomeleleyo wesoda e-MGM ukuze azinike i-hangover yobomi bonke. Ngoku eneminyaka engama-71 ukhetha i-champagne. Kodwa ezinye izinto azitshintshi. Akakhange avele kwiscreen iminyaka engama-42, ukanti intombazana elandelayo-elandelayo-yegolide-yeyam isentsha njengeentyatyambo zepesika, inobunzima obungama-99 eepawundi, kwaye inxiba ubungakanani obufanayo be2 eyayinxibe ngonaphakade Amanqanaba abalulekileyo okufikisa njengoNancy esiya eRio. Oku kuza kothusa abaphulaphuli abamfumanayo eqongeni e-Avow, umdlalo omtsha kraca nguBill C. Davis, umbhali owaziwayo we-Mass Appeal, kwi-New Century Theatre ese-Union Square. UJane udlala ngokubhabha, ubukrelekrele, umama ozinikeleyo ongumKatolika onyana osisitabane ofuna ukutshata nesithandwa sakhe kumsitho osemthethweni wecawa kunye nentombi ekhulelweyo, engatshatanga ethandana nomfundisi. AyingoMhla noJudy.
Akukho mntu umangalisiweyo kukufumana uJane Powell kwindima enje ngale kaJane Powell uqobo. Sithandwa, andenzelanga zona. Ndihamba ngebhasi ukuya emsebenzini ubusuku ngabunye njengaye wonke umntu, utshilo ngoJulayi 21 kwikhefu lokuziqhelanisa. Khange ndiyenzele imali, nayo. Ngokwezezimali, akufuneki ndiphinde ndisebenze nje ukuba ndihleli. Ndiyenzile kuba ndiyaqala ukuba nendima yam. Ndandifuna ukukhula. Uyaqina ukuba awuqhubeki uqhubela phambili kwaye utshintsha. Andazi ukuba kwakutheni ukuze bacinge ngam, kodwa ndandisithanda iskripthi .. Kuzo zonke ezomculo zolutsha lwe-MGM ndandidla ngokwenza eyam incoko, kwaye izikripthi zazimbi kangangokuba kwakungekho mntu wakhe wazi umohluko, phofu. Lo mdlalo uhleka, kodwa imiba yile mihla.
Kwakhona, sisiqabu esikhulu ukuba yinxalenye yeqela lomculo, kuba andifuni kuba yinkwenkwezi. Ngama-71, uNksz Powell unonyana oneminyaka engama-49, intombi engama-48, kunye nentombazana eneminyaka engama-45 nomama womntwana oneminyaka esixhenxe. Ndingu makhulu mna. Lixesha lokuba ndiqale ukudlala iminyaka yam. Ubunewunewu bokuba ngumlingisi ongumlinganiswa ekugqibeleni yinto endingenakuyilahla.
Akusiyo okokuqala kwi-rodeo. Ngo-1974 wathatha indawo yakhe yangaphambili ye-MGM owayesebenza kunye no-Debbie Reynolds kwi-Broadway musical Irene. Yayingamava otyhafisayo. UMlawuli uGower Champion, enye i-alumnus ye-MGM, akazange abonise uqeqesho olunye kwaye uDebbie akazange anike naluphi na uncedo olwakhe. Ngeentsuku ezili-10 kuphela ngaphambi kokuvula kwakhe ubusuku, uJane wayeshiyiwe, esoyika kwaye ephambana. Kwakulixesha elibuhlungu kakhulu kuba sasihlala singabahlobo, utshilo. Watsho ephuma nje. Umvelisi uthe ebengalindelanga ukuba ndigqibe iiveki ezisixhenxe. Ndihlale iinyanga ezilithoba ndafumana uphononongo olungcono kunoDebbie. Emva koko ndahamba nayo endleleni. Emva koko, bendisebenza ngamanye amaxesha apha naphaya, kodwa bendikhathazwa ngumboniso weshishini kwaye ndahamba ndaya kwezinye izinto eziphambili. I-Avow ayibuyanga, kuba andizange ndithathe umhlala-phantsi ngokusemthethweni. Kodwa luhlobo lwesiqalo esitsha.
Usakhangeleka njengomntwana ojamelene ne-daisy owenza inkuku eqhotsiweyo kunye nesaladi yeetapile zokuyilwa e-Photoplay ngo-1945, kodwa ubomi bakhe babucala bebungasoloko buyinto ekrwada. Unemitshato emine emibi, unyana onengxaki yeziyobisi kunye neengxaki ezinzima zomsebenzi. Kodwa akakaze anciphe kwaye ayikhangeleki ngathi ukhe waphakanyiswa ubuso. Usapho lwakhe lonwabile ngoku, unendawo yokuhlala enomoya kwiWest End Avenue kunye nendlu yelizwe enomtsalane eConnecticut, imali yakhe ityalwe kakuhle kwaye usenalo nelanga.
Umtshato wakhe wesihlanu, kwinkwenkwezi yomntwana wangaphambili uDick Moore (Blonde Venus, 1932, kunye noMarlene Dietrich), uphume ngaphandle kwencwadi kaDick noJane. Ngapha koko yayiyincwadi ebadibanisile. UDick, ngoku ophetheyo kwezonxibelelwano esidlangalaleni, ebephanda incwadi malunga nabalingisi babantwana baseHollywood izolo ebizwa ngokuba yiTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star-Kodwa Musa ukulala ngesondo okanye uthathe imoto! Umhlobo kaJane uRoddy McDowall walungiselela udliwanondlebe, kwaye uDick wahlala iminyaka eli-18. Akukho namnye kubo obukela iimovie zakhe ezindala. Ayizizo i-nostalgia freaks. Usoloko enqabile ukubonakala eqongeni kwezo konsathi ze-retro eCarnegie Hall ebhiyozela iinkwenkwezi ze-MGM. Ubabiza ngokuba zizinja-kunye-nehashe. Kufana nesekisi. Iinkwenkwezi ezindala zisebenza njengezinja kwaye umlimi ufumana yonke inzuzo, utshilo. Abalandeli bayabonakala ngaphandle komnqweno wokubona ukuba basakwazi ukuthetha okanye ukuhamba ngaphandle kwenduku kwaye babale imigca ebusweni babo. Kukuxhaphaza iqhekeza elidlulileyo elingasekhoyo, kwaye ndikufumanisa kulusizi. Abanye abantu babonisa imiboniso. Ayindim. Ndiyabathanda abo bantu, kodwa andizange ndibandakanyeke ekuhlaleni kwaye ngekhe ndibekho.
Ngoku ukuba umhlobo wakhe uRoddy akasekho, unabantu abazana naye kwiintsuku zakudala ze-MGM. Arlene Dahl ngumhlobo. UJune Allyson usindwendwele eConnecticut. Kodwa ngaphandle kwazo zonke iimovie endizenzileyo noDebbie, andikaze ndiye endlwini yakhe kwisidlo sangokuhlwa. Zange ndaya endlwini yomntu endisebenza naye. Kwakukho iQela kunye neB B. BendikwiQela likaF.
Ukuba unyathela ngaphandle kweediliya apho iidiliya zomsindo zigcinwa khona, awungekhe uzuze ilungelo. Wabetha iscreen xa wayeneminyaka eyi-14, intombazana encinci egama linguSuzanne Burce wasePortland, e-Ore., Utata wakhe wayeqhuba ivenkile yedonut. Wayengumntwana ophethe isoprano enoluhlu lwe-octave ezimbini ezinesiqingatha owaphumelela ikhontrakthi ye-MGM xa wayecula i-aria esuka eCarmen kaNorma Shearer. Ifilimu yakhe yokuqala yayiyiNgoma yeNdlela evulekileyo, isiqwenga sokungakhathali apho wayedlala inkwenkwana encinci esisityebi ebaleka ekhaya kwaye yazibandakanya neqela labakhenkethi beetumato abahambahambayo. Igama lomntu wakhe yayinguJane Powell, kwaye yanamathela. Kuphela kukuqina okungazange kuhlikihle. Abantu bahlala bechatshazelwa yinto ebizwa ngokuba lixesha legolide lomculo, kodwa yayingeyiyo yonke loo nto. Yonke into yayiqaqambile. Ezo bhanyabhanya azibonisanga nyani, utshilo. Ndaye kwi-MGM iminyaka eli-11 kwaye akukho mntu wakha wandivumela ukuba ndidlale nantoni na ngaphandle kolutsha. Ndandineminyaka engama-25 ubudala kunye nabantwana bam kwaye kwakuya kuhlekisa. Ukupapashwa kwakuyinto engapheliyo. Yonke into oyithethileyo ibigadwe. Nam, kwakungafuneki ukuba bakhathazeke. Khange ndibenanto yothetha, phofu. Kwakungumsebenzi onzima, ndandingenabahlobo, ndingenonxibelelwano nabantu abalingana nam kwaye ukuzihlukanisa kwakunzima. Kodwa kwafuneka ndixhase usapho lwam, ke ndenza into endixelelwa yona kwaye andinayo enye indlela.
Ndifuna ukuya ekholejini. Umama wathi 'Kutheni? Sele unawo umsebenzi! ’Ke ekuphela kwemfundo endandinayo yayiziiyure ezintathu ngosuku kwiseti noMargaret O'Brien noElizabeth Taylor, ukhumbula njalo. Kodwa asizange sidibane kwikomishini okanye kwintetho yamantombazana. Khange ndiye kumatheko okulala okanye kwimidlalo yebhola ekhatywayo okanye ndenze naziphi na izinto ezazisenziwa ngabahlobo bam ePortland. Ukuba ndandine-hiatus, bandithumela eNew York ukuya kucula imiboniso emithandathu ngosuku eCapitol Theatre, kwaye yayiyiholide yam leyo. Ndenze imali eninzi kodwa andizange ndiyisebenzise. Umama uthathe yonke into. Andazi ukuba wenze ntoni ngayo. Mhlawumbi wayifihla phantsi komatrasi. Emva koko, umyeni wam wokuqala wathatha isiqingatha sayo yonke into endiyenzileyo. Wonke umntu wayefuna ukundigcina ndimncinci. Andizange ndazi kwanto ngesondo de ndandineminyaka engama-21. Ndanyanzelwa ukuba ndiphile ngokuvisisana nomfanekiso, kwaye ekuphela kwengcebiso endakha ndazifumana ekwenzeni umdlalo yayikukuba, 'Hlala kamnandi njengaye kwaye ungaze utshintshe. Wakhula njengomdlali weqonga, kungenxa yokuba akukho mntu wakha wandifundisa ukuba njani.
Ekubuyiseleni emva, uthathela ingqalelo abenzi beefilimu abesebenza nabo njengabalawuli bezendlela kuphela. Kuzo zonke iifilimu endizenzileyo, umtshato wasebukhosini kunye nabafazi abasixhenxe babazalwana abasixhenxe kuphela kwabo babini ungababiza njengakudala. Andikhumbuli nokuba yeyiphi ifilimu yam yokugqibela eyayiseMGM. Abafazi bandimisa ebhasini bandixelele ukuba bayazithanda iimovie zam kwaye basenazo oonodoli bephepha likaJane Powell kunye neencwadi zokufaka imibala kwaye ndicinga ukuba, ‘Intle kakhulu, kodwa inokuba bathetha ngomnye umntu.’ Andizange ndiyazi ukuba ezo zinto zikhona. I-MGM yazikhupha kwaye andizange ndifumane mali kuyo nantoni na. Andizange ndibabone nokubabona. Ubomi bam bonke bubonakala ngathi benzekile komnye umntu. Ndinqwenela ukuba ngendikhe ndakhona ukuze ndiyonwabele. Akukho namnye otshonileyo. Ibingumsebenzi nje kwaye bendiyimpukane eludongeni ndibukele isenzeka, kwaye impukane ayinazimvakalelo.
Wayeka nini ukubukela imovie? Xa beyekile ukundibuza, watsho, ehleka ngokuvulekileyo. Khange ndiyeke imovie. Iimuvi zandishiya. Akukho mntu undifunayo. Iimusicals zigqityiwe kwaye zange andinike enye into yokwenza. Ndandineminyaka engama-25 ukushiya kwam iMGM kwaye yayilixesha lokuqala ndingenamntu wokundikhusela. Bendingazi nto malunga nezigqibo okanye iiarhente okanye irhafu yengeniso. Kwaye ukwaliwa kwakubuhlungu ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na emhlabeni.
Xa ixesha lokudlalwa kwe-MGM liphelile, iinkwenkwezi zayo zazifana nomvuzo we-Abyssinians ngesiquphe baphoswa engxoweni embindini wentlango kwaye bashiyeka bezimela. Kwakothusa ... Kwaye yayisoyikisa. Ndenze isitokhwe sasehlotyeni, iintengiso, iTV, kodwa oko kwakuthathwa njengokuncipha. Kwi-MGM besingavunyelwanga nokufotwa phambi kweTV. Elo yayilixesha elibi ebomini bam.
Uneenxalenye ezimbalwa zabantu abadala kwiimuvi; Babesoyikeka. Udlale amazantsi oLwandle lwaseMzantsi kwiwigi emnyama kwi-Enchanted Island, uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olusezantsi olusekwe kuHerman Melville's Typee: Ndiyenzile kuba bendithembisile ngendawo yokufa, bayikhupha kuba besithi, 'UJane Powell akanakufa 'Ifilimu yayimbi kakhulu umlawuli, uAllan Dwan, wayekrazula amaphepha kwiskripthi emva komboniso ngamnye aze awaphose egxalabeni lakhe. Emva koko wadlala u-Hedy Lamarr's neurotic, intombi e-overxed kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-Animal Animal: Ekugqibeleni ndade ndadlala i-sexpot, kodwa kwakubi kakhulu andizange ndikubone oko. Akukho mntu wenze. Yayilixesha lokuqala ebomini bam ukuba ndive ubutshaba okanye umona ovela komnye umlingisi. UHedy akazange afune ukudlala umama womntu. Wayengoyena mntu ndakhe ndasebenza naye kwaye yonke le nto yayilusizi. Emva koko, ndiyekile kwiimovie.
Ukucula, nako. Ilizwi lam alisafani nakuqala. Andikwazi ukubetha amanqaku aphezulu kwaye andizukuba kwinqanaba lesibini. Kwenzeka kwiipesenti ezingama-99 zazo zonke iimvumi, kodwa kubantu basetyhini iihomoni ziyatshintsha kwaye kuya kufuneka wehlise izitshixo zakho, utshilo. Kufuneka uhlale kwimeko efana nomdlali, kwaye andifuni ukuba ubomi bube yirejimeni. Ndiyenzile kangangeminyaka engama-20 kwaye ayisandonwabisi. Ndiyazi iimvumi ezininzi kakhulu ekufuneka ziyekile ukuzenza izidenge kwiminyaka engama-25 eyadlulayo.
Ku-Avow, akunyanzelekanga ukuba acule inowuthi enye. Kokokuqala ebomini bam ukuba umlawuli athethe nantoni na ngaphandle kwam, 'Yiba nguJane Powell.' Ndityikitye iinyanga ezintathu kwaye siza kubona ukuba kwenzeka ntoni. Andinazicwangciso zangomso. Ndinayo yonke into endakha ndayifuna ebomini nangakumbi-umtshato omnandi, ikhaya elihle, impilo egqibeleleyo. Ndisebenze bonke ubomi bam ukuba ngumntu oqhelekileyo, kwaye kutheni uyeka? Andizange ndicinge ukuba ndiyinkwenkwezi yokubaluleka. Isenokuba lusindiso lwam olo. Okwangoku, ukuqhwatyelwa izandla kwabaphulaphuli yinto endingayivayo. Ndicinga ukuba yeyomnye umntu. Ndinezinye izinto eziphambili. Ngama-71, ndifunda ukonwabela uJane Powell okokuqala ebomini bam.
Iintsuku ezindala zingafa, kodwa akanakundikhohlisa. UJane Powell uqhwanyaza, kwaye uncumo luseseTechnicolor.
