a star interaction

We recently had the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival here in town . My friend Kelly who knows what a film buff i am gave me the heads up and arranged for me and my friend Patrick to go a private reception for Farley Granger followed by a screening of Rope and a Q&A between Farley and The Philadelphia Inquirer Film reviewer Carrie Rickey. I was so happy to have been a part of it.

Unfortunately I was a little nervous and didn't quite know to say to Mr. Granger. A few days before the event there was a newspaper interview with him. In the interview he said he partially left Hollywood for New york because he wasn't comfortable with the spotlight and limelight of being a star so I didn't want to overdo it. There were two chairs set up next to him and I hesitated to sit down as he was signing my copy of his autobiography and after I said what a pleasure it was to meet him someone (who had an oxygen tank) sat down not in the chair right next to him but in the second seat thus blocking my path next to him ( i didn't want to knock anything over or injure the fan with the Oxygen) so that ended our interaction. His Partner and co author Robert Calhoun was there as well. so anyway that was that. The rest of the evening was lovely and we had a great time at the party and the movie. I have included a picture of me sort of meeting Farley and one of the group at the party and then a decal i found in a shop in Provincetown over the week of Farley at the height of his Hollywood days.

By the way the book was a great read it was just amazing to read about parties where these icons of screen and stage attended and some of the back story to them. Of course I am a little starstruck anyway.