Mitzi Gaynor’s Golden Memories of Stanley Donen

Mar 03, 2019, 04:16 AM
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Imagine having to corral Yul Brynner, Noël Coward and me during an outdoor shoot on the Greek isle of Rhodes circa 1959--along with Noël's delightfully in-character request, "Let's stop for tea, dear," just as we're losing the light. The unenviable task fell to our director, the great Stanley Donen, whom we were privileged to work with on an opus titled Surprise Package. Stanley, who died on Feb.

Imagine having to corral Yul Brynner, Noël Coward and me during an outdoor shoot on the Greek isle of Rhodes circa 1959--along with Noël's delightfully in-character request, "Let's stop for tea, dear," just as we're losing the light. The unenviable task fell to our director, the great Stanley Donen, whom we were privileged to work with on an opus titled Surprise Package. Stanley, who died on Feb.