Wildly unlikely, but true.
28 Oct 1956
Joyce Grenfell meets Elvis Presley.
“He called me ma'am. I thought he was pleasant, a bit of a roly-poly boy, but a good singer of his sort of hillbilly songs. We were photographed together. He put his arm round my neck and breathed down my ear-hole.”
28 Oct 1956
Joyce Grenfell meets Elvis Presley.
“He called me ma'am. I thought he was pleasant, a bit of a roly-poly boy, but a good singer of his sort of hillbilly songs. We were photographed together. He put his arm round my neck and breathed down my ear-hole.”
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Akin to my favorite old TV interview -- Dinah Shore and Iggy Pop (also Bowie): https://youtu.be/i2eB8f020Pc?si=lqsVcmvZuxNupaN6
📸 Cecil Beaton (1944)
She's hilarious. She was around in a very different era but her observational comedy stands up today. Check out her incredible monologues
If you know, you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXhHFgDRNBQ
Joyce Grenfells torrid Presley years seems ripe for a turn?
https://bsky.app/profile/lordshortcake.bsky.social/post/3lglfh2j2ik27