Victoria Riskin
@vriskin
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President: Bluedot Living: At Home on Earth, awarding-winning environmental digital magazine. Also author of: "Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir"
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Joined April 2011
February 26th has finally arrived! My book "Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir" is now available for purchase. Thank you to those who have ordered the book. I would love to hear from you. Cheers! https://t.co/rf9UHW3PvO
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Today is my mother's birthday. Happy Birthday Fay Wray and mom. I found this photo of my mother with Amelia Earhart at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. @Olympics @earhartreality Sharing it with my film friends. @ClassicMovieHub @tcm
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In late 1939 the US was divided. Communist witch hunts had begun. Hitler had begun his round ups of Jews and his assault on England, but Americans wanted to stay out of the war. When my father wrote Meet John Doe he was warning fellow citizens about the rise of fascism.
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His clarion call to us was to "tear down the fences that divide."
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I did this interview with Stephen Smith about the new release of Frank Capra films (many written by my father, Robert Riskin) and loved the conversation. So I am sharing it with my favorite friends @ClassicMovieHub @CitizenScreen @tcm
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On the eve of election day, I reread the speech that my mother gave in 1944 when she was campaigning for FDR. I sent it to my friend Laurence Tribe who shared it with his followers.
Here’s Fay Wray’s full October 1944 speech, delivered in Rochester, New York to support FDR’s reelection https://t.co/k6zJwKbYad
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My Secret Garden: La Casa de Maria https://t.co/Jfly4bR9AN via @bluedotliving
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Remembering wonderful times with my friend #EvaMarieSaint who turned 100 today. She was charming and a great wit. Happy Birthday dear friend. Thinking about you!
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Salute to my father Robert Riskin who, in this picture, had returned from the war and gone back to work in Hollywood. Here he is with my brother enjoying family life again. I was not yet born, but would come soon. Love you Daddy. Cheers to @CitizenScreen @ClassicMovieHub
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Remembering my mother as she was when I was 10 years old and she was age 48...Perfection. Thank you to my friends @CitizenScreen @ClassicMovieHub @tcm who keep the flame of old movies.
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The 91st anniversary of King Kong is next week. Ahead of the commemorative date, I am posting this photo of Marion C. Cooper, one of the two geniuses behind the the film. Coop was a life-affirming spirt, daring explorer, business man and my mother, Fay Wray's, lifelong friend.
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Remembering a wonderful dinner with my dear friend @TheNormanLear on his hundredth birthday with Laurence Tribe @tribelaw and my husband David (in the middle.) Good-bye, Norman. I will miss you so much.
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You may have seen this, but I thought it was particularly wonderful. Have a look.
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Today is my mother, Fay Wray's, birthday. She was beautiful inside and out. I celebrate her as a mother and a lovely, hard-working actress, and early member of @sagaftra . Enjoy her films @Criterion @tcm
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I am eager to read "Flirting with Danger," the new biography of Marguerite Harrison, filmmaker and spy, who traveled to dangerous places with the makers of King Kong and who may have inspired my mother, Fay Wray's, character Ann Darrow—both lucky and plucky.
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