Beale asked me to collect some LPs to play on the record player. I plugged in the portable heater and sat down on the lawn chair with my hands under my lap — it was so cold.
And [with the record playing] Mrs. Beale and Edie began singing opera. Their convictions were so powerful. There are icicles right outside the door hanging off the banister. We had, frankly, very little to eat and these woman were oblivious to their environment and decided to keep up their love of music. They just sang. PV: You said that Aristotle Onassis used to call the mansion frequently and you would sometimes listen in on the conversations, yes?
Aristotle Onassis. He had a real, heavy-duty accent and I was immediately intrigued by him. His son had died in an airplane accident. He called and Mrs. Beale would console him sometimes up to three hours. I know he loved her because he helped so much with the mansion. After Mrs. JT: Well, the female raccoon [Buster] was very domesticated. Beale used to ask me to feed Buster Fudge Royale ice cream. JT: We used stick matches to light the sterno.
Buster got a hold of them and included them in her nest, and they ignited from the heat of the sun. One summer morning, I was in the kitchen cleaning up, and I felt a person in the kitchen with me. I definitely felt someone in the kitchen standing near me. I went upstairs after that and I told Mrs.
Beale that I had a really strange feeling in the kitchen. Beale said that Tom Logan died in the kitchen and his anniversary was that very day.
When Torre worked for Mrs. He was a sea captain who lived there in the 18th century. The sculpture does exist in Italy, and it does resemble me! JT: I was hurt. JT: I asked Mrs. Beale and Al [Maysles] did, too She was quite pleased. I just couldn't believe the scene in that room, the whole mansion The fact that I was invited in was really a milestone of an event. SB: So many people have described these women as eccentric.
How would you describe their lives? JT: Devoted. Beale and Edie were devoted to each other. Beale was certainly an eccentric. It's fine to be an eccentric as long as you're not harming anyone or yourself.
But she was seen as eccentric because of her love of music and theatre. At the time, I suppose the family was so conservative they ostracized her, for lack of a better word. JT: Yeah. She walked right towards the house. I was the only person there. I remember a gesture, she took off these glasses with really round lenses. She looked around. Then she looked at me and extended her hand. She said, "You're Jerry?
I am so stressed out. I look like a dirt bomb and I'm wearing a sweatshirt that's filthy. I didn't look like I should be with this women who happens to be the president's wife. She said, "My aunt and my cousin, they like you, they trust you. It's amazing you're even a guest here. Their endurable spirit lives on through their very lust for life. It is a renaissance of their lives as they direct it from heaven above. More Coronavirus coverage. Login Subscribe. Thank you for reading! Sign Up.
Log In. Log In Purchase a Subscription. Purchase a Subscription. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. Edit Close. He says that she used to call the house occasionally, to check on her aunt and cousin, and that she once asked him to take her out clubbing. He remembers bringing her to the Anvil, where they watched a fire-eating drag contortionist perform. But after Mrs. Beale died, in , Edie sold the house, eventually moving to Florida she died in , and they lost touch.
Torre took a job with the Saudi royal family, tending a two-and-a-half-acre tropical garden in Riyadh. He had his own villa, with a pool and a personal chef, but he found life lonely. He ran the business with his boyfriend, who died in the late eighties.
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