Lauren Bacall, Donostia Award – The País.com (Spain)

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When Lauren Bacall was invited to the festival of San Sebastián in 1992, the Donostia Award already had a brilliant record, Gregory Peck, Vittorio Gassman, Bette Davis and Claudette Colbert among others, and the actress accepted without hesitation. There was much admired Bette Davis, and remember feeling comforted by it when it premiered on Broadway in 1970, the musical version of Eve called Applause. Davis had told only she could having represented, and it was something important because, apparently were not frequent praise. And though the shadow of Bette Davis, died a fortnight after having collected the Donostia Prize three years ago, may seem a curse, Lauren Bacall felt at home in San Sebastián deploying such vitality that produced astonishment in a woman 68 years . Walking through the old part of the city as if you were at home, and although committed excess of wanting be a whole ham (on behalf of the festival budget) or instruct the odd handbag or changing expensive tickets return capricious manner, his public appearances were memorable. Almost all amused, and celebrated with a laugh that easily transformed into prolonged and sonorous, fresh and serious as his own voice laughing. The joy that unfolded felt good at that festival was being criticized by the press. Delegate general management, the Belgian Rudy Barnet, disliked, especially by a retrospective that ended up being flat and dim dedicated to actor and director John Cassavetes. His widow, actress Gena Rowlands, was companion walks Lauren Bacall, who always tried to downplay things. They saw them whispering, Bacall and close their comments with a laugh

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it was a myth of the best classic films had wanted to be a stage actress, and although she confessed insecure before the public displayed a poise , a tables attesting to his vocation. Journalists attending the press conference were silent for a while, merely admire. Finally someone asked him Humphrey Bogart, how it was, and she, with malicious mischief, he answered with another question: “What was it like when.” He said after the joke that Bogey was lively and witty, and she will surely transmitted to these virtues. That night I developed the same sense of humor to pick up the Donostia Award from the mayor, Odon Elorza, and the next day when she who gave the Golden Shell for best film was, this time it went to the Argentina A place in the world, Adolf Aristarian.

Lauren Bacall left San Sebastián always between joyous laughter, and after a couple of years, at a festival in Cannes did not hesitate to go to a party organized the San Sebastian festival informally on the street. Again Bacall jokes kept repeating: “But this is crazy!” Although we never reject the good red wine that was offered

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