![]() Eloise was the brain-child of the multi-talented Thompson who at various points in her. These days, if Rudie ever puts a book to her face, I bet it isn’t Eloise. The Absolutely Essential 60th Anniversary Edition. The special was a bomb anyway, and it drove Kay crazy (well, crazier) when Rudie turned out to be the only element of it that got good reviews. That resulted in Kay furiously coming in with a battery of lawyers and making the network agree to give up all future rights to Eloise, among other angry demands. ![]() ![]() So CBS decided Rudie had to do her own voice. This caused problems during a live promo, when the girl lowered the book from her mouth too soon, and the result was very sci-fi. So Rudie was told that whenever she spoke her lines, she should cover her mouth with a book and Kay would say the line from the sidelines! Back in print after thirty-five years with Hilary Knightrquote s original illustrations, Kay Thompsonrquote s irrepressible six-year-old, Eloise, is about. ![]() Kay handpicked the film’s perfectly named little star, Evelyn Rudie.īut in the midst of rehearsals, the author - who’d stepped down from the Nanny role because it wasn’t glam enough - decided she should do the voice of the seven-year-old! The result was a bigger mess than Charlie Sheen‘s suite at the same hotel.Īccording to Sam Irvin‘s new book, Kay Thompson: From ‘Funny Face’ to ‘Eloise’: In 1957, Kay Thompson agreed to let her classic Eloise tale of a bratty girl living at the Plaza get made into a TV movie, as long as she retained full creative control - sort of like Eloise herself. ![]()
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