A WONDERFUL MEMORY

"She was sitting with her feet up on a desk, her hair piled on top of her head—a group of Fox executives sitting around her. She told me about the movie that she was about to do with Spencer Tracy and said, 'I think it would be a good idea if you came over to my house tonight and meet Spence.'"

The meeting was "like a fabulous tennis match. These two glorious people sat on opposite sides of the room and discussed my career. She thought that I should be in 'Desk Set' and he didn't. He said the part wasn't good enough. She insisted that didn't matter, that what was important was to be seen in one film after another. He said, 'Wrong. She should wait for a more significant part.'

"I thanked them, said I'd think about it, and went home. It was a very difficult decision, but the part was of no significance -- so, I declined. It was a very special meeting, though--and a wonderful memory!"

(Dina Merrill, another East Coast actress, got the part.)

Excerpt from "Lee Remick" by Michael Buckley - "Films In Review"

-- by Allison