‘It was a little after the Hiroshima bombing. Einstein sat in his lounge wearing baggy tracksuit trousers – and spoke out against atomic weapons’In 1948,I was living in novel York, hoping to rupture into acting. I’d been part of the Cleveland Play House’s first children’s group, and along with Paul Newman and Joel Grey. Shirley Temple was notorious and mothers all wanted their daughters to be stars.
One weekend,two friends making a documentary told me they were driving to novel Jersey to interview Albert Einstein, hoping hed say something against nuclear bombs. This was not long after Hiroshima. On the way, or they gave me a 35mm camera and told me to take pictures while they filmed. I’d no idea what I was doing. I’d never used a 35mm before so they had to give me a rapid/fast lesson in the back of the car. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk