WEBVTT - Jose Iterbi Tribute 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.400 Welcome to Hollywoods Hidden Treasures. I'm Denel Dadigan. This evening, 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:06.559 we're going to talk about the fabled life an extraordinary 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:10.160 career of jose Ah Turby, the world famous concert pianist 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:14.319 and conductor, the Golden era Hollywood actor and composer. You know, 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.119 jose Ahturby. What can I say? There's so much to 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.760 talk about. I mean, old Hollywood, sold out concerts around 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:23.560 the world, flying his own plane from concert to concert, 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:27.480 riding is Harley Davidson motorcycle complete with a sidecar through 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:30.200 the streets of Beverly Hills. You know, jose Ah Turby 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:33.760 was a rock star in his time. Joseah Turby had 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:37.840 two dozen, twenty four gold and platinum records to his name, 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.839 numerous international awards, and even his own star on the 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:46.280 Hollywood Walk of Fame. His phenomenal music career spanned more 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.919 than seven decades. And whose stuff dreams are made out? 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:50.360 You know? 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:55.040 Everyone always asks why did a world famous concert artist 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.800 is so successful as a pianist and conductor decide to 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:02.000 appear in film? Well, the story goes back to nineteen 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.720 thirty three. A movie producer handed jose a check for 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.520 thirty five thousand dollars. Now that's a lot of money 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.280 in nineteen thirty three, and they asked him to appear 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.440 in a picture, but would you believe, Joseah Turby tore 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:18.880 up the check, declaring that kissing girls on screen was 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:23.120 just too much foolishness. So this was actually the start 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:26.000 of the negotiations for jose Ah Turby to appear in films, 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.279 and twelve years later, in the nineteen forties, a Turby 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.520 did start in popular postwar MGM movie musicals on his 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.839 own terms. He was always a good guy. He always 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.399 played the piano and conducted an orchestra, and parents around 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.399 the world would tell their children, you could be just 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.640 like him. You could be just like jose Aturby. Now, 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.840 practice practice, practice, as they say. The rest was history. 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.600 I know many of our listeners have enjoyed watching jose 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.800 Ah Turby and his co stars in these wonderful nineteen 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:01.360 forties MGM musicals, and jose enjoyed gay new fans through 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:05.480 his appearances in Anchors, Away That Midnight Kiss, Music for Millions, 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:09.000 Three Daring Daughters, Holiday in Mexico, and Moore. You know, 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:12.960 Joseah Turby appeared on screen with many of the popular 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:17.120 stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, including Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:21.920 Katherine Grayson, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Allison, Jane Powell, 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:28.280 Ethel Barrymore, Jimmy Duranty, Jeanette MacDonald, Roddy McDowell, Van Johnson, Mariolanza, 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:32.240 Harry James and his Orchestra, Xavier Cougart and the Child 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.320 Star Margaret O'Brien, and so many more. 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:36.160 Did you know? 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.280 In addition to the Hollywood movies and concerts, jose Ah 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.640 Turby was the first musician to sell one million copies 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:43.280 of a record. 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:44.120 You would have. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.720 Thought it was Elvis Presley or the Beatles, but it 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:50.880 was Joseah Turby in nineteen forty five, playing the solo 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:56.119 piano piece Chopin's Military Polonaise. Looking back in nineteen forty five, 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.920 that's when selling a million copies of a record was 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:03.079 really a big dal bill. To commemorate this major accomplishment, 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:06.320 jose Atterby received his own star on the Hollywood Walk 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.440 of Fame, right in front of Disney's El Capitan Theater 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:13.400 on Hollywood Boulevard, across from the Dolby Theater where Blockbuster 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.720 concerts live Theater and Academy Awards are held today, and 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.280 I'm sure many of our listeners have enjoyed listening to 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.680 many of Eterbe's gold and platinum selling recordings. It is 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:28.399 estimated that Jose Atturby was heard in concert by more 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.720 than fifty million people over the course of his career 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.600 from the nineteen twenties through the nineteen seventies, all at 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:39.440 a time when concert halls were very elegant and formal, 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.480 with probably a maximum audience of about thirty five hundred 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:47.160 to five thousand people, depending on the concert hall. Atterby 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:51.400 routinely performed to sold out audiences, with an extra additional 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.760 one hundred two hundred seats placed on the stage to 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:59.160 accommodate mass ticket sales and audiences for the overflow of 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.960 his performance. I'm sure many of our listeners have even 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:07.120 seen or heard stories of Etterby's sold out performances and 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:11.520 have enjoyed listening to his gold and platinum recordings. Sony 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:16.600 Classical Recordings honored this music superstar by releasing the sixteen 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:20.720 CD Collector's Box Set with digitally remastered recordings from the 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:25.120 RCA vault from Hollywood to the world. The rediscovered recordings 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.360 by pianist and conductor Joseah Turby, along with the one 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.719 hundred and eighty page book penned by the Ambassador of 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:36.279 the American Songbook Michael Feinstein and filled with historic photos, 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.040 they are sure to evoke fond memories of Joseah Turby 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:44.560 are classical music favorites and a bygone era. You know, 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:48.560 Joseah Turby was truly an entertainer in every way, and 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:52.520 he captivated Hollywood and the world through his exciting, enthralling 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:56.640 performances on screen and on the concert stage. Terby was 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.960 considered the consummate performer. We only have to listen to 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:04.560 jose Aturby's passionate and fiery recordings of Chopin's military Polonaise 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:09.120 or his revolutionary Atude, or Wc's Claidalone, or Manuel de 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:14.120 Faye's ritual fire Dance, and of course Rachmaninoff's popular Prelude 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.800 in C sharp minor. I got to just interrupt right 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.120 here because I'm going to ask Steve, did you ever 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.440 play Rochmanoff's Prelude and C sharp miner? 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.159 I tempted, Yes, I did. 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.640 All right, That's what I needed to know. Of course, 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:28.800 Steve and I have so much in common. It is 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.719 great well, you know, to hear these pieces. This is 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:35.960 why you can understand why Etterby had legions of fans 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.680 with his groupies, the Bobby socksers of the time, swarming 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.000 the stage at the end of his concerts as he 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.719 took his final bows on stage, with fans throwing their 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:50.520 scented handkerchiefs and flowers at jose Aturbi the maestro with 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:55.800 looks of adoration accompanied by thunderous applause. At the end 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:59.880 of his concerts, Atturby performed encore after encore, and after 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.320 his concerts there were long lines of fans waiting at 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.440 the stage shore and outside his dressing room for an autograph, 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.880 which jose happily gave. You know, jose Ah Turby his 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:13.560 talents touched many millions of music lovers from the big 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:17.240 cities on the coasts to the Midwest States to the world, 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.880 and he even flew his own plane from concert to concert. 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.920 Etturby was a rock star. And this makes me think 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:28.520 what would these adoring fans today do to show their 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.000 love for josea Ah Turby. What would they throw up 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:34.000 on stage at the end of a performance. Well, I'll 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.960 just let you the listeners fill in the blank with us. 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.920 Today in studio is our Hollywood Museum's Director of Operations, 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:47.040 Steve Nickelmo and our Hollywood Museum's publicist, Roger Neil Well. Hi, Roger, Hi, Steve. 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.240 Great to be here music. 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:50.040 Oh well, I just. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:51.960 Got to ask you both, So what do you think 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:56.279 jose Atturby's adoring fans today would throw up on stage 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.120 to show their love and appreciation. 0:06:58.520 --> 0:06:59.560 Well, I don't know if they'd throw it, but I 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.560 think they might present maybe a small gift, or they've 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.960 probably written a letter, just tell him to see how 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:05.400 much his music is meant to them. 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:05.680 Oh. 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:06.240 I like that. 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.560 It helps that he receives it, of course. 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:08.720 I like that. 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:10.600 And I have to tell you in his home we 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:14.160 had so many different letters and small trinkets that adoring 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.720 fans gave him. So I think you're right on. You're 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.480 just right on spot on. That's wonderful. And Roger, Oh, I'm. 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.080 Just going to keep it real. I think it'd be 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:23.559 throwing up hotel room keys. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:28.480 Well, I got to tell you that's true too. We 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.120 had several of those, and my godmother was, you know, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:35.720 beside herself, but she tolerated it. Well, you know, I 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:39.120 have to say, Jose Aturbi inspired generations of young people 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:43.720 to embrace the piano, classical music, and pursue music in general, 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.000 whether it was classical or music of the day, with 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.160 songs performed by the popular grades of the era, you know, 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.160 Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, just to name a few. Jose 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:58.680 Aturb enjoyed accompanying them all in special performances. Jose enjoyed 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.040 gaining new fans through his disappearances on the concert stage, 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:06.560 on television that new invention, and in Hollywood films. And 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.400 we are thrilled to have with us several well known 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:12.400 and beloved actress and musicians and even a guest who 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.800 starred in several MGM films with Joseah Turby, and they 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:20.080 are all very good friends of the Hollywood Museum. Joining 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.320 us is the Academy Award winning child actress who starred 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:27.120 with Joseah Turby in the nineteen forties MGM musicals Thousands, 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:30.320 Cheer and Music, Vermilions, with her own star on the 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:34.360 world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, Margaret O'Brien. And with 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:37.520 us is the award winning legendary actress of stage, film, 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:41.000 and television and philanthropist with her own star on the 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.360 world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, rude A Lee and 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.640 the well known Grammy and Emmy nominated ambassador to the 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:53.600 American Songbook, the popular singer and pianist Michael Feinstein. And 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:57.840 with us is the Grammy nominated recording artist, singer, stage 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:01.880 and screen and television actress Eileen Graf, best known to 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:05.320 audiences as Marsha Owens, the mom on the long running 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:09.320 eighties ABC comedy Mister Belvidere, and with us as the 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:14.320 veteran of stage, film, television and recording arts. Rex Smith, 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.319 my favorite teen idol heart throb with a platinum album 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.560 hit from the nineteen seventy nine Let's See You Take 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.319 My Breath Away. So how many of you remember that song? 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.040 I certainly do and I can still see Rex with 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:28.920 his long blonde locks. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:29.320 Wow. 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.960 Well, Roger list tell everyone how to visit and learn 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:33.439 more about the Hollywood Museum. 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.080 Come on down in person to sixteen sixty North Highland 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.720 Avenue in Hollywood, in the heart of Hollywood, California, or 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.480 you could go to the website Hollywood Museum dot com 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.520 or visit us on Instagram at Hollywood Museum. 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:46.920 Well it sounds like we're going to have another great evening, 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.199 and well it's time to take a break. I'm de 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.240 Neel Daddigan. You're listening to Hollywood's Hidden Treasures. When we 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:56.080 return the critically acclaimed Hollywood legend of Stage, screen and 0:09:56.120 --> 0:10:00.400 Television rut of Lye with Grammy nominated recording artists singer, 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:04.120 stage and screen and television actress Eileen Graft. I wonder 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.320 what stories Rude Lee and Aileen Graft will share with us, 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:12.040 and we'll tell about jose and his well known Latin charm. Well, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.360 stay tuned, We've got lots to talk about. 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:15.360 Welcome back. 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.960 You're listening to Hollywoods Hidden Treasures. I'm Daniel Daddigan, and 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.120 tonight we're celebrating one of the greatest classical musicians of 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.400 the twentieth century, Joseah Turby, and joining us is Rutal 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.760 Lee and Ruda Can you name that song? 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:31.360 I certainly can. It's Bless your beautiful Hide wherever it 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:35.960 may be, and it was sung by the wonderful Howard Keel. 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.760 Oh my goodness, oh what a lovely, lovely man. And 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:43.559 of course that was my very first job in the movies. 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.880 And it was such a lovely, auspicious beginning, and it 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:49.280 brought me to MGM. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:50.400 We were there for a. 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:52.360 Very long time making this movie. 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:53.280 To start with. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:57.000 It was done in two processes, which really made it 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:02.080 a long movie. It was done in widescreen and in CinemaScope, 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.400 so that every scene that we shot had to be 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:06.600 shot twice. 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.920 That I did not know, interesting poss. 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.400 Of information for everybody, so sure, but it introduced me 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:17.080 to MGM, and MGM introduced me to all of the 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:22.760 fabulous talented people that lived and thrived at MGM, And 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:28.040 of course that was my introduction to jose eterbe Wow. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.319 Because you have to understand, I was born in Montreal, Canada, 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.920 where you had to be sixteen years old to go 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.120 to the movies. They had had a terrible fire and 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.760 children were lost in the fire, and therefore you had 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.920 to be sixteen. So I didn't get to see any 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:48.679 of those fabulous movies that jose Eterby made until I 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:52.200 got to California and in the process of growing up, 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.000 was able to go to see these wonderful movies. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.760 Now, if I remember correctly, you were working at the 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.480 Chinese Theater and MGM show to all those movies. 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:06.960 They surely did. And what was so beautiful was that I, 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:12.000 as a baby kins growing up, you know, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:16.360 thirteen years of age, was finally introduced to music that 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:17.720 wasn't pop music. 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:18.440 Really. 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.680 I mean, jose E Turby sitting at that beautiful grand 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:27.800 piano or conducting a magnificent orchestra with fifty violins was 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:31.280 a beautiful introduction, not just to me, but I think 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.520 to all young people in America. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:35.080 We wouldn't have. 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:40.120 Known about anything about classical music without the movies presenting 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:44.079 the way they did so beautifully and so colorfully, and 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.400 with someone like him as our master teacher. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.960 Wow, wow, Well that just warms my heart. Thank you 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.480 so much. He was a great man. I have to say, 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.080 he truly was, and he took his role of being 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.920 godfather to me extremely serious. I must say. 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.280 When he was in town, I visited him several days 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.840 a week, and he always listened to me play piano. 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:10.000 It was wonderful. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything, 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.560 you know. But I just want to say, talking about 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:16.640 performing and whatnot, you recently appeared Ruda at your solo 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:20.680 cabaret show. Of course, it's aptly called consider Your Ass Kiss, 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:24.000 because that is the name of your memoir, which talks 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.920 about you and every famous name you can imagine from 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.200 classic Hollywood. And I have to say we enjoyed it 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:35.080 because what was at the Vibrado room Herb Albert's Vibrato grill. 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.760 All of our friends had so much fun watching you perform. 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.760 I mean there was Ronnie Miller. I mean, Ronnie is 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:46.800 here in the studio, Say hi, Ronnie. And George Pinocchio 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.560 and his wife Erin, and the Emmy and Grammy Award 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:53.400 winning songwriter Diane Warren and the award winning singer and 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.880 pianist Michael Feinstein, and Harlan and Steve were there. 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:57.440 It was fun. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:01.120 We all had the best time watching you up on stage. 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:02.400 What a great evening. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.839 Well, let me tell you that I'm going to duplicate 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.600 it if I can, only more so. That was my 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:15.160 eighty ninth birthday. Now I'm planning my ninetieth birthday, oh 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:20.560 El Portal, and I'm going to have people like Joanne Worley, 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:24.920 and of course every fabulous star in town is going 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:28.160 to come and do five minutes or ten minutes or 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:29.320 whatever I asked them to. 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:31.760 I can imagine, I'm sure they're going to be standing 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.560 in line to do this. I mean, this sounds so exciting, 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.600 and you know, I just have to say it to 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.680 be brought to the movies. As we were talking about this, 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:45.360 he brought to them a whole different element because in 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:49.680 the forties he had neighbors such as if you can imagine, 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:54.400 Harry Cone from Columbia Studios and Jean Negalasco, who was 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:58.640 a great producer, and they tried to talk Josea Turby 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:02.120 into appearing in films. It was because they had received 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:06.800 letters from Middle America religious groups and they wanted to 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:12.040 bring a better quality family fair and overall make the 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:15.400 films more classy. And it was so interesting because Iturbi 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:20.840 was contacted, as were several other great classical musicians and artists, 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.160 so that they could class up these movies. And you 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:27.120 know what it Turby rose to that occasion, and it 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:29.720 helped that he had two neighbors that would push him 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.720 daily that you have to do it. And his first 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.360 film was at Columbia Studios and then after that he 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:40.440 was with Jean Olga LESCo doing movies with MGM. But 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:44.440 it's interesting how it all gets started and what happened 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:50.320 was that Etterby's fame landed up tripling, quadrupling because of 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.280 being in the motion pictures in additional to being on 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.440 the stage, of course. So now I do want to 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.720 say joining us now is the Emmy nominated recording artist 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:04.160 in singer, Stage, screen and television actress Eileen Graff. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.720 Now, Eileen, you have been on stage. 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.160 You have done it all, and I think it's kind 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.160 of fun when I talk to you about this. Both 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:16.960 you and Ruda have devoted so many years to all 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.840 sorts of events and activities that are philanthropic and charitable. 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.360 And Eileen, you have been involved with your husband and 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:28.640 work together creating make that song your Own. You're doing 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.840 more than just a masterclass. You are giving so many people, 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.800 whether they already be professionals, and many of them are 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:39.880 professionals in different fields. From what I understand, you're giving 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:43.640 that opportunity to hear their own voice and be who 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.160 they are. How has that helped well? 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.720 Making a song your own was an idea that my 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.600 late husband and I hatched years ago. We saw that 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.640 there was a need for older people. I don't teach 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:02.080 teenagers or children. I teach people from their thirties pretty 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.400 much on up. I've had a student who was ninety, Ruda. 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:06.280 And. 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.280 Are you suggesting I get in there and take your class. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.480 You know you couldn't possibly learn anything from me. 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:15.800 Oh yes, I could, Darling. 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.040 We all have something to. 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:22.120 Learn every day. It's true, it's true. But we saw 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.920 that there were so many people who studied music when 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:30.040 they were young, or did all the school plays, or 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.840 were music majors whose lives took them in different directions, 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:38.080 but they missed singing so much. And I believe that 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.560 everybody has their own voice, and everybody should be able 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.720 to experience that physical high that you get from singing 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.520 and be able to tell a story. And I believe 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:52.160 very strongly as you do, because you're an educator, that 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.000 we need to share our expertise for want of a 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.320 better word, and we have to make a community of 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:01.040 people who want to learn that community. Yeah. But you 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:03.879 know what, Danelle, one of the things that always impressed 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.240 me the most about JOSEI Turby was that he was 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.560 an educator, which is something that you touched upon, Ruda. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.120 That he made it one of the priorities of his 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:16.679 life in his career to bring classical music to the 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:20.240 country to people who may have never heard a symphony 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:24.400 or a solo artist. And I have so much respect 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:28.479 because he not only talked the game, he did it. 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.240 He wish you're saying, yeah, I do in doing reading 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:34.879 about him. It was always a high priority of his. 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:37.760 He didn't want classical music to be this high brow 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:40.200 thing that only fendsy people could. 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.399 In his time, they called it long hair music. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:44.840 Long hair music for sure, and you think about it, 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.400 and today it's the rock stars have the long hair. 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:48.800 I have a question. 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:54.879 Yeah, you talked about the high that singers can get 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:59.840 and have and experience. Is that high from singing or 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.879 I'm sharing it with somebody who listens and is an audience. 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.520 That's such a good question, and I think the answer 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.399 is not a cop out. I think it's both. I 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:14.280 think there's something about the physicality of singing which gets 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.120 your body going. You have to breathe deeply, you have 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:22.240 to be connected physically in order to produce a successful sound. 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.800 And then you have to add in the story. And 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.919 then when you can share it with people, that's so 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:32.280 you know. I mean, you've done so many musicals. Oh yeah, 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:34.879 that feeling that you get. I'm taking that big breath. 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:37.880 I'm singing a great note and all these people, we're 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:39.680 all getting to enjoy it together. 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.000 And to get applause and then a check at the end. 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:45.440 Of the week. I'm still working on getting the check. 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:48.879 I don't know about you know, Ruda. In one minute, 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:51.960 can you give us a quick overview about your charity, 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.080 the Fliens. You've been with it more than sixty years. 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:58.720 Yes, of course, we're going to celebrate our seventieth birthday 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:01.879 this coming year. And when I stop and think that, 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:05.240 it was a group of young actors who got tired 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:09.120 of being called pot smoking, sex minded idiots who had 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:13.240 nothing to contribute to society, and they said, let's do something, 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:14.960 and they did it for mental health. 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:16.639 Started out with children. 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:21.240 And then developed into the Thaliens Community Mental Health Center, 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:25.120 which went from pediatric through geriatric care when it came 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:29.399 to mental health. And now we are focusing mainly on 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:34.240 our returning veterans, those beautiful young people that put their 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:37.359 lives on the line for us wherever we send them across. 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.399 And we should be doing that. And how can they 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:39.800 reach you? 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:42.159 Oh well, all they have to do is look up 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:47.679 the Thaliens dot org. Fabulous t h A L I 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:49.560 A N S Dot. 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:52.240 Org Facus Well, stay tuned to hear more of Hollywood's 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:55.439 hidden treasures. I'm Daniel Dadigan and tonight we're celebrating the 0:20:55.520 --> 0:21:01.720 award winning pianist, conductor, actor, and composer Josey Welcome back. 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:04.800 You're listening to Hollywood's Hidden Treasures. I'm Danell Daddigan, and 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:07.919 tonight we're celebrating one of the greatest classical musicians of 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:11.560 the twentieth century, Josea Turby. And with us again is 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.720 the award winning actress of stage, film, and television and 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:17.720 the philanthropist with her own star on the world famous 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:18.440 Walk of Fame. 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:19.080 Rude A. 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:23.840 Lee and with us in Studio is the Grammy nominated 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:28.760 recording artist, singer, stage, screen and television actress Eileen Graff. 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.399 You know, Eileen, that's a mouthful, and you are best 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:35.520 known to the audiences who have enjoyed the eighties ABC 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:39.600 comedy Mister Velbertie when you played the mom Marcia Owens. 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:40.880 Hello, ladies. 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:43.480 Oh, we're so happy to be with you, darling. 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:44.439 You know. 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.560 And joining Ruda and Eileen is the veteran of stage, film, 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:52.520 television and recording arts. Rex Smith, Rex, you were my 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:54.879 favorite teen idol and heart throb. 0:21:54.920 --> 0:21:55.680 I have to tell you. 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:59.080 With your platinum album hit from nineteen seventy nine, you 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:00.399 take my breath away way. 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:01.080 Welcome. 0:22:01.680 --> 0:22:04.600 What a triple bill. I'm just glad to be on 0:22:04.720 --> 0:22:07.359 the marquee with these elections, all of you. 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:09.480 I feel the same. 0:22:09.720 --> 0:22:13.080 It's wonderful to be here, you know, it's always fun visiting. 0:22:14.280 --> 0:22:15.280 Oh you're so sweet. 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:18.320 Let me start off by asking you all what was 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:21.760