Candice Bergen on Truman Capote's storied Black and White Ball

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  • In November of 1966, author Truman Capote invited 540 of his high society friends to wear only black and white, and come masked and ready to party at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Among the swells, Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow, Andy Warhol, Norman Mailer, Henry Fonda and 19-year-old Candice Bergen. The Black and White Ball is featured in the new FX series, "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans." Mo Rocca takes us back to what was described as "the party of the century," with actor Candice Bergen, Laurence Leamer, author of the book "Capote's Women"-upon which the TV series is based, and Tom Hollander, who portrays Capote and Jon Robin Baitz, who wrote the script.
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  • @redlogicsquare
    @redlogicsquare ปีที่แล้ว +510

    That little "...ok." from Kuralt at the end is priceless and says it all. 😂

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Charles Kuralt was devoted to covering things that really matter to get into this level of pretentiousness. Capote was the epitome of pretension. A poor soul who lost hold of what was really important. Sadly his misbehavior in his last years made a mess of everything.

    • @adamlunter9958
      @adamlunter9958 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Yeah, you could tell he was fed up with it all.
      Poor Truman Capote… what a royal mess he was.

    • @cwbrooks5329
      @cwbrooks5329 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @redlogicsquare Haha. I came to comment on the same thing. Plus the look on his face. A nice reminder that sometimes we all hate our jobs.

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamlunter9958 Don't feel sorry for that little twerp at all.

    • @nghtwtchmn129
      @nghtwtchmn129 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I think Kuralt would have would have rather been almost anywhere else.

  • @codybarkdull3213
    @codybarkdull3213 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    Candice Bergen still looks fabulous , everything about her is still beautiful.

    • @ElizabethBSoCal
      @ElizabethBSoCal ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I love her and agree, she is fabulous!

    • @lesliegoodman-malamuth9796
      @lesliegoodman-malamuth9796 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      She had one date with Donald Trump when they were both students at Penn. He did not get lucky, she says.

    • @joansutton
      @joansutton ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I wonder if anyone remembers her father, Edgar Bergen. He was famous for his puppet Charlie McCarthy, which in a way seemed more alive than Edgar.

    • @ElizabethBSoCal
      @ElizabethBSoCal ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@joansutton I do remember him.

    • @lesliegoodman-malamuth9796
      @lesliegoodman-malamuth9796 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@joansutton I remember him too.

  • @CaliforniaDreamer-z5z
    @CaliforniaDreamer-z5z ปีที่แล้ว +178

    LOVE Charles Kuralt!! How we need you today. The other "half"? Now it's the other 1%.
    Tom Hollander did a magnificent job imitating Truman. Bravo👏

    • @EdDunkle
      @EdDunkle ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yup. The "other half" is indeed the 1%. At least people are figuring it out now.

    • @cboy0394
      @cboy0394 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It was never the other half back then either. It was always the 1%.

    • @ekitten02
      @ekitten02 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's interesting to see Kuralt reporting a social event. He was a war correspondent in Vietnam and the Congo until he started On the Road in 67.
      I wonder what he thought of this assignment. Perhaps he preferred it to the danger and traveling of the previous 10 years.

    • @josephtafur
      @josephtafur ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@ekitten02 At the end he possibly rather prefer being over their and reporting on this Pretentious crap

    • @sprague49
      @sprague49 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So comforting to hear Charles Kuralt's voice again. The Golden Age of TV journalism.

  • @party4keeps28
    @party4keeps28 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    All I can think about is how Phillip Seymour Hoffman absolutely nailed it when he played Capote.

    • @anderander5662
      @anderander5662 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      And met a similar end

    • @kathleenanne1718
      @kathleenanne1718 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      He was wonderful but I think Tom Hollander maybe has done an even truer performance. He's actually better cast in the role than PSH, but I do love & miss PSH SO much.

    • @AMERASIAN12
      @AMERASIAN12 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Toby Jones also does a great job in Infamous.

    • @ckotcher1
      @ckotcher1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr

    • @ckotcher1
      @ckotcher1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kathleenanne1718 I would never have recognized him whoever did the hair and makeup really did a good job he looks completely unrecognizable… So are you watching this right now feud I mean? And if so, is it only on Hulu or is it on FX?

  • @AroundTheWorldWithEase
    @AroundTheWorldWithEase ปีที่แล้ว +309

    Dominic Dunne gave the first, and enjoyable, Black & White ball several years earlier. ... Best thing about this piece is Candace Bergen's house shoes!

    • @Mac62671
      @Mac62671 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ha!

    • @cross75man75
      @cross75man75 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Truman was there, copied it and didn't invite the Dunnes. I guess it's hard to face people when you've stolen their Idea.

    • @maritesshoy317
      @maritesshoy317 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wow - didn't realize Dunne had done it 1st, & forgot they were contemporaries. Dunne from a wealthier more stable background; he went to college for example whereas Capote didn't. Can see why Capote would feel threatened by that. Seems they both wrote in the same 'true crime' space, too, so likely some competition? Too bad Capote didn't do like Dunne did in mid-life, left society & moved to the country to fix his head. Kind of shows that wealth is actually health, too? Dunne lived to his 80s; Capote died at 59. Enjoyed both writers, RIP.

    • @AroundTheWorldWithEase
      @AroundTheWorldWithEase ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@maritesshoy317 Dunne got into supporting victims as his 20-something daughter was murdered and the guy got out like a year later.

    • @carlsbad7113
      @carlsbad7113 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They look like a pair of Geisswein wool clogs. I have a pair myself. They're great.

  • @frogkisser
    @frogkisser ปีที่แล้ว +191

    You will never be betrayed by a stranger.

    • @GiftSparks
      @GiftSparks ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Holy cow- that is good! May I use that?

    • @kathleendubois7128
      @kathleendubois7128 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      💯

    • @j.granger1120
      @j.granger1120 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Great insight. Thanks.

    • @joannyc4665
      @joannyc4665 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not true.

    • @Vic82toire
      @Vic82toire ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ouch! That's true because they aren't that close to you.

  • @-Reagan
    @-Reagan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    So smooth to publish the guest list. You couldn’t possibly pretend you’d been invited and simply couldn’t attend that night. Everyone knew exactly who was invited. A strong message to those who were not invited but, who were part of that social crowd.

  • @angelnumber2002
    @angelnumber2002 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Ok all I can think of is the craftsmanship of these beautiful campy masks. I adore them.

  • @Richie8a8y
    @Richie8a8y ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Charles Kuralt‘s “… ok.” said it all.

  • @davidalbro2009
    @davidalbro2009 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I didn't realize Jane Pauley was still on the air. 73 and looks amazing.

  • @mollywoolsey7677
    @mollywoolsey7677 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I love Candace Bergen, she seems so normal❤

    • @joannyc4665
      @joannyc4665 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Her red sneakers!

    • @juanaltredo2974
      @juanaltredo2974 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yeah, super normal to attend those parties in new york at 19 YOs.

    • @nathanielalgernon975
      @nathanielalgernon975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      after putting down Dan Quail, I couldn't stand her, I think her father cut her out of his wil.

    • @lotusgdess
      @lotusgdess 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Candace actually appeared on the old Groucho Marx show You Bet Your Life on television when she was 13 yrs old. Probably on youtube somewhere.

    • @RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew
      @RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      " normal" is an insult.

  • @2FullMoons
    @2FullMoons 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I lost it when the narrator said ‘Author Truman Capote had invited *540 of his VERY closest friends* ‘ lmao

  • @laurab8450
    @laurab8450 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I love the creativity of the masks...from paper plates to an Angel fish & everything in between!

    • @doloresbriseno2567
      @doloresbriseno2567 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love the guy with the paper plate mask. Don't know who he is but love him.

    • @angelnumber2002
      @angelnumber2002 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s so fun

    • @watthaile2053
      @watthaile2053 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I saw a fun one with many angles of mirrors. Thought that was quite clever .... I'm a reflection of you.

    • @JeanEDeaux
      @JeanEDeaux 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      💯💯💯‼️ That creativity seems to have been lost. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @annsmith7207
    @annsmith7207 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    The point of the Black and White Ball was to see and be seen ! Based on Truman Capote's view of who deserved to see and be seen.

    • @scottmoore1614
      @scottmoore1614 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What a wonderful person he must have been.

    • @maritesshoy317
      @maritesshoy317 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@scottmoore1614 - Yes, sounds awful. Wacky all that & folks said they didn't even enjoy it!

    • @mary-vy3mo
      @mary-vy3mo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So pretentious...

    • @watthaile2053
      @watthaile2053 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@scottmoore1614 Hardly. Quite the Opposite in fact. Rather despicable.

    • @scottmoore1614
      @scottmoore1614 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@watthaile2053 I was being sarcastic. I think he was a little monster.

  • @peggydavis7250
    @peggydavis7250 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Loved the Mo Rocca interview and footage of the Black and White Ball! So good to see Candice Bergen and hear from a live attendee. Tom Hollander totally captures Capote in Feud. Thank you Mo!

    • @doloresbriseno2567
      @doloresbriseno2567 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tom Hollander is one of my favorite actors. He's wonderful in a film called The Very Thought of You. He has the best line ever said on film in that movie.

    • @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living
      @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tom Hollander should have won the Emmy for that role.

  • @aphillyate1
    @aphillyate1 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Charles Kuralt. I miss him. He used to have a little moment after Guiding Light to air his thoughts. 🥰

  • @LM-ch8rh
    @LM-ch8rh ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Charles wore the perfect trench coat. Loved that guy.

  • @thisisme2476
    @thisisme2476 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "On the road with Charles Kuralt"
    Damn.
    The memories.....

    • @awalker8371
      @awalker8371 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Loved watching that with my pop pop. Ugh 😩 miss those days 😩

  • @luannshoop1339
    @luannshoop1339 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Swans is a must watch!

  • @Pinkranger87
    @Pinkranger87 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love hearing stories from this time

  • @JustinCase780
    @JustinCase780 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    The Capote movie with Philip Seymour Hoffman is fantastic

    • @maxlinder5262
      @maxlinder5262 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      See The one with ..Toby Jones ...fantastic...😊😅

    • @milesandcoffee
      @milesandcoffee ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @maxlinder5262 I've seen both versions and I always go back to rewatch Toby Jones. He's brilliant!

    • @GiftSparks
      @GiftSparks ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@maxlinder5262Agree- the one with Toby Jones is a better film, by far. “Infamous” had the misfortune of coming after the release of the earlier movie.

    • @shakti7457
      @shakti7457 ปีที่แล้ว

      What we have lost! 😢

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GiftSparks I agree 100%! "Infamous" got robbed! It should've gotten the attention and accolades that went to the other one. I never thought I'd say that Sandra Bullock gave a superior performance as Harper Lee over that of Catherine Keener, but she did. To be fair to Keener, her part was so underwritten it was barely there.

  • @NadiaInNewYork
    @NadiaInNewYork 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Hollander's rendition of Truman is brilliant. I miss Truman every day, although I've never met him. What an unique man, he'll be forever missed. ❤

  • @Marni58058
    @Marni58058 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Would loved to have heard more from Candice. Based on the title, I expected more. Either she doesn’t have a lot of memories of the ball or CBS edited her for time. I suspect the latter. Too bad.

    • @81chicagoguy
      @81chicagoguy ปีที่แล้ว +16

      She writes about it in her book, Knock Wood...it's really funny because she is aware of how ridiculous it was...

  • @tingdzin
    @tingdzin ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I will never forget how she looked in The Sand Pebbles. Otherworldly beautiful.

  • @Yetr
    @Yetr ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Black & White Ball seemed like such a magical and extravagant event. It's fascinating to see and hear about the memories and experiences of those who were there.

    • @sophiaelayne9984
      @sophiaelayne9984 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you didn't know the rules you'd be eaten alive I would think.

  • @TheGreekPianist
    @TheGreekPianist 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Tom Hollander is absolutely KILLING IT as Capote! His entire screen time is an epic mood! 🦢

  • @aprilmorrison9627
    @aprilmorrison9627 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    If TRUMAN had followed in Dominick Dunne's footsteps...gone into a retreat, and sobered up, he could have written another dozen books and had a more fulfilling life. I always admired Mr. Dunne for doing that. Right in my neck of the woods in Oregon, in a little cabin....Two very incredible writing talents...and both were hob-nobbing with the rich and famous. But, Dunne chose a better life in the end. xoxo

    • @mindakahn9964
      @mindakahn9964 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great assessment. The Dunnes ball was smaller and better, if you look at the pictures. And, you’re right Dunnes got his act together and lived a long productive life.

    • @rdbwdc774
      @rdbwdc774 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mindakahn9964 Capote was deeply damage from childhood.

    • @la_scrittice_vita
      @la_scrittice_vita 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@rdbwdc774 You're the only one who seems to grasp the drinking was only one symptom of far more self loathing, self destructive tendencies, and psychological damage. "He should have gotten sober" is an After School Special kind of simplicity that runs through these videos/comment sections since Feud.

    • @aprilmorrison9627
      @aprilmorrison9627 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You’re right… It is a far more complex issue. Alcoholism is almost always a symptom of deep rooted pain. And I understand it more than you realize, on many personal levels. but I didn’t feel like this was the forum to cover those hundreds of layers. And here’s another to throw in the mix that you probably won’t like. Regardless of our past traumas and abuse. Everyone has a choice to make. Thats the cut- off point to leaving victim hood.

  • @mattpeisen7835
    @mattpeisen7835 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Mo Rocca is a gem.

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a gay, Mo must eat this stuff up.

    • @QueenOfTheNorth65
      @QueenOfTheNorth65 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. I just love him.

    • @EdDunkle
      @EdDunkle ปีที่แล้ว

      I like his Andy Warhol wig.

  • @mst3kanita
    @mst3kanita ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love the guy who came wearing a paper plate.

  • @ednaamck3831
    @ednaamck3831 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hollander disappeared and Capote emerged. Very good ancting annd interpretation of this writer and an interesting movie. I enjoyed it.

  • @bovnycccoperalover3579
    @bovnycccoperalover3579 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Love Candace's humanity and honesty.

  • @lowe-quay-shush
    @lowe-quay-shush ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Anne Wintour was an adroit eighteen year old at the time. She breathlessly took notes while obsessively observing this NYC Event.

    • @blackvirgo09
      @blackvirgo09 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smart

    • @jakestroll6518
      @jakestroll6518 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      At least the party she throws is a fundraiser and a marketing gimmick for the magazine she helms. Truman was all about self-promotion.

  • @frenchtoast7742
    @frenchtoast7742 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I miss seeing that old glamour. It was beautiful.

  • @fearsomebeard4290
    @fearsomebeard4290 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I adore Candice Bergen.

  • @jeansherwood2428
    @jeansherwood2428 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The black and white sun at the end was gorgeous.

  • @bsusak09
    @bsusak09 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Frank is Ronan’s father. No one will ever convince me otherwise. They are a spitting image of each other

    • @sarahalbers5555
      @sarahalbers5555 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The eyes are Frank's for sure.

    • @bsusak09
      @bsusak09 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@sarahalbers5555right?!

    • @janismacolley2395
      @janismacolley2395 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree!!

    • @dianepeters8775
      @dianepeters8775 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly what I have ALWAYS thought!!!

    • @infonut
      @infonut 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who cares?

  • @jobinsmith4116
    @jobinsmith4116 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great piece and the FX Series is fabulous!

  • @kpire6066
    @kpire6066 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Candice looks amazing ❤

  • @racheldavila6431
    @racheldavila6431 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I really miss watching Charles Kuralt, he had such great talent and made you feel better after hearing what he had to say, i like at the end when he’s soo done with all of it and is totally ready to bail😄😄

    • @ManChan-w5p
      @ManChan-w5p ปีที่แล้ว +1

      On the road with.....

  • @angelwingz892
    @angelwingz892 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Tom Hollander is so good in this role. ❤

  • @thorawilson6253
    @thorawilson6253 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Capote got the idea for the ball after Dominic Dunne and his wife had a black & white ball on the west coast.

  • @KarisPigNose
    @KarisPigNose ปีที่แล้ว +123

    They weren't friends; they were his narcissistic supply.

    • @alanaadams7440
      @alanaadams7440 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Exactly

    • @bvg83
      @bvg83 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      like the majority of rich people or people who pretend to be rich lol

    • @Always_Thinking
      @Always_Thinking 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He was such an unusual & quirky man! Don't quite understand the attraction 🤔🤔

    • @quicklykay
      @quicklykay 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Always_ThinkingA razor wit.

    • @erzsebethyoung
      @erzsebethyoung 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@quicklykay ... Was he gay ? He sounded like a washerwoman, jealous and bitter.

  • @shanelind1039
    @shanelind1039 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    From the clips I have seen in this piece and other places, Tom Hollander does a fantastic job as Capote. I can't wait to watch it.

  • @fenian123
    @fenian123 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Eyes Wide Shut!

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yep...

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Without the weirdness. This was for publicity, not secrecy

    • @fenian123
      @fenian123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@arribaficationwineho32 True, I meant the Eyes Wide Shut crowd

    • @johnchristopher20
      @johnchristopher20 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Satan has his rules.

  • @c.7610
    @c.7610 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    “In Cold Blood” was not Capote’s last book, as this piece states. “Music for Chameleons,” a collection, appeared in 1980.

    • @jenniferfirer2837
      @jenniferfirer2837 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And it’s a beautiful collection.

    • @anthonycoleman1557
      @anthonycoleman1557 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He said In Cold Blood was the last book while Truman Capote was Alive.

    • @ThatGirlHoney
      @ThatGirlHoney ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@anthonycoleman1557 capote was alive in 1980

    • @kjgammon1658
      @kjgammon1658 ปีที่แล้ว

      Capote did not die til the mid-80s, duh! ​@@anthonycoleman1557

    • @rbrookswilliams1689
      @rbrookswilliams1689 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThatGirlHoneyAlso, THE DOGS BARK came out in about 1974 - a compilation which had a couple pieces that had never been published , (like "Lola". )

  • @huascar66
    @huascar66 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I very much remember reading about the Black and White Ball in my small, hometown paper and later seeing the story and photos in Life magazine. It all seemed so exciting and the stuff dreams are made of. What struck me most was to read that many people who were not invited to Capote's party abandoned New York City and made sure that their publicists put out a press release that they had business elsewhere and couldn't possibly have attended the Ball even if they hadn't been invited.

  • @SydneyChandler
    @SydneyChandler ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I loved that Kuralt was over it at the end. The "ok" was priceless and hilarious.🤣However, come on, no matter what some people say, I see you Candice Bergen, people were dying to be invited by Capote. And being young and beautiful like Bergen was then, she knows darn well that she loved it. She was 19 or 20 years then, and people that young and being in that type of setting, would have been, yes overwhelmed, but jazzed as well. I would have loved to be at that Black & White Ball. That would have been a hoot for me. I've always said I was born in the wrong era (I'm the grunge era kid). It's the same way people like to be invited to the Met Ball, The Oscars, and The Governor's Ball afterwards...there's nothing wrong with liking glamorous events, just own up to it and have fun.🎉🎊

    • @cross75man75
      @cross75man75 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      At 19 Candice was already rich and famous because she was a nepo baby.

    • @terri6854
      @terri6854 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Corny pretentiousness isn't "glamour".

    • @cross75man75
      @cross75man75 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@terri6854 So what is?

    • @timothyleon558
      @timothyleon558 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not everyone is enthralled by such nonsense.

    • @cross75man75
      @cross75man75 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@timothyleon558 Yet here we all are watching this.😊

  • @EleyReiHer
    @EleyReiHer ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this.... Very Breakfast at Tiffany's 🎉🥂🍹Candice Bergen I love her in Gandhi, Miss Congeniality & Sweet Home Alabama. Halston is epic too...I love his netflix biopic

  • @heathermetz6576
    @heathermetz6576 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    63:6 “Okay.” From Charles Kurault summed it all up. Tom Hollander is such a fantastic actor. Great news piece especially with Candace Bergen.

    • @tetedepoulet8651
      @tetedepoulet8651 ปีที่แล้ว

      6:35

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would have liked to see more of her however. So fascinating

  • @uncannyvalley444
    @uncannyvalley444 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hearing Charles Kuralt's voice brings back a flood of memories.

  • @KarisPigNose
    @KarisPigNose ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Tom Hollander is incredible in Ryan Murphy's series.

  • @Norvo82
    @Norvo82 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    All those masks, it's like watching a real life episode of the 1966 Batman TV series.
    But, honestly, did they have Candice Bergen come in for an interview about her experiences at the Ball and only use about three questions? I know time is money on TV, but all that work for barely a minute and a half? Oy.

    • @juanitajones6900
      @juanitajones6900 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's what the interview was about. The ball, not her.

    • @Norvo82
      @Norvo82 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, you don't say 🙂But to go to the trouble of arranging the interview, going through hair, make-up and a visit with the stylist for 90 seconds? This could have been done over Zoom. Same information, less hassle. It's the CBS Sunday Morning equivalent of "this meeting could have been an e-mail".

    • @blackvirgo09
      @blackvirgo09 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes Batman fabulous

  • @joycestepancevich6591
    @joycestepancevich6591 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I wish we could have more Candice in our lives these days!! Movies!!

  • @Redplanetfilms1
    @Redplanetfilms1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Candice Bergen was one of my favorite celebrities that I worked with. Such a class act! Check her out in The Sand Pebbles. One of the most; beautiful, intelligent and strong women on the planet.

  • @ProbablySoonerThanLater
    @ProbablySoonerThanLater ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Toby Jones did a fantastic job portraying Truman in the movie Infamous.

  • @stevenholquin2127
    @stevenholquin2127 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Candice Bergen
    Hollywood Royalty
    Her Father a Must
    Read Edger Bergen
    Biography
    Very Few Entertainers
    Did Vaudeville
    Broadway
    Radio
    Motion Pictures
    and Television
    Edgar Bergen
    Has That Distinction
    Good To See
    Candice What a Joy

  • @lesliegoodman-malamuth9796
    @lesliegoodman-malamuth9796 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Capote based his “Black and White Ball” on a tenth-anniversary party given in 1964 by Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Dunne in Beverly Hills. The Dunnes were not invited to Capote’s ball.

  • @littlericky46
    @littlericky46 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Also, Capote's best Swan was Babe Paley, who's husband ran CBS!

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who is husband?

    • @sophiaelayne9984
      @sophiaelayne9984 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes but he betrayed her terribly and were never close again.

    • @sydneyevans2637
      @sydneyevans2637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@jamesmcinnis208William Paley. The head of CBS at that time.

  • @GavinusMaximusMaster
    @GavinusMaximusMaster ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love all of Mo Rocca's segments

  • @GauguaUvaiva
    @GauguaUvaiva ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read a short story written by Truman Capote called The Silver Jar. I loved it!

    • @rbrookswilliams1689
      @rbrookswilliams1689 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Jug Of Silver"...............You're right. It's a magical little miniature.

    • @alfandeddie
      @alfandeddie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Read Handcarved Coffins, it’s great.

    • @rbrookswilliams1689
      @rbrookswilliams1689 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alfandeddie I love the whole MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS collection.

  • @cvent8454
    @cvent8454 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was a mere slip of a girl then, but living just outside of NYC, I remember all the news programs and newspapers covering it. I was mostly pragmatic then and now and thought it was all very silly. I still think so. Candice looks terrific.

  • @Afrocentricpoet
    @Afrocentricpoet ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I saw a brief glimpse of Gordon parks Sr at the end of this piece. Gordon was the first black photographer for life magazine. He also directed shaft. He was a Renaissance man.

    • @Afrocentricpoet
      @Afrocentricpoet ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His son directed superfly

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice to see a couple of color at the party but it's based on interesting achievements as you said.

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Afrocentricpoetcool thanks

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And Truman invited people he was intrigued by creative people like Gordon...

  • @maryanneevans9563
    @maryanneevans9563 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think the Met Gala would be the closest thing to the Black & White Ball.

    • @LuLu-bj9ef
      @LuLu-bj9ef 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Except, one pays to attend the met gala.

  • @brendadrew834
    @brendadrew834 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love beautiful, very talented, fashionable and classy Candice and remember this Black and White Ball because I was a NYC fashion illustrator at the time and it was written up in Vogue and in Women's Wear Daily , the fashion trade newspaper then and in the media! It was quite a sensation!! ~♥♥♥👗🖌🎨

  • @standupphilosopher7059
    @standupphilosopher7059 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love kuwalt he was such a throwback to a different time📝📕🖋️🗞️📰 That O.K at the end😂

  • @patriciabradley4560
    @patriciabradley4560 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tom Hollander does such an amazing job of transforming into Capote!

  • @stephencerny4856
    @stephencerny4856 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    we are reviewing this because this world does not exist anymore. enjoying the fx feud program. i want to add that capote was an amazing writing

  • @franciscofernandez5034
    @franciscofernandez5034 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You got to be a powerful figure to ever be there in the first place

  • @latebloomerabroad
    @latebloomerabroad ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Candace Bergen got to wear the fur bunny ears because Marisa Berenson "found something better", but the irony is that the bunny ears looked 100% better than what Berenson wore!

  • @RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew
    @RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The whole thing sounds wonderful. Truman Capote is missed.

  • @albertwise6426
    @albertwise6426 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the glamor of the 60s.

  • @functioning_adequately
    @functioning_adequately หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love seeing Mo Rocca on CBS news, I remember him on the daily show.

  • @ATLcentury334
    @ATLcentury334 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve always wanted someone to produce a movie about the ball. Perhaps this is the only chance I’ll get.

  • @laluna5177
    @laluna5177 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    But isn't this like the Met Gala?

    • @jm7804
      @jm7804 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was my though...but perhaps not. The Met Gala is to hit rich people up for donations, so maybe it doesn't qualify as a party.

    • @jewel65
      @jewel65 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The Met Gala is always weird

    • @JVanProduction
      @JVanProduction ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was thinking the same!

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, considering where the original inspiration of those masks come from, it's just like the Met Gala.

    • @jadefire1814
      @jadefire1814 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think they mean one singular person couldn't throw a party like that now, and have it be that big of a deal. But yes, it's pretty much the Met .

  • @JeffreyGillespie
    @JeffreyGillespie ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This party just never goes away. It’s the gold standard still after all these years. Weird / fascinating

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      more like the gold & black standard...

  • @tommunyon2874
    @tommunyon2874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We held black & white balls at the Arthur Murray Studio where I worked. Perhaps the studio owners were inspired by Capote. The Aubrey Beardsley style print kaftan dresses were popular with the women.

  • @collinmichaelkahn3918
    @collinmichaelkahn3918 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Also big ups to Mr Kuralt! Miss seeing him on PBS as a kid. A bygone era. But aren’t they all??

  • @MarilynFromTarotClarity
    @MarilynFromTarotClarity 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ms Bergen is still wonderful!

  • @sydney13ism
    @sydney13ism 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    11 years after this party, one of the greatest discoteques ever opened its doors in Manhattan. The guest list every night was exactly like Truman's party: Different categories of people from all walks of life mingling with each other. Its name was Studio 54.

    • @watthaile2053
      @watthaile2053 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Did that need explaining.??

  • @danieldydzak691
    @danieldydzak691 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Truman capote was a brilliant writer and a lot of fun in his life. His swans should have realized that writers draw on their experiences so cote basque story , brilliant , was inevitable

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Of the swans only cz guest wasn't surprised.

  • @aimeeinkling
    @aimeeinkling ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I have always wondered why Capote was such a big deal. I've read his books. They're okay...not great. I've seen plenty of video of him. He's not terribly clever. But now I see, he was famous because he was essentially blackmailing high society. Once he released their secrets, he had nothing else to blackmail them with, and was sent packing.

    • @ilovegoodsax
      @ilovegoodsax ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've only read a couple of essays he wrote of his life growing up dirt poor in rural Alabama. That was in a college English class. His essays were insightful and very touching.

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ilovegoodsax I love "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "A Christmas Memory." I also liked "Other Voices, Other Rooms" and other short stories and essays. "Answered Prayers" was vile. Truman Capote didn't grow up poor. He grew up penny-pinching middle class, farmed out to relatives. They were socially respectable. They had a decent house with flush toilets and hot and cold running water. He got three meals a day, and adequate clothes and shoes. Except for Sook Faulk, it was a loveless environment, but not a dirt poor one.

    • @ilovegoodsax
      @ilovegoodsax ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lemorab1 My bad -- A Christmas Memory is one of the essays I read. This was college over 30 years ago and if I recall, Sook Faulk was an aunt or cousin who was intellectually disabled and Truman's best friend. I remember a passage about eating possum for Christmas dinner and that's most likely why I associated with Truman growing up poor, but hey -- it was the Deep South and no doubt possum for dinner was as common as chicken.

    • @michelez715
      @michelez715 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Capote was the best writer of his generation. Norman Mailer himself said so. And he wrote plenty of good books before "Answered prayers". The fact that high society ostracised him after that does not mean he was not a good writer.

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michelez715 he was only one of many great writers from that generation

  • @prepareahead8494
    @prepareahead8494 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Money corrupts absolutely.

  • @celestepalm6949
    @celestepalm6949 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Do you think a party can happen today & get that kind of attention?" Bergen: "I hope not..." Me: * *cough* * Met Gala * *koff* *
    The worst thing about Capote: he knew the occult nature of the New York bluebloods & still remained a fawning wannabe.

  • @duncansdav
    @duncansdav ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There’s a lot about this event in George Plimpton’s book of interviews about Truman.
    A lot of guests afterwards deemed it a bust; a bit embarassing that Truman was so anxious for it to be a success.

    • @oneseeker2
      @oneseeker2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did the Guest expect

    • @scottmoore1614
      @scottmoore1614 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The whole empty and vacuous nature of modern day celebrity may have actually started that evening. Rich snobs jockeying for their moment in the spotlight. Famous for being famous, if nothing else. So, thanks Truman. I would have felt the same way Kuralt did about the whole damn thing.

  • @marthawoodworth
    @marthawoodworth ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And yet, if you are in love with his books, his stories, and yes, even his own story that includes the B&W ball, you have to feel grateful. He gave us huge literary and social drama. What's Tru up to lately? Just turn on the TV or read the Post, and best of all, read "Breakfast At Tiffany's" and the best bestseller I've ever had the pleasure to devour: "In Cold Blood." It stands today, IMO, as the greatest true crime book of all time...well, maybe "The Stranger Beside Me" is all that, too, not to downplay the great great Ann Rule. In any case, Tru's "swans" were far more fascinating than today's so-called "influencers", most of whom have next to no taste.

    • @wintercame
      @wintercame 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am 💯 aligned with your perspectives. He left us wanting more from him, but in his shortened life - the literary productivity of which stopped in his forties - he left us treasures and unforgettable stories. And here we are 58 years later talking about his Black and White Ball.

  • @mililaniman
    @mililaniman ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I enjoy reading anything about Truman Capote. I will watch this series too.

  • @w.urlitzer1869
    @w.urlitzer1869 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    candice bergen is lovely.

  • @wzigunabe3761
    @wzigunabe3761 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love every thing you do, Mo.

  • @jlasf
    @jlasf ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Is there a party like that now? Of course. It's called the Met Gala. Covered with the same breathless reportage of who was and wasn't there.

    • @AAZEDLARC
      @AAZEDLARC ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not really. This was actually a private party with invitees chosen by Mr. Capote (suiting his personal agenda.) The Met Ball was for a long time a fairly exclusive fundraiser until Ms. Wintour turned it into a publicity op for vulgarity :(

    • @jlasf
      @jlasf ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AAZEDLARC Met Gala guest list is chosen by one person - Winter, it includes the most celebrated/influential people, it receives an enormous amount of attention. The Met Gala is the closest we have to the B&W Ball.

  • @CliveNDerek
    @CliveNDerek ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was astounded a while back to listen to Tom Hollander on an audiobook of JK Rowling's "A Casual Vacancy" and hear what he could do with his voice. It's no surprise that his Truman Capote is perfect!

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And he's a Brit. Pulled it off!

  • @philipdraper7284
    @philipdraper7284 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I always wondered if Stanley Kubrick got his inspiration for “Eyes Wide Shut” from Capote’s ball.

    • @la_scrittice_vita
      @la_scrittice_vita 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      More Venetian Carnival, I think. Capote's party might have been a place to be seen, but not a place where people indulged in all kinds of pleasures in masked anonymity.

  • @tetedepoulet8651
    @tetedepoulet8651 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    To get an idea of Capote's genius as a writer, keep in mind that he wrote A Christmas Memory when he was about 17, Other Voices Other Rooms at 24 and Breakfast at Tiffany's in his thirties. The Clutter murders occured in 1959, so he was just 35 when he embarked on this monumental project.

    • @oneseeker2
      @oneseeker2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All that was written n a Biography

    • @tetedepoulet8651
      @tetedepoulet8651 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oneseeker2 Thanks genius

    • @rbrookswilliams1689
      @rbrookswilliams1689 ปีที่แล้ว

      He wrote "A Christmas Memory" when he was 33; it was the last story in the BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S collection - published in 1958.

    • @tetedepoulet8651
      @tetedepoulet8651 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rbrookswilliams1689 Actually a a Christmas Memory was published in 1956 and Breakfast at Tiffany's was 1958. I could be wrong, but I think he _wrote_ A Christmas Memory much earlier. It's certainly set at about that age.

    • @rbrookswilliams1689
      @rbrookswilliams1689 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tetedepoulet8651As I understand it, Truman wrote "A Christmas Memory" in '56 - and sent it in to MADEMOISELLE magazine. It was then included in the BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S collection, which compiled the title novella, and the short stories "House Of Flowers", "A Diamond Guitar" and ACM..........In '63, ACM was part of THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF TRUMAN CAPOTE; and in '66, it came out as a stand-alone booklet..............Have you read Truman's other holiday miniature masterpieces - "The Thanksgiving Visitor" and "One Christmas"?

  • @TawnyC_
    @TawnyC_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lol I love the paper plate mask 4:02

  • @lazaromurad322
    @lazaromurad322 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tom Holland was IMPECCABLE!!!! all of the swans too the show is full of top tier performances

  • @darylchin53
    @darylchin53 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is an irony about the Ball: Capote chose Katherine Graham as the "guest of honor" as a way of being snarky to all his New York City "swans", but time (and history) proved him right: It was as the owner and publisher of The Washington Post that "Kay" Graham decided to publish the Pentagon Papers, and to allow the investigative reporting of Bernstein and Woodward to uncover the Watergate break-in. The reason it's ironic is that this would have been furthest from Capote's mind when he decided to have "Kay" Graham as the guest of honor, in other words, he didn't choose her because of what would be her historical significance, but simply as a rebuke to New York City high society.

  • @Rocketjay12
    @Rocketjay12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom Hollander is brilliant as Capote! In fact, I couldn't even see Tom Hollander in there despite the fact that I had enjoyed his performances in several UK TV series. I literally had to Google his image so I could remind myself what he actually looked like.Just another flawless performance by Mr.Hollander.

    • @GayleLenihan
      @GayleLenihan ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Hollander is great in 2005 Pride and Prejudice!

  • @randymarsengill6035
    @randymarsengill6035 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Capote was one of the best writers that ever lived.😎

  • @ladydeerheart1
    @ladydeerheart1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Today, in 2024, you don't have to be rich to throw a dress up party. Candice may not be there but all your friends would enjoy it.

  • @ProbablySoonerThanLater
    @ProbablySoonerThanLater ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Truman had a horrible childhood which changes s child's brain and effects them the rest of their lives. It's a miracle he made it 58 or 59 years old.

  • @90w30n
    @90w30n ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful piece! Darkness and light...