These Old Broads

*These Old Broads*
These Old Broads
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Genre	Comedy
Written by	Carrie Fisher; Elaine Pope;
Directed by	Matthew Diamond
Starring	Shirley MacLaine; Debbie Reynolds; Joan Collins; Elizabeth Taylor; Jonathan Silverman;
Music by	Guy Moon; Steve Tyrell;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Ilene Amy Berg; Laurence Mark;
Producers	Lewis Abel; John D. McNamara;
Cinematography	Eric Van Haren Noman
Editor	Casey O. Rohrs
Running time	89 minutes
Production company	Columbia TriStar Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 12, 2001

These Old Broads is a 2001 American

Omnibus documentary about Taylor, MacLaine says that Julie Andrews and Lauren Bacall were originally planned to be in the film.^[1] The role of Miriam Hodges was originally offered to June Allyson, who ended up in a cameo instead.^[1] The film premiered on February 12, 2001 on ABC

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Plot summary

Network television executive Gavin hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson, Kate Westbourne, and Addie Holden in a TV special after their 1960s film musical Boy Crazy is re-released to wide public acclaim in the 1990s. Though the three women share the same agent, Beryl Mason, Gavin's seemingly insurmountable obstacle is that they all cannot stand one another.

Cast

Shirley MacLaine as Kate Westbourne
Debbie Reynolds as Piper Grayson
Joan Collins as Addie Holden
Elizabeth Taylor as Beryl Mason
Jonathan Silverman as Wesley Westbourne
Pat Crawford Brown as Miriam Hodges (Addie's mother)
Nestor Carbonell
as Gavin
Peter Graves
as Bill
Gene Barry as Mr. Stern
Pat Harrington Jr. as Tony Frank
Carlos Jacott as Tom
Hinton Battle as Pete
Suzanne Carney as Connie
Heath Hyche as Ben Collier
Betty Carvalho as Rosa
Joe Sabatino as Leo
Sheri Hellard as Laurie Miller
Larry Sullivan as Jason (as Larry Sullivan Jr.)
Todd Fisher as Timothy
Tricia Leigh Fisher as Hooker
Carrie Fisher as Hooker
Zach Woodlee as Boy Crazy Dancer
Kevin Alexander Stea
as Boy Crazy Dancer (as Kevin Stea)
Dante Henderson as Boy Crazy Dancer
June Allyson as Lady in Hotel (uncredited)
Kevin Nealon as Roger (uncredited)

Back story of leads

MacLaine, Reynolds, Collins and Taylor had all crossed paths personally and/or professionally in Hollywood over the years. Collins dated MacLaine's brother,

Eddie Fisher, left her for a grieving Taylor after his best friend and Taylor's husband, Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash.^[3] Reynolds and Taylor had also been close friends before the affair, but they grew to hate each other due to what happened and stayed away for twelve years. However, the two eventually reconciled on a cruise ship in a plan set up by Carrie Fisher and once again remained friends until Taylor's death in 2011. MacLaine wanted the role of Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown but a clause in her contract prevented her from getting it; this made the role available for Reynolds, who garnered an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film.^[4] MacLaine portrayed a character loosely based on Reynolds in Postcards from the Edge, written by Reynolds's daughter, Carrie Fisher.^[3]

The story of Kate Westbourne's adopted son Wesley Westbourne, who is actually her biological son from her affair with the late Dick Preston, may have been inspired by the true story of Loretta Young, Judy Lewis and Clark Gable.

References

^ ^a ^b "Scandal's History for 'These Old Broads'". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2001. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ "Joan Collins Shares Steamy Details of Affairs with Harry Belafonte and Warren Beatty". Parade. 14 October 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "'These Old Broads' Director Recalls Carrie Fisher's 'Love Letter' to Debbie Reynolds". Variety. December 27, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
^ "The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)". TCM. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

External links

These Old Broads at
IMDb

[la_times-1] "Scandal's History for 'These Old Broads'". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2001. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

[joan_collins_parade-2] "Joan Collins Shares Steamy Details of Affairs with Harry Belafonte and Warren Beatty". Parade. 14 October 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2020.

[variety_carrie_fisher-3] "'These Old Broads' Director Recalls Carrie Fisher's 'Love Letter' to Debbie Reynolds". Variety. December 27, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2020.

[tcm_molly_brown-4] "The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)". TCM. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

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