I recall reading a magazine article in the late 1970's, I believe, about Elizabeth Taylor - it mentioned the filming of "The Blue Bird" in Russia (a joint American-Russian project, directed by George Cukor).
It was a cold and miserable experience, with nothing good to eat. Miss Taylor had buckets of Chasen's chili flown in for her (I believe she loved Chasen's chili so much for quite a while already, having had it also shipped to her when she was filming "Cleopatra" in Italy).
The "Blue Bird" was made in 1976, well before our wonderful President Reagan said "tear down this wall" . . . but I remember thinking at the time, to be a fly on the wall at that hotel, with all the Russians working there hearing about her Chasen's chili and she probably shared it - perhaps that was the real beginning of glasnost.
03/24/11
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