Why did she leave ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY? At the time, everyone knew it would be a hit. I've heard various stories, but nothing substantial.
And, as you say, it does seem to have affected her entire career following.
(I will say that, if a performer proves unreliable, they are not hired by others. I don't know if that was the case with Ms. Kahn, but it has happened with others. Look at Marilyn Monroe. Also, after only one day on the shoot of HEARTBURN, when Mandy Patinkin kept giving director Mike Nichols and co-star Meryl Streep direction, telling them what to do, they got fed up, and he got fired. Jack Nicholson was a last-minute replacement. Mr. Patinkin has not made many movies since, and only in the last 10 years or so, has shown up in TV work.)
The reports were that she was fired. I've read various comments that Kahn didn't like the hours she was required to be at the theater. Susbsequently, she would fail to appear for a performance and her understudy would step in.
Well, her understudy was Judy Kaye, who got wonderful press, and has gone on to a very successful career, winning a Tony for playing the opera diva in the original Broadway cast of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1988).
I love all her work especially PAPER MOON which is so funny + touching but she couldn't beat Tatum O'Neill for BSA. Actually O'Neill was a lead actress so madeline should have won!
Have never forgotten when Miss Winky-Tink confronts Addie: "You're going to ruin it, ain't ya?" MK was brilliant in that scene. Funny and tragic. Saw it 2 or 3x in the theatre.
It's linked to a YouTube video, but I can't figure out how to search for it at the YouTube site. Maybe someone more computer savvy can figure it out for us.
It's linked to a YouTube video, but I can't figure out how to search for it at the YouTube site. Maybe someone more computer savvy can figure it out for us.
