Claire Bloom
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Oct 18, 2026
Matt BurlingameHOST
my, my.
DJ StarsageHOST
Well, Claire Bloom would have given it to her.
DJ StarsageHOST
I mean, suddenly the evening became later and the children went to bed.
Matt BurlingameHOST
Yeah.
Matt BurlingameHOST
She don't ride side saddle.
DJ StarsageHOST
And so, who was the co-star that shared the limelight with Miss Julie Harris there, Matt?
Matt BurlingameHOST
Well, that would be Claire Bloom, who was born in 1931, and she is still with us, girl.
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Yeah,
speaker_0HOST
They threw massive resources at this.
speaker_0HOST
They brought in Claire Bloom to play Katya, Dmitri's fiercely proud fiancée.
speaker_1HOST
A huge star.
speaker_0HOST
And they brought in Maria Schell to play Agrafena, the alluring woman who completely destabilizes the family.
Andy CroftsHOST
And the more the film develops, the more those distinctions begin to blur.
Andy CroftsHOST
Claire Bloom plays Theodora.
Andy CroftsHOST
usually referred to as Theo, another of the people invited to investigate Hill House.
Andy CroftsHOST
Theo is almost the opposite of Eleanor in many respects.
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Andy CroftsHOST
The atmosphere is extraordinary, the performances are deeply affecting and Hill House itself is one of the most memorable locations in the history of the genre.
Andy CroftsHOST
Julie Harris gives us a fascinating portrayal of Eleanor, a woman whose loneliness and emotional vulnerability make her particularly compelling.
Andy CroftsHOST
Claire Bloom provides a wonderful contrast as Theo, while Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn bring different perspectives to the question of what might be happening inside the house.
Andy CroftsHOST
And Robert Wise brings all of these elements together with remarkable control.
Jeff ThompsonGUEST
And, you know, a subtext, a serious subtext of, of the movie is, i- is marital strife, you know, problems in a marriage.
Jeff ThompsonGUEST
Vincent Price, uh, and, and his, uh, wife, um, uh, played, um, by, um, Patricia, um, Curtis, and, um, and then the, the movie theater owner and his wife are, um, uh, experiencing marital problems.
Jeff ThompsonGUEST
And, and we're gonna see that again in the next movie we're going to talk about.
Tracy AsteriaHOST
Yes, that's right.
Tracy AsteriaHOST
And I just watched this first, for the first time the other day as well, just to prepare for tonight, and, um, definitely an interesting movie.
Tracy AsteriaHOST
It stars Kent Taylor as Dr. David Fielding, and he's a scientist that's working on a mission to send communication device to Mars.
Tracy AsteriaHOST
And after the device is destroyed and mysterious signals come back, David joins his wife and his kids at, like, this vacation home that they're staying in temporarily.
Tracy AsteriaHOST
And Marie Windsor plays his wife, Claire.