Ann Savage!

Last night I went to see Detour, which the Pacific Film Archive was showing as part of an Ulmer retrospective. I actually don't know much about Ulmer and have never seen any of his films, but had a good craving for some noir yesterday, and wow! They couldn't find a decent print of the film for the retrospective, so someone called Ann Savage up, and she agreed to loan them her personal copy, which her husband had bought for her in 1951. The audience was warned about poor quality in parts, but it actually wasn't bad at all. Tom Neal! Ann Savage, wow! She delivered her print in person and was there for the screening. I'm not usually a big autograph hound, but I couldn't resist. I just read about her life a bit; she had it rough, but she's a gorgeous and gracious Old Hollywood Dame, and they don't make them like that anymore.