Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "The Great Gatsby: Unraveling It's Inspirations" video.

  1. Ken, what a great choice of photos: in a video about an F. Scott Fitzgerald story, at 1:32 the young lady dancing is Colleen Moore, the mega-star of silent films. She starred in the movie version of "Flaming Youth" and Fitzgerald wrote: "I was the spark that lit up flaming youth, and Colleen Moore was the torch." Miss Moore went on to do critically acclaimed work in sound motion pictures, including co-starring with Spencer Tracy, then chose to retire in 1934. She lived a long, good life until her passing in 1988. In reading earlier comments here it sounds like Beacon Towers is likely the closest to the fictional house but I expect that part of the Gatsby house is still a composite of real houses and the author's imagination. Not a house but for a long time I've been curious about the S.S. Poseidon in Paul Gallico's 1969 novel about people trapped in a capsized luxury liner and in the 1972 movie. The Queen Mary has a lot in common with the fictional novel (a Queen Mary model was used for the first movie version) but I wonder if the Poseidon had parts of other liners. The Queen doesn't have a grand staircase descending into the dining room but the fictional Poseidon and other real-life liners did. It would be fun to know more!
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