I had ridden my bike to the movie theatre in the center of Copenhagen to look at the display pictures of the American movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
I must have been in my early teens and taken by the charms of Miss Monroe and in those days we still had movie palaces, in fact I think this particular cinema was named " The Palace ".
So there I was checking out the photos when I turned and saw, crossing the street, the aristocratic and wonderful writer, Karen Blixen.
Already in those days I was a voracious reader and had read many of her books and loved them, absolutely loved them, a feeling that has not dimmed in all these years.
There she was.
And to this day I can remember it as if I had taken a photo; she was rail thin and holding on to the arm of her secretary Clara Svendsen. She had on a black suit and a black hat with a large brim and, for a wonderful effect, a red fox collar around her neck. She looked at me and her pupils were so large that her enormous eyes appeared black.
I was awe struck, I was about to die. She looked at me, and to this day I swear
she looked at me and smiled.
That was the day I saw Karen Blixen and I will never forget.
2 comments:
Det er så dejligt at høre og læse om dine minder - de er så levende og fulde af stemning.
Palads er stadig den største biograf i KBH med mere end 30 sale, en "cafe" en stor slikbutik mm. Nu er bygningen malet i rigtig mange stærke farver og skiller sig ekstra meget ud i bybilledet.
Så vidt jeg ved er Palads en gammel banegårdsbygning.
Sjovt - det var også den biograf jeg gik i i mine teenageår.
Jeg fandten hjemmeside du vil finde interessant.
www.arkitekturbilleder.dk
Der kan du bl.a. søge på palads bio.
(hvis du altså vil have spoleret dit eget billede af Palads - ligesom man ikke tager Bornholmerfærgen i Køge HI-HI)
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