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Little Edie photographed in costume, 1929.

• East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society Annual Fair

“My costume was wonderful.The curls blew out of my wig a little but at least my hay stayed on..."

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I Only Mark the Hours that Shine: Little Edie's 1929 Diary

"This Grey Gardens book is a faithfully transcribed rendition of Edith Bouvier Beale's handwritten diary which she kept at the age of eleven, featuring a detailed entry every day, during the year of 1929."

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Apologies for not crediting MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) previously.

"Jerry Torre has lived in Sunnyside, Queens for 25 years. When he moved in, this urban garden was weeds and concrete. He slowly transformed it into a verdant respite—and it wasn’t his first time! You may know Jerry as the gardener of Grey Gardens, where he earned his nickname: Jerry the Marble Faun. In addition to his excellence as a gardener, Jerry carves sculptures from stone sourced from demolition sites around New York. His intricately carved limestone works were on view at MoMA PS1 in the exhibition "Hard Ground" from May 16–October 14, 2024."

MoMA Youtube:

https://youtu.be/xRaA0XnIEqk?is=9cBLL-egAFA84IUw

Meet the Cast! (a new series on this sub!) Highlights of honorable mentions in Grey Gardens ~

Jerry "The Marble Faun" Torre (1955 -)

"The summer of 1974, while working for the J. Paul Getty estate in East Hampton, New York, Torre rode his bike a different way than usual one day and approached a house where the hedges in front were so overgrown that the only parts visible were the two peaks of the gabled roof. He decided to explore what he thought was abandoned property. The house was the Bouvier mansion Grey Gardens and Torre became the Beales' handyman; doing odd jobs around the house. Little Edie nicknamed him "The Marble Faun", after the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel." Jerry still lives in New York today! He is a carver of stone at The Art Students League of New York. You can find him on his Facebook and Instagram! (Insta- https://share.google/Q98HRQsJJUKqUNOmL)

Jerry Torre - Wikipedia: https://share.google/y5TGwAKIPXjBLHydA

Jerry Torre Memoir: The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens https://a.co/d/00H28VEd

• Jerry Torre's memoir recounts his teenage years at Grey Gardens

* Audio Recording *

The Beales and Co. just finished watching Grey Gardens for the first time. This is what they thought of it! ❤️

With : Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale · Edith Bouver Beale · David Maysles · Brooks Hyres · Albert Maysles · Lois Wright

After Watching Grey Gardens -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWNxtqsONiU

THANK YOU ALL STAUNCH CHARACTERS FOR CONTINUING TO GROW OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY !! ❤️👒

Happy Memorial Day! 💐

Video:

https://youtu.be/W\_0IhqWd6fE?si=f\_EtqkeL3STLVDi5

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"February 20, 1976, Edie Beale (center) received a standing ovation in the balcony at The Paris Theater after the commercial premiere of the Maysles Brothers' documentary "Grey Gardens". After the showing, invited guests walked across the street to attend an after party in Edie's suite at The Plaza.

Big Edie was too ill to attend by this time and would pass away less than a year later.

This contact sheet image from Maysles photographer, Marianne Barcellona."

/ Staunch Character: Edith Bouvier Beale, Jr. of Grey Gardens