Malle: And what sneakers?

Bergen: Hélène Arpels, who was the shoe goddess on the time. And a small black crocodile night bag.

Malle: By who?

Bergen: I don’t know! A crocodile! It wasn’t a designer bag.

Malle: Do you know lots of people?

Bergen: Just a few. I used to be overwhelmed. There have been like 500 folks there!

Malle: Did you dance? There’s an image of you dancing.

Bergen: Oh God, I look so surly. I don’t know who I used to be dancing with there however I keep in mind dancing with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and he was sporting a black velvet executioner’s hood. It was a daring alternative.

Malle: Do you know him earlier than the occasion?

Bergen: Simply vaguely.

Malle: After which had been you nearer with him after?

Bergen: I simply danced with him! I didn’t go residence with him!

Malle: Who else did you dance with?

Bergen: I don’t know, as a result of we had been all masked. Norman Mailer! I danced with him. Peter Duchin did the music.

Malle: Who was the most effective dancer of the folks you danced with?

Bergen: No person. It was essentially the most self-conscious gathering of well-known folks I’d ever been at. The extent of consciousness was so intense with all people taking a look at all people else.

Malle: Like Instagram earlier than Instagram?

Bergen: Yeah, it was like Instagram occasions 400.

Malle: Why do you suppose that was the case with this occasion? As a result of it was Truman or due to the folks invited?

Bergen: There was such a buzz about it, folks had been crazed beforehand. Did you get the invite? Did you not? What are you sporting? Individuals attempting to get the invite…

Malle: Who had been folks excited to see?

Bergen: Mia [Farrow] and Frank [Sinatra]. They’d simply gotten married. Frank was all surly.

Malle: Why?

Bergen: As a result of he was Frank Sinatra! He didn’t need to be there. There was a giant frisson round them. Despite the fact that that they had dangerous masks—less complicated masks. They had been like dime retailer masks, which was sort of stylish, Frank’s had little whiskers. They didn’t should have fancy masks as a result of they had been Frank and Mia.