Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn describe the animals left behind at Grey Gardens when they took possession of the house in November 1979. TRIGGER WARNING: Ben tells us that they had to put down 52 diseased cats that were left behind. Edie always claimed she'd given away most of the cats and only took 5 with her to her apartment in Southampton. I beklieve this is true. I think Ben may be exagerating but whatever the number, it was likely the feral cats who came and went and were not considered pets.

In speaking with filmmaker Liliana Greenfield-Sanders, Ben Bradlee defers to his wife, whom he calls the "witch" Sally - who tells us about the ghost that inhabits Grey Gardens. This is the fifth snippet from the 2005 documentary "Ghosts of Grey Gardens" which played film festivals but was never commercially released as a standalone DVD or streamed to the public. DVDs were made by the filmmaker and given to OG fans (like me) at the time. I'll link my recent post about the documentary in a commen

Lily Greenfield-Sanders "Ghosts of Grey Gardens" features a series of clips from her 2002 improvisational art show "Last Spring At Grey Gardens" with friend Johanna Went in LA. These performances got Lily on Al Maysles' radar and led to the 2003 interview and access to some original documentary clips that comprise the bulk of this documentary. This segment was not my favorite part of this documentary, but I include it here to let you judge for yourself, and also witness Al's praise for Lily's re

The tragedy of Grey Gardens: was the landmark documentary actually an exploitation movie?