“Mostly what freezes it in time and attaches it to a particular stage of life are the movie-star photos, reminders of that longing to be surrounded by celebrity idols whose head shots are, to an adolescent, the height of interior decor. As long as Anne had Greta Garbo on her wall, Hollywood was as near as an attic with blacked-out windows, hidden above the Prinsengracht in the middle of a war. Anne was a passionate fan of the film magazines that Viktor Kugler brought her, and Hollywood seems to ...have been very much on her mind. In a diary entry that she cut in her revisions, she imagines going to Switzerland, where a film is being made of her skating with her cousin Bernd. She writes a treatment of the film, which will be in three parts. The first will show Anne skating in a fancy costume; the second will focus on Anne at school, surrounded by other kids; the third will prominently feature Anne’s new wardrobe. One of the stories in Tales from the Secret Annex, “Delusions of Stardom,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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