Here's a good picture to share! Soviet Union, the United States Embassy in Moscow, July 4, 1961. The First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev , greets the ambassador's wife and daughters Llewellyn Thompson. Of medals bearing the head of the working class, maybe one is for her role as a political commissar at the Battle of Stalingrad, a role shown briefly in the film Enemy at the Gates (2001), in which Bob Hoskins plays Khrushchev. Look ... The girls seem to be afraid that the Communist coma.
Two years earlier, in September 1959 and invited by Dwight Eisenhower, Khrushchev traveled to the United States and was in the land of Hollywood, California, with his third wife (in an attitude that honors him, Khrushchev refused to the coffin of his first wife, died typhus, entered the church to the cemetery Kalynivka), the disadvantaged Kukharchuk Nina Petrovna at all representative of the beauty of the most privileged women in the world. The bald little Russian man landed in Los Angeles and met many movie stars: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis , Edward G. Robinson, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope , Deborah Kerr, Kim Novak , Gregory Peck, Rita Hayworth , Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland , Jean Simmons, Henry Fonda, Elizabeth Taylor or dying at this time Zsa Zsa Gabor .
Donkey and jerk, Khrushchev was well known in diplomatic circles for their poor social skills and embarrass the hosts, who despite his efforts to please him, they met late return on the strength of communism and how it will soon bury the United States and other capitalist powers. Bragging that the environment without the need thinning. It was therefore a surprise on what happened when Twentieth Century Fox invited Khrushchev to shooting the film Can-Can , starring Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine , recognizable in the photographs below. On entry to the study, non-subsidized artists provided the first secretary of applause, according Los Angeles Times, was "But Not Vociferous friendly." The guest's outbursts came shortly after, food was prepared in his honor.
The thing did not start well. And en route to the Paris Café, the Soviet leader complained about the number of cars occupied by one person and "waste" that this entailed (socialism equals rationing). But good food is not despised. Well fed and after dessert, Khrushchev showed him photographs of his grandchildren David Niven and told stories of his adventures during the Russian Civil War and World War II. He also joked with Gary Cooper while Charlton Heston interacted with the Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov . Then, Khrushchev went so rude to the astonished artist: "Which country has the best ballet? Does yours? You have no one opera and ballet theater permanently. Your theaters thrive thanks to what they receive from rich people. In our country it is the state giving money, and the best ballet is the Soviet Union. It is our pride. " Not content with this, came visibly furious when told he would not visit Disneyland because police could not guarantee their safety there. "It is inconceivable! How do I explain this to my people," he bellowed.
Ronald Reagan was one of the few actors who declined the invitation to dinner.
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