Considering Ms. Weld was barely 20 and had understudied on Broadway in dramatic roles like DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, she handled this really offbeat tale of a glamorous reincarnated movie star with great authority and nuance and a complexity far beyond other actresses of the time. This mysterious "lost" project has seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth and almost every major director of the day...most of them who she later worked with in film...and t.v., always seem to mention the Du Pont Productions' disappearances and mostly, the Lylah Clare episode. There is a mystery attached to it, and writer Thom was the first to mention the strangeness of the story of what turned out to be his most remembered writing which did have an eerie plot. The director was amazed at Weld's grasp and glamor of the offbeat character she portrayed which in many ways mimicked her own later on. Today in the 2011, this original DuPont and the later remake by Aldrich are like lost treasures. People speak of "campy" which like the word "fey" has a connotation with death.It definitely removed Kim Novak from Hollywood, and it was the beginning of Weld's turning down every major film from BONNIE AND CLYDE to ROSEMARY'S BABY and a half dozen more HUGE successes.Weld does not like to work on long shooting schedules and preferred doing two week movies of the week when she did. She is scheduled to get a major industry award in NY but is not attending.Like she failed to do in Venice when winning best actress for PLAY IT AS IT LAYS.