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1 hour ago, EricJ said:
"Guess who??"
Yes, ironic isn't it Eric, that that thread I started a while back and where I posed the question "Don Ameche or George Brent?" in this 1941 W-B Hollywood Steps Out cartoon, also freatured Jerry Colonna and his catchphrase here.
You probably know the origin of this catchphrase, don't you. However for those who might not:
In the 1930s on Bob Hope’s radio show there was a musical guest named Yehudi Menuhin. His name proved so catchy, along with sidekick Jerry Colonna’s joking phrase, “Who’s Yehudi?” that it entered the common vernacular, coming to refer to anyone, or anything, mysterious.
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50 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
So, "drag" works both ways?
Sepiatone
48 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:Yes
I dunno, but the more I think about this, I think my coinage up there of the word "Gard" in this regard should take root within the general lexicon, if ya ask ME!
And differentiating THIS word from someone responsible for watching over something because it wouldn't be spelled with one of those superfluous 'u's in it!!!
(...in fact, I've NOW got a good mind to contact those fellas at Merriam-Webster to get the ball rollin' on this...I'm not gonna bother contactin' those fellas at Oxford because they've never seemed to understand why some of those 'u's in some words just aren't necessary)
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8 minutes ago, SansFin said:
It is my understanding that the censors would not allow the song until the addition of the last stanza which denoted her as an "honest" married woman rather than a side-show prostitute.
And then some 30 years later, and perhaps a little less animated but still a very memorable performance of this little ditty by Groucho, you have...
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31 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:
Maybe Soundies could get away with a bit more? I don't think they were under the auspices of the Breen office were they?
That's a good question, Tex. Unfortunately, the Wiki page for "Soundies" says nothing about the possible censoring of any of their content.
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8 minutes ago, 37kitties said:
I'm with you there. Overbites are fabulous.
I know, RIGHT?!
Now, while maybe Vera Miles didn't have one (like Gene Tierney or Abby Dalton..two of my favs with overbites), I DO have to say I still always thought she pretty darn attractive too, ya know.
And so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Miss Miles!
(...or should I say "Miss Jorgensen" here)
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Oh, heck! And here I THOUGHT this thread was gonna be about the "Laurie Jorgensen" who graduated with me back in 1970 from Gardena High School! (a working class suburb within the greater Los Angeles area)
And here after ALL these years, AND just the other day, I was just thinkin' about her and wonderin' whatever became of her. Ya see, I always thought she was kind'a hot, and even though most of my buddies never thought so. Maybe it was because she needed to have her teeth done, but I always looked past all that. Guess my buddies who always called her "bucktoothed' couldn't do that, or were never into that whole overbite look thing like I was. And, I always liked what she did with her hair, too. The way she ratted it up in back.
But NOOOO! Only to find THIS was about Vera Miles here.
(...man, Ari...you sure know how to pull the rug out from under a guy sometimes, don't ya!!!)
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1 hour ago, Fausterlitz said:
Well, maybe not as a full-time job, but Tracey Ullman, Lily Tomlin, and Anna Deavere Smith are all known for convincingly impersonating male characters (in Smith's case real-life characters) in their stage and television work. Possibly the most famous film example is Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously.
Also, throughout history there have been numerous women who posed as men in order to fight in battle (at least before they were officially allowed in the military, that is).
And long time SNL cast member Kate McKinnon quite often plays men in that program's skits.
In fact, she might be the present predominant purveyor of it.
(...hey, say THAT three times fast...I dare ya)
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8 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
Remember.... I suggested the reverse possibility.
So, if a woman dresses and disguises herself as a man, is it still called "Drag"?
I don't recall anyone being famous as a "Male Impersonator". Although in life I've met many supposed men I thought were.
Sepiatone
Actually Sepia, I think the term for this is "Gard".
Get IT? "Drag" spelled backwards!
(...okay okay...so maybe not)
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12 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Just watched HOUSE OF HORRORS '46 on Svengoolie and was struck by how much Virginia Gray reminded me of Drew Barrymore. They both have prominent chins, large arching eyebrows & bow mouths with tiny teeth. Prefer Drew's strong Barrymore nose to Virginia's dainty one.
Ya know Tiki, funny, but this very same thought also crossed my mind while watching Svengoolie's presentation last night, and yeah, when Virginia Grey was turned in profile to the camera, especially.
(,,,and now regarding Drew...I'm sure you'll probably laugh at this, but she somehow has always reminded me of...wait for it...George Reeves...yep, early TV's Superman)
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7 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said:
It's easier to pick 'BEST' and 'WORST' when you have an actor and actress who weren't in very many films! Try picking JOHN CARRADINE's worst and your head will explode.
Oh, I dunno, Mr.G.
Don't ya think it never got any worse than...
(...gotta love the gun toss scene here though, don't ya...yep, might be the funniest unintentionally funny scene ever put on film...I LOL everytime I see it, anyway)
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2 hours ago, Vautrin said:
If I recall correctly, many of them were filmed by Roddy McDowell, but perhaps not all of them.
Of course if someone slowly panned the camera over Natalie Wood maybe Roddy had handed
the camera over to someone else. I just saw one on my YT "list" the other day but didn't have time
to watch it. They truly do act like "just folks" for the most part.
Yeah, well, whoever the cameraman was that day (although I still think it was probably Roddy), I thank them for documenting Natalie's beauteousness here on May 16th 1965...
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4 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
My Darling Clementine... Still a fantastic movie, but man, Victor Mature (absent from the TV ep, as I recall) is a serious energy drain in every movie he was ever in, IMO.
So glad you added that "IMO" to this final sentence of yours here, sewhite. And because you see, I've always thought Mature's Doc Holliday in this film was a very fine piece of acting.
In fact IMO, I've always thought it might be one of, if not, the best piece of acting he ever did.
(...and yes yes, I know...even he would jokingly admit he wasn't that good of an actor, but I think he was being self-deprecating when he said that and maybe even a little too modest in fact)
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On 8/14/2021 at 8:01 PM, Vautrin said:
A few months ago I stumbled across some home movies on YT of stars' cookout parties at Malibu.
They were from the mid to late 1960s. Mostly A listers with a few lesser knowns thrown in. Most
people commented on how informal and casual everything was. Hot dogs and hamburgers and stars
with cans of beer in their hands, the women watching the children. Quite amusing.
There were outhouses at some of the Boy Scout camps I went to as a kid. Yuck. One set of my grandparents
had an outhouse which they kept as an "extra" after they installed indoor plumbing. So if the in house bathroom
was occupied and one couldn't wait there was the outhouse option, but no crescent moon. The last sound you
want to hear in an outhouse is a bee buzzing, especially if the sound is coming from below.
Those videos you were looking at Vautrin were most likely the home movies made by Roddy McDowall at his Malibu beach house.
I distinctly remember one of 'em that slowly panned over a sunbathing Natalie Wood.
(...yummmmmy)
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And, Mitchum also once again played an obsessed preacher who wasn't exactly a good guy either, in the 1968 western...
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1 hour ago, Sepiatone said:
Say.....
Maybe there WASN'T a "real" Tallulah Bankhead. Maybe it was Eric Portman in DRAG!?!
Or(heh!) VICE-VERSA!
Sepiatone
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Ya know Sepia, I actually thought about goin' in that direction with those two myself, but went with the "brother" aspect instead.
(...however, this DOES kind'a bring up the point that I don't recall ever seein' both of 'em in any movies together, huh)
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49 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
I remember Walter Brennan's character was obsessed with her, and I think Gary Cooper tricked him into coming what was supposed to be a performance of hers, but I don't know that I actually remember her appearing. It's been 20 years since I've seen it, though.
It's been quite a while since I've watched it too, but I'm pretty sure Brennan's Judge Bean meets her near the end of the film.
(...and I'm also pretty sure because the film's cast list includes the credit of actress Lillian Bond as Lillie Langtry)
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33 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
There's a woman in The Westerner?
What, never heard of Lillie Langtry, sewhite?
(...although the one pictured in that poster up there is actress Doris Davenport, who plays a homesteader's daughter and love interest to Coop's character)
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1 minute ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
For my work communications I used to capitalize NO and NOT since too often these words are missed based on preconceived bias.
E.g. I write: I do not wish to proceed with option-one. Staff really wanted to go with option-one, and thus proceeds with that misreading my communication (i.e. sorry, we didn't see the NOT!).
But 2 years back we hired a manager that is all love-and-peace but in a negative way. She complained that I was yelling at her employees. I tried to explain that I only use caps for these two words and why. Didn't help; The clown went to HR and I was asked to NOT do that. So now I just bold the NOs and NOTs.
Ooooowww, then it seems it's a damn GOOD thing that I'm NOW an old retired f@rt many years removed from all the little snowflakes that evidently inhabit the present day American business world, EH James?!
(...SEE?!...bein' an old f@rt DOES have its advantages sometimes, doesn't it!)
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10 hours ago, DougieB said:
What I personally would prefer is that you make an effort to edit. You're a wordsmith; fine. There are a few on these boards but most of them seem to understand that paragraphs are a way to avoid "a wagon train of sentences", not l-o-o-o-o-o-ng expanses of blank space. It may satisfy whatever vision you have in your head about how your words are coming across, but I don't think it's particularly considerate of the reader. And I don't think random unnecessary capitalization gives added meaning or importance to what you're saying. I like your tributes to actors and actresses living and departed, but, in general, reading an entire post from you can often be a trial when you stake your claim to so much space.
You said you'd welcome a response so this is mine. I've kept quiet until now, but you yourself opened the door here. No disrespect meant. You obviously have a lively mind and an enthusiasm for discussion, so you're a valuable asset here. You be you but, please, have a heart.
P.S. Also a fan of Lilia.
Wow Doug! Gotta say that I was RIGHT with ya here dude UNTIL I came upon that sentence I placed in bold letters up there!!!
(...boy, you SURE know how to throw a wet blanket on "some people's" shtick around here, don't ya!)
LOL
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21 hours ago, Aritosthenes said:
Happy, Safe, Healthy; and Warm Eighty-Eight Birthday Wishes and Greetings to the Gorgeous And Lovely Madam Debra Paget. Born. This Day. 1933, Denver Colorado. Probably And Most Likely Just Me, But i Oft Times Get Her Looks Juxtaposed With The Equally Lovely And Charming Talent That is Esther Williams and Yvonne De Carlo.
Its, Almost Too Far Removed. But I,ll Make Exception(s) On Occassions That Require It. While, No Longer With Us In Person. A VERY Very Happy Warm One Hundredth Birthday Card Wishes And Greetings To The SweetHeart Esther Williams. Born, August Eighth. 1921. Inglewood California.
Funny, but here I always kind'a got Debra Paget's looks juxtaposed with the equally lovely and charming Lisa Gaye.
(...I wonder why that is???)
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Unless I've somehow overlooked their mention earlier, here's two more starring that other icon of the western genre, Gary Cooper, for consideration here. Both are excellent.
(1940) Coop and Walter Brennan are terrific as the best of frenemies in this one.
Coop's pentultimate western (1958) directed by Anthony Mann, and once again containing elements of a noir.
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26 minutes ago, slaytonf said:
That's a nice. . .shoe!
Doesn't have the same zing.
Nope, not to us gearheads, but to the all the young "sneakerheads" out there today, I'll betcha they would say it does.
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And actually...
...it kind'a sort'a even looks a bit like a young Elijah Cook Jr.
(...but NOT Glenn Ford)
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I don't recall anyone being famous as a "Male Impersonator". Although in life I've met many supposed men I thought were. 
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) vs. The Mark of Zorro (1940).
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Yes, in this regard, the Zorro story is very similar to The Scarlet Pimpernel, and which predated the original Zorro publications by some 14 years.