BunnyWhit
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The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
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Breaking Away (1979)
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Bennett
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The President's Lady (1953)
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Richard Pryor married Jennifer Lee twice, and he also married Flynn Blaine twice.
José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney
Elliott Gould and Jennifer Bogart
Gloria de Haven and Richard Fincher
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Fred Astaire was in Dancing Lady (1933) with Franchot Tone.
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Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
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Never a Dull Moment (1950)
Next: Pardon My Past (1945) -- two more featuring Fred MacMurray and William Demarest
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It has long been my opinion that no one has ever been more expressive with his eyebrows than Jonn Belushi. No one.
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Cat Ballou (1965)
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Do pronouns count?
Me Myself and I (1992)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
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Nice work, Peebs! Jack hangs out in Control's office.
Ok, Peebs. It's your turn to take this thread out for a walk...
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Pretty Poison (1968) -- another in which Anthony Perkins plays a character released from the psych ward
Next: Lord Love a Duck (1966) -- another one in which Tuesday Weld plays a high school senior
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Simms, Ginny
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Ruth Hussey always looked like she was keeping a naughty secret.
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Thank you, Peebs! Like you, I think Jack is a doggone good prop that says so much in compact fashion. I'd love to know Judi Dench's take on the little bulldog. Born in 1934, she was old enough during WWII to understand the significance of the symbol, not to mention she also would have seen what many saw -- a sameness in the faces of Churchill and a bulldog.
Let's try this next....
There is another spy movie in which Jack makes an appearance. Can you name it?
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Who's a good boy?! That's the Union Jack Bulldog from Royal Doulton. Jack was designed by Royal Doulton designer Charles Noke and launched in 1941. The figurines were reintroduced during WWII.
A pristine version of this little pup appears on M's desk in Skyfall (2012).
Jack survives the attack on the office, and the "restored after explosion" figure pictured in your query is then bequeathed to Bond (and we learn M's name). This is significant, as M had told Bond to take a desk job. From her desk to his, so to speak.
Jack appears again in Spectre (2015) on Bond's table.
Jack also makes an appearance in No Time to Die (2021). Will it be his last?
Recently I've seen a few posts/vlogs/rants in various places on the internet in which posters/vlogers/ranters posit that Jack is merely a cute trinket. Perhaps they view the figurine as a suggestion that M actually possesses a spark of whimsey. The people who have posted/vlogged/ranted thusly might fancy themselves Bond fans, but they clearly are not Anglophiles, for Jack's significance runs so much deeper. The English Bulldog, so called because it originated in England, was registered by the AKC in 1934, but has a much longer history with the English. Earliest mentions of the bulldog are from the thirteenth century. These dogs were bred to chase and hold cattle in a "sport" known as bull baiting. The bulldog's squat body and broad shoulders provided protection against ramming or goring, and a strong jaw and upward nose allowed the dog to breathe unobstructed while latching onto a bull's nose in a fierce and unrelenting grip. This cruel sport was banned in 1835, at which time it was assumed that the breed would serve no other purpose and die out. Instead, the bulldog made the transition from fighting animal to gentle, loyal, and beloved family pet. Still, the bulldog represents strength, tenacity, and pluck. During the war years and the premierships of Winston Churchill (1940-1945, 1951-1955), the British adoration of the breed deepened, and to this day the bulldog symbolizes a fighting spirit with deep resolve. In the Bond films, Jack draped with the Union Flag is a symbol of the staying power of Great Britain, of MI6, and of Bond.
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I really like this photo of Barbara Billingsley. All too often we forget how lovely she was.
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Good work, Peebs -- Lazenby on Hitchcock is the one I had in mind. You raised the bar! Thanks, and it's all yours....
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George Gaynes
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Young, Stephen
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Barbara Windsor
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Estelle Harris was in Out to Sea (1997) with Alexandra Powers.
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Jenkins, Florence Foster -- Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
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The First Film That Comes to Mind...
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Alive (1993)
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