TomJH Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Now that I have your attention . . . Any favourite drag act performances? Here are a couple of my favourites, one film funny because he's not convincing, in the other, two actors that do create an illusion (to a comedy degree, that is): Robert Preston's parody of Julie Andrews at the end of Victor Victoria The most famous drag act tandem of them all: Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Jackie Coogan in The Beat Generation: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I think Bing and Danny had fun doing this number: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 This one shocked me a bit because I hadn't seen the film until after I had been exposed to Christopher Hewett in his TV series: Mr. Belvedere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 May not quite be what you're looking for, but here is my favorite "drag" scene - Stan Laurel in "Another Fine Mess" (this is the funniest scene of the entire short): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 May not quite be what you're looking for, but here is my favorite "drag" scene - Stan Laurel in "Another Fine Mess" (this is the funniest scene of the entire short): I always liked a later Stan Laurel drag performance, as a Southern dowager, in 1943's JITTEREBUGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 In the short Twice Two Stan and Ollie marry each other's sisters, played by . . . guess who. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I realized I was attracted to beautiful femenine women dressed in mannish attire as a teenager, when I stared at the picture sleeve of a single by British New Romantic group Visage, "The Damned Don't Cry". In classic films, I guess Marlene Dietrich best exemplified this trend. However, there is a funny scene in the film IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (1944), where Linda Darnell dons Dick Powell's double-breasted chalk-stripe suit, to get out of her wet clothes. She is seen sneaking into her room, and causes a scandal, as family and neighbors think a man has snuck into her room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat in The Crimson Pirate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Third from the left, at top, James Cagney on stage in 1919: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Edward G. Robinson makes for a dainty lass: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The comic rule is that bad amateurish drag by unconvincing comics ISN'T funny--It's borderline misogynistic, coming from the same "what's with those dames anyway?" resentment we saw in the postwar 40's and 50's, or even possibly a few general social issues toward women in general whenever bad black comics do it. It's sort of the uglier version of the reason why drunks legendarily thought putting a lampshade on their head was funny. However, the rule also states that good reasonably convincing drag by characters who for various plot reasons don't WANT to do it, like Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant and Dustin Hoffman (just so they're not one of those, you know, like Tyler Perry) can be funny, because the character is stuck in a humiliating situation he can't get out of, and is doing his hardest effort to keep up with the situation even when he wishes he didn't have to. Adam Sandler in "Jack & Jill" isn't funny, Jack Lemmon trying to get through to Joe E. Brown is. (And, of course, Bugs Bunny goes in drag because he's richly exploiting the fact that Elmer Fudd is dim enough to fall for anything.) Robert Preston's parody of Julie Andrews at the end of Victor Victoria Errr, yeah...Throw in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", and there's a LOT of drag in Blake Edwards movies, at least enough to make you seriously wonder. (And frankly, if they had done that stalled movie of the Broadway "La Cage Aux Folles" that went through one insane casting idea after another before they gave up, Blake Edwards probably had the right style that he could have done it, if V/V hadn't been there first.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I had been exposed to Christopher Hewett in his TV series: Mr. Belvedere. Who is Christopher? (And if you didn't get the reference, I'm sorry for giving away a key plot point.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Why isn't Cary Smiling? I found this wardrobe test: Now I know where Tiffany Vasquez got her shoes, ... and maybe a skirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Who is Christopher? (And if you didn't get the reference, I'm sorry for giving away a key plot point.) That's okay, I had to look up the movie on IMDb and still have no idea what that has to do with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Aside from Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis... My personal favorite, Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show In my opinion, he's really rocking this outfit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 My personal favorite, Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show I recently watched an episode of Tales from the Crypt with Tim Curry playing a poor farmer, the farmer's wife, and the farmer's daughter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I recently watched an episode of Tales from the Crypt with Tim Curry playing a poor farmer, the farmer's wife, and the farmer's daughter! While I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Tales From the Crypt, I can say that I love Tim Curry. He's amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipMurdock Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Aside from Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis... My personal favorite, Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show In my opinion, he's really rocking this outfit. kinda creepy imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 That's okay, I had to look up the movie on IMDb and still have no idea what that has to do with anything.To give the story away, Christopher turns out to be a woman in drag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipMurdock Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Why isn't Cary Smiling? I found this wardrobe test: Now I know where Tiffany Vasquez got her shoes, ... and maybe a skirt. stop insulting her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Turned On? Uh-uh. But Alan Manson is a howl as Jane Cowl in THIS IS THE ARMY (not to mention Hank Henry as one of the Ladies of the Chorus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyCronin Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Tiffany doesn't look that good in a skirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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