LonesomePolecat Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just saw TCM's presentation of LOVE CRAZY in which William Powell plays a very funny and convincing woman. Wondered which guy was the most convincing girl in a movie, and which, though not convincing perhaps, was the funniest. There's lots to choose from, so whatcha think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyDan Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 mae west. hands down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastet Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I wouldn't label William Powell's turn as his character's sister convincing, but definitely funny - and quite a trip to see him without his mustache. My favorite part of that charade is Myrna Loy's Susan trying to signal Stephen he has lost the ball of yarn masquerading as his breast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 A tie between Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, and Julie Andrews in Victor, Victoria. Or, maybe those are just my favorite impersonations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Robin Williams in "Mrs. Doubtfire" was pretty good. I agree about Jack Lemmon in "Some Like it Hot" being hilarious. William Powell should always have his moustache. While hilarious in "Love Crazy," (albeit, not the most convincing) it was just wrong that he didn't have it. The moustache makes William Powell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Nathan Lane is so very precious in: The Birdcage (1996)! Love Crazy (1947) is one of my favorite movies! Myrna Loy and William Powell were wonderful in all of their movies. This movie has the best mix of types of humor. It is deliciously over-the-top so many times and it carries you along in its zany ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Errr, then again, maybe Burt and Nick belong in the yet to be created BEST NOT IN DRAG thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just saw TCM's presentation of LOVE CRAZY in which William Powell plays a very funny and convincing woman. Wondered which guy was the most convincing girl in a movie, and which, though not convincing perhaps, was the funniest. There's lots to choose from, so whatcha think? Tim Curry in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I dunno...Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo(sp) looked pretty hot in "To Wong Foo( etc.)" Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roverrocks Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 A whole lot of very funny drag roles on this thread. All tongue in cheek and very funny. I'll vote for a funny "drag" thread. Let's not forget the immortal roles of Curtis and Lemmon in SOME LIKE IT HOT. Let's not forget the immortal E. T. in drag. He did not look happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Lots of great drag roles here. And when I said WIlliam Powell was convincing I meant he really looked like a dame, not that he acted like one very well. The Python boys did drag a lot, Eric being the best IMHO And even Sir Alec Guinness played a crazy temperance dowager type in KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS But these two deserved a picture-- Don Knotts sure makes an ugly woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieB Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The op asked for the most convincing, so I want to mention Johnny Depp's cameo as "Bon Bon" in "Before Night Falls" (2001), smuggling writing supplies to Reinaldo Arenas, an imprisoned gay writer in Cuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The op asked for the most convincing, so I want to mention Johnny Depp's cameo as "Bon Bon" in "Before Night Falls" (2001). Oh, yes, he did a good job in that! (LOL).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistervegan Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 i was watching an episode of _the alfred hitchcock hour_ entitled 'an unlocked window' and stumbled upon a female impersonator who called himself t.c. jones. it freaked me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Coming at.this from the other side, theswomen are convincing.as men (or boys): Katherine Hepburn as SYLVIA SCARLETT Veronica Lake in SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 i was watching an episode of _the alfred hitchcock hour_ entitled 'an unlocked window' and stumbled upon a female impersonator who called himself t.c. jones. it freaked me out. I remember watching this episode as a 13 y/o and when it was first broadcast in '65, and it scaring the ever-lovin' you-know-what out o' me back then, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 -- Don Knotts sure makes an ugly woman! Well ya know LP, Don was never exactly "a Cary Grant" sans makeup and dressed in men's clothing either! (...though ironically, Cary wasn't exactly "an Ava Gardner" when dressed in women's clothing in "I Was a Male War Bride", now was he!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Robin Williams in MRS. DOUBTFIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 How about that guy who dressed in drag and had a career under the name BEA ARTHUR? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieB Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 i was watching an episode of _the alfred hitchcock hour_ entitled 'an unlocked window' and stumbled upon a female impersonator who called himself t.c. jones. it freaked me out. T.C. Jones was considered one of the best, along with Arthur Blake and Charles Pierce. None of them specialized in getting the look exactly as much as the voice. All of them were extremely skilled vocal impressionists and specialized in female Hollywood stars. Jones got his start in "New Faces of 1953", where he did a great Tallulah. ("Sorry I'm late. We stopped off at the motel for something to eat.") He also appeared in "Promises, Promises", the Jayne Mansfield nudie, and as the waitress in "Head", the Monkees movie which TCM has shown several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 How about that guy who dressed in drag and had a career under the name BEA ARTHUR? Sepiatone LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Don't leave out MICKEY ROONEY in "Huckleberry Finn". Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 T.C. Jones was considered one of the best, along with Arthur Blake and Charles Pierce. None of them specialized in getting the look exactly as much as the voice. All of them were extremely skilled vocal impressionists and specialized in female Hollywood stars. Jones got his start in "New Faces of 1953", where he did a great Tallulah. ("Sorry I'm late. We stopped off at the motel for something to eat.") He also appeared in "Promises, Promises", the Jayne Mansfield nudie, and as the waitress in "Head", the Monkees movie which TCM has shown several times. He was great in that Alfred Hitchcock hour. I've never forgotten that episode or the first time I saw it when younger....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Bugs Bunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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