JanePowellFan Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 For me Ginger Rogers could lay anybody flat with one of her cutting one-liners and oh, how often, Fred was to suffer that biting wit! As for male Sarcasm well I think Groucho wins because he always seems to have the last word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJenne Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 To me the queen of sarcasm was Eve Arden. Although she didn't come up with the lines herself, she could sure deliver them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Lovely Joan Blondell, was no slouch either when it came to the snappy lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball, before she was "LUCY" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominick Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Ann Sheridan was the queen of sarcastic remarks in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I cast a vote for Ned Sparks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 filmlover, "Ned Sparks". That was the guy in the first "Imitation of Life" and, uhm...42nd Street. Another big cigar guy. After watching the 1934 version of "Imitation of Life", I wondered for a long time, "who was that guy?". "Ned Sparks", that's who. He was a unique screen personality. You might be asking, "I wondered for a long time"? Before I knew there was such a thing as IMDB. Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 There is also one of those Warner Bros cartoons, might be Hollywood Steps Out, where they have a cartoon version of him in the middle of this glamorous night club, looking glumly saying, "I never go anywhere, I never do anything." Very funny. He was in a lot of movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Groucho Marx, hands down. Of course, that was his life. People felt slighted if he didn't insult them. Honorable mention goes to the cast of "The Women" - 1939. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Fred Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Aline MacMahon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Excellent choice. (I was thinking more movies) He was tough. Too bad more people don't know about Mr. Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugster2 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Oscar Levant in Humoresque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Oscar Levant in anything. His one liners are priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Thelma Ritter and Fred Clark were no slouches, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Aline Macmahon and Thelma Ritter-I forgot about them. Love them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken123 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 In films in which they played together-Ann Sheridan-James Cagney,other Thelma Ritter and Clifton Webb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglis Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Bob Hope was a quick wit and I will say Lucille Ball for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOOMANYNOTES Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 ' Message was edited by: TOOMANYNOTES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianCanuck Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I agree, Oscar Levant in just about all his films. I'm throwing in Eve Arden in Mildred Pierce. Her Ida had some of the best lines in the film. Whether it was putting Jack Carson's Wally in his place, lamenting about the lack of men in her life, or expressing her opinions about child rearing, Ida told you what she thought in no uncertain terms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyDan Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 The best seem to have been named already, but George Sanders in Rebecca and James Mason in NxNW are so suave and polished, I like them in spite of the fact they both need a good butt-kickin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Eve Arden was the saucy saint of sarcasm in many, many roles. Ranging from 1937's Stage Door ("Say are you going to catch the opening tonight?" Eve: "No, I'm going tomorrow to catch the closing."), to Cover Girl ("What would you do if your youth should walk through this door?" Eve: "I'd put braces on its teeth.") all the way up to 1978's Grease ("I just got my hands on the schedules." Eve: "Oh goody, they'll be nice and smudged.") Wry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch38 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I'll have to vote for W.C. Fields...his "it's funny because it's mean" remarks under his breath leave me rolling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Great quotes Jack! What about this quote of hers from "Mildred Pierce": "Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young." I have always loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilelmhr Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Eve Arden had no competition when it came to one-liners. Ann Sothern and Florence Bates were runner-ups. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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