Not Jean Harlow. He doesn't meet her till after that scene. The woman he smooshes with the grapefruit has a hair color found in nature.
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Nutty - Jan 01, 2006 9:16:24 am PST #9452 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
DavidS - Jan 01, 2006 9:45:20 am PST #9453 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Public Enemy is the one where he smushes a grapefruit in Jean Harlow's face.
Mae Clark.
erikaj - Jan 01, 2006 10:25:28 am PST #9454 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I have, of course, seen that clip. And heard that she got hurt doing that.
Sean K - Jan 01, 2006 1:25:51 pm PST #9455 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Angels With Dirty Faces is still my favorite Cagney, though.
I'll have to see that one. And now I'll have to check out Public Enemy, too. Love Cagney.
DavidS - Jan 01, 2006 7:37:00 pm PST #9456 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have, of course, seen that clip. And heard that she got hurt doing that.
Yeah. A number of the great takes caught on film have a story behind them. Karen Allen didn't know beforehand she'd have a snake dropped around her neck in the first Indiana Jones, for instance.
Volans - Jan 02, 2006 3:31:51 am PST #9457 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Just watched The Fog (the original) in widescreen on the big shiny TV. So much I'd never seen before, since I didn't see it in the theater!
But the two things I noticed this time were both things I should've caught sometime in the last 20 years of watching this movie:
- The missing fishing trawler "headed south from Whateley, around Arkham Reef"
- Hal Holbrook, as Father Malone, has an Irish surname, is addressed as "Father," wears a black cassock with a white tab at the collar, and in all ways appears to be a Catholic priest. The journal he finds in the church is the "Journal of Father Patrick Malone," his grandfather.
His. grand. fa. ther.
You know, maybe they did Catholicism differently in California in the 70s, but there's a reason you never hear of parishes being handed down father to son.
erikaj - Jan 02, 2006 4:44:43 am PST #9458 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I guess Ms. Clark thought JC was gonna "rub a grapefruit in her face" and fake it, right? But he didn't. He rubbed a grapefruit in her face. A bunch of times. Her nose bled terribly.
Theodosia - Jan 02, 2006 4:46:27 am PST #9459 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Raq, it's not unheard of for adult men, who've been widowed and had children, to chose to go into the church. Unusual, but allowable if they convince authorities that their vocation is real and sincere.
(There are also a small number of former Anglican married priests who were allowed to convert and keep officiating.)
It could also be the case that Grandpa Malone left the priesthood and then got married, had kids, et cetera.
::waves hands frantically::
flea - Jan 02, 2006 5:06:12 am PST #9460 of 10002
information libertarian
I knew a girl in high school who was the daughter of a Catholic priest. I was never sure how that worked out, but I'm pretty sure they were never Anglican, since her name was Benedicta.
Hayden - Jan 02, 2006 6:06:27 am PST #9461 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I saw The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Kind Hearts And Coronets over the holidays, both of which I liked for completely different reasons. I'm big with the Apatow & Seth Rogan love in the former, and the latter is great just to watch Alec Guinness (and don't get me wrong here, I love the guy) get killed over and over again.