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2023: Miiko Taka, attrice statunitense. Figlia di immigrati dal Giappone, Miiko crebbe a Los Angeles. Taka, che alla metà degli anni cinquanta lavorava come impiegata presso un’agenzia di viaggi a Los Angeles, fu scoperta da un talent scout. Anche se non aveva precedenti esperienze di recitazione, il regista Joshua Logan scelse lei per il ruolo di Hana-ogi nel film Sayonara (1956). Taka lavorò…
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Making Hays
The name Will Hays will always be linked to the Motion Picture Production Code, a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship that studios adopted to avoid direct government intervention. June 10, 1933 cover by Harry Brown. Hays, however, played both sides in the culture wars. A Republican politician, Hays (1879–1954) managed the 1920 election of Warren G. Harding before moving on to…
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930) John G. Adolfi
September 16th 2022
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THE UNINVITED (1944)
Director: Lewis Allen Cinematography: Charles Lang Jr.
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The Uninvited (1944)
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Could your favourite characters (or F/O's) from different source materials get along with eachother?
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American actress and author, Cornelia Otis Skinner as Catherine of Aragon
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The Uninvited
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Lewis Allen’s surprisingly intelligent ghost film THE UNINVITED (1944, TCM) is haunted by Victor Young’s score and Gail Russell’s tragic presence. Allen claimed he manufactured her performance in the editing room (his statement that he couldn’t get more than six lines at a time out of her are belied by what’s on screen), but whoever’s responsible, she manages the seemingly impossible task of being both ethereal and impressively natural in a way that shows up some of the film’s more experienced actors. When leading man Ray Milland kisses her, it seems a desecration. Milland and sister Ruth Hussey (he should be so lucky) buy an abandoned house on the Cornwall coast and discover that it’s haunted. The haunting is handled subtly — their dog runs off, the cat refuses to go upstairs, flowers wilt in the former owner’s studio. Russell, whose late parents owned the home, is obsessed with it, but her visits often end with her close to death. The mystery involves a hidden affair and a coded lesbian (Cornelia Otis Skinner) who had worked there as a nurse and now runs an asylum. The script, by Charles Brackett and others, is highly literate, and it’s a joy to hear what Hussey does with the lines. Cinematographer Charles Lang, Jr. does a great job generating mood with the help of Young’s score and the sets by Hans Dreier and Ernest Fegte. Russell is a key part of that mood, and she contributes greatly to the film’s success. She was tremendously insecure making this, her third film, which contributes to the character’s effectiveness (it also ruined her life when a make-up man suggested a few drinks might relax her; she died of liver failure at 36). She’s so good her wildly inconsistent accent doesn’t matter (but then, Hussey and Milland hardly sound as if they’d grown up together). Only Hussey and Alan Napier, as a sympathetic doctor, come up to her level. This was also Skinner’s third film, and she goes a bit over the top. As coded lesbians go, she’s no Judith Anderson. Milland isn’t terrible. He has the proficiency to pull off the comic scenes, and his dramatic moments don’t require the heavy lifting Russell’s do. But he looks lumpen next to her, and he seems to be performing by the numbers. All that is swept away by the sight of Russell gazing radiantly at him as he plays the piece he’s written for her, “Stella by Starlight.”
Much as I love this film, I have to acknowledge it’s very much a product of the 1940s. The only strong, independent woman in the film, Skinner’s Miss Halloway, is treated as an aberration and has to be punished. Hussey seems to be devoting her life to caring for her brother. When she finds a life of her own, Russell, now cured of whatever was haunting her, is ready to move in and take her place. After being dominated by her grandfather (Donald Crisp), who was controlling her to protect her (sound familiar?), she’s ready to be dominated by another man who sees her primarily as a porcelain doll who needs to be hidden away from reality.
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2023 Tumblr Ultimate Fail Son Competition Round 1 Master Post
Shit Son of the Seven Seas (Buggy the Clown vs. Stede "The Gentleman Pirate" Bonnet)
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WINNER: STEDE BONNET
Final Score: 33-67 549 total votes
Runts of the Litter (Rotti Siblings vs. Bluth Children)
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WINNER: BLUTH CHILDREN
Final Score: 41-59 308 total votes
V is for 'Vasectomy' (Vector vs. Vlad Olgimsky jr.)
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Final Score: 71-29 476 total votes
Rich Bitch (Kaz Khan vs. David Rose)
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Final Score: 44-56 439 total votes
Spoiled Stupid (Dandy Mott vs. Prince Charming)
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Final Score: 9-91 457 total votes
Rage Boys (Fire Prince Zuko vs. Kylo Ren)
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Redeemed Failures (Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr. vs. Trevor Belmont)
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Final Score: 46-54 402 total votes
Super Sons, Not So Super Dads (Rusty Venture vs. Steven's Dad)
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Final Score: 42-58 674 total votes
Worst Selves (Joy Wang vs. Abraham Lincoln)
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WINNER: JOY WANG
Final Score: 64-36 382 total votes
Trash-SHE (Dee Reynolds vs. Gaz Digzy)
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Final Score: 82-18 297 total votes
Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman vs. Todd Chavez)
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Final Score: 71-29 946 total votes
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Harem Scare-em-the-bitches-away (Victor vs. Haida)
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Final Score: 51-49 433 total votes
Mama's Little Failures (Principal Skinner vs. Gazpacho)
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Final Score: 67-33 326 total votes
Baby Bitch Boy (Jesper vs. Zephyr Breeze)
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Final Score: 59-41 352 total votes
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2022: L.Q. Jones, nato Justus Ellis McQueen, Jr., attore, regista e produttore cinematografico statunitense, noto per il lavoro svolto a fianco del regista Sam Peckinpah. Debuttò nel 1955 in Prima dell’uragano. Il nome del personaggio che interpretava era L.Q. Jones e dunque i produttori gli suggerirono di cambiare il proprio nome. Jones apparve anche, oltre film importanti, sul piccolo schermo,…
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Le donne hanno un angolo speciale del cuore destinato ai peccati che non hanno mai commesso.
Cornelia Otis Skinner
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Oh you're feeling sick? I'm so sorry. Get plenty of rest and warm food! ^^
If it'll make you feel better, here's a thought; imagine how Otis, Cruella, and Jim feel about Callahan, and vice versa (we already did the trio's thoughts on each other; now that a new F/O has been brought in, we must christen him XD)
Yeah, unfortunately children are full of disease 😅 I'll probably be like this for the next year but then I'll have built up immunity! ^^
AHHH yay! Here we go XDD
Cruella: Oooh well Cruella doesn't like anyone XD (Except Anita and maybe her furriers like Mr Skinner and Le Pelt- but even they are on thin ice as shown 😅), especially men, BUT Callahan is a rung up from where Jim and Otis sit at least XD They're derelicts XD 😅😅 Callahan on the other hand has a taste for the finer things ^^ He has money (He runs a billion dollar law firm). And *cough* she could honestly use his services. His agreeability to work with clearly guilty persons for the right payment is also a bonus.
Callahan can appreciate Cruella and her company (Especially in comparison to the other 2), including most importantly her money and finer tastes 😅😅😅 She is also excellent at sniffing out the blood in the water, too, so she's kind of on his level. 'Respect' may be going too far... but yeah, he has a a certain appreciation for her.
Jim: Again like Cruella- he could use a good lawyer XD How Jim's gonna pay him though I do not know. But I can totally imagine Jim with the most corrupt, sleazy lawyer ever like Callahan XD Maybe he pays him sort of under the table?? With moonshine? Drugs? A promise of a BIG payout once he gets off these charges and can get some other very illegal poaching gig? Perhaps working for Cruella.
Callahan completely underestimates Jim at the start. He thinks he's a goofy, uneducated, lily-livered geriatric alcoholic and that he can screw the poor bastard into a bad plea deal or settlement something- so Callahan can be done with another case in record time. BUT as we know Jim is not an idiot. Callahan is pleasantly surprised.
Otis: Oh boy. Callahan is everything in typical mainstream society that Otis does not vibe with 😅 He's got money, he works a nine-to-five, he gets the same run-of-the-mill 70 dollar haircut every month and he shaves every single day, etc. He's part of the 'conformist world' Otis hates. At least Cruella has her values, which may be crazy but she sticks to them, and at least Jim is not afraid to get his hands dirty (Metaphorically and literally). Callahan though is a cookie cutter stereotype, and he's two-faced, and he puts a bad taste in Otis' mouth. Callahan is lucky he still has his skin (no need to thank me Cal 🤣).
Callahan seriously looks down on Otis 😅 I don't know where on earth he gets the balls of steel, but he does.
~ Under the cut I wrote a little excerpt with the 3 of them (Mostly Callahan and Jim)... I couldn't help myself! 😅 ~
"Please Aaron," I beg, phone to my ear as I wonder slowly around the room, a pair of blue eyes on me from the couch; a printed DUI notice in his hand son his lap. Callahan's groan on the other end of the phone does not deter me. "You just need to represent him for an hour- less! Its not a biggie, its just... a little drinking and driving. He promises to never, ever do it again!"
Glancing over at Jim I see him scoff, shake his head and chuckle, and I wince. Well, that's a lie, but Callahan doesn't need to kno-
"Sure he wont. How many offences does he have? Uh... " I can practically see him holding his glasses higher up the bridge of his nose as he reads Jim's file that I subtly left on his desk earlier. "Forty five? How is this man not in prison?"
"A really good lawyer."
"Great, get him to handle this!"
"He-... he's on vacation." No need to reveal that we went to the 98-year-old lawyer's funeral a month ago. "-Look Cal, he will get you the money for this, he just needs some time. And the court date is Monday." While Callahan sits silent on his end I glance past Jim to some crates behind the couch and get an idea. "In- in the meantime, um, have you ever tried homemade moonshine?"
Jim immediately frowns. "Hold on now- "
Finally Callahan sighs deeply through the phone and I think I've got him, he probably doesn't want homemade moonshine but I think - I hope, - I made it clear I wasn't going to quit bothering him until he helped. He got Cruella off reckless driving!! Of course, he couldn't get off the animal cruelty charges, and now I only get to visit her through bars until our marriage licence comes through,.. but Jim does not have any animal cruelty charges... well, none pending at the moment at least... So this should be a snap for Callahan! No?? I stop moving around the room and root myself to the spot; listening carefully.
"Fine... but I don't want his money. For all I know it'll come from a goddamn mafia. And I don't want Cruella's, either, so don't even think about it."
"... well, I have some money saved up and- " My eyes wander over to Jim, his face going dark, glowering; he shakes head slowly. No. "He can pay me back- "
"How about you pay me another way?" My eyes snap away from Jim like a shot, and I look to the ground. What was that??
Voice lowered and much smaller, I cross my non-phone holding arm over my stomach. Um- "... what's this now?"
I can hear the smirk in Callahan's voice, the sound lower and huskier even than usual. My ears are getting hot. "You know what I mean."
Is he truly suggesting what I presume he is suggesting right now?? I mean- I'm not exclusive with anyone and everyone is g o o d with that but damn this sure is awkward. "I- "
"Look, that's my offer. You come stay with me for 2 weeks, do... whatever I ask," Oh, he's playing coy and vague. What's even the point of that at this point? Lord almighty- "And I'll get Jim off the charges."
"... " After some thought, and a glance at the crumpled DUI notice in Jim's hands, I huff out a sigh and close my eyes in embarassment. Will these people never tire of mortifying me?? Silly question, they wont- "Fineee... "
"Great! I'll send a car. See you soon, sweetheart."
"Uhuh." *click*
... For a moment I remain rooted to the spot, phone still at my ear, before gradually lowering it, tucking it into the back of my jeans and opening my eyes. Slowly I make my way over to the couch and flop down next to Jim, hanging my head on the back of the cushions. I close my eyes again and throw an arm over my eyes in defeat.
Its not like I don't want to see Callahan- I do, always, its just-... I feel bamboozled.
"... You're not paying for my bill, sugar."
"No, no." I sigh, assuring the one next to me. "We settled on a... different, payment plan."
"What do you- " When Jim sounds lost, I straighten up slightly, remove my arm from my face and open my eyes to give him an urging look. You get it. You can figure it out. Its to do with... yes, there it is. There you go. His eyebrows go up and his mouth opens. "Ah... "
"Yes." I grin, despite myself; shaking my head and straightening up the rest of the way.
A wry, teasing grin curls across his face. "... you sure are sweet."
"Don't you forget it."
"Wouldn't dream of it."
Finally grinning for real, I get up again and check the time on my phone. "Okay, car's gonna be here in about an hour. If you get dinner for us now I'll go and find out what Otis has been doing in the bathroom all day."
Jim scoffs, getting up after me. "You gotta deal, there, sweetheart."
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Saint Denis Times No. 54
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This issue is available after completion of the mission: The Landowning Classes
(All article transcripts below the cut)
Articles marked with * are exclusive to this region’s issue.
Articles marked with ** are only there upon completion of the related mission.
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Blackwater Booming
SETTLERS ARRIVING DAILY. TOWN FOUNDED BY JOSIAH BLACKWATER SEES RAPID GROWTH.
Every day, livery worker Lance Hopkins greets new arrivals to Blackwater as their tired horses and mules who have seen many miles of travel require new shoes and salves for cuts and scrapes. He can barely keep the forge tended and lit for all work coming in each day, telling that by all accounts he has not had a day of rest or solitude in a good eight months.
Once a sleepy port town founded by fabled adventurer Josiah Blackwater, it is now hailed as a "Gateway to the West" as miles of track have been laid through the area, heading west to the Pacific Coast. Workers arrive to join lumber and mining outfits. Stocks are traded.
Investors are staking claims to the areas and surrounds, eager to build housing settlements. It is true - everything is up-to-date in Blackwater. Each day, more dispatches arrive from the East saying, "We're coming to Blackwater! She's a great gal, that. She's a huckleberry above most people's persimmons. Show me another like her any whar, and I am thar directly!", or words to that effect.
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Mongrel Gang Terrorizing Area
SKINNER BROTHERS. MURDER, CATTLE RUSTLING, SAFE BLOWING.
A telegraph from Sheriff Oswald Dunbar announced that a family traveling through Tall Trees has been found slain - reportedly by the notorious Skinner Brothers. The mother was found strangled and the children hanging from trees. The father was found dead nearby, tortured in a gruesome and savage way. The Skinner Brothers are a rag tag bunch of outcasts and criminals, known for brutal ways of dismembering and thieving.
They are believed to be a group of half-breeds, mixed race outcasts, outlaw Irishmen, a Chinaman, escaped killers and rapers. They are as keen with an Apache bow as they are with a Mexican knife. Authorities have had a difficult time tracking the gang. They use cunning to cover their tracks and rarely stay in one place for very long. They are believed to have killed more innocents than the Otis Miller Boys, Butcher Brothers, and the Tallulah Jetty Gang combined.
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Evelyn Miller Resigns
SEDUCED BY FAME. AUTHOR TROUBLED BY HYPOCRISY.
Social Theorist and philosopher Evelyn Miller has resigned his post at Princeton after increased turmoil regarding his theories on mankind and the savage. Announcing that he had become "troubled at his own remorseless hypocrisy" the once regaled professor and theorist on what separates the white man from that of the lowly savage left the University in haste, and is reported to have retreated to the wilderness to write a book about becoming one with it.
Once a fixture at society events in several states, he has long been accused by some as being seduced by fame, with a penchant for entertaining aristocrats in salons with his theories of the rights of man, nature, and the urges of savages. His publisher reports that they have not heard from Mr. Miller in quite some time and are not aware if he is authoring a follow up work to his bestselling books.
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Notorious Bad Man Alive
VAN DER LINDE REPORTEDLY SEEN IN TALL TREES. ON THE RUN SEVEN YEARS. GANG MEMBERS STILL AT LARGE.
A dispatch from Tall Trees reports a sighting of infamous outlaw Dutch van der Linde, who has been on a bloody run from the law for many years now. The notorious Dutch's Boys gang once plagued this state, but it was believed to have disbanded as long ago as 1899. Two of his henchmen - Hosea Matthews and Arthur Morgan - were both killed in separate raids by Pinkerton agents that same year.
Gang members Bill Williamson, Micah Bell, John Marston, and Charles Smith are still believed to be at large. A telegraph from Mexico reports that Javier Escuella is believed to reside in the mountain region there. The massive sum of money taken in the Blackwater Robbery by the gang has never been recovered. It was said to have been stashed in the town somewhere after the gang escaped.
Rumors that gang member Micah Bell returned to retrieve the haul still persist. The bloody days of the Van der Linde gang are the stuff of legend, appearing in pulp novels and even memorialized in popular song. Law enforcement have pledged to continue searching for Van der Linde, who has one of the largest bounties on his head for kill or capture.
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Cholera Epidemic Rages
ARMADILLO UNDER QUARANTINE. SCORES DEAD.
A severe bout of cholera has broken out in Armadillo, a town still reeling from the brutal scarlet fever epidemic at the turn of the century that left a significant portion of the town dead. Reports indicate that as many as three in four residents are experiencing symptoms of cholera, including diarrhea and vomiting. Armadillo has been plagued with poor sanitation conditions for many years, adding to the spread of disease.
The town has had such troubles over the years with pandemics and dust storms that some refer to "The Armadillo Curse" and warn people to stay away.
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Marvel of Delight
A "MOVING PICTURE SHOW". VIEWERS ASTOUNDED AND DELIGHTED.
Not since the invention of the steam engine has a contraption bestowed such delight as the Kinetograph, bringing moving pictures to the screen, delighting audiences around the world. At first an experiment which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear, it has quickly replaced the magic lantern as a source for amusement and entertainment. As an electric motor turns, it shines a light through a sprocketed film, projecting a moving image on a wall or screen.
Picture machine operators are in high demand and the contraptions cost quite a sum. While the first moving picture shows available were shorts of famous people, scenic views, news events and disasters, creators now are drawing pictures for each frame and then shooting them in succession, giving the appearance of movement. Popular examples are The Courtship Ritual and Beaumont the Burly, which have been selling out [in] theaters across the country.
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Queer Pranks of Lightning
INJURIES FROM STRIKES.
The ferocious lightning storm the week before last caused several freak accidents. A bolt struck the house of Hector S. Wilton and, having traveled along an ornamental awning, shattered a window. Three people in the room were severely shocked and Mrs. Wilton was completely knocked senseless and required arousal with smelling salts. She has since reported difficulty walking as the electricity traveled through her and it has impaired her right leg.
She also suffers from rheumatism which has since been inflamed by the the electrical strike. Mr. Wilton safely fled the house but returned having noticed that a small section of the sitting room was set ablaze by the bolts of light.
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Child Killer
FINLEY MOST WANTED MAN IN COUNTRY.
Shane Finley, wanted for multiple counts of thievery and murder, including the killing of an innocent child, has been sighted outside the Tumbleweed/Armadillo area. With a price on his head in five states, multiple bounties exist for his capture or kill. Famous bounty hunter James Langton is also in pursuit, saying "I will capture and kill you, Shane Finley, there is no uncertainty about that."
Finley has evaded capture multiple times and is adept at wearing disguises, often hiding in plain sight of the law who are so famously seeking him. Any that encounter Finley are highly cautioned as he is desperate.
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Railroad Takeover Complete
SENATE ACTS ON CORNWALL RAIL.
The Senate has passed a bill authorizing the final consolidation of the remaining lines previously owned by the Cornwall Southern & Eastern Railways. In a measure largely supported by officials with the Pacific Union Railroad, all trains and routes once owned by Cornwall will be consolidated and continue service under the Pacific name.
As part of the takeover agreement, the Pacific Union Railroad has announced plans to lay track linking West Elizabeth and New Austin in the next few years, which should greatly benefit industries seeking to expand to areas of the country that previously had only been served by coach.
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New Railroad Completed
A GRAND PROJECT OUR MANIFEST DESTINY
The final ties were laid and spikes driven through to complete the Central Union rail line stretching through New Hanover. Passengers will be able to bypass the Grizzlies, Rhodes, and Scarlett Meadows, drastically reducing travel time. Now with a direct line connecting Cornwall Kerosene and Tar and Saint Denis, freight and commuters will flow fast and freely.
The project came with complications, including controversy over missing workers' wages and a land dispute. Representatives from towns such as Van Horn Trading Post and Annesburg say the new line will result in the decline of their towns. Civic planners hail the railroad as a new dawning day in American progress and history.
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The Art of Angling by Jeremy Gill  
ROCK BASS.
In my extensive travels, I've logged many a mile on steamers, paddleboats, and nautical vessels of the queerest sort in search of trophy fish and, of course, wisdom. Many a sensible young angler who sees me as their hero will ask why fishing is dull, throbbing boredom punctuated by the wild explosion of excessive joy at a mere tap against the bait. That's because you're doing it wrong, you jackanapes, I tell them.
I've seldom gone more than ten minutes without a fish on the line, and when I do, such is my mastery over mind as well as matter that I enjoy the time. If you're looking for a fun fish - try going for Rock Bass in clear water on a sunny day. I once reeled in over 50 Rock Bass in an hour in Tall Trees. Try it and see! It's like life, only better!
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Susan Fleming, Jack Oakie, and W.C. Fields in Million Dollar Legs
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W.C. Fields and Margaret Dumont in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 
Million Dollar Legs (Edward F. Cline, 1932)
Cast: Jack Oakie, W.C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Lyda Roberti, Susan Fleming, Ben Turpin, Hugh Herbert, George Barbier, Dickie Moore. Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Henry Myers. Cinematography: Arthur L. Todd.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Edward F. Cline, 1941)
Cast: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Susan Miller, Leon Errol, Jody Gilbert, Irving Bacon, Mona Barrie, Billy Lenhart, Kenneth Brown, Minerva Urecal. Screenplay: John T. Neville, Prescott Chaplin, W.C. Fields (as Otis Criblecoblis). Cinematography: Charles Van Enger. Art direction: Jack Otterson. Film editing: Arthur Hilton. Music: Frank Skinner, Charles Previn.
Was ever man so troubled by his hats? Million Dollar Legs and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break bracket W.C. Fields's career as a movie star (discounting his appearances in short subjects and in supporting roles in silent films and early talkies), and both begin with him struggling to manage a hat. It's a top hat in the earlier film, and it insists on having its own way, culminating in a familiar Fieldsian bit in which it rides behind him on the tip of his walking stick. In the later film, it's a straw boater whose lid comes to grief. Fields had crafted these hat tricks in vaudeville, and they remain one of the most endearing aspects of a potentially unlovable personality. Fields always managed to triumph over his own persona: Although Sucker finds him repellent in aspect, the broken veins of his nose and face unconcealable by any makeup artist, you can't help understanding why Gloria Jean, in an odd curtain line, proclaims her love for him. Both films are the apotheoses of the kind of sublime lunacy that emerged from his imagination, the former a surreal take on the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, the latter an assault on the movie studios that tried (and usually failed) to stifle that imagination. Although Fields was surrounded in both films with superb comic talent -- Jack Oakie, Andy Clyde, Ben Turpin, Hugh Herbert, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Leon Errol -- they are dominated by him, braving it out through all reversals of fortune that may come his way. The greatest film comedians -- Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, the Marxes -- were similarly indomitable. The climax of Sucker is a spectacular car and firetruck chase that owes more to the direction of Edward F. Cline, veteran of the golden age of silent slapstick comedy, than to Fields, but we shall never see his like again.
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Everyday Poetry - "One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions."
Cornelia Otis Skinner
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