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do-you-know-this-play · 7 days

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#picnic #william inge #theatre #theater #plays #tumblr polls

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kevinnance · 1 year

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(Lexington, Kentucky)

#black and white #photographers on tumblr #photography #light and shadow #William Inge

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yourdailyqueer · 1 year

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William Inge (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 3 May 1913

RIP: 10 June 1973

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Playwright, writer, screenwriter, actor, producer

#William Inge #lgbt history #gay history #gay people #lgbt #male #gay #1913 #rip #historical #white #american #playwright #writer #screenwriter #actor #producer

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bitter69uk · 2 years

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When Jayne Mansfield Met Alice the Brady Bunch’s Housekeeper! Let me put this forgotten fringe-of-show biz encounter in context. From Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn’t Help It (2021) by Eve Golden:

“In May 1964 Jayne signed (at $4,000 a week) to bring two of Marilyn Monroe’s movie roles to the stage: the pathetic nightclub singer Cherie in Bus Stop (first played onstage by Kim Stanley in 1955) and wide-eyed gold digger Lorelei Lee in the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (originated on Broadway by Carol Channing). Bus Stop, written by William Inge, required heavy-duty acting and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes required heavy-duty singing (“A Little Girl from Little Rock” and the anthem “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” among other songs – most of which were cut from the 1953 movie version). Jayne needed a good director; her acting ranged from brilliant to amateurish depending on the script and director she was handed. Bus Stop and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes had good scripts, so she set about interviewing potential directors. Finding a seasoned professional who was willing to do summer stock might not be easy. Jayne was lucky, finding twenty-eight-year-old New Yorker Matt Cimber in her first round of interviews.”

At the time, Mansfield was still married to Mickey Hargitay. Cimber would soon become Mansfield’s third and final husband. Her leading man (playing the part of Bo Decker) was Stephen Brooks. Hargitay was cast in a smaller role as the bus driver. Also in the cast: Ann B Davis (aka Alice the housekeeper from TV sitcom The Brady Bunch). “Jayne was not as advertised,” Davis would rage years later. “She was huge drunk. Bipolar. Unprofessional. And any claims that she was a genius - ha! She was about as bright as a chalkboard. Dumb as sin! She was not educated by any definition. She was a blowzy alcoholic. She could barely read lines and was awful to the rest of the cast and crew.” In case anyone missed the point, Davis continued, “She was vulgar, obscene and pathetic … that girl was a dark monster!” While touring Bus Stop, Mansfield told a reporter, “Right now we’re trying to arrange a 15-week tour with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The mind reels imagining Mansfield interpreting Tennessee Williams’ “Maggie the Cat”!

#jayne mansfield #ann b davis #the brady bunch #bus stop #lobotomy room #mickey hargitay #sex kitten gone berserk #kitsch #william inge

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pygartheangel · 8 months

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#recent reads #william inge #playwright #book #reading

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craigfernandez · 1 year

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#Bus Stop #Marilyn Monroe #William Inge

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thebestestwinner · 1 year

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Top two vote-getters will move on to the next round. See pinned post for all groups!

#best best screenplay tournament #oscars #academy awards #best original screenplay #citizen kane #herman j. mankiewicz #orson welles #darling #frederic raphael #gandhi #john briley #belfast #kenneth branagh #splendor in the grass #william inge #bracket tournament #brackets #poll #polls

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schlock-luster-video · 1 month

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On April 7, 1965, Bus Riley's Back in Town debuted in New York City.

Here's a drawing of Ann Margret!

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wondermutt20 · 5 months

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"The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values."

William Inge - (1913-1973) - American Playwright and Novelist

#quoteoftheday #quotes #quotesoftheday #quotes of tumblr #education #writers and writing #knowledge #inspirational quotes #inspiration #William inge

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movie-titlecards · 7 months

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Picnic (1955)

My rating: 6/10

Gosh, but everybody in this is awfully high strung, aren't they.

#Picnic #Joshua Logan #Daniel Taradash #William Inge #William Holden #Kim Novak #Betty Field #Youtube

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scrapbook-for-a-friend · 1 year

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Dr. Lyman: Maybe we have lost the ability. Maybe Man has passed the stage in his evolution wherein love is possible. Maybe life will continue to become so terrifyingly complex that man’s anxiety about his mere survival will render him too miserly to give of himself in any true relation.

Elma: You’re talking over my head. Anyone can fall in love, I always thought… and…

Dr. Lyman: But two people, really in love, must give up something of themselves.

Elma: (trying to follow) Yes.

Dr. Lyman: That is the gift that men are afraid to make. Sometimes they keep it in their bosoms forever, where it withers and dies. Then they never know love, only its facsimiles, which they seek over and over again in meaningless repetition.

-William Inge, Bus Stop

#william inge #bus stop #american plays #american drama #the character #dr. lyman #the character who the quote belongs to (dr. lyman) is framed as pretentious and weird but this stuck with me #i wonder what that says about me #pretentious and weird? likely.

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motionpicturelover · 1 year

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"Kom tilbake lille Sheba" (1966) - Jan Bull

("Come Back Little Sheba")