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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 22, 2019 10:52:28 GMT -8
It's hard to beat Gomez. Arguably (and please do argue), Betti Davis did more to glamorize cigarette smoking than anyone else:    |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 22, 2019 10:55:55 GMT -8
Of course, going back a little we could give Gloria Swanson her due:  I'm not sure if this is her in this second picture, but it's a good one:  |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 22, 2019 11:00:02 GMT -8
I always had a think for the original Breck girl (well, she should have been with that hair), Veronica Lake. The Bugs Bunny cartoons probably first introduced me to that personage:  What has that to do with smoking? She's just smoking hot. But, surprisingly, I can't immediately find her with a cigarette in her mouth. Oooo, baby: -13.jpg) |
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Post by timothylane on Jul 22, 2019 11:17:37 GMT -8
I know Gloria Swanson as the original Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. When Andrew Lloyd Weber made a musical play of it, one of those who toured in it was Dame Petula, whose itinerary included some performances in Louisville. Elizabeth and I saw it, though we were in the very back row and really couldn't recognize any faces at that distance.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 22, 2019 12:52:19 GMT -8
They made a musical of that? Interesting. With Our Lady of the Immaculate Petula singing in it, it must have been great. Speaking of cigar smokers, how could I forget this one? Other than Churchill, is anyone else more associated with the cigar?  |
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Post by timothylane on Jul 22, 2019 13:03:23 GMT -8
So you've been a Marxist all along! I might have known!
Incidentally, Harry Turtledove did a novella or short novel (Hail! Hail!) about the Marx brothers getting caught up in a severe storm while traveling through Texas on their way to their next appearance (this was after Duck Soup and with no definite next movie). A too-close lightning bolt sends them back in time to the real Fredonia a century earlier. Stuck in the past (but fortunately somewhat aware of events due to things they learned in a previous visit to the state), they have to find some way to thrive, with interesting results.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 22, 2019 16:52:51 GMT -8
Those various shots of stars smoking are very good, but you outdid yourself with the photo of Veronica Lake. I, too, have long had a thing for her. There is something about her that is unique. I would even give up smoking cigars (if I still smoked them) for her.
Definitely not a capitalist.
This is more the image that came to mind when that girl mentioned I looked like a capitalist.
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Post by timothylane on Jul 22, 2019 17:21:01 GMT -8
I haven't played Monopoly since I was a kid. Of course, there are many modern versions, usually based on different places but presumably otherwise much the same. There was even a game called Anti-Monopoly, based on doing antitrust cases.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 22, 2019 18:36:21 GMT -8
Yeah. That Monopoly guy is a great image of a capitalist.
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