‘b’ is true. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the early 1950s, much like the Pirates of today, were not a pretty sight. Gloria at second base certainly would have helped to remedy that situation. ‘d’ is a definite maybe. I mean, look. ‘a’, ‘c’, and ‘e’ are probably false, though all the research has not been [...]
Gloria Grahame: a. was the unacknowledged great granddaughter of Hans Christian Andersen. b. could have, if she felt like it, played second base for the Pittsburgh Pirates. c. wrote three unpublished novels about string. d. could kill with her laser death stare. e. dumped a vat of tar on Shirley Jones. Tweet
The correct answer is ‘all of the above’. Yes, the diminutive Russian minx was a woman of many talents. In the photo, she is of course instructing Lon Jr in the brow furrow technique he used with so much success throughout his career. On a side note, Maria once accidentally spilled a cup of tea [...]
The most valuable lesson Lon Chaney Jr learned from Maria Ouspenskaya was: a. how to perform the perfect brow furrow. b. the proper wrist action when casting while fly fishing. c. how to work the punchline of a dirty joke. d. when and how to use her sure fire patented wrestling move. e. how to [...]
In 1956, while barhopping with Ingmar Bergman in Shanghai, Charles Lane struck up a conversation in a particularly shabby establishment with a defrocked Peruvian shaman. Instantly taking a liking to Lane’s sunny disposition, the shaman asked his age. The puzzled Lane replied, “51.” Thereupon, the shaman produced four twigs from his poncho and arranged them [...]
Charles Lane lived to the age of 102 because: a. of his size. (That’s a life-size photo. In all of his movie and television appearances, trickery was used to make him appear to be properly sized.) b. on his 21st birthday and every day following for the rest of his life, he started the day [...]
Cliff Edwards, aka Ukelele Ike, but even more aka Jiminy Cricket, when informing you that wishing on a star just might lead to dreams coming true, reveals his jawdroppingly beautiful singing voice. Tweet
Cliff Edwards was: a. a flying buddy of Charles Lindbergh. b. a famous cricket impersonator. c. the voice of Mr. Ed, the talking horse. d. the inventor of the soap bubble. e. an elephant. Tweet
When the play, Peter Pan, debuted in 1904 London, the actor playing the dual roles of Mr. Darling/Captain Hook was Gerald du Maurier. His daughter Daphne would be born in 1907. Bonus speculation: Alfred Hitchcock, who later built a movie, ‘The Birds’, on Daphne’s Cornwall blueprint, was a 5 year old Londoner in 1904. Was [...]
Which of the following statements about Daphne is true? 1. Her mother was Gertrude Stein. 2. Her father was Captain Hook. 3. Her brother was a gift from the fishmonger. 4. Her sister was an odd-toed ungulate. Tweet
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