Bette Davis: a. smoked more cigarettes than anybody else in all of history. b. when home alone, smoked cigarettes six at a time. c. trained herself to sleepsmoke. d. was the first person to have Bette Davis eyes. e. smoked while exercising.
Indeed, Sarah and anyone else who said ‘kneading the dough’, Rondo was a brilliant pastry chef. Why, he would arrive on set each morning followed by a lengthy train of his servants bearing platters of his swoon-inducing butterhorns, bearclaws, and baklava. No wonder Rondo was such a chick magnet.
Thelma often sculled in Long Beach to relax. And yes, her favorite oar was stolen. She was understandably upset because that particular oar had been autographed by the entire 1919 Black Sox Scandal baseball team. There aren’t that many Lefty Williams autographs to be had, I can tell you.
Thelma has just been informed that: a. her bid to purchase Hawaii has been treated with contempt. b. her favorite oar has gone missing. c. Richard Widmark ate the last piece of cake. d. there is no Santa Claus.
In this picture, Rita, who happened to be the easiest person to hypnotize in the Western Hemisphere of the 1960s, has just read a few sentences of Svengali hypnotizing Trilby in the George DuMaurier novel. She had to be doused with several flagons of ale to bring her out of the trance.
Rita is holding the book: a. How to Hypnotize Friends and Influence People b. How to Hypnotize Enemies and Steal Souls c. How to Hypnotize Animals and Subsequently Eat Them d. Trilby
Although Charlotte Bronte couldn’t imagine such a thing, you can bet your most precious gelding that Emily could.
Brigid O’Shaughnessy, in this David Eccles cover illustration of the Folio edition of The Maltese Falcon, represents: a. Teamsters Local 286 b. the mesmerizing power of the Giant Mesmerizing Falcon. c. a way to dress when appearing before Congress. d. a way of life undreamed of by Charlotte Bronte.
Well, the story of how Virginia left her suitcase on top of a cactus in the Mojave Desert is too complicated to go into here. Let’s just say it involved a herd of buffalo, a train, and a first edition of The Great Gatsby.
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