Anyone from the UK?

[orangecurious]

They don't make chat up lines like that any more!

Well, you'd need to meet someone called Miss Bankhead, so it limits it somewhat

 

[deft]

They don't make chat up lines like that any more!

Shame… it saves a lot of time!

 

[Great_Scot]

They don't make chat up lines like that any more!

Is that why it never worked for me?

 

[Desiree_Radcliffe]

Mae West was sizzling as well. She wrote her own lines. She was like a female version of Oscar Wilde.

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

The scandals are terrific (makes today’s film stars seem tame!). I love this little tidbit (from IMDb) about one of my favourite actresses:

“Allegedly, during the opening night party for their Broadway run of 'The Cocoanuts', Groucho informed Chico that Tallulah Bankhead had just walked into the room and wanted to meet him. Chico strode up to Bankhead and introduced himself with, "Miss Bankhead, I would like to fuck you". Bankhead laughed and replied "So you shall darling, so you shall". The story has since become a part of show business lore.“

Harpo Speaks is a great autobiography and worth a read even if you know nothing about the Marx Brothers. It's a fascinating look at late 19th Century New York and how a family of immigrants became showbusiness royalty with some amazing twists on the way.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Harpo Speaks is a great autobiography and worth a read even if you know nothing about the Marx Brothers. It's a fascinating look at late 19th Century New York and how a family of immigrants became showbusiness royalty with some amazing twists on the way.

You can tell I know nothing about this subject because I was thinking Karl Marx wasn't American.
Maybe I need more coffee

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

Minnie Marx was the original showbiz Mum. She has a musical written about her called Minnie's Boys

 

[Biggalute]

Harpo Speaks is a great autobiography and worth a read even if you know nothing about the Marx Brothers. It's a fascinating look at late 19th Century New York and how a family of immigrants became showbusiness royalty with some amazing twists on the way.

Wasn't it their sister Onya who invented the starting pistol?

 

[lingus60]

You can tell I know nothing about this subject because I was thinking Karl Marx wasn't American.
Maybe I need more coffee

Somehow think Karl and the Marx brothers wouldn’t have hit it off… but you never know…..

 

[Wand3rlust]

*rests chin onto hand and stares wide-eyed at everyone, listening and noting*

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

Wasn't it their sister Onya who invented the starting pistol?

Yup, that's her.

 

[lingus60]

Wasn't it their sister Onya who invented the starting pistol?

On your Marx get set …….

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

Zeppo Marx was the real inventor of the family. He invented a watch that could monitor the pulse rate in cardiac patients (the original Fitbit if you will) and his company invented a clamping device that was used in the bombers that dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima.

 

[orangecurious]

Zeppo Marx was the real inventor of the family. He invented a watch that could monitor the pulse rate in cardiac patients (the original Fitbit if you will) and his company invented a clamping device that was used in the bombers that dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima.

"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped"

 

[lingus60]

Who needs Wikipedia when we’ve got this thread?! Top Marx !

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Who needs Wikipedia when we’ve got this thread?! Top Marx !

Bah dum tish!
But seriously I love it when people share their knowledge like this. It's so cool

 

[Secretintoelderly]

Came here for eroticism, but this is nice too!

 

[deft]

Came here for eroticism, but this is nice too!

Eroticism? In the UK thread? The very idea!

 

[Great_Scot]

Came here for eroticism, but this is nice too!

You're definitely in the wrong thread for that!

 

[orangecurious]

Eroticism? In the UK thread? The very idea!

You're definitely in the wrong thread for that!

but there is cake, biscuits and silent/B&W movies... what more do you need?

 

[Secretintoelderly]

This thread is a lovely oasis in the Lit-world in general

 

[orangecurious]

This was the series on the silent era of films... Hollywood

 

[Celticlight]

but there is cake, biscuits and silent/B&W movies... what more do you need?

I can see how some may find that erotic Certainly no kinkshaming here

 

[mickyp123]

Shame… it saves a lot of time!

Reminds me of the joke Guys chat up line “Fancy a Fuck” Lady replies “your place or mine” Guy replies “ well if ur gonna argue about it I won’t fucking bother”

 

[Dreamboat1209]

Reminds me of the joke Guys chat up line “Fancy a Fuck” Lady replies “your place or mine” Guy replies “ well if ur gonna argue about it I won’t fucking bother”

That’s actually funny, nearly spat my drink out!