Anyone from the UK?

[RosewoodTulip]

It's one of my favorites! Theda Bara is a goddess, for instance. Valentino was bisexual at the very least, a dangerous and sexy libertine. I wish more silent films were available. A lot of them were destroyed in fires or deliberately.

But no, I'm not really a villain. Just more of a fact spouting person who came in to infodump, apparently. How are you doing?

About to head to a Wikipedia deep dive apparently...

Infodumping is fine. I like it when people get nerdy.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Damn it.

No charisma and I'm not bad enough!

Tsk tsk. Unlucky

 

[Desiree_Radcliffe]

I swear, I should just make a goth stuff thread. For us creatures of the night. It can include the sexiness that is Rudolph Valentino along with random facts.

 

[orangecurious]

"I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream"

Manic Monday

 

[orangecurious]

It's one of my favorites! Theda Bara is a goddess, for instance. Valentino was bisexual at the very least, a dangerous and sexy libertine. I wish more silent films were available. A lot of them were destroyed in fires or deliberately.

But no, I'm not really a villain. Just more of a fact spouting person who came in to infodump, apparently. How are you doing?

There was a brilliant series (in the UK anyway) on the silent film era. One thing i remember, the life of the stunt men was very short!

Oh, the scandals too!

 

[SophieUK]

There was a brilliant series (in the UK anyway) on the silent film era. One thing i remember, the life of the stunt men was very short!

Oh, the scandals too!

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.“

 

[lingus60]

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.“

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

 

[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!

 

[Deleted member 6808749]

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!