Anyone from the UK?

[RosewoodTulip]

Not UK over here, but I do have weird sleeping habits so I thought I'd wave.

Visitors from distant lands are always welcome

 

[Desiree_Radcliffe]

Visitors from distant lands are always welcome

Thank you, thank you. I feel like Rudolph Valentino in The Sheikh, now.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Thank you, thank you. I feel like Rudolph Valentino in The Sheikh, now.

I don't know who that is
but I'm hoping it's a good thing

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

I don't know who that is
but I'm hoping it's a good thing

Rudolph Valentino was a very popular silent movie actor who specialised in romantic lead roles. He was sort of the Bradley Cooper of his day

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Rudolph Valentino was a very popular silent movie actor who specialised in romantic lead roles. He was sort of the Bradley Cooper of his day

Ah gotcha

 

[Desiree_Radcliffe]

He was, like, the first super sexy film star dude. Anyway, he played this guy who was an evil sheikh and such, but was also very sexy about it.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

He was, like, the first super sexy film star dude. Anyway, he played this guy who was an evil sheikh and such, but was also very sexy about it.

Got to love a handsome villain.
Not in real life obviously - those guys are pricks
There's just something about the charismatic bad guy..

 

[Desiree_Radcliffe]

Got to love a handsome villain.
Not in real life obviously - those guys are pricks
There's just something about the charismatic bad guy..

Right? And he really nailed down The Stare. I guess when you're in a silent film, you have to rely on The Stare a lot. However, I guess my initial point was that this bro was super romanticized because of his foreign role. Exoticism and what not. It's not better in the books it was based off, either. But Valentino was a really interesting character. And he unfortunately lived very briefly.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Right? And he really nailed down The Stare. I guess when you're in a silent film, you have to rely on The Stare a lot. However, I guess my initial point was that this bro was super romanticized because of his foreign role. Exoticism and what not. It's not better in the books it was based off, either. But Valentino was a really interesting character. And he unfortunately lived very briefly.

I'm glad that was your point and that you weren't announcing yourself as a villain.

Sounds like an interesting guy though. I don't know anything really about the silent movie era

 

[Desiree_Radcliffe]

I'm glad that was your point and that you weren't announcing yourself as a villain.

Sounds like an interesting guy though. I don't know anything really about the silent movie era

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?

 

[Great_Scot]

Got to love a handsome villain.
Not in real life obviously - those guys are pricks
There's just something about the charismatic bad guy..

Damn it.

No charisma and I'm not bad enough!

 

[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!

 

[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