Bette Davis style
Siddhartha Ghosh
for me. Loved it! I just love those Noir-era dialogues so much.
Bette Davis puts her hands in side-pockets 3-4 times in this film, but she
doesn't wear anything that has back-pockets. Will any kind soul point me to
a film where she shows her `style'?
Siddhartha
Ann Arbor
Nate Smith
i think bob did one of those mathematical thingies there - yunno,
interpolation?
just draw the line through the data points....
say hi to Herb David for me, if you get a chance.
- nate, an old denizen of A-squared
DifficultyOn
>Date: 7/3/2002 9:48 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <3D232AC0...@NET1Plus.com>
> i think bob did one of those mathematical thingies there - yunno,
>interpolation?
No, there is a movie that she starred in, possibly more than one, where she
puts hands into the back pockets.
Unfortunately, I don't remember which one(s) other than to say that she was
still quite young in the one I'm sure of.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Diff
Siddhartha Ghosh
>
> say hi to Herb David for me, if you get a chance.
>
> - nate, an old denizen of A-squared
I'll say `Hi' for you when I go there next time. But I don't play any
instrument, so I go there just for seeing some old concert posters and the
chair Lennon sat on. That's it for me.
raven
DifficultyOn wrote:
Was that Now Voyager?
John Lettiere
but she
> doesn't wear anything that has back-pockets. Will any kind soul
point me to
> a film where she shows her `style'?
I believe this line refers to the film "The Petrified Forest", in
which Bette Davis is wearing
jeans, and is the only film I can remember her do so?
In one scene with Leslie Howard, while they're taking a walk in the
desert, she sticks her
hands in her back pockets.
Burned-out British intellectual Leslie Howard wanders into the desert
service station/restaurant owned by Porter Hall. Howard finds himself
an object of fascination for Hall's starry-eyed daughter Bette Davis,
who dreams of going to Paris to write poetry. Dick Foran, Davis's
gas-jockey boyfriend, grows jealous of Howard, but the penniless,
dissipated Briton has no intention of settling down; in fact, as soon
as he mooches a ride from wealthy tourists Paul Harvey and Genevieve
Tobin, he's on his way out of Davis's life...or so everyone thinks.
Later that same day, Howard, Davis, Hall, Foran, Harvey and Tobin are
huddled together in the selfsame restaurant, held at gunpoint by
Dillinger-like desperado Humphrey Bogart and his gang. Howard seems
indifferent to the danger, toasting Bogart as "the last great apostle
of rugged individualism". Sensing an opportunity to give his life
meaning, Howard takes Bogart aside, begging the outlaw to kill him so
that Davis can travel to Paris on the money provided by Howard's
insurance policy. When the police converge on the restaurant, Bogart
announces that he intends to use Harvey and Tobin as a shield in order
to make his escape. Howard tries to stop him, receiving a bullet in
the belly for his troubles. "So long, pal," growls Bogart
fatalistically, moments before his own death. "I'll be seein' ya
soon." Howard dies in Davis' arms, secure in the knowledge that, alone
among the film's principals, she will be able to escape the trap of
her existence. When originally presented on Broadway, Robert E.
Sherwood's The Petrified Forest starred Leslie Howard and Humphrey
Bogart. Warner Bros. intended to cast Edward G. Robinson in Bogart's
role, only to be thwarted by Howard, who told the studio that he
himself would drop out of the project if Bogart wasn't retained. The
film proved to be just the break that Bogart needed; years later, he
expressed his undying gratitude to Howard by naming his daughter
Leslie Bogart. - Hal Erickson
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"Siddhartha Ghosh" <sgh...@engin.umich.edu> wrote in message
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Nate Smith
>I believe this line refers to the film "The Petrified Forest", in
>which Bette Davis is wearing
>jeans, and is the only film I can remember her do so?
>
thanks for the info, john. this remains one of my all-time favorite
movies!!!
and thanks for the nice summary. gotta go rent it Now.
- nate
devorahmuse
always loved her and Barbara Stanwick for wearing pants and talking
back smart sassy like to the men men in their places!! hehehe those
hands in her back pockets say, "kiss my ass...and listen to me.I'm
talkin to you, yes YOU.
He is distracted by those hands and therfore misses the point...
hehehehehe
love the muse with her hands, one on the hip the other pointing and
exclaiming, "Fasten your seat Belts it's going to be a long night"
love the muse!
the plays' the thing....willy the shake
Mike Reid
> > Bette Davis puts her hands in side-pockets 3-4 times in this film,
> but she
> > doesn't wear anything that has back-pockets. Will any kind soul
> point me to
> > a film where she shows her `style'?
>
> I believe this line refers to the film "The Petrified Forest", in
> which Bette Davis is wearing
> jeans, and is the only film I can remember her do so?
>
> In one scene with Leslie Howard, while they're taking a walk in the
> desert, she sticks her
> hands in her back pockets.
But WHICH WAY AROUND? (Palms against, umm..., body or not?).
Sorry for shouting, but this is the quesion on everyone's (?) mind...
--
Mike Reid, M.R...@phys.canterbury.ac.nz.pacific [Delete the ocean]
Christchurch, New Zealand.
DifficultyOn
>From: "John Lettiere" lett...@ix.netcom.com
>Date: 7/5/2002 10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <ag4l33$lma$1...@slb2.atl.mindspring.net>
>
<snip>
Thanks for the refreshed memory. I enjoyed reading your post.
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edlis
Any details? Date? Place? Photographer?
nate
http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/be/bd/b6/bebdb64cb3af33f52a444fb3921952d5.jpg
from Petrified Forest, front pockets. i just spent a whole googleramala investigating and i think is the best we can do.
bob was using poetic license. the movie is about poetry after all.
- nate
JD Chase
"All about eve" is one of my all time favorite's, it's immensely enjoyable, the dialogue is just *so* sparkling and clever and witty...
Will Dockery
:D
luisb...@aol.com
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> - nate