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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Oct 15, 2012 21:29:46 GMT
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Post by woofy on Oct 16, 2012 0:28:16 GMT
Apologies to Rudi:  |
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Post by Monk's Moll on Oct 16, 2012 13:14:54 GMT
I love Rudolph, it's so sad he never had the home and family he always wanted. Woofy, I love that picture! I think Rudolph would love it too  . |
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Post by woofy on Oct 16, 2012 15:18:34 GMT
I love Rudolph, it's so sad he never had the home and family he always wanted. Woofy, I love that picture! I think Rudolph would love it too . Thanks, Ms. Moll. (Or may I call you Monk?) I did that picture about ten years ago. Camel cigarettes were doing a promotion back then with an anthropomorphized critter called "Joe Camel". When I first saw the original Valentino picture with the ciggie, I just had to do a play on the Camel ad. I called it "Valentino". (My fist choice for a title was "Camel Joe", but I thought that sounded too much like camel toe--so Valentino it bacame.) |
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Post by woofy on Oct 16, 2012 15:21:22 GMT
Is anyone familiar with the "powder puff" reference (re Valentino) in Hollywood Babylon? You have to take anything Kenneth Anger says with a grain of salt, but I've always wondered how true that story was.
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Post by Monk's Moll on Oct 16, 2012 23:44:16 GMT
I love Rudolph, it's so sad he never had the home and family he always wanted. Woofy, I love that picture! I think Rudolph would love it too . Thanks, Ms. Moll. (Or may I call you Monk?) I did that picture about ten years ago. Camel cigarettes were doing a promotion back then with an anthropomorphized critter called "Joe Camel". When I first saw the original Valentino picture with the ciggie, I just had to do a play on the Camel ad. I called it "Valentino". (My fist choice for a title was "Camel Joe", but I thought that sounded too much like camel toe--so Valentino it bacame.) Please, call me MM, everyone else does . Monk is reserved for my machine-gun assembling sweetie (wow, that sounds like a song!)  . I remember seeing Joe Camel, at one point he was wearing a suit and sunglasses. I think your version is much, much better  ! I have to say, I didn't know what a camel toe was until a few months ago, lol. I'd hear the term and think "Camel toe? What is this camel toe?" ;D |
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Post by Monk's Moll on Oct 17, 2012 0:00:06 GMT
Is anyone familiar with the "powder puff" reference (re Valentino) in Hollywood Babylon? You have to take anything Kenneth Anger says with a grain of salt, but I've always wondered how true that story was. I am familiar with the quote, although I've read it in other books and have a copy of Dark Lover. I've never read Hollywood Babylon but from what I understand, you're absolutely right. A newspaper columnist referred to Valentino as a pink powder puff, if I have that right. Rudolph challenged him to a fight, which never came off. I don't think he was a powder puff;it seemed some men felt threatened because his gentle, quiet masculinity and smoldering good looks appealed to women so much, and still does . |
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Post by Monk's Moll on Oct 17, 2012 0:07:16 GMT
Give a shout out if you think Nita Naldi was the best of Rudolph's leading ladies . What a beautiful gal! |
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Post by woofy on Oct 17, 2012 0:39:55 GMT
Okey dokey. M&M it is. (Plain or peanut?) I wonder what the male equivalent of a camel toe is? (A sloppy salami?) Here's a reference I found for the "powder puff" comment: www.chicagotribune.com/chi-flashback002t20080123112431,0,6635917.photo Hollywood Babylon (the first one) was a very entertaining book. Kenneth Anger is a real pisser. The only problem is that he treats rumor and innuendo as if they are gospel truth. Still, it's worth reading as long as you do so with a jaundiced eye. Nita Naldi was really Mary Dooley, an Irish girl from NYC. She had a lot of tragedy in her life and her acting pretty much stalled long before the advent of sound films. I think she had a lot of talent but circumstances conspired to hold her down. Sad story. |
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Post by Monk's Moll on Oct 18, 2012 19:07:23 GMT
Peanut M&Ms are the best ! LOL, sloppy salami! I'll have to check the book out sometime . Nita had been in Queer People with Dwight, and critics just savaged her. She was a talented and beautiful lady, and it is a sad story. |
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Post by woofy on Oct 18, 2012 23:07:16 GMT
Peanut M&Ms are the best ! LOL, sloppy salami! I'll have to check the book out sometime . Nita had been in Queer People with Dwight, and critics just savaged her. She was a talented and beautiful lady, and it is a sad story. Amen, sister M&M. I suffer from peanuts envy myself. I think Nita Naldi was pretty much a stage actress who never did learn the technique of film acting. The exaggerated gestures that work on the stage had a place in silent films, but sound films required an acting subtlety that Ms. Naldi lacked in abundance. Of course, this was true of a lot of stars and starlets who couldn't make the transition. |
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Post by Violet on Oct 20, 2012 15:18:04 GMT
These are beautiful, Mrs V. I just adore Rudy. Give a shout out if you think Nita Naldi was the best of Rudolph's leading ladies . What a beautiful gal! Nita Naldi was fabulous, MM. I watched Cobra again a few nights ago, it has always been one of my favourites. She really was stunning. I also really like Vilma Banky. I think The Eagle might be my favourite Rudy film. |
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Post by Violet on Feb 17, 2013 12:39:01 GMT
This is some of my favourite footage of Rudy. He had such a sweet smile. As the man that women adored and men emulated, it caused quite an uproar at the time when Rudy appeared with facial hair. News about Rudy's new moustache and beard featured in newspapers across the country and barbers were reportedly extremely nervous about the prospect of a new trend. Personally, I quite like it. |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on May 14, 2013 16:40:32 GMT
Valentino as an infant.   |
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