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[Mamie]

Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:39pm

Thanks Margo. Even when I was a little girl it was always my dream to grow up and either look like Ms. Loy or BE like her. Only she could be both. Sadly, I grew up to look more like William Powell. (My tongue is slightly imbedded in my cheek.) She's still my ideal.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:43pm

I'm in the thick of the Gielgud letters and they are priceless, not only for their historical importance, but for the delicious (and eye-opening!) bits of naughtiness in which Gielgud would indulge. For example:
" Such a pretty boy came around yesterday---about 23, at the University, fair hair, blue eyes, perfect skin and teeth, a red blazer and brand new short blue manch (corduroy trousers) which creaked along beside me as I hurried him into my dressing room to give him advice about the future! I restrained myself with the utmost difficulty from trying to make a date. The town is awash with such entrancing creatures, all in the best kind of campus deshabille, which is so attractive. The girls, on the other hand, wear ankle socks and sneakers and look simply hideous."
---from SIR JOHN GIELGUD: A LIFE IN LETTERS Updated On: 8/9/04 at 11:43 PM

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:48pm

I was not kidding about the set of Caligula.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:50pm

I'm heading out to the west coast for a wedding Thursday and need some reading material for the plane an the weekend -- the Gielgud letters sound like just the ticket. It sounds yummy!

And Mamie --
Loy was and always will be the epitome of class and distinction. No one ever looked so smart, sexy and glamorous after 5 martinis (and in every other situation). We ALL should want to be like her!

Updated On: 8/9/04 at 11:50 PM

[MusicMan]

Posted: 8/9/04 at 11:54pm

But ya are, Margo, YA ARE!