#alice pearce

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Giulietta Masina (La Strada, Fortunella, Nights of Cabiria)—To me, she is the DEFINITION of scrungly little guy, always, but especially in La Strada. She is hilarious, adorable and heartbreaking all in one. She was born in a wet cardboard box all alone. She is the slapstick clown woman of my dreams. She gets called an "ugly artichoke" TWICE in that film (not true, very brutal, but quite funny - she's the wife of the director too, might I add). Her face is so brilliant, no one ever emoted like she did. She is Pierrot Hot, simple as. Gif of the exact moment I fell in love with her upon first seeing this film, if you wanna include it: [link]

Alice Pearce (On the Town)— She is timid she is bold she is thirsty she is awkward she is me she is you she is everything. She is Alice Pearce and she was playing Lucy Schmeeler onstage in the Broadway hit ON THE TOWN, and Gene Kelly saw it and immediately knew two things: (1) he wanted to do a movie version and (B) only if Alice Pearce reprised her original role. And both things happened, hallelujah, so now we can enjoy forever her making an allergy-ridden mess of a blind date with Gene Kelly in the most relatable way possible, and if it doesn't scream SCRUNGLE in fifty-foot neon-lit all caps with a brass band fanfare and a side of fireworks, then I'm the New York subway system. *sneezes and laughs maniacally, somehow breaking a table in the process*

This is round 3 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you’re confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Giulietta:

She's Italian, isn't that enough? No? Fine. She also won two Cannes film awards and is best known for her character in La Strada, in which she played a young woman who fell in love with her captor and witnessed the cruelty of humanity, but still never really lost her child-like spirit.

Masina has a wonderful impish, scrungly quality to her that made her perfect for her iconic Sad Clown type roles. She got tons of comparisons to Chaplin (who despite being handsome, certainly *played* scrungles) and goddamn if they aren’t true. Like yes, she’s obviously beautiful when glammed up, but even in promotional photos, Masina always has this weirdo quality to her. I could see her playing a strange little goblin sidekick to Columbo as he solves a murder in Italy. Even in Nights of Cabiria, where she’s ostensibly playing an object of desire, Masina carries herself with a gait usually reserved for old crones and character actors, (which only makes her yearning for happiness more tragic!).

Alice Pearce:

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Alice Pearce (October 16, 1917 – March 3, 1966)

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The Belle Of New York (1952)

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Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 1

Kay Thompson (1909-1998): Funny Face (1957) - Maggie Prescott Was the vocal arranger for Meet Me in St Louis (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) and Zigfield Follies (1945)

"god this woman had swag! as well as her iconic role in funny face she did a lot behind the scenes in movie musicals. she was MGM's top vocal arranger, vocal coach, and choral director in the 40s and coached many stars including Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, and June Allyson. some of the musicals she was the arranger for were Meet Me in St. Louis, Till the Clouds Roll By, The Harvey Girls, Ziegfeld Follies, and The Pirate." - anonymous

Alice Pearce (1917-1966): On the Town (1949) | The Glass Bottomed Boat (1966) | The Belle of New York (1952)

"I've only seen her in On The Town as the fabulous Lucy, but she steals every scene she's in and I wish she were better known." - anonymous

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Kay Thompson:

"Absolutely icon for Think Pink! in Funny Face and just the best behind the scenes influence. Liza Minelli's godmother too." - anonymous

Video submitted by: anonymous | Photos submitted by: anonymous

Alice Pearce:

Photos submitted by: anonymous | Video submitted by: anonymous

[oldshowbiz]

The Emmy Awards honor Lee Grant, Don Knotts, and Alice Pearce.

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S2, Ep. 4: My Grandson, the Warlock (1965) Bewitched (1964-1972)

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More from the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars: Jamed Doohan in Bewitched, season 2, episode 12, "A Strange Little Visitor" (original airdate December 2, 1965). Jimmy plays the father of a young warlock Samantha and Darrin agree to babysit; hijinks and misunderstandings ensue.

This episode exists in color, but the only color copy I had access to was even more low-res than this.

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Alice Pearce (New York City, 16/10/1917-Hollywood, California, 3/03/1966).

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3 marzo … ricordiamo …

3 marzo … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Tom Sizemore, Thomas Edward Sizemore, attore, produttore cinematografico e cantante statunitense. Sposato con l’attrice e divorziato con Maeve Quinlan. E’ stato legato a Janelle McIntire da cui ha avuto due figli. (n.1961) 2022: Tim Considine, Timothy Daniel Considine, attore e fotografo statunitense. Considine ha sposato Charlotte Stewart. Dieci anni dopo, ha sposato Willett Hunt.…

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Heard this silly novelty song recently.

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Dear Heart

I have a strange relationship with Geraldine Page’s work. I like her best in the material for which she has the least respect. Put her in a mindless comedy or melodrama, and she delivers a wonderful performance, often much more fleshed out than what was in the script. And I delighted in her deft playing of Alan Ayckbourn’s farce ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR on Broadway. Put her in Tennessee Williams or Woody Allen at his most serious or, goddess help us, Chekhov, and after five minutes I want to step out for a smoke. I’ve never smoked. I hate smoking. But I’d take it up to get away from those self-conscious, mannered performances. Between her on-screen bouts with Williams and Chekhov, Page was cast in Delbert Mann’s romantic comedy DEAR HEART (1964, TCM), and she’s a delight. You can see echoes of her more serious work — the fussiness she brought to Alma Winemiller and a gesture she would slow down to an almost glacial pace in INTERIORS (1978) — but here it all serves to make the character more endearing and dimensional. As a single woman of a certain age attending a post master’s convention in New York, she’s like the new Jean Arthur. Her Evie Jackson comes off the train from Ohio at the start and knows the names of all her fellow passengers and the porters. She leaves messages for herself at the hotel desk or has herself paged just to feel somebody cares. Then she meets Glenn Ford’s womanizing greeting card salesman, who’s about to move into an office job and marriage to “that tomato from Altoona” (Angela Lansbury), and something magical happens. Her fussy, detailed acting and his proficient, studio-trained mining of personality meet and make something beautiful. There’s a scene in which he shows her the apartment he’s just rented for himself and Lansbury that’s a gorgeous acting duet, and they have a fully dressed scene in Page’s hotel room that’s one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen. You half expect them to light cigarettes when it’s over. Tad Mosel adapted the script from his TV play. When he’s writing for the adults it’s spot on. The early scenes for Lansbury’s son (Michael Anderson, Jr.) appear to have been written by somebody with no understanding of young people, and Anderson comes off almost unbearably glib (he settles in later). Lansbury is very good as Ford’s fiancée, and the supporting cast also includes Barbara Nichols as another of her cheap blondes (but this one is funnier than she is irritating), Richard Deacon as the convention’s manager and a glorious trio of cranky old women played by Ruth McDevitt, Mary Wickes and Alice Pearce (I’m always amazed at how much nuance she can bring to roles like this). The Henry Mancini-Jay Livingston-Ray Evans theme song — the producers liked it so much they named the film for it — was more successful than the movie, but I think the film is ripe for rediscovery along with some of Delbert Mann’s other late works.

[hotvintagepoll]

Alice Pearce (On the Town)— She is timid she is bold she is thirsty she is awkward she is me she is you she is everything. She is Alice Pearce and she was playing Lucy Schmeeler onstage in the Broadway hit ON THE TOWN, and Gene Kelly saw it and immediately knew two things: (1) he wanted to do a movie version and (B) only if Alice Pearce reprised her original role. And both things happened, hallelujah, so now we can enjoy forever her making an allergy-ridden mess of a blind date with Gene Kelly in the most relatable way possible, and if it doesn't scream SCRUNGLE in fifty-foot neon-lit all caps with a brass band fanfare and a side of fireworks, then I'm the New York subway system. *sneezes and laughs maniacally, somehow breaking a table in the process*

Frank Gorshin (Bells Are Ringing, That Darn Cat)—you ever get the intrusive thought “what if james cagney was a shrimp?” well when I do I start thinking about Frank Gorshin. as the hippie in bells are ringing and the bad guy in that darn cat he brings the itchy shrimp energy hard.

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Alice Pearce:

Frank Gorshin:

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Alice Pearce (October 16, 1917 – March 3, 1966)

[laciefuyu]

Apparently, Happy Halloween from NXX! (Alice in Wonderland <3)

(Also, today starts off the Free Artem Tennis MR in tw server if anyone plays or is interested to make a new account there XD)

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In 1909, in a drunken stupor, Captain Jack Harkness’ men had run over a little girl and killed her. She turned out to have been the chosen one of the fairies. A week later when they were all traveling on a train, his men were all killed by the fairies and their mouths filled with rose petals. ("Small Worlds", Torchwood, TV)

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S1, Ep. 29: Abner Kadabra (1965) Bewitched (1964-1972)