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Lauren Bacall 1924-2014. She'll be missed!

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mmk123 Enthusiast

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Lauren Bacall had a classic old Hollywood look - such a beautiful woman and was always very classy. A true Hollywood legend who will be missed.

bostonman Grand Master

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Particular apt for this site You put your lips apart and blow.

 

Except of course the line is "you put your lips together" (not apart), lol.

 

An unforgettable actress, an incredible career - even including leading roles in two Broadway musicals, with her odd basso profundo sound.

 

Unreal to realize we've lost two giants of the entertainment world in 2 days.

 

Rest in peace, Betty.

deej Grand Master

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even including leading roles in two Broadway musicals, with her odd basso profundo sound.

 

Since I heard the news, I've had some of the soundtrack from "Applause, Applause" playing in my head.

 

WHO'S THAT GIRL WITH THE PERMANENT WAVE,

WOULD SOMEBODY TELL ME PLEASE.

LOOK AT HER, MISS 1954.

 

(at some point she actually bellowed "floy joy, floy joy" and "Hey, bob-a-roonie")

 

At the end: "It's me!"

 

Yeah, Betty. It was always you. R.I.P.

purplekow Grand Master

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Except of course the line is "you put your lips together" (not apart), lol.

 

An unforgettable actress, an incredible career - even including leading roles in two Broadway musicals, with her odd basso profundo sound.

 

Unreal to realize we've lost two giants of the entertainment world in 2 days.

 

Rest in peace, Betty.

 

 

I was considering adding the tail that I was aware of the departure from the original. No quotes on mine.

You are correct though, very few would have imagined her in a Broadway musical when she made her movie debut in to Have and Have Not and first exhibited that sultry voice and urged Bogart to blow.

 

At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, she put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line she says to him in their first film together To Have and Have Not (1944): "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow.".

Okliehomo Experienced

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Some of you guys may recall that I was completely obsessed with finding a certain poster of Miss Bacall when she starred in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth".

 

Thought it had been produced in London (and it had) but the poster was from a US tour also starring Henderson Forsythe.... the poster was designed by the Eula and it is so fucking cool.

 

About 6 feet tall in my living room. And she looks amazing.

 

Classy, all her life. Even with Frank Sinatra. And Robards.

 

Think that she always appreciated it and knew how lucky she was.

 

And that's rare.

Guest Starbuck

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A little story to commemorate the passing of Lauren Bacall. I like it because it captures the sexy, sophisticated, wise-cracking personality that I think of as uniquely hers:

 

A few decades ago, after one of Bacall's memoirs was published, a woman friend of mine stood in line at a signing to get her copy autographed. While she waited, she tried to think of something clever to say and, when it was her turn, she handed Bacall the book and said, "I wish I had your cheekbones."

 

And Bacall, without missing a beat, said, "Well, my dear, I'm not done with them yet."

N13 Experienced

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At the risk of offending everybody....Why is is that when someone dies only the 'good' is spoken [or written] about them? In fact, Ms. Bacall, although a big star, was not particularly a nice person. Many from the chorus of Applause, after she left, were fond of wearing "I survived the B.O.B.!" tee shirts. B.O.B standing for Bitch of Broadway. My own meeting with her was very nasty and uncalled for - and far from gracious - on her part. She was, indeed, a bitch and very full of herself. Talented, beautiful, classy appearing, but, in reality...not so nice.

 

OK boys...attack away!!

Lookin Grand Master

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I don't think we're the only society that has problems with shades of grey, but we're right up there. We want our heroes to be faultless and we want our scoundrels to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

 

As, with the possible exception of some of our fellow Board members http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif, hardly anyone falls fully and neatly into just one of these two categories, we learn time and again that our heroes sometimes have clay feet and that even miscreants have been known to send flowers on Valentine's Day.

 

http://therealplantdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wilted_red_roses.jpg

 

 

Still, if there's ever a time to speak well of someone and overlook her faults, it's when she's heading for the Pearly Gates.

 

Never ran into Ms. Bacall personally but it wouldn't surprise me to learn she had her good days and she had her bad days.

 

But, if there's ever a time to focus on the good ones, I think it would be today. http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/rose-smiley.gif

WilliamM Grand Master

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At the risk of offending everybody....Why is is that when someone dies only the 'good' is spoken [or written] about them? In fact, Ms. Bacall, although a big star, was not particularly a nice person. Many from the chorus of Applause, after she left, were fond of wearing "I survived the B.O.B.!" tee shirts. B.O.B standing for Bitch of Broadway. My own meeting with her was very nasty and uncalled for - and far from gracious - on her part. She was, indeed, a bitch and very full of herself. Talented, beautiful, classy appearing, but, in reality...not so nice.

 

The same thing happened when Lucille Ball died. In time, her daughter, Lucie Arnaz, said on a talk show with high ratings that her mother was a totally different person from the "Lucy character" on television. If Lauren Bacall was as bad as you say, now is not the best time to discuss it -- but eventually people will talk about her on the record.

deej Grand Master

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Margo Channing goes to a gay bar:

 

[video=youtube_share;xRikWbT6WG0]

 

From a telecast in 1973, so it was actually sort of ahead of its time. (For comparison, "Liza with a Z" almost didn't make it past network censors in 1972.)

BSR Grand Master

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At the risk of offending everybody....Why is is that when someone dies only the 'good' is spoken [or written] about them? In fact, Ms. Bacall, although a big star, was not particularly a nice person. Many from the chorus of Applause, after she left, were fond of wearing "I survived the B.O.B.!" tee shirts. B.O.B standing for Bitch of Broadway. My own meeting with her was very nasty and uncalled for - and far from gracious - on her part. She was, indeed, a bitch and very full of herself. Talented, beautiful, classy appearing, but, in reality...not so nice.

 

OK boys...attack away!!

 

Interesting, I assumed this was something every one was brought up with, but apparently not. The reason it is considered poor form to speak ill of the dead is that the deceased is no longer around to defend him/herself. That doesn't mean that you are obliged to give insincere eulogies for the deceased. For example, if Lucy Arnez had remained silent after her mother's death, that silence would have spoken volumes, yet I wouldn't criticize her. But to attack her mother after she died was classless because Ms. Arnez had plenty of time to say something while Ms. Ball was still alive. Then again, a public war of words might have allowed withering criticism of Arnez to come to light. Arnez's public statements after her mother's death amounted to nothing other than a paroxysm of ugly self-indulgence.

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Interesting' date=' I assumed this was something every one was brought up with, but apparently not. The reason it is considered poor form to speak ill of the dead is that the deceased is no longer around to defend him/herself. That doesn't mean that you are obliged to give insincere eulogies for the deceased. For example, if Lucy Arnez had remained silent after her mother's death, that silence would have spoken volumes, yet I wouldn't criticize her. But to attack her mother after she died was classless because Ms. Arnez had plenty of time to say something while Ms. Ball was still alive. Then again, a public war of words might have allowed withering criticism of Arnez to come to light. Arnez's public statements after her mother's death amounted to nothing other than a paroxysm of ugly self-indulgence.[/quote']

 

I need to put Lucie Arnaz's comments in context. Lucie looked at and personally responded to every letter or card of condolence, she and her brother, Desi Arnaz, Jr. received -- it took her a very long time because her mother was one of the most popular people who ever appeared on television. Many of the letters and cards were about the Lucy of "I Love Lucy," not the person Lucie knew very well.

 

She did say that Lucille Ball was a workaholic, and often less interested in her husband, children and grandchildren than her current television show. Lucie did not say her mother was abusive, a drunk, or a bad mother. And she waited several years after her mother died before saying anything.

Gar1eth Grand Master

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Bacall To Arms

 

As a child not knowing really anything about Lauren Bacall, this was still one of my favorite Merrie Melodies.

 

[video=youtube_share;OWoIyQoEttE]

 

 

Gman

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OK, so Lucie Arnaz (oops, had no idea of the correct spelling in my previous post) didn't make her mother out to be a monster and she waited a few years after her death. But bottom line, she publicly criticized her mother after her mother was no longer around to respond. I am left to wonder why Lucie Arnaz felt the need to make any public statement at all. So the f*ck what if Lucille Ball's legacy doesn't jibe with Lucie Arnaz's personal feelings? Lucy's qualities as a mother are not a matter of public policy. Nobody's taxes will be raised, no government programs will be cut, no crime was committed, nobody's life is affected one way or another by the "truth" (according to Lucie Arnaz, because her mother's side of the story will never be heard). As for the cards & letters of condolence, a simple "thank you for your kind thoughts and words" or something to that effect would have sufficed. If I had sent a letter of condolence, I simply would have wanted the family to know that Lucille Ball was a beloved comedienne. I certainly wouldn't expect, nor would want, a response that aired out all the family's dirty laundry. Lucille Ball died at the age of 77. That left her daughter decades post-childhood to set the public record straight. But speaking out while Lucy was still alive would have invited unwelcome repercussions. Maybe Lucy would have retaliated by making some ugly private matters about her daughter public. Or maybe Lucy would have reduced Lucie's inheritance or disinherited her altogether. But by waiting until after her mother's death, Lucie Arnaz got to have her cake and eat it too.

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I feel a song coming on...

 

Wrapped around each other

Trying so hard to stay warm

That first cold winter together

Lying in each others arms

Watching those old movies

Falling in love so desperately

Honey, I was your hero

And you were my leading lady

We had it all

Just like Bogie and Bacall

Starring in our old late, late show

Sailing away to Key Largo

Here's lookin' at you kid

Missing all the things we did

We can find it once again, I know

Just like they did in Key Largo

Honey, can't you remember

We played all the parts

That sweet scene of surrender

When you gave me your heart

Please say you will

Play it again

'Cause I love you still

Baby, this can't be the end

We had it all

(We had it all)

Just like Bogie and Bacall

Starring in our old late, late show

Sailing away to Key Largo

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