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'''Winston Churchill:''' Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly. }} |
'''Winston Churchill:''' Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly. }} |
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** This exchange was confirmed to Richard Langworth by Ronald Golding, a bodyguard present on the occasion as Churchill was leaving the House of Commons in 1946. (Note that in the 1934 movie ''It's a Gift'', W.C. Fields' character, when told he is drunk, responds, "Yeah, and you're crazy. But I'll be sober tomorrow and you'll be crazy the rest of your life.") |
** This exchange was confirmed to Richard Langworth by Ronald Golding, a bodyguard present on the occasion as Churchill was leaving the House of Commons in 1946. (Note that in the 1934 movie ''It's a Gift'', W.C. Fields' character, when told he is drunk, responds, "Yeah, and you're crazy. But I'll be sober tomorrow and you'll be crazy the rest of your life.") |
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* The actresses [http://im.in.com/connect/images/profile/oct2009/Florence_Bates_300.jpg Florence Bates]{{Dead link}}, [ |
* The actresses [http://im.in.com/connect/images/profile/oct2009/Florence_Bates_300.jpg Florence Bates]{{Dead link}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150808110245/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Symona.jpg/200px-Symona.jpg Symona Boniface], [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Constance_Collier_in_Rope_trailer.jpg Constance Collier], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930221722/http://www.cyranos.ch/spcoope.jpg Gladys Cooper], [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Rs53-MPsJaI/SYaDVKEx3cI/AAAAAAAALa8/ym6z6ubrNOw/s400/dinner-at-8-marie-dressler.jpg Marie Dressler], [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_madyzqmHA2o/SPStIQ2NAyI/AAAAAAAAB2E/gW4Q4ZhcxQo/s400/Margaret+Dumont.jpg Margaret Dumont], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMbIu8lRlWw Edith Evans], [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2893514748_20e51238b3.jpg?v=0 Hermione Gingold], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131013113718/http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Lady-Catherine-de-Bourgh-played-by-Edna-May-Oliver-in-Pride-and-Prejudice-1940.jpg Edna May Oliver], and [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Helen_Westley_in_Roberta_(1935)_trailer.jpg Helen Westley] specialized in this sort of rôle, but in most cases the actresses themselves were noted for having a keen sense of humor. |
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** It was claimed by Groucho Marx throughout most of their lives that Margaret Dumont never understood what was supposed to be funny about the [[Marx Brothers]]' comedy; however, Dumont was a long-time veteran of the comedy stage herself, and well understood that the more unamused she herself seemed, the funnier the jokes would be for the audience. |
** It was claimed by Groucho Marx throughout most of their lives that Margaret Dumont never understood what was supposed to be funny about the [[Marx Brothers]]' comedy; however, Dumont was a long-time veteran of the comedy stage herself, and well understood that the more unamused she herself seemed, the funnier the jokes would be for the audience. |
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** Margaret had married a millionaire, and was this in real life. She commuted to the studio by air from her mansions in Palm Springs and Paris (back when air travel was for the very rich only. |
** Margaret had married a millionaire, and was this in real life. She commuted to the studio by air from her mansions in Palm Springs and Paris (back when air travel was for the very rich only. |
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