Who Are Your Screen Parents?

[CineMaven]

James Edwards and Theresa Harris.

Mama / Papa.

[JackFavell]

You have gorgeous parents, Maven. I see where you got your looks.

Aunts - Aline MacMahon, Ruth Hussey, Glenda Farrell, Fay Bainter , Edna May Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, Hope Emerson

Uncles - Frank McHugh, Jack Carson, Thomas Mitchell, Frank Morgan, James Gleason, Rhys Williams, Oscar Homolka,

Grandpas - Harry Davenport, Cuddles Sakall
Grandmas - Sara Allgood, Hattie McDaniel

Friends of the family - Jessie Royce Landis, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith, Chill Wills

[CineMaven]

Thank you ma'am. I'd reveal my whole family tree (my aunts, uncles, grand parents and cousins) are made of a whole racially diverse Benetton color scheme. But before I tackle that...I know I must tackle writing about "NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH." Here's a snippet...

NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH

"I never count my chickens before their necks.”

WHEW!! What a tough little movie “No Orchids for Miss Blandish” is. I have never even heard of this film before, so I’m very grateful for the heads up. But I gotta tell ya (and I’m not going to explain this very well), this movie felt strange to me. It felt like a..a clone. I felt like I was watching someone who studied “The Gangster Film” genre, took all its ingredients and made a movie of the mix.

It felt like a movie once removed.

I told you I wouldn’t be able to be coherent.

The Grissom gang is a wonderful motley ‘crue’ of Hollywood gangster-types. Maybe that’s it –everyone is A Type. There’s the:

* The Hot-headed Psycho who’s already been described as having a Leo Gorcey type dialect. He’ll bash you in the head as soon as look at’cha.

* The Small-Time Weasly Hood who gives up concessions with every weasly, pitiful, squealy yelp. He looked like he was a man zombified by atomic poisoning.

* The Mentally-Challenged Stoogie Guy who breaks under pressure, everyone is his boss and can smack him around…even the newspaper hound. Stoogie looks like he didn’t have an STD treated in time. He breathes through his nose.

And then there is....------

Oh wait...WHAT does this have to do with my cinematic family tree? Uhmmmm...er.....oh, Jack LaRue is one of my long lost cousins.

(More in the appropriate thread...)

[JackFavell]

I'm already into it - don't wait too long!

Jack LaRue - a long lost cousin ?.... OK. Sure. I believe that.... Like Tony Barrett was Helen Walker's cousin in Impact....

[movieman1957]

Yeah, that would be my luck.

[JackFavell]

Oh! that's hysterical!

[moira finnie]

Can't wait for the rest of the story on Blandish and company!

Maybe we should all add a list of...

Cousins No One Talks About:

Jack Elam, Timothy Carey, Henry Kulky, Lon Chaney, Jr.

[JackFavell]

Add Dwight Frye to the list of cousins NOTA.

There probably should be a list of wicked Uncles - George Sanders tops my list...

[mongoII]

My dad: Harpo Marx
My mom: Barbara Hale

My brother: Larry Parks
My sister: Doris Day

My grandparents: Lucile Watson & Harry Davenport

My Uncle: Henry Travers
My Aunt: Gladys George

My cousin: Rondo Hatton

My dearest friend: Hattie McDaniel

[CineMaven]

I'm already into it - don't wait too long!

Jack LaRue - a long lost cousin ?.... OK. Sure. I believe that.... Like Tony Barrett was Helen Walker's cousin in Impact...."

<<< ((( NEW MESSAGE ))) >>>

Jackaaaaaaaaaaaay...we really are sisters under the mink, but you mock me.

Why, Jack LaRue would be like a long lost cousin. A...kissing cousin.

[moira finnie]

My dad: Harpo Marx
My mom: Barbara Hale

Do you look like more like Harpo or Della, er...I mean Ms. Hale?

My grandparents: Lucile Watson & Harry Davenport

Hey! How could my grandmother Lucile and yours be married to to Donald Crisp and Harry Davenport? Don't tell me. All the family secrets are spilling out. Lucile...you, you hussy!!

My Aunt: Gladys George

LOVE IT!

[klondike]

Yeah, that would be my luck.

Now, Chris, you needn't be so critictal!
The Boltnecks are fine, upstanding people [of Czech descent, I believe] - a little stiff-necked, but some of my best friends are conservatives!

[mongoII]

Moira, I use to look more like my dad Harpo Marx since I had a head full of curls, and I didn't talk much.

[JackFavell]

I think Harpo Marx would have been the perfect dad, Mongo! Great choice.