The Helen Hayes follow-up is even more delightful!
I once heard a great line attributed to Ms. Stapleton who, in talking about the broad-grinned features of the lyricist Adolph Green, said, "He's the only man I'd rather go down on than kiss."
This is where I realize how strange it is that a lot of people I know would object more to the first word in the Stapleton quotation than the naughty word later on!
Well, this was quite the charming tale. And, as it happens, today would have also been my father’s 100th birthday, God rest his Irish soul. He adored the word “broad” and I too am a Maureen, so I feel pretty connected to this post. 😀
I didn't attend the Dewhurst memorial, but a former colleague did. When I asked her about it, she could only mutter, "Maureen Stapleton," in shocked tones. I could never get her to say what upset her so much. While I can't confirm the Caldwell story, I feel pretty certain that it (or something like it) happened.
Belatedly, wotta dame … broadly speaking.
The Helen Hayes follow-up is even more delightful!
I once heard a great line attributed to Ms. Stapleton who, in talking about the broad-grinned features of the lyricist Adolph Green, said, "He's the only man I'd rather go down on than kiss."
No idea of its factuality.
Ha -- good one!
As the newspaperman says at the end of John Ford's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence": "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
Thank you, thank Miss Hayes and thank Sallie for the best laugh in months.
Kiwis usually give a resounding two cheers whenever an Australian *person* wins anything. It's a tough habit to break.
Nice one, Maureen, and happy centenary.
This is where I realize how strange it is that a lot of people I know would object more to the first word in the Stapleton quotation than the naughty word later on!
Oh, indeed!
Enchanting! Thank you.
Well, this was quite the charming tale. And, as it happens, today would have also been my father’s 100th birthday, God rest his Irish soul. He adored the word “broad” and I too am a Maureen, so I feel pretty connected to this post. 😀
Let’s celebrate your father too, and God rest and bless his Irish soul!
Thank you, good sir!
At a party, the movie star Jean Harlow kept insolently addressing Lady Margot Asquith by her first name, mispronouncing it "Margott."
Lady Asquith gracefully corrected her: "The final T is silent, my dear — as in Harlow."
I didn't attend the Dewhurst memorial, but a former colleague did. When I asked her about it, she could only mutter, "Maureen Stapleton," in shocked tones. I could never get her to say what upset her so much. While I can't confirm the Caldwell story, I feel pretty certain that it (or something like it) happened.
Favorite Maureen Stapleton (as Emma Goldman) line from Reds follows.
Warren Beatty (as Jack Reed): "Come on, E.G., I'll walk you home. "
Maureen: "Why? I won't' hurt anybody."
che fica!