Jane Russell

[theuofc]

.....According to the obits, Jane was rather 'Christian Right wing' - but I suppose most wealthy US folks are .....

Hi, Julian,

It's hard to stereotype "US folks". There are uber wealthy U.S. folks who are Buddhists.

Actually, mega-wealthy Hollywood folks, aka actors, tend to be Liberals and Democrats (not always). Sometimes it depends on what they were religiously and politically before they made their money. It's true that inherited wealth will incline toward the Republican party platform, but even there they aren't necessarily Conservative Republicans, nor Right Wing, nor Christian, nor Christian-Right Wing.

Humans are pretty complicated.

Best,

Barbara

[Arfur Teacake]

The Dick Emery Show in Australia (TV Series 1977) - IMDb

Oh alright then I'll get my coat.

ah hah! what about Derek Dene then died at 53. ?

[ShirlGirl]

But given that there are no rules, that previous criteria shouldn't be taken as a rule. Steve

Criteria: The rules you have when you're not having any rules.

[Moor Larkin]

Jane Russell didn't seem to have much time for *rules*. Probably another reason why she just seems so innately attractive.....

[ShirlGirl]

East is East, and West is West
And her life's come to a close
But I'll remember her with Bob And Roy
On the silver screen, and I just mean
that Son of Paleface scene
,where she'll always be singing those Buttons and Bows.

R.I.P Jane, you really were fabulous.

I was lucky enough to see Jane on stage in Sydney many years ago and she was magic, had the audience in the palm of her hand. She sang "Buttons and Bows", also "Big Bad Jane" which Peggy Lee wrote for her based on Johnny Cash's Big Bad John... it brought the house down.


Delighted to find her on YouTube singing both those songs in 2004:

[cassidy]

Didn't know Johnny Cash did Big Bad John. Wasn't it Jimmy Dean who had the hit ?

I was lucky enough to see Jane on stage in Sydney many years ago and she was magic, had the audience in the palm of her hand. She sang "Buttons and Bows", also "Big Bad Jane" which Peggy Lee wrote for her based on Johnny Cash's Big Bad John... it brought the house down.


Delighted to find her on YouTube singing both those songs in 2004:

[ShirlGirl]

Didn't know Johnny Cash did Big Bad John. Wasn't it Jimmy Dean who had the hit ?

You're right, Cassidy. Jimmy Dean wrote it and it was his hit.
Could have sworn Cash recorded it, too, but I can't find any evidence of that on the web.

[flynn]

just thought i would mention. that BBC4 is showing the Jane Russell film The Outlaw. at 10pm tonight

[will.15]

That is a really bad movie only watchable for Russell (and not for her acting). She would get better later.

[zettel45]

That is a really bad movie only watchable for Russell (and not for her acting). She would get better later.

Heh. The Outlaw is usually described as "unusual", which is a polite way of saying "abysmal" so far as I can see. Not Russell's fault, of course. Howard Hughes really, really, really, really, REALLY couldn't direct.

[TimR]

I missed this thread. Why has an American been allowed in here?

Just when I thought I had it figured out....

[Moor Larkin]

I missed this thread. Why has an American been allowed in here?

Because we've heard of her......

There was a poignant moment in the documentary I watched on the other side tonight, about Marilyn Monroe. Towards the end, she was shown imprinting the concrete outside Graumanns, along with Ms. Russell. The poignancy lay in thinking of the long and good life Jane Russell was still to have, compared with her much more famous counterpart, who would be dead and wasted within months....

[TimR]

Because we've heard of her......

So that's the rule now?

OK - I will now go and figure that one out....

[Steve Crook]

So that's the rule now?

OK - I will now go and figure that one out....

I thought we'd established, there are no rules. Just common sense

Steve

[TimR]

I thought we'd established, there are no rules. Just common sense

There are many terms that might be used to describe all of this - but 'common sense' would definitely not be one of them.

But if that is now the rule - and I must have been out for coffee duing that meeting - then that is just fine. It's nice to see the wonderful Jane Russell here. No doubt she would have had a few well-timed eye rolls and a "You've gotta be kidding" for the tennis ball 'bounce-the-pariah-obits' stuff.

She wrote the book on common sense.