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tilly_stratford) wrote2013-05-02 11:49 pm
tilly_stratford) wrote2013-05-02 11:49 pm
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Genetically predisposed
Apparently my late grandmother had quite the weakness for Errol Flynn. She would say my late grandfather's mustache made him similar to the swashbuckler and that was a factor in my grandmother's attraction to him, my grandfather. So in a roundabout way I guess I owe my existence to Errol Flynn.
As a child I was very close to my grandmother, but she hardly discussed handsome actors with my eight year-old self, so these bits of information come to me from my mum.
I've recently been on a Alan Ladd binge, and don't you know, I learn he was one of my grandmother's favourite actors. I wonder what kind of discussions we would have had if she was still alive. I'd ask her if she liked This Gun for Hire as much as I did, whether she preferred Ladd in his Western or noir roles.
In any case, it seems I am genetically predisposed in these matters. I was pondering these thoughts as I made this GIF (which turned out to be WAY too big for Tumblr) of a scrumptious Ladd from his uncredited cameo in the Bob Hope vehicle My Favourite Brunette:
(Well now I know who my favourite blonde is.)
As a child I was very close to my grandmother, but she hardly discussed handsome actors with my eight year-old self, so these bits of information come to me from my mum.
I've recently been on a Alan Ladd binge, and don't you know, I learn he was one of my grandmother's favourite actors. I wonder what kind of discussions we would have had if she was still alive. I'd ask her if she liked This Gun for Hire as much as I did, whether she preferred Ladd in his Western or noir roles.
In any case, it seems I am genetically predisposed in these matters. I was pondering these thoughts as I made this GIF (which turned out to be WAY too big for Tumblr) of a scrumptious Ladd from his uncredited cameo in the Bob Hope vehicle My Favourite Brunette:
(Well now I know who my favourite blonde is.)