And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, January 22, 2021
Photograph of Humphrey Bogart on the set of Casablanca (1942) wearing shoes with 3-inch wooden platforms tied to them, he often had to wear them during filming to make up for the height disparity between him and co-star Ingrid Bergman.
Short people got no reason To live They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin' great big lies They got little noses And tiny little teeth They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet
I took my grandmother to the taping of the Lawrence Welk show when I was junior in high school. I was amused to see that Larry had lifts in his shoes and the Irish tenor stood on a box so he could lean against the piano. I also learned during a back lot tour at Universal Studios that the doors on the Gunsmoke set were cut smaller so the men would appear larger. Not that the 6'6" James Arness needed the help.
Don't forget the exalted Scientologist T. "Maverick" Cruise who had to be airlifted into the Tom Cat's cockpit where the rudder pedals were fitted with 6 inch blocks
Another short leading man was Robert Conrad, starring in the Wild, Wild, West series of the early '60s (...been watching reruns recently!)...he was also mid 5ft, and on the short side...his costarring ladies had a 5'6" hiring maximum, but he was a talented gymnast who did almost all of his own stunts...James West...he was the best!
Hump 5'8"
ReplyDeleteIng 5'10"
He had to stand on a step ladder to service her properly.
Totally worth it.
DeleteShort people got no reason
ReplyDeleteTo live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
In the Iron Man and Avengers movies you can sometimes see the platforms Robert Downey Jr. had to wear next to Gwyneth Paltrow, for the same reason.
ReplyDeleteAlan Ladd comes to mind....
ReplyDeleteLook at Kirk Douglas’s boots the next time you watch The gunfight at the ok corral.
ReplyDeleteAnd I always wondered who-in-the-world used wikifeet on the internet?!
ReplyDeleteNow I know!
I took my grandmother to the taping of the Lawrence Welk show when I was junior in high school. I was amused to see that Larry had lifts in his shoes and the Irish tenor stood on a box so he could lean against the piano. I also learned during a back lot tour at Universal Studios that the doors on the Gunsmoke set were cut smaller so the men would appear larger. Not that the 6'6" James Arness needed the help.
ReplyDeleteShow Business: nothing but lies.
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Don't forget the exalted Scientologist T. "Maverick" Cruise who had to be airlifted into the Tom Cat's cockpit where the rudder pedals were fitted with 6 inch blocks
ReplyDeleteAnother short leading man was Robert Conrad, starring in the Wild, Wild, West series of the early '60s (...been watching reruns recently!)...he was also mid 5ft, and on the short side...his costarring ladies had a 5'6" hiring maximum, but he was a talented gymnast who did almost all of his own stunts...James West...he was the best!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite shows.
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