But I didn't listen to myself, which is odd since I always talk to myself. In any case that was my undoing. I should have known that there was a pectoral expert among you.
Sure enough, less than 2 hours after the post hit, Jon of Dolores Delargo Towers and Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle guessed correctly when he said:
Just as correct, but a tad bit later were George W and our own Norma Desmond.
So for being the first to guess correctly, Jon is today's Smartest Boy In The Class.
If you recall Columbia's assessment of Wilde's screen test, "Good for occasional bits and spot casting - but he'll never play leads." Well it was that very studio that signed him and in return, he brought them a nomination for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category, by enacting the role of Frederic Chopin in 1945's "A Night To Remember."
And the crowd went wild(e)!
Despite Paramount's concerns, he was quite a sensation in Technicolor, and regardless of RKO's worry about his head being too small for his body; with that body who noticed!
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| With wife Jean Wallace |
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| Greatest Show On Earth, 1952 |
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| Bandit Of Sherwood Forest, 1946 |
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| Indeed! |
