tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post9050050796778064293..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Lon Chaney's BirthdayMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-54849708933337098572010-04-02T18:51:09.522-04:002010-04-02T18:51:09.522-04:00If there's any spanking to be done on this blo...If there's any spanking to be done on this blog, we'll import Marlene Dietrich to do it. Preferably in that gorilla costume from <i>Blonde Venus</i> ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-67840380046176781022010-04-02T14:23:09.811-04:002010-04-02T14:23:09.811-04:00My Favourite Zorro -- I sense a blog coming on.
Y...<i>My Favourite Zorro</i> -- I sense a blog coming on.<br /><br />You're lucky this internet stands between you and me, pantywaist, because nobody -- and I mean <b>nobody</b> says that about Mary without a spanking.Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-43970641527241297052010-04-02T11:44:46.928-04:002010-04-02T11:44:46.928-04:00Oh, DF.
Yes, you nailed Pickford. Who couldn'...Oh, DF.<br /><br />Yes, you nailed Pickford. Who couldn't hold a candle to Shearer as an actress or a looker.<br /><br />But I think your real bitterness is that Errol Flynn came around, did your roles, was much better, and pretty much nailed everybody.<br /><br />You were my favorite Zorro though.Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-33103185001631520402010-04-02T09:07:24.409-04:002010-04-02T09:07:24.409-04:00And my final comment: go here, and laugh at this ...And my final comment: go <a href="http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/20_image/unknown.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and laugh at this until your pants fall off. <br /><br />Then imagine me in the role.<br /><br />SublimeDouglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-32338438535285267732010-04-02T09:05:54.802-04:002010-04-02T09:05:54.802-04:00As with a bear who arrives uninvited at a picnic, ...<i>As with a bear who arrives uninvited at a picnic, I recommend you back away slowly and don't make eye contact ...</i><br /><br />I can accept that. . . .<br /><br /><br /><br />btw, mister monkey, I have a hard time believing that you would <a href="As%20with%20a%20bear%20who%20arrives%20uninvited%20at%20a%20picnic,%20I%20recommend%20you%20back%20away%20slowly%20and%20don't%20make%20eye%20contact%20..." rel="nofollow">airbrush <b>her</b> out</a>. And itsn't it cool that for an extra dime [25%], you could get a divan?Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-55860020174661206952010-04-02T08:53:16.038-04:002010-04-02T08:53:16.038-04:00Speaking of Douglas Fairbanks, Avalon over at Sil...Speaking of Douglas Fairbanks, Avalon over at <a href="http://silentstanzas.blogspot.com/2010/04/his-majesty-american.html" rel="nofollow"> Silent Stanzas</a> has written a poem about him ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-82724196238180137482010-04-02T08:46:13.873-04:002010-04-02T08:46:13.873-04:00Ahem, for those of you who weren't here a year...Ahem, for those of you who weren't here a year ago, our resident Doug Fairbanks is known primarily for his subtlety and equanimity. As with a bear who arrives uninvited at a picnic, I recommend you back away slowly and don't make eye contact ...<br /><br />We love ya, Doug!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-10676895694982767222010-04-02T08:31:09.481-04:002010-04-02T08:31:09.481-04:00And, although I won't link my name to it [for ...And, although I won't link my name to it [for my name shall always be linked to greatness! and Mary. . .], I direct your asttention -- Erik -- to some <b><i>real</i></b> reporting, some <i><b>real</b></i> criticism, some <i><b><a href="http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/07/douglas-fairbanks-best-actor-of-1920.html" rel="nofollow">real taste</a></b></i>!<br /><br /><br />Battleship Potemkin and Lon Chaney indeed. Haruuumph!Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-47500680620215228572010-04-02T08:27:32.132-04:002010-04-02T08:27:32.132-04:00I went to bed last night without commenting. I am...I went to bed last night without commenting. I am a contented soul, and need not argue with Chaney or his admirers.<br /><br />Erik -- I can't really argue with you, old boy. Best actor.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh, I almost forgot, <i>go fuck yerself!</i> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hey, Mythical Monkey -- best to let sleeping dogs lie. And lay.<br /><br />Ahem -- don't you start with me . . . .Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-68267731408864090972010-04-01T20:06:03.276-04:002010-04-01T20:06:03.276-04:00I figured I would link my name this time directly ...I figured I would link my name this time directly to my post that has my review of his great Hunchback of Notre Dame.<br /><br />Chaney was the masterful actor, the more difficult to relate to thespian, the Brando and Day-Lewis to the easy-going, but pretty much without acting talent Fairbanks' John Wayne (outside of The Searchers) or Schwarzenegger.<br /><br />Given that Chaplin's best performances were in 1931, 1936 and 1940, I have to argue that Chaney is the best actor of the Silent Era.<br /><br />And if John Barrymore doesn't like, he can go get drunk.Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-year-in-film-1912-1926/noreply@blogger.com