#Margaret Rutherford

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Margaret Rutherford (Murder, She Said, Blithe Spirit)—I watched Blithe Spirit recently where she reprises the role she played in the play the film's based on and her character Madame Arcati just feels scrungly to me. Is it the performance that gets chosen as the textbook definition of scrungly? Maybe not. But she is engrossing, hence why she was the first scrungler I thought of when I saw the tournament theme.

Lon Chaney Sr. (The Phantom of the Opera)—ray bradbury worshipped this guy and I can see why. a horror icon known as "the man of a thousand faces," he was a master of using makeup and prosthetics to conjure characters who look nothing like each other. his erik is TRULY fucked up [photos under the cut], to circle back to bradbury, i think he says it best: "He somehow got into the shadows inside our bodies; he was able to nail down some of our secret fears and put them on-screen. The history of Lon Chaney is the history of unrequited loves. He brings that part of you out into the open, because you fear that you are not loved, you fear that you never will be loved, you fear there is some part of you that's grotesque, that the world will turn away from." Some of his work has not aged well, but much of it is still found in the way we depict horror, the strange, and the uncanny in cinema.

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

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Margaret Rutherford:

Lon Chaney Sr.:

Oh my God. Let me just focus on Erik for a sec (like i don't do that every day of my life). Pug nose, crooked tooth little mess man. He put on his big cunty feathered hat for the ball but underneath it he's got that stupid, stupid hair. The evening suit that kinda doesn't fit. In what way is Lon Chaney--in this role specifically-- not the ultimate scrungo? Granted, they edited out his very scrungliest of moments (WE WERE ROBBED) but WE HAVE THE STILLS!!!

This man played depressed outsiders, sometimes depressed clowns, the most pathetic losers ever (affectionately) and his faces and gestures always were so funny!

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Margaret Rutherford was the first actress to play Mrs. Danvers in Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”

Here she is playing the part opposite Celia Johnson at Queen’s Theatre, London, 1939-1940.

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Miss Marple

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Dame Margaret Rutherford at home with her Oscar in 1965 . Much loved and never forgotten.

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As much as we all appreciate Murder, She Wrote, I feel there needs to be a resurgence of appreciation for Murder, She Said (1961), the first of four Miss Marple films starring Margaret Rutherford.

The title for Murder, She Wrote is obviously a reference to the film, and Miss Marple was the archetype of which Jessica Fletcher was based.

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Margaret Rutherford as the evil Mrs Danvers co-starred with Celia Johnson in a 1940 stage version of Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’.

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Just imagine all the other faces in Rogue they could have made canon. Missed opportunity!

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Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati

Blithe Spirit (1945)

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MISS MARPLE

Margaret Rutherford is Miss Marple

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"Well, I've done some riding in my time, you know." "Oh?" "Junior Silver Spurs, Brockbrook, 1910."

Murder at the Gallop, 1963.

Dir. George Pollock | Writ. James P. Cavanagh | DOP Arthur Ibbetson

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Propaganda

Margaret Rutherford (Blithe Spirit, The Importance of Being Earnest, the 60s Miss Marple films)—Margaret Rutherford was a fantastic comic actress who also serves as an inspiration to anyone who feels they’re too old to pursue their dreams - she didn’t start acting professionally until her Kate 40s, but was eventually made a Dame!! Queen of oddball female characters, she is a delight to watch in every scene, and always has big lesbian energy. If you don’t think she’s hot you’re just being cowardly. Also this: [link to PopMatters article]

Cathleen Nesbitt (An Affair to Remember, Separate Tables)—I'd always assumed she was French, given her wonderful performance in an affair to remember, but turns out she's English. So beautiful and fragile in ghat film. Her grace and humour are just wonderful. Just watched so long at the fair where she plays a scheming hotelier, and she rocks that too!! Was also in a stage production of Gigi with Audrey Hepburn!!!

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim, stars of Frank Launder’s THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE (1950), at a special screening of the movie in the Carlton Cinema with loads of children, many of whom were 'extras' in the film.

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I'm All Right Jack (1959) John Boulting

December 5th 2024

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We spoke with the fantastic Raye Green today.

She has written an amazing insight into the medics who feature in all 66 Agatha Chrisite 'Who done its'.

This exciting book has been extensively researched and created with a passion that only a true fan of Christie can give.

I'm so excited for it to be published, and Raye has plenty more exciting projects on the go and in the pipeline. Make sure you 'watch this space' for more news of the book and her interview.

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Chimes at Midnight Orson Welles. 1965

Opening titles Pl. Concepción Arenal, 1, 05001 Ávila, Spain See in map

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