#bert lahr

[ferylcheryl]

[georgeromeros]

The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Wizard of Oz lobby cards (1939)

[picspammer]

The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

[hotvintagepoll]

Hermione Gingold (The Music Man, Gigi)—a weird weird weird woman. Nobody can angrily rock a feather boa like this queen. Also scrungles perfectly in Gigi.

Bert Lahr (The Wizard of Oz)—I don't know much about his other work but the cowardly lion, i would argue, is peak weird little guy exemplary. i've always felt wizard of oz is the story of three vaudeville gays taking dorothy to the emerald city and i think that's mostly bert lahr's fault (affectionate)

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.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Hermione Gingold:

Bert Lahr:

[louisa-malchance]

Etude n-20, dessin

[citizenscreen]

Bert Lahr and Betty Grable in the 1939 Broadway production of Cole Porter’s “Du Barry Was a Lady”

[nerdypretty]

[hellooldsmelly]

Bert Lahr and Betty Grable in Du Barry Was a Lady, 1939

[nihillist-blog]

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

[fizziedoodle]

The Wizard of Oz

directed by Victor Fleming

starring Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, & Margaret Hamilton

[theguythatcollectsdolls]

Richard Thorpe’s cornfield sequence - October 13 1938

[thepopculturearchivist]

THE NEW YORKER, August 19, 1939.

And the review by Russell Maloney:

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

[colorhollywood]

Old Hollywood actors born in 1895

Buster Keaton

Rudolph Valentino

Bert Lahr

Paul Lukas

Sidney Blackmer

William Boyd

Richard Barthelmess

Paul Muni

Nigel Bruce

Bud Abbott

[hotvintagepoll]

Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr., One Week)—Grandfather of slapstick and did a lot of great stunts for comedy including the first having a set piece down with him standing in the doorway still referenced today, riding a cow catcher on a locomotive, and falling from a third story building through two awnings grabbing a rain gutter falling forward and then going through a window.

Bert Lahr (The Wizard of Oz)—I don't know much about his other work but the cowardly lion, i would argue, is peak weird little guy exemplary. i've always felt wizard of oz is the story of three vaudeville gays taking dorothy to the emerald city and i think that's mostly bert lahr's fault (affectionate)

This is round 2 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.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Buster:

Many scrungly little guys look as if they're falling down a staircase. Buster Keaton actually IS falling down a staircase, every day of his life. Also, truly committing to the "little" part at around 5 foot 5. This competition will be the revenge of the short kings or I will die trying.

Link to the Coney Island fancam

First, he kind of looks like a Dollar Store Charlie Chaplin. Just absolutely busted Chaplin. Second, he's lanky and awkward and he's like if Doug Jones had been plopped into the silent movie era. He looks like a cartoon come to life. He looks like if you gave a chihuahua a human body and slightly less anxiety. And because it's silent films for the most part, it really does look like a cartoon character irl.

Bert: