#ruth gordon

[davidhudson]

Ruth Gordon, October 30, 1896 - August 28, 1985.

With Budd Cort during the making of Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude (1971).

[hotvintagepoll]

Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby)—Look. I know "Harold & Maude" is just past the cutoff, and that's without a doubt her scrungliest performance. But this is THEE Ruth Gordon! She's the most persistent of the scrungly little guys, and probably among the littlest while we're at it. This legend-ass legend scrungled her way through Hollywood, on screen and off, for decades until finally getting the recognition she deserved for "Rosemary's Baby." And that performance worked largely in part because she was scrungly with style and pizzazz. Few people could pull that off the way Ruth did. Even if we're not allowed to consider Maude because of a silly little thing like "dates" and "rules" (your rules aren't silly, I love and respect this blog), Minnie is more than enough to prove Ruth Gordons scrunglitude

Cantinflas (Around the World in 80 Days, Ahí está el detalle, Ni Sangre, ni Arena)—OH BOY I GET TO TALK ABOUT CANTINFLAS!! Honestly, I’m not the most qualified to even be talking about him: he was famously a king of wordplay, but Spanish is my second language so I always feel like I’m missing some of the jokes…..but even so he is so SO funny it’s like unbelievable. Ok so also. One movie I can talk confidently about is him in around the world in 80 days, which i have watched so many times and he just rocks. Like. ROCKS. Here he is on his dumb little bike [included below the cut]. This is how we meet him in th movie and I think they should have just put the words “SCRUNGLY” across the scene.He also does little tricks, wears his dumb little shoes, has some kind of weird romantic thing going on with David niven…..it makes me so sad we dont have even more movies from him because honestly his whole thing (esp in 80 days with his silly trousers) is just Gender.  

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]

Ruth Gordon:

Cantinflas:

"charlie chaplin once called him the greatest comedian alive"

[citizenscreen]

Happy Ruth Gordon birthday to all who celebrate #botd 💕

[neelyowhora]

behind the scenes of harold and maude

[addictivecontradiction]

Harold and Maude, 1971

[maudeboggins]

Ruth Gordon, 1918

[filmoftheday]

film of the day: harold and maude (1971) dir. hal ashby

[boneripper7]

Harold and Maude 1971

[world-of-celebs]

Glamour model Ruth Gordon

[entheognosis]

It’s a real moron who waits for the world—and the people in it—to inform him or her what life holds. Come on! We are the authors of our life; we are the architects, the designers. Build the life you think you deserve, and then deserve it. Work your ass off. It’s great fun. I pity the person who looks to the stars or cards or so-called wise men or fashion or anything but their own heart to tell them how to think or live or be. Do what only you can do and do it well and do it now. Right now! Time’s wasting, and time needs you.

Ruth Gordon

[buckhead1111]

buckhead1111

[elegancebeautycharm]

Ruth Gordon

[hotvintagepoll]

Alastair Sim (Scrooge)—A Christmas Carol is a holiday tradition in my household. From a young age I became a connoisseur of Scrooges and I can unequivocally say that Alastair Sim is not only the Scrungliest Scrooge, but one of the the All Time Scrungly Little Guys in general. The gaps in his teeth. The buggy eyes. The way his hair gets mussed up if anyone within a 10 foot radius even breathes, it's so whispy. And don't get me started on the speech pattern. Just.... just watch the "merry as a schoolboy" scene in Scrooge. He's peak scrungle through the whole movie, but he only gets scrunglier the nicer he becomes.

Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby)—Look. I know "Harold & Maude" is just past the cutoff, and that's without a doubt her scrungliest performance. But this is THEE Ruth Gordon! She's the most persistent of the scrungly little guys, and probably among the littlest while we're at it. This legend-ass legend scrungled her way through Hollywood, on screen and off, for decades until finally getting the recognition she deserved for "Rosemary's Baby." And that performance worked largely in part because she was scrungly with style and pizzazz. Few people could pull that off the way Ruth did. Even if we're not allowed to consider Maude because of a silly little thing like "dates" and "rules" (your rules aren't silly, I love and respect this blog), Minnie is more than enough to prove Ruth Gordons scrunglitude

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]

Alastair Sim:

Ruth Gordon:

[citizenscreen]

Ruth Gordon, Robert Redford, and Natalie Wood at the nomination announcements for the Golden Globe Awards in 1966.

[innerduckgladiator]

Ruth Gordon

[cinematicmasterpiece]

harold and maude (1971)