#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).

[leonardcohenofficial]

harold and maude (hal ashby, 1971)

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Ruth Gordon

[citizenscreen]

Happy Ruth Gordon birthday to all who celebrate #botd 💕

[neelyowhora]

behind the scenes of harold and maude

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Harold and Maude, 1971

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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:

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Ruth Gordon, 1918

[filmoftheday]

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

[boneripper7]

Harold and Maude 1971

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Glamour model Ruth Gordon

[buckhead1111]

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harold and maude (1971)

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Ruth Gordon

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

[oldshowbiz]

Ruth Gordon fixing the phone line