TIDBITS 01/16/05

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Scent Flask of an Actress

Okay. Ready? Who is she?

She began her career as a child actress in
Britain. After coming to America and establishing
herself ... she played opposite such leading
stars as Brando and Newman and Peck and Douglas.
She was so pretty that she elevated the word
beauty from its mundane placings in this world
to an art-form which established her--in my mind--
a few steps above Venus and Aphrodite. Hey ...
I tell it as I see it ... ya know?

It has been said that she looked a bit like
Vivien Leigh and in fact--before she became
the name she became--she was often referred
to as a Vivien Leigh look-alike. Quick hint:
She played the young Estella in Great Expectations.

Her prowess as an actress can be judged by the
fact that at the early age of nineteen she was
chosen by Lawrence Olivier--no mean slouch himself
--to play Ophelia in his screen version of Hamlet.
Next hint ... and this should give the answer to those
major movie-goers who linger in remembrances of
a time long past--to borrow a thought from dear old Marcel
himself. She played Desiree in the film of the same name
opposite Marlon Brando's Napoleon.

As to trivia ... if you tend to gather that sort of
thing and store so much of it in your brain cells that
there's little room for anything else in there to function
properly ... here are a few more doo-dads to cram in whatever
nooks and crannies are still available. She holds two Academy
Award Records. One is with Elizabeth Taylor in having appeared
in more films to receive Academy Award nominations for
their art-set direction than any other actors or actresses.
Two ... only actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Deborah Kerr
have appeared in as many films with Oscar-nominated costumes
as she. For some this may be space-filling tripe ... for others
.... its dizzyingly fascinating stuff.

And now ladies and gennulmen ... the Hint Finale. The Great
Give-Away. The ne plus ultra of clues. In 1955 she played opposite
Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando in a musical film with the
quaint title of: Guys and Dolls.

Okay okay. No more suspense. The time has come the jeweler
said ... to speak of many things/of ships and sails and
golden flasks and actresses and things. Her name is--yup,
you guessed it--Jean Simmons. Anybody remember her?

And so ... as the sun sets in the west and the cowboys hit
the dusty trails with a yippee ki yi ki yay ... I end this
Tidbits with this question: Hey Benjamin! What's this got
to do with jewelry? Hunh?

And the answer is: Well ... she owned this golden scent flask
.... quite pretty in fact ... signed by Ruser ... given to her by
husband Steward Granger who--parenthetically ... I remember reading
this somewhere once--was considered one of the smartest actors in the
movie industry.

For those of you who are new to this thing called
Tidbits...may I direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where
you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that
says Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Flask
.... in order to view a golden shpritzer for perfume.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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