Daisy Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 She only has two inches on him, so some footwear adjustment would even them out. Nicole, of course, was three and a half inches taller, Mimi Rogers, one and a half. The things you know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 imdb.com, also known as The Great Big Book of Everything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 She only has two inches on him, so some footwear adjustment would even them out. Nicole, of course, was three and a half inches taller, Mimi Rogers, one and a half. The things you know. For Wilf, it's a game of inches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexhills Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 They had to dig little ditches all over the set of Top Gun so Kelly McGillis wouldn't dwarf him when they were in shot together.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 5'10". Almost as tall as Nicole, and slightly wider too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yvonne johnson Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 This talk of shortness made me think of Alan Ladd. When we watched black and white movies he was in my parents would always joke that he was standing on boxes. Oh golly, what a sad life: Alan Ladd's mother immigrated from England age 19. His accountant father died when he was four. At age five he burned his apartment playing with matches and his mother moved them to Oklahoma City. He was malnourished, undersized, nicknamed Tiny, and his mother married a house painter who moved them to California a la "Grapes of Wrath". He was eight. He picked fruit, delivered papers, swept stores. In high school he discovered track and swimming. By 1931 he was training for the 1932 Olympics, but an injury put an end to those plans. He opened a hamburger stand called Tiny's Patio, then worked as a grip at Warner Brothers Pictures. He married friend Midge in 1936, but couldn't afford her, so they lived apart. In 1937 they shared a friend's apartment. They had a son, Alan Ladd Jr., and his destitute alcoholic mother moved in with them, her agonizing suicide from ant poison witnessed a few months later by her son. His size and coloring were regarded as not right for movies, so he worked hard at radio where talent scout Sue Carol discovered him early in 1939. After shopping him through bit parts he tested for This Gun for Hire (1942) late in 1941. His fourth-billed role as the psychotic killer Raven made him a star. He was drafted in January 1943 and discharged in November with an ulcer and double hernia. Throughout the 1940s his tough-guy roles filled theaters and he was one of the very few males whose cover photos sold movie magazines. In the 1950s he was performing in lucrative but unrewarding films (an exception being what many regard as his greatest role, Shane (1953)). By the end of the 1950s, liquor and a string of so-so films had taken their toll. In November 1962 he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart. In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives. Courtesy imdb.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 When we watched black and white movies he was in my parents would always joke that he was standing on boxes. Yeah, but I think it was true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stone Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 In some outdoor scenes in Shane, you can see that he's standing on mounds of dirt when he's talking to other actors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yumyum Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Any theories on why he wears his sunglasses at night? She looks exhausted, as she should be. Grey complexion, hollow eyes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GG Mora Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Any theories on why he wears his sunglasses at night? So he can so he can keep track of visions in his eyes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guglhupf Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Tom Cruise, essayist extraordinaire Gotta give it up for that J2. (late to this as per usual.) Extraordinaire indeed: "He delivers what could be called the Lay's of yarns: you can't watch just one." Great metaphor, no doubt about it. But I *can* watch just one Lay's. Easily. Though it is boring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tanabutler Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Nicole Kidman engaged to Keith Urban Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tanabutler Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 HELLLLLLLLLLLLP MEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Nicole was way too pretty for tom...Katie is about equal to him in looks...attractive, cute, nice smiles, but not beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GG Mora Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 HELLLLLLLLLLLLP MEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Oh, God. That poor girl. And would someone please tell the father of her spawn that the black jacket with black shirt and tie is so-o-o-o-o like, um, never? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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