posted on January 17, 2008 06:22:02 AM new
This morning at the gym (shocking, considering how I look, but I do go) a friend asked me for help with a quote attributed to William Randolph Hearst. It refers to the dangers inherent in arguing with someone who controls the newspapers, something like "don't get into a fight with the man who controls the ink."
Any help is appreciated. I didn't find it with Google; I'm sure because I couldn't think of the right search.
posted on January 17, 2008 09:24:17 AM new
Tom, you mentioned Rosebud, in the movie Citizen Kane that was the last word Kane said just before he died, and no one knew what he was referring to.....in the movie that is...
I think Tom knew that... unless you're making a really dry joke.
It was, of course, his childhood sled. How Tom came to confuse a sled with a bimbo's apparatus is of course open to a thousand punchlines. I won't go there
posted on January 17, 2008 09:42:02 AM new
Wonderful quotes! Ahhh, that Harry Truman. What a guy, and how I wish we could have cloned him.
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posted on January 17, 2008 09:45:02 AM new
There are other schools of thought, or so says cunning linguist, Gore Vidal:
A rosebud by any other name..."
"For decades, the film's impact rested there. But then, in 1989, four years after Welles' death, in a short memoir in the New York Review of Books, Gore Vidal said that "Rosebud" was also Hearst's pet name for Marion's cl*****s. Now, Mr. Vidal is no mean historian -- granted that he does history his way -- and a very accomplished gossip (which may have to do with his confessed habit of never missing a chance of sexual intercourse). I believe he said that he had this cl***ral inside stuff from Charles Lederer, who was related to Marion Davies and who was often a guest at San Simeon. There was no proof, of course -- though, suddenly, the big close-up of Kane's mouth, beneath the crest of mustache, saying, or sighing, "Rosebud," did take on new meanings for cunning linguists. And those of us who have always valued the wicked, schoolboy tease in Welles thought it was possible."
A traveler became lost in the desert region of Algeria. Realizing
his only chance for survival was to find civilization, he began
walking. Time passed, and he became thirsty. More time passed,
and he began feeling faint. Reduced to crawling, he was on the
verge of passing out when he spied a tent about 500 meters in
front of him. Barely conscious, he reached the tent and called out,
"Water...".
A bedouin appeared in the tent door and replied sympathetically,
"I am sorry, sir, but I have no water. However, would you like to
buy a tie?" With this, he brandished a collection of exquisite
silken neckwear.
"You fool," gasped the man. "I'm dying! I need water!"
"Well, sir," replied the bedouin, "If you really need water, there is
a tent about 2 kilometers south of here where you can get some."
Without knowing how, the man summoned sufficient strength to
drag his parched body the distance to the second tent. With his
last ounce of strength he tugged at the door of the tent and
collapsed.
Another bedouin, dressed in a costly tuxedo, appeared at the door
and enquired, "May I help you sir?"
"Water..." was the feeble reply.
"Oh, sir," replied the bedouin, "I'm sorry, but you can't come in
here without a tie!"
Herman J. Mankiewicz, who wrote the screenplay (with Welles) was a very frequent quest at San Simeon, and a "friend" of said bimbo. Susposedly, he heard the old bastid use that "term of endearment" many times during weekend "parties."
Hearst really didn't care about the attack on HIM, but went totally BUG-TOID about the attack on DAVIES (who, apparently was a real sweetie), and felt betrayed by Herman J. Mankiewicz, especially the part about his tacky & secret "pet name" for Miss Davies..."nether regions."
...an ASIDE:
In the 1940's that NASTY OLD MAN was truly on the verge of total ruin & bankruptcy. Marion Davies SOLD (all on her own, without his knowledge) all the jewelry he had given her over 30 years & raised 1 million dollars, which she happily gave to him & bailed his NASTY BUTT out of trouble -- quite a gal, I'd say!
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