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    1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame

    Haute Cinema
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    In the 20's, riding a churchbell was very thrilling, I'd imagine...


    And then Hitachi invented the Magic Wand...

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    Jack_Burton was starred Jack_Burton was unstarred
    Image of Yes_Tim_Gunn Yes_Tim_Gunn
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    One of the early action stars of cinema (silent era, in the teens I think) was a European woman called "Fearless Nadia" working in Indian cinema who specialized in moving vehicle stunts. Somehow the best part? She married her director Mr. Wadia, and took his name.


    Nadia Wadia. Oh yeah.

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    Yes_Tim_Gunn was starred Yes_Tim_Gunn was unstarred
    Image of sequined sequined
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    That is dedication to fashion, people. I think we've found our new Jimmy Choo spokesmodel.
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    sequined was starred sequined was unstarred
    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    What a total baller. My hero!


    (on a side note, my university has a smoke stack. I've always wanted to climb it, but I'm too scared. She'd probably been up and down it like 20 times already.)

     Reply
    randomnessish was starred randomnessish was unstarred
    Image of BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password] BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password]
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    i like that in the article the last line is :

    "Her career was cut short tragically when her parachute refused to open during an air show in 1931."


    it REFUSED? What a shitty attitude to have in someones life relies on you!

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    BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password] was starred BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password] was unstarred
    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    01/23/09

    @ForgetfulBitch [IT SNOWED IN FAYETTEVILLE!]: what a way to go, though. It's fitting.
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    randomnessish was starred randomnessish was unstarred
    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    I'd like a stand in for everyday occurrences in my life.


    Have to go to the DMV - call the stand in.

    The Gynecologist - call the stand in.

    Don't feel like cooking - call the stand in.

     Reply
    BabyJane was starred BabyJane was unstarred
    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    01/23/09

    @BabyJane: Give birth - call the stand in.
    Get period - call the stand in.
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    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was starred sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was unstarred
    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    01/23/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord):


    Exactly. You can just go to your trailer and study your lines (and by that I mean, stay in your house and watch Rock of Love Bus while eating ice cream) and let her give birth. The minute it's over, you're back in the "picture."

     Reply
    BabyJane was starred BabyJane was unstarred
    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    And she was probably wearing garters, too. THE BADASSERY. IT CANNOT BE CONTAINED.
     Reply
    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was starred JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was unstarred
    Image of sportz.star sportz.star
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    I have always wanted to swing from a windmill. I'm super jealous.
     Reply
    sportz.star was starred sportz.star was unstarred
    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    But could she drive a Jeep in platforms like Cher Horowitz?
     Reply
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was starred sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was unstarred
    Image of sportz.star sportz.star
    01/23/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): Nope, she's a virgin who can't drive.
     Reply
    sportz.star was starred sportz.star was unstarred
    Image of returnofthemac returnofthemac
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    I bet my grandmother secretly envied her.
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    returnofthemac was starred returnofthemac was unstarred
    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    Somehow I don't see most modern actresses doing her biopic without a cadre of stunt doubles. Of course, back then, movie-making was a wild and woolly affair. This kind of thing was par for the course -- ask Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
     Reply
    NefariousNewt was starred NefariousNewt was unstarred
    Image of Khrushchev Khrushchev
    01/23/09

    @NefariousNewt: Newt, they're dead. I can't ask them anything.
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    Khrushchev was starred Khrushchev was unstarred
    Image of BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password] BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password]
    01/23/09

    @Khrushchev: teehee


    but i get you newt, though id lovelovelove for someone to have the balls to do her biopic.

     Reply
    BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password] was starred BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password] was unstarred
    Image of Mkp-hearts-NYC Mkp-hearts-NYC
    01/23/09

    @ForgetfulBitch [IT SNOWED IN FAYETTEVILLE!]: Personally I'd love to see Maggie Gyllenhal!
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    Mkp-hearts-NYC was starred Mkp-hearts-NYC was unstarred
    Image of BluebellaElliot BluebellaElliot
    01/23/09

    @NefariousNewt: Zoe Bell! Google it.
     Reply
    BluebellaElliot was starred BluebellaElliot was unstarred
    Image of Khrushchev Khrushchev
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    Honestly? I'll take Cate Blanchett safe on the ground, thank you.
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    Khrushchev was starred Khrushchev was unstarred
    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    Wow. The only thing I ever swung from was a chandelier. Or maybe that was a toilet seat.
     Reply
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) was starred BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) was unstarred
    Image of Raspberry Swirly Raspberry Swirly
    01/23/09

    In reply to 1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame
    But can she make a souffle?
     Reply
    Raspberry Swirly was starred Raspberry Swirly was unstarred
    Image of Joy L. Joy L.
    12/04/08

    In reply to Haute Cinema
    It's weird that the way I could tell this wasn't from the 1920s is the shape of the people's faces. People looked different back then.
     Reply
    Joy L. was starred Joy L. was unstarred
    Image of eleanor_rugby eleanor_rugby
    12/04/08

    @Joy L.: or maybe the idea of what people considered beautiful enough to be in films has changed instead, hmmm?
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    eleanor_rugby was starred eleanor_rugby was unstarred
    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    12/04/08

    @eleanor_rugby: trufax. most starlets were, shall we say, rounder? or had a more realistic BMI?


    i do applaud the movie for even getting the graininess and the random film jumps right, though.

     Reply
    randomnessish was starred randomnessish was unstarred
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