One-girl cast of African Queen

[annathepiper]

This one looked like fun, and if nothing else it reminded me that I need to get going on watching me some Steele!

Humphrey Bogart You scored 64% Tough, 0% Roguish, 38% Friendly, and 0% Charming!

You're the original man of honor, rough and tough but willing to stick your neck out when you need to, despite what you might say to the contrary. You're a complex character full of spit and vinegar, but with a soft heart and a tender streak that you try to hide. There's usually a complicated dame in the picture, someone who sees the real you behind all the tough talk and can dish it out as well as you can. You're not easy to get next to, but when you find the right partner, you're caring and loyal to a fault. A big fault. But you take it on the chin and move on, nursing your pain inside and maintaining your armor...until the next dame walks in. Or possibly the same dame, and of all the gin joints in all the world, it had to be yours. Co-stars include Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall, hot chicks with problems. Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 95% on Tough You scored higher than 0% on Roguish You scored higher than 63% on Friendly You scored higher than 0% on Charming

Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid

Katharine Hepburn You scored 11% grit, 9% wit, 61% flair, and 28% class!

You are the fabulously quirky and independent woman of character. You go your own way, follow your own drummer, take your own lead. You stand head and shoulders next to your partner, but you are perfectly willing and able to stand alone. Others might be more classically beautiful or conventionally woman-like, but you possess a more fundamental common sense and off-kilter charm, making interesting men fall at your feet. You can pick them up or leave them there as you see fit. You share the screen with the likes of Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant, thinking men who like strong women. Find out what kind of classic leading man you'd make by taking the Classic Leading Man Test.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 22% on grit You scored higher than 0% on wit You scored higher than 99% on flair You scored higher than 66% on class

Link: The Classic Dames Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid

Comments

[grian-ruadh.livejournal.com]

*heehee*

I turned out as Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. :D

[kieri.livejournal.com]

Hey! Just got back to Japan, but thought I'd mention that I picked up the Remington Steele DVD just before I left. O:)

I shall be joining in the Brosnan-y goodness soon!

(Mmm. Pseudo-Julian!) ;)

[kathrynelaraine.livejournal.com]

I love my results! Myrna Loy is my all time favourite actress of the thirties, and a main reason I cut my hair, lol














My guy result was Jimmy Stewart. I had a crush on him when I was 11, lol.

[annathepiper]

I don't think I've ever actually seen anything with Myrna Loy in it. Perhaps I should correct this problem! And yeah, I can see the similarity in hair.

Whoot, Jimmy Stewart! He doesn't do anything for me hormonally but he is definitely fun to watch. :)

[annathepiper]

Yay, joining me in the goodness! And HAH, just to give you a sign of how out of it I've been with the surgery, I didn't even think of using this as inspiration to be writing about Julian. ;) (Can I claim the excuse that I'm in a Faanshi chapter anyway? Um, yeah. Right. That's my story and I'll stick to it!)

[annathepiper]

Whoot, Cary Grant! He's fun. I've only seen a couple of his movies, but he was definitely fun in both of them. I wonder if Laurence Olivier is on this test? :)

I have seen... very little Katharine Hepburn, I think! I'm mostly amused by that result because of having seen Cate Blanchett play her in The Aviator not too long ago, and she did a spookily good job. (Also, I think Cate Blanchett is a babe anyway, so!)

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

I was Jimmy Stewart, too. Well, he did beat his wife-killing neighbor even with a broken leg.

As for the other test, I find it hard enough to answer these quizzes honestly without having to pretend to be a dame.

[annathepiper]

Which movie did Jimmy have a wife-killing neighbor in? The last one I remember seeing him in was Vertigo, and he was actually a little creepy in that one towards the end!

Hee. Half the time when I answer these quizzes, I have to punt to whatever answer I like the best, whether or not it's actually pertinent to what I'd do. A lot of the time it's so obvious which potential result is connected to which answer that it's almost not worth the trouble. This pair of quizzes, at least, was better at that than most. And better spelled as well. :)

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

Rear Window. It was actually remade a few years ago with Christopher Reeve in the Stewart role, although the broken leg, for obvious reasons, had to be changed to him being paralyzed.

[annathepiper]

A-ha! I should have realized! I haven't seen either the original or the remake. :)

[grian-ruadh.livejournal.com]

Cate Blanchett is a total babe. :D And her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn was uncannily spot on. Hepburn has always been one of my very favourite ladies from Hollywood's classic era. In an age where women were expected to be subservient, Hepburn came off as smart, independent, and very comfortable with herself. That alone was enough to make me a lifelong fan, but then she had to be beautiful and talented on top of that. :)

[annathepiper]

I remember admiring the lovely and talented Ms. Blanchett when I first saw her in Elizabeth... and of course, as Galadriel, she was totally spooky and regal. I admired her rather more after she appeared on Inside the Actor's Studio; she is one of those people who actually reminds me, 'oh yeah, I'm bi'! ;)

I came to respect both Ms. Blanchett as an actress and Ms. Hepburn as a person all the more after The Aviator, indeed.

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

It occurred to me that just like annathepiper is a one-girl cast of The African Queen, grian_ruadh is a one-girl cast of Bringing Up Baby.

I missed The Aviator when it ran in the theatres. I get too tired after work these days. I'll probably rent it one of these days, unless you'd recommend buying it right away. However, I always felt that Cate Blanchett was an excellent choice to play Katharine Hepburn.

But I must say that I was pretty freaked out by her role in The Shipping News. I didn't realize that it was Cate Blanchett until I read the credits.

[annathepiper]

The Aviator is definitely worth a rental. I am not sure whether I'd want to own my own copy, just because it's one of those movies that's intense enough that it's not easy to watch, like A Beautiful Mind--hell of a story, but hard to watch. I still haven't watched my copy of ABM.

Right, I'd forgotten she was in The Shipping News! I never saw the movie version, though I've heard via GBS fandom that the movie treatment is actually better than the book, since the book is annoyingly stereotypical in many ways in how it depicts Newfoundlanders. I've read the thing, and even aside from its treatment of Newfoundlanders, the prose annoyed me endlessly as a good eighty percent of it was sentence fragments. I kept wanting to smack the author around and yell, "For God's sake, woman, get some VERBS!"

Also, the movie soundtrack does actually feature GBS songs, so it gets points for that, too. ^_^