Cleopatra and Ret Butler in; "I Could Write A Book About It"

[Ray]

The title is a bit of a stunt for those of you that like old movies, silent as well as talkies. Perhaps some of you will recognize the scene and film reference, despite my figures only 'barely' resembling the actual people they are supposed to represent.

These, as with the last several, are 1/48 scale made primarily with MS and GS blended. They turned out to be a lot more difficult to make than I had anticipated and after about a week of fooling with the faces I finally gave up and settled for these none descript ones, thinking it better to get something finished than to dedicate all the, little, time I have available for sculpting on a single pair.

Still, I hope someone out there likes these two a little.


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[Ray]

Ooops, didn't get the pictures uploaded before posting, sorry about that. Guess I'll have to slow down a bit.

Ray

 

[housecarl]

You can call me a heathen, I have never seen the film. A very nice bit of sculpting though.
Carl.

 

[Ray]

Carl,
Thanks, I'm sorry you never saw the film though, it really is a classic. I won't give it away just yet as I want to see if anyone here can guess the title and actors first. Perhaps in a pm if you like, let me know.

Ray

 

[mil-mart]

Ray, excellent sculpting, I also am not familiar with the film although from the clues Rhett Butler ( from Gone with the Wind ) is it Clarke Gable ? and the other clue Cleopatra, the only Cleopatra I know of is Liz Taylor but don't think she was around then or played opposite Clarke Gable. Looking at the figure she resembles Marlene Dietrich but not sure if she ever played Cleopatra. It'll be interesting to find out.

Cheers Ken

 

[kansas kid]

Let an old man try and guess. . .

Ray:

Well, these are really nice little pieces. In 1:48th! Wow, how can you sculpt
in that tiny size. I see that most everyone guessed that Rhett Butler was
indeed, Clark Gable. The name of the great classic comedy directed by
Frank Capra was It Happened One Night. I believe it won the
Oscar for best picture in the 1930s. Capra was one of the top directors in that
era that produced such great films as Casablanca, Gone With the Wind,
Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, It's a Wonderful Life.

It is true that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton did a very expensive
version of Anthony and Cleopatra, but Ray is referring to the
1930s Cleopatra film with Claudette Corbert.

For those who aren't familiar with the scene Ray is depicting from
It Happened One Night, Clark and Claudette don't have a
car but are trying to "hitch" a ride down the highway. He braggs
that his thumb will get a car to stop and pick them up. He fails.
She then says she'll get a car to stop and won't use her thumb either.
She steps to the shoulder of the road, hikes up her skirt to the knee
and a car stopped, slamming on the brakes.

One of the really classics scenes from the great black and white films of
the 1930s. It remind this old Jayhawk that true Art has no age. A classic
is a classic no matter when it was produced.

Oldheimer Jayhawk

 

[Ray]

Ken,
As Rick points out you were half there, it's great that you took the time to look and better still that you made a comment. Thank you.

Rick,
You're spot on! This wasn't much of a challenge after all, I really hadn't thought there were that many out there that would recall the film, and never that there would be someone that actually knew any of the plot line. Are we two the only ones that remember Claudette, do you think? The scene I attempted to sculpt wasn't actually in the film, it came from a publicity still. Too bad I couldn't manage to get the characters closer than they are-or spell Rhett correctly-I don't know that it would have helped giving away the film but it would have been much more satisfying to me had I managed it. No matter, I love these old films and was glad of the excuse to watch "It Happened One Night" again, for perhaps the sixth time!

Thanks a lot for having a look and figuring it out the puzzle for us Rick.


Ray

 

[Ray]

P.S. I forgot to mention the reason for the title; Clark insists in the film that he is such an expert at hitching that he could 'write a book about it'. Earlier in the film he insists in the same manner that he could write a book about dunking donuts in coffee.

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