Lucy should have been in "Gone with the Wind" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

x1LucyFanx · 02-22-2004, 04:20 PM

I just got "Lucy Fakes Illness" on DVD and I think she would have played a good Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"...LOL, she can do a good southern accent, but like someone said before "Even Clark Gable couldn't even look in her big, blue eyes and say "Frankly, I don't give a d***." Too bad...

MagsLovesLucy · 02-22-2004, 04:27 PM

Haha!

I believe it was Joan Collins who said that at the All-Star Party for Lucy. I think most of us know the story of what happened when Lucy auditioned for Gone with the Wind.

Still, there's a picture of her in Loving Lucy dressed as Scarlett O'Hara, and she looks positively stunning!

x1LucyFanx · 02-22-2004, 08:28 PM

I have that book...I'll have to check it out!

Amber8611 · 02-22-2004, 11:33 PM

I saw "Gone with the Wind" for the first time last week and I could definitely see Lucy in that role. Just watch "The Big Street," Gloria Lyons' attitude was pretty similar to Scarlett O'Hara's. It's too bad her audition had to go like that because she'd be great in that movie.

SPLAIN · 02-23-2004, 11:11 AM

But if she'd won the Oscar for Gone with the Wind, we might not have gotten Lucy Ricardo! For those who don't know the story, she drove to the studio and got lost and got drenched in a downpour and showed up soaking wet, dried by the fireplace in Selznick's office with a Brandy the secretary got her and did the whole audition on her knees. The upshot was she said she always had trouble finding that Culver City studio, even later on when she owned it! LOL!

Kazza · 02-23-2004, 01:52 PM

Why she was on her knees ;because of the Scotch?? and yes, Lucy would always get lost inside the studios even when she owned them. Isnt there a story about her asking Desi where the exit was and him telling her that after all those years she hadn't figured it out yet??

SPLAIN · 02-23-2004, 02:02 PM

Desilu Gower and Cahuenga were both easily found, they were centraly located, but Desilu Culver is out in the sticks, you see it every night on Wheel of Fortune, that old style Columned building that looks like the set for Gone with the Wind. That's the one she couldn't find because she seldom had any reason to go there. As for the reason for her being on her knees, she was drying out by the fireplace, and the fireplace i assume was low and not high, but she never thought to rise when Selznick came in, too nervous i guess!

Kazza · 02-23-2004, 02:53 PM

Probably Selznick thought Lucy wouldn't fit the part because of her 'height problem"?

SPLAIN · 02-23-2004, 03:13 PM

I have an answer that could close this board down, lemme clean it up and say maybe Lucy assumed the normal position for an actress auditioning back then and maybe even now, although nowadays both sexes might do it that way. If we only knew how many GOOD actors lost jobs to these individuals with no scruples who just wanted to get ahead, so to speak, so unfair and maybe why movies are so bad nowadays.

Kazza · 02-23-2004, 03:19 PM

I can't imagine Lucy on the title role

. Then we would be without ILL then

SPLAIN · 02-23-2004, 03:24 PM

If you ever see the Here's Lucy episode with Flip Wilson, Lucy actually does play that role, so you can judge for yourself.

ARealLucyFan · 02-23-2004, 05:25 PM

Lucy was on her knees because Marcell Rabwin gave her a long sweater to put on while her clothes were drying out and it wasn't long enough, so she had to be on her knees to cover herself.

x1LucyFanx · 02-23-2004, 10:09 PM

I heard all of those stories but I never heard that the sweater wasn't long enough, but thats kind of funny.

SPLAIN · 02-24-2004, 10:12 AM

Thanks for the info on the sweater, didn't remember that part. Apparently Selznick was surprised by her audition and thought it was different, don't forget the man had done this thousands of times with every woman in Hollywood. This was THE most sought after role in Hollywood as the book had caused such a sensation. And i seem to recall Gone with the Wind was the biggest money earner ever for decades afterwards until The Sound of Music took over the title. And, they also say if you adjust for inflation, it would still have the title today.

Lodee · 02-24-2004, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by SPLAIN
I have an answer that could close this board down

I know what your answer would be and trust me, that's not gonna close THIS board down. It probably wouldn't even get you banned. Hop on over to chit chat and read some of those posts.

02-22-2004, 04:20 PM	#1
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02-22-2004, 04:27 PM	#2
MagsLovesLucy For being a friend.. Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Posts: 307	Haha! I believe it was Joan Collins who said that at the All-Star Party for Lucy. I think most of us know the story of what happened when Lucy auditioned for Gone with the Wind. Still, there's a picture of her in Loving Lucy dressed as Scarlett O'Hara, and she looks positively stunning!

02-22-2004, 08:28 PM	#3
x1LucyFanx AbSoLuTeLy GoRgEoUs Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 25, 2003 Location: Constantly dazing off into Lucy Land... Posts: 105	I have that book...I'll have to check it out!

02-22-2004, 11:33 PM	#4
Amber8611 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 21, 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 188	I saw "Gone with the Wind" for the first time last week and I could definitely see Lucy in that role. Just watch "The Big Street," Gloria Lyons' attitude was pretty similar to Scarlett O'Hara's. It's too bad her audition had to go like that because she'd be great in that movie.

02-23-2004, 11:11 AM	#5
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	But if she'd won the Oscar for Gone with the Wind, we might not have gotten Lucy Ricardo! For those who don't know the story, she drove to the studio and got lost and got drenched in a downpour and showed up soaking wet, dried by the fireplace in Selznick's office with a Brandy the secretary got her and did the whole audition on her knees. The upshot was she said she always had trouble finding that Culver City studio, even later on when she owned it! LOL!

02-23-2004, 01:52 PM	#6
Kazza Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 3,244	Why she was on her knees ;because of the Scotch?? and yes, Lucy would always get lost inside the studios even when she owned them. Isnt there a story about her asking Desi where the exit was and him telling her that after all those years she hadn't figured it out yet??

02-23-2004, 02:02 PM	#7
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Desilu Gower and Cahuenga were both easily found, they were centraly located, but Desilu Culver is out in the sticks, you see it every night on Wheel of Fortune, that old style Columned building that looks like the set for Gone with the Wind. That's the one she couldn't find because she seldom had any reason to go there. As for the reason for her being on her knees, she was drying out by the fireplace, and the fireplace i assume was low and not high, but she never thought to rise when Selznick came in, too nervous i guess!

02-23-2004, 02:53 PM	#8
Kazza Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 3,244	Probably Selznick thought Lucy wouldn't fit the part because of her 'height problem"?

02-23-2004, 03:13 PM	#9
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	I have an answer that could close this board down, lemme clean it up and say maybe Lucy assumed the normal position for an actress auditioning back then and maybe even now, although nowadays both sexes might do it that way. If we only knew how many GOOD actors lost jobs to these individuals with no scruples who just wanted to get ahead, so to speak, so unfair and maybe why movies are so bad nowadays.

02-23-2004, 03:19 PM	#10
Kazza Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 3,244	I can't imagine Lucy on the title role . Then we would be without ILL then

02-23-2004, 03:24 PM	#11
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	If you ever see the Here's Lucy episode with Flip Wilson, Lucy actually does play that role, so you can judge for yourself.

02-23-2004, 05:25 PM	#12
ARealLucyFan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 02, 2003 Posts: 14	Lucy was on her knees because Marcell Rabwin gave her a long sweater to put on while her clothes were drying out and it wasn't long enough, so she had to be on her knees to cover herself.

02-23-2004, 10:09 PM	#13
x1LucyFanx AbSoLuTeLy GoRgEoUs Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 25, 2003 Location: Constantly dazing off into Lucy Land... Posts: 105	I heard all of those stories but I never heard that the sweater wasn't long enough, but thats kind of funny.

02-24-2004, 10:12 AM	#14
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Thanks for the info on the sweater, didn't remember that part. Apparently Selznick was surprised by her audition and thought it was different, don't forget the man had done this thousands of times with every woman in Hollywood. This was THE most sought after role in Hollywood as the book had caused such a sensation. And i seem to recall Gone with the Wind was the biggest money earner ever for decades afterwards until The Sound of Music took over the title. And, they also say if you adjust for inflation, it would still have the title today.