Top 7 Quotes by Jeanine Basinger

... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution.

... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution.

Movie, Fashion, Paris

Jeanine Basinger (2013). “A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960”, Knopf

Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.

Magic, Cinema, Radio

Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful book delivers almost as much fun as the film itself.

Jeanine Basinger

Fun, Rain, Book

In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.

Jeanine Basinger

Beautiful, Fun, Writing

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if they don't know what is going on instead of its being their job to try to find out.

Jeanine Basinger

Jobs, Trying, World

Jeanine Basinger (2013). “A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960”, Knopf

When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused. A top executive was reported to have said, He's nobody. We took him from nobody. We lavished him with lessons and publicity and now he's the most desired man in the world. Who taught him how to walk? We straightened his teeth and capped them into that smile. We taught this dumb cluck how to depict great emotions, and now he wants a piece of the action? Never!

Jeanine Basinger

Men, Dumb, Teeth