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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Goddess of the Golden Age Lauren "You know how to whistle, don't you?" Bacall doesn't tweet much but she's still one of my fave celebs on Twitter (@lauren_bacall). She's classy to the point where I feel like an unkempt slob every time she unleashes her 140-character or less wit.

Recently, she tweeted some thoughts on the Academy Awards — she received an honorary Oscar at a previously held ceremony and she's a member of the Academy. My favorite part is when she says that Philly-born Grace Kelly would be disgusted by current Oscar behavior. I also completely agree that today's starlet's don't know how to stand up straight.

Give it 'em, Bacall:


Favorite Bacall movie? Clearly anything she did with husband Humphrey Bogart is a classic (The Big Sleep is the best, but I also love Dark Passage, written by David Goodis). But I have to give it up for Written on the Wind, one of the best Douglas Sirk melodramas (loyal readers already know I've got a jonesin' for Sirk), about a corrupt Texas oil clan, the family friend who keeps them together (Rock Hudson) and the sensible secretary who gets caught up in their chaos (Bacall, at her loveliest). To top off all of Wind's maudlin glory is the Philly-born Four Aces' theme song:

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