Friday, January 30, 2009

Mistaken Identities, First Lady Edition

Of course, I know this is the effervescent Miss Ruby Keeler in her late-in-life triumph in No! No! Nanette! in the early 70s.

But when I stumbled across the image recently, my first thought was that it was Nancy Reagan on one last Happy Pill binge, having her final Helen Lawson moment.

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  1. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope!

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  2. you can always tell which one is Nancy Reagan in any photograph--she's the one without any collarbones, and therefore no shoulders. She could never wear spaghetti straps since they'd slide right off!

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  3. thombeau...now you get outta my way! i got a man waitin' for me!

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  4. You must read Don Dunn's "The Making of 'No, No, Nanette'."

    Lots of delish dish.

    Once you read it, the name Cyma Rubin will never leave you.

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