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"But he was only a weakling and a bully and a near-murderer, scumbag, self-pitier, miser, liar, ass and oaf on the outside - who isn't? Somewhere on the inside there was a decent human being. Oh, all right: Rex Harrison was an absolutely irredeemable cunt who tried to murder me - but still, you have to try to forgive people, no matter what. Otherwise we'd be back in the jungle.
I forgive you, Rex."
So, come on, that extract is from which autobiography published last year?
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posted by Reidski @ 9:52 pm
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I believe that it's from the posthumous autobiography of Audrey Hepburn's that was published last year around about April time.
It was the "Rex Harrison was an absolutely irredeemable cunt who tried to murder me . . . " line that gave it away. I recognise the late Audrey's prose anywhere.
You really must try harder next time if you want to trip us up. Some of us are quite tasty when it comes to hollywood memoirs. ;-)
good try, but you're wrong Darren.
Paul Weller on the bevy?
That would probably be Julie Andrews. Also noted that Rex once clocked Frank Sinatra because he thought Frank was hitting on his then wife Lili Palmer. Now that's a bad-ass.
Here's another quote cos you guys are off the mark:
"To be honest what changed everything for me on Forest Lawn was a fruit ... I had a similar feeling years later, sipping my first properly mixed martini in Chasen's - a pulse of surprise that it was legal. Same as my first snort of cocaine off Constance Bennett's breasts ..."
I'm loving this book!
I know! I know!
Only I am not allowed to say....bums.
Darren's first commnet was soooo funny. Must be worth loadsa points
Errol Flynn?
Is it Barack Obama?
Is it Alan Jay Lerner, and the book 'Musical Theatre: A Celebration'? Aw c'mon, Reidski, share! It reminds me of the book about Fatty Arbuckle I read last year. I like that fictionalised fact stuff.
Messalina
Just read a section in which the author was in the driving seat of a rolls royce, with two dwarves on the pedals, David Niven and Douglas Fairbanks jr in the back, when the car crashed into Johnny Weismuller's chevvy!
And that is a clue!
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So it was Paul Weller.
The two dwarves on the pedals clue gave it away. Whatever did happen to Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler?
Was it the chimpanzee in the Tarzan films?
Yours enquiringly
Messalina
Now there's a coincidence, Reidski. Why not try my Friday quiz!!!
Messalina wins. The book is Me Cheeta, by, erm, Cheeta. It's fantastic!
Wow! What's my prize? A lend of the book in question? (or answer, in my case, hem hem).
You can bring it when you next come by for lunch ... which is when?
Messalina
And that's a REAL book?!
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