Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Jane Russell has died. Rest in peace, Jane. If you were alive, you'd be on Ricochet. And you'll always be on Ricochet in our hearts.
Veteran Hollywood Actress Jane Russell declared herself a "mean-spirited, narrow-minded, right-wing Christian bigot" to a crowd of conservative activists on Saturday.
The retired actress was making the point that she is tired of Christian conservatives being labeled intolerant when they stand up for their beliefs.
Russell's comments received enthusiastic applause at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Arlington, Va.The 81-year-old Russell, who spoke on a panel called "Hollywood Needs Adult Supervision," explained that her son chides her for using the term 'bigot,' but she insists on doing so.
"My son said, 'Mother you can't say the word bigot because that has to do with nationalities and things.' I said, 'No darling, it's a verb. It means I can't stand these people who are trying to take the Ten Commandments off the wall, take prayer out of school and... take prayer out of football games.' It's too ridiculous," Russell said.
"The Lord put this country together or we wouldn't be like we are," she added. ...
"I have always been a Republican, and when I was in Hollywood long ago, most of the people there were Republican. The studio heads were all Republican, my boss, [billionaire producer] Howard Hughes, was a raving Republican, and we had a motion picture code in those days so they couldn't do all this naughty stuff," Russell said.
"We had John Wayne, we had Charlton Heston, we had man named Ronald Reagan, we had [Robert] Mitchum, Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable," she added.
In an interview with CNSNews.com, Russell explained why she believes present-day Hollywood has become so liberal.
"I think the 60's have happened between when I was there and now. A lot of the actors and actresses, their parents were 60's people and they just have a Democratic left wing - [they] flipped," Russell said.
Asked what she thinks of present-day Hollywood liberals such as George Clooney, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, Russell quipped, "I think they're not well."
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Oct '10
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Impossible. Republican Christian women aren't allowed to be sexy, as every right-thinking person knows.
Requiescat in pace, Jane.
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Funny how people can mean different things to different generations. Say Jane Russell to me and the first thing that pops into my head is "cross your heart bra" commercials (I'm sure there's some freudian reason for that parapraxis being my primary recollection).
I did not know she was such a proud Christian and conservative. Why was she not further out in front for us as a spokesperson?
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Tommy, I just don't know how Jane Russelll could have been further out in front. Not without tipping over, anyway.
May '10
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Partially reposted from another thread:
I remember seeing her as a kid in "The Paleface" with Bob Hope. Then, in high school I was researching a paper on the Korean War and found a little blurb about Jane in a story: Our boys in Korea named a hill after her, leading an AP reporter to file the following line: "The Marines repelled a Red probe on Jane Russell and still held the height."
The imagery that created in my young mind still resonates.
Jun '10
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
EJHill: Partially reposted from another thread:
I remember seeing her as a kid in "The Paleface" with Bob Hope. Then, in high school I was researching a paper on the Korean War and found a little blurb about Jane in a story: Our boys in Korea named a hill after her, leading an AP reporter to file the following line: "The Marines repelled a Red probe on Jane Russell and still held the height."
The imagery that created in my young mind still resonates. · Mar 1 at 7:06am
Shoulda been two hills side by side.
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Oh my Claire - another freudian slip by me! I honestly didn't see the double entendre. I'm blushing. I'm going to move to another thread before I open up another door to the inner workings of the suburban male mind.
Nov '10
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Many screen and television actors of the Jane Russell era, such as Lee Marvin and Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) were decorated war heros. They never bragged about it so some people don’t know it.
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
TeeJaw what is it about past generations that causes that silence? I guess it's part of duty. My sister's father in law was a man I spent a good amount of time with, partucularly around the holidays. A few years back he passed and at his wake on display were many photos of him at war.
He never mentioned it.
May '10
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
What a dame. R.I.P.
Jul '10
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
RIP Jane. Always loved her in the Paleface movies.
Mar '11
Re: Ricochet Lowers Flag to Half-Mast for Jane Russell
Now that I've spent a few minutes thinking about her it's going to take another few minutes to get back to half-mast.