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Developing a caricature of William Bendix (circa 1942)
It still needs some work, but is getting there.
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posted by Wayno @ 9:31 PM
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Nice caricature!
A few years ago I was watching part of what seemed to be a really weird movie. The scene had Bendix and Alan Ladd sitting at a table, with Bendix in a threatening and seemingly drunken mood. What struck me was this:
Alan Ladd seemed to be quite the larger of the two, and as I understand things, Alan Ladd was a really, really little guy (like 5'2" or something??!!). If this is so, then that would make William Bendix REALLY short! Like almost midget short.
Was this just a trick of the camera lense, or was William Bendix a really tiny human?
I think that's the same movie I'm referencing here. "The Glass Key," with Bendix, Ladd and Veronica Lake. There's a scene where Bendix delivers a brutal beating to Ladd -- it's painfully violent, and has a heavy homoerotic vibe. Pretty wild stuff for 1942.
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