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Tall, dark and handsome. Rudolph Valentino in 1919. Valentino was a popular target of the term in early American film press. " Tall, dark, and handsome " is a phrase that refers to an appealing man. It originates from cheap romantic fiction produced in the early 1900s. [1] [2]
Tall, Dark and Handsome is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Caesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, and Charlotte Greenwood. It was produced and released by Twentieth Century Fox.
Jan 25, 2021 · Most everyone has probably heard the phrase "tall, dark, and handsome" being used to describe the physical qualities of a perfect male romantic match. Where did this phrase come from, and who, if anyone, made it popular?
- The earliest use of it in print that I can find is from The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal , 1833. It is from a "paper" titled "The St...
- I can antedate Callithumpian's 1833 , at least by dropping the and . The earliest is in 1815 's Scenes on the shores of the Atlantic , Volume 2...
- I've just heard an anecdotal report on "Travel with Rick Steeves" radio show (American Public Radio) that the Scots believed that to have a strange...
- This is a phrase associated with the upper class Europeans along with another allied phrase, namely, "prince charming". Trace it back to Europe esp...
- Probably Europe. Other cultures outside of Europe (with darker skin) seem to think that lighter skin is more beautiful.
- Not to directly answer the question about the phrase , but I'll point out that biologically, men and women are believed to be hard wired to seek c...
- Suits and Tuxedos may be the source of the "dark, and handsome" part. Wearing nice clothing can also make people "stand taller," because they are p...
Jul 8, 2021 · It has remained a frequently used idiom, although the exact meaning and inference of "tall, dark and handsome" is now more closely scrutinised and debated. Anthropologist Shafee Hassan...
Jan 31, 2024 · 🎬 "TALL DARK AND HANDSOME" directed by Sam Baron, with a brilliant performance by BAFTA nominee Amit Shah as a man who discovers his girlfriend has a history of dating Indian men, in this...
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Nov 29, 2008 · Video clips of Gary Cooper in The Virginian (1929)and High Noon (1952), set to Austin Lucas' song 'Tall, Dark and Handsome'.
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In order to date pretty shopgirl Judy Miller (Virginia Gilmore), notorious gang boss Shep Morrison (Cesar Romero) introduces himself as a banker, widower and father. Shep's henchman, Frosty ...
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