nothing cool about being so insecure that you can’t be seen being even the same height as a woman
TheoremaEgregium on
I’ve heard the story before but this is the first time I see proof. Assuming of course that’s actually Bogart.
GeniusEE on
Funny how the platforms also made his pants too short…
/s
SantafromSonta on
Mo_Steins_Ghost on
For clarity, while she was at 5’9″ only an inch taller than him, they tried to create the illusion that he was several inches taller.
Fun fact: Women account for just 10% of CEO positions in media companies and 27% of editorial leadership in news media. It’s male-run industries that push women to want taller men. Men are the ones sabotaging men.
EDIT: Hilarious how little incel nerds are coming absolutely unglued in the comments, just further proof that basic equality sounds like oppression to the privileged.
SugarRosie_ on
Hollywood movie magic is mostly just actors standing on boxes or wearing these crazy things to look taller.
ThatsARatHat on
“Welllllll I’ll tell ya what I want what I really really want”
froopadiddilydoop on
Here’s looking up at you kid!
tent_or_couch on
AND much more attractive.
xMoonPearly on
Hollywood really said give him the secret boss shoes 😭
From Bogey to Michael J. Fox to Tom Cruise to Tom Holland, Hollywood gas always like its short kings, for some reason.
Smedusa on
I’ve got this shoes (without the tape)
Cycleofmadness on
30 yrs later this was also old school cool in the 70’s.
dtisme53 on
Better than the stilts RDJ has to wear
Litenpes on
btouch on
Platform shoes, higher heels, and apple boxes are all common devices used in making movies to make short male actors appear taller onscreen (here, most Tom Cruise films), to make particularly short actresses appear properly in the frame with tall male co-stars (Thor movies, noted elsewhere in thread), to make men or women of variable height appear closer to the same height (Dreamgirls), offsetting the increasing height of an adolescent co-actor having a growth spurt (Macaulay Culkin in Richie Rich), and so forth.
nychearts812 on
Lucifer-Prime on
In Singing in the Rain, there’s a large dance number that was choreographed by Gene Kelly such that his taller dance partner didn’t tower over him. First couple times I watched it, I didn’t notice, but after seeing that fact, I rewatched and you can see she’s in a fairly pronounced plié (knees bent) through out the whole number while he’s standing straight.
Super subtly and well done.
BIGRAN_OUTBOUND on
Crazy 😧 😂
SethRogensOldrBrothr on
It’s crazy how Bogart and Cagney played so many tough guy roles, but they were both smaller guys. Cagney had a better build (even though he was about 5’5″ tall) and actually was a boxer before he was an actor, so he came across as more believable to me. But, Bogey was like 5’8″ and seemed to be really thin.
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nothing cool about being so insecure that you can’t be seen being even the same height as a woman
I’ve heard the story before but this is the first time I see proof. Assuming of course that’s actually Bogart.
Funny how the platforms also made his pants too short…
/s
For clarity, while she was at 5’9″ only an inch taller than him, they tried to create the illusion that he was several inches taller.
Fun fact: Women account for just 10% of CEO positions in media companies and 27% of editorial leadership in news media. It’s male-run industries that push women to want taller men. Men are the ones sabotaging men.
EDIT: Hilarious how little incel nerds are coming absolutely unglued in the comments, just further proof that basic equality sounds like oppression to the privileged.
Hollywood movie magic is mostly just actors standing on boxes or wearing these crazy things to look taller.
“Welllllll I’ll tell ya what I want what I really really want”
Here’s looking up at you kid!
AND much more attractive.
Hollywood really said give him the secret boss shoes 😭
https://preview.redd.it/wr1r5fzapetg1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1edf302221093675d1bb34efb11a16599497a822
De Niro did the same in Heat because Pacino is taller
https://preview.redd.it/td5ythtdpetg1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38f81bcbc10900a51b7da8073f50114b2d740d1b
He didn’t give a damn
It’s giving baddie
From Bogey to Michael J. Fox to Tom Cruise to Tom Holland, Hollywood gas always like its short kings, for some reason.
I’ve got this shoes (without the tape)
30 yrs later this was also old school cool in the 70’s.
Better than the stilts RDJ has to wear
Platform shoes, higher heels, and apple boxes are all common devices used in making movies to make short male actors appear taller onscreen (here, most Tom Cruise films), to make particularly short actresses appear properly in the frame with tall male co-stars (Thor movies, noted elsewhere in thread), to make men or women of variable height appear closer to the same height (Dreamgirls), offsetting the increasing height of an adolescent co-actor having a growth spurt (Macaulay Culkin in Richie Rich), and so forth.
In Singing in the Rain, there’s a large dance number that was choreographed by Gene Kelly such that his taller dance partner didn’t tower over him. First couple times I watched it, I didn’t notice, but after seeing that fact, I rewatched and you can see she’s in a fairly pronounced plié (knees bent) through out the whole number while he’s standing straight.
Super subtly and well done.
Crazy 😧 😂
It’s crazy how Bogart and Cagney played so many tough guy roles, but they were both smaller guys. Cagney had a better build (even though he was about 5’5″ tall) and actually was a boxer before he was an actor, so he came across as more believable to me. But, Bogey was like 5’8″ and seemed to be really thin.