Regarding Gloira Swanson.....is it just me, or....
does anyone else think it's a little eerie that in an airplane disaster movie, Gloria Swanson refers to Carole Lombard and Grace Jones....both of whom were killed in plane crashes?
shareShe says something to the effect that a plane crash isn't so bad. Carole Lombard and Grace MOORE both did.
Grace Jones is still very much her. No plane crash. Just pullin' up to the bumper in a long black limosine.
I am sure this was a deliberate in-joke if that is the right word for such a tasteless observation.
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No., Moore and Lombard are mentioned by Swanson. She refers to them and herself as being ''rebels'' in the old days of the Studio System.
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Grace Moore was a Met Opera star who made six or seven films, probably bceause she was fairly attractive as opposed to most female singers of her time. She was killed in a plane crash in '47.
"May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?"
It was meant as a subtle joke. Grace Moore and Carol Lombard were said to be rebels. If you were aware of the fact that they were both killed in a plane crash, then you might have giggled a little when Swanson adds that she was a rebel too. You're left wondering: will Swanson then survive the impending plane collision?
The OP was obviously aware of the tragic fates of Moore and Lombard but I just can't understand why the joke (as dark as it is) needed to be spelled out for him.
Grace Jones is not dead!