Your Drinking Partner From The Golden Age?

[LordBest]

Dinner and drinks with Auguste Escoffier would be splendid.

 

[cptjeff]

F.A.S

Reputedly, Frank was not the nicest person to be around in private.

Dean Martin was supposedly an amazing guy with a great sense of humor though.

 

[WH1]

Great thread idea, reminds me of an excellent show on PBS back in the 70's, Meeting of the Minds with Steve Allen. Actors portraying various historical figures such as Jefferson, Galileo, Socrates, Cleopatra, etc. sit down for dinner and discuss everything.

Hmmm Drinking of the Minds...lol

Several I would like to have a drink with Brendan Behan and Dorothy Parker are obvious, but only in a crowded room with lots of A-Listers, think of the commentary. Don Rickles would be interesting of those who are still alive. Jim Corbett or Denys Finch-Hatton, the hunters, would be fascinating and are probably my top choices. Although got to go with Spitfire on Sophia, wow.

 

[scotrace]

Beryl Markham.

Carole.

Coco.

Who wants to drink with boys? They just get obnoxious.

 

[scotrace]

Dean Martin was supposedly an amazing guy with a great sense of humor though.

I know a man who grew up a block from Dean Martin, and knew him off and on through the decades. Without reservation, he reported that Dean was, to the end, a decent, normal guy who never got too big to remember where he came from, or to call an old friend.

 

[David Conwill]

Edsel Ford or Billy Durant. I'd love to get their take on Michigan's current situation.

Henry Ford didn't approve of alcohol, and the Dodge Bros. Are kind of pre-Golden Era, otherwise they'd be interesting too. Well, on second thought, the Dodge Bros might end up kicking my rear axle, so to speak, so maybe I'd prefer to have a coffee with those fellows anyway.

-Dave

 

[DanielJones]

William Powell. Especially as Nick Charles.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

This Stooge,...

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...soitanly.

 

[ScionPI2005]

William Powell. Especially as Nick Charles.

Cheers!

Dan

This, I agree with wholeheartedly! :eusa_clap :beer:

 

[DivineDecadence]

Three-way tie between:

Fritz Lang

Tod Browning

F.W. Murnau

 

[JennyLou]

I would have to say Nick Charles. Seems like a great, funny guy to drink with.

 

[Puzzicato]

As the ladies are unrepresented here, I'm going to have a girls night out! Here's who I would hit the tiles with,

Jessica Mitford

Martha Gellhorn

and

Elizabeth David

I think it would be quite a night

Excellent choices! I think I'd add Nancy Mitford to my party too.

 

[Mister Cairo]

Real - Noel Coward
Fictional - Richard Blaine

 

[SkullCowboy]

Boris Karloff. I think it would be a hoot to toss back a few with someone who could be so sinister on the screen yet was reputed to be very kind with a great sense of humor.

 

[jamespowers]

W. C. Fields would probably be my first choice.

Now you are talking!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap I would add Bogart to that though---along with the original rat pack he was part of.

 

[Tiller]

Adding another one I'd say Phil Harris. I'd love to travel with his band. Besides him Churchill, Mencken, Dean Martin, and Frank would be cool.

Of course the next day I'd want to golf with Crosby and Hope .

If we were in 1952 I'd want to be with Grace Kelly .lol

 

[Mario]

W. C. Fields would probably be my first choice.

I'd be glad if you'd invite me to come along with the two of you!

 

[ratpack66]

My choices would be Frank Costello,Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin and the greatest golfer ever Robert Tyre Jones jr aka Bobby Jones

 

[HadleyH]

Another vote for Hem

 

[HadleyH]

Dottie Parker along with her caustic tongue! Fun too!!!