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Greatest Real Name in the list of credits to this 1933 film (George Cukor's "Our Betters")

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Harry Wagstaff Gribble 15
Van Nest Polglase 14
Hattie Carnegie 6
Jane Murfin 2
George D. Ellis 1
Charles Rosher 0
Elsa Maxwell 0
Max Steiner 0
Jack Kitchin 0
Hobe Erwin 0


― Chanté Ackerman (Stevie D), Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:17 (sixteen years ago)

i think you're overstating the greatness of these names.

― diurnal eternal falafel (get bent), Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:33 (sixteen years ago)

I would take any of these as an affected pseudonym.

― Abbbottt, Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:34 (sixteen years ago)

xp for real? Murfin? Wagstaff Gribble? VAN NEST POLGLASE?

― Chanté Ackerman (Stevie D), Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:38 (sixteen years ago)

Van Nest Polglase sounds either like an industrial process or an extremely dubious dessert.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:39 (sixteen years ago)

A dessert fitting to serve to a Wagstaff, admittedly.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:39 (sixteen years ago)

Harry Wagstaff Gribble is 100000000000000x better than the others. some of the others are normal names.

― michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:53 (sixteen years ago)

Harry Wagstaff Gribble for all time

― best toasty (zorn_bond.mp3), Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:59 (sixteen years ago)

I think I might have voted for "Hobe Polglase" though.

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:06 (sixteen years ago)

I kind of like Hattie Carnegie.

― full of country goodness and green pea-ness (Abbbottt), Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:08 (sixteen years ago)

I keep thinking of it as "HAT-tie car-NEG-gie", which sounds infinitely more charming IMO; the fact that Hattie designed costumes is so perfect, too.

― Chanté Ackerman (Stevie D), Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

her real name was probably something like Ethel.

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:37 (sixteen years ago)

Harry Wagstaff Gribble sounds like a cousin to both Groucho & WC Fields

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:28 (sixteen years ago)

Max Steiner was a pretty famous ex-pat film composer.

― albino python on cocaine (corey), Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:31 (sixteen years ago)

great poll imo. can't understand get bent's post.

went for Van Nest Polglase but i was tempted by Hattie Carnegie.

― jed_, Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:04 (sixteen years ago)

excellent poll

― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:25 (sixteen years ago)

Harry Wagstaff Gribble is amazing, but Hattie Carnegie is probably a distant relation so I'm going with her.

― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:33 (sixteen years ago)

I like the album Jane Murfin did with Serge Gorfsbarg.

― albino python on cocaine (corey), Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

I have to assume that Maxwell's technical advice stems from her status as a "better" to the rest of these people.

― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:35 (sixteen years ago)

like the album Jane Murfin did with Serge Gorfsbarg.

― albino python on cocaine (corey), Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:34 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

Well I laughed.

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

Van Nest Polglase is MAGICAL

― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:19 (sixteen years ago)

It's a dick fight between Wagstaff Gribble and Polglase.

― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

who had the longest career, then

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

Van Nest Polglase sounds like one of those kooky pre-packaged ice cream based deserts they serve at La Porcetta.

― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 23 August 2010 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

dude, Van Nest Polglace was the Art Director for fucking Citizen Kane. that name and that fact make him the winner.

― johnsons in my pubescence, other than my own (the table is the table), Monday, 23 August 2010 23:16 (sixteen years ago)

Yes, this, people.

Hattie is usually short for Harriet.

― kinder egg, kirche, kultur (suzy), Monday, 23 August 2010 23:20 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

photo finish

― ý never promýsed you a Weingarten (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:02 (sixteen years ago)

Van Nest Polglace sounds like a Supreme Court justice from the 1890's.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

George D. Ellis, what a challop.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

Rosher's a good name, Chuck got jipped.

― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:22 (sixteen years ago)

Hattie is usually short for Harriet.

It's still a good name for a costume designer.

I mean, trying to avoid this fact is like stating very sternly that Fanny is short for Frances. It may be true, but it won't stop people giggling.

― emil.y, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:26 (sixteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Carnegie

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:32 (sixteen years ago)


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