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Never dare a dame.
Someone should have told that to Fred Astaire when he co-starred with the eminent dame Judy Garland in 1948’s big hit musical, Easter Parade. Instead, Astaire, as ambitious hoofer Don Hewes, takes his mousy little dancing partner Hannah (Garland) for granted, and gets what he deserves. All men should know better than to mess with a petite woman in an audacious hat.
Hannah tells her feckless partner that she can turn heads as well as any true bombshell, and he defies her to try, letting her walk ahead of him and observing the bystanders’ reactions. What he doesn’t know is, she’s pulling the “Bloopface.”
We’ll just let Judy Garland’s sister Jimmie explain “Bloopface”:
“At first nothing happens, then all of a sudden, surprise! The heads start turning and you get the close-up of Judy pulling this face. The Bloopface, we used to call it. A little thing Judy stitched up one afternoon.”
Naturally enough, every head does turn, much to Hewes’ chagrin. Even more amusing than her Bloopface, however, is Hannah’s graceful recovery—the mark of a true prankster.
This GIF was posted on Livejournal at Joots_Garland, and has 12 comments and a whole string of additional Garland GIFs to keep it company.
