Darlings, What If I Were Vincente Minnelli??????????

                                 Just in case some of you out there may not know, the famous scenes in "Valley Of The Dolls," when Neely 0'Hara catches her husband, Ted Casablanca, with his "arms around that English actor, and their tongues down each other's throats," and then in their pool with contract player Carmen Carver, were inspired by Judy Garland, in real life coming home from a hard day at MGM, and finding Vincente locked in consequence with their pool cleaner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   Now, as you know, gay men the world over want to be BARBRA, some even want to be LIZA, but who on earth would want to be Vincente Minnelli????????????

                                     And you have to wonder--as gay as all get out as Vincente was (despite him being one of the homeliest men in Hollywood!!!!!!!!) --how did he manage to make it with Judy Garland???????
A turkey baster, perhaps?????????   I am sure that trick was tried back in those days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        But, when it came to texture, design and art, who wouldn't want to be Vincente Minnelli???????   When it comes to gay films of quality and perfection, "Gigi" has to be at the top of the list!!!!!!!!!  It's what we all want,.darlings--to wear gorgeous Cecil Beaton gowns, being waited on by  the likes of Louis Jourdan, and drinking champagne, while singing about it!!!!!!!  Who could ask for anything more????????  The argument could be stated that the "Gigi" fantasies of gay men evolved into the Gay Party Circuit!  And it would not have been possible without Vincente Minnelli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                           Of course, when it comes to screen perfection, there isn't a frame of  the entire film of "Meet Me In St. Louis" one could quibble over.  If I were Vincente, darlings, the only thing I would have changed (you know this was coming, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!) is that I would have cast myself as Tootie, so I could do the famous Christmas/Snowmen scene!!!!!!!!!!!  Not that Margaret O'Brien was anything less than brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  But how I have always wanted to play it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              Vincente, of course, started out as a window dresser and stage designer.
I was lucky if I could nail together stage sets. Which I sometimes did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                 If only I had been better at drawing, loves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!