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To: backpacker_c

Frank Sinatra wore height increasing shoes. Here is a brief list of others:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/09/shortcuts-celebrity-stack-heels

Another:
Oscar-winning 5’8” actor Yul Brynner famously insisted that the exceptionally tall (especially for that era) 5’10 Ingrid Bergman walk in a trench next to him.


10 posted on 10/31/2023 3:40:44 PM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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11 posted on 10/31/2023 3:41:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: frank ballenger
Oscar-winning 5’8” actor Yul Brynner famously insisted that the exceptionally tall (especially for that era) 5’10 Ingrid Bergman walk in a trench next to him.

Don Adams would often stand a box when next to Barbara Feldon, and she would purposely slouch. She almost didn't get the job because of her height. Fortunately it worked out, as she was perfect.
35 posted on 10/31/2023 4:04:38 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: frank ballenger
"Oscar-winning 5’8” actor Yul Brynner famously insisted that the exceptionally tall (especially for that era) 5’10 Ingrid Bergman walk in a trench next to him."

Which was the inspiration for Monty Python's "Scott of the Antarctic".

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48 posted on 10/31/2023 4:16:44 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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