जेन रसेल, अमेरिकन चित्रपट अभिनेत्री आणि हॉलीवूडची १९४०, '५०च्या दशकांतील आघाडीची सेक्स सिम्बॉल...Jane Russell@100

#JaneRussell100
June 21 2021 is 100th birth anniversary of  Jane Russell

 

जी ए कुलकर्णी, जुलै २८ १९५५:

"…हत्तिणीचे चित्र काढताना जेन रसेलचे चित्र निघणे हा लेखकाचा पराभव आहे…" 

('जी.एं. ची निवडक पत्रे, खंड २', १९९८, पृष्ठ १४)

 

The  book is copiously marked with foot notes by the editors almost on every page. Every time GA refers to something that has not been discussed earlier, there is a footnote for it. For instance, on page 14, 'Grapes of Wrath' is commented upon.

But for some reason, Ms. Russell does not get a footnote.

Was it because editors assumed every reader knew about her? I don't think it's quite true because by 1998, Russell was already history and had not become a legend like Marilyn Monroe among Marathi speaking people at least. 

 

Or was it just widely prevalent snobbishness among Marathi literati that perhaps a Hollywood star and sex symbol (for me Ms. Russell was a competent actor too) from the past was not in the same league as John Steinbeck's book and hence not worth a comment?

To compensate for that oversight, I have tried writing that missing footnote: जेन रसेल, अमेरिकन चित्रपट अभिनेत्री आणि हॉलीवूडची १९४० आणि '५०च्या दशकांतील आघाडीची सेक्स सिम्बॉल, जन्म १९२१, मृत्यू २०११

 1942

by George Hurrell