It's from the 1939 film Hollywood Cavalcade.

I've always loved that pic! :lovestruck:

There are several pics and clips on the net from this pie scene with Buster Keaton and Alice Faye.

In one of his books, Buster said that he wanted a "real" shocked response from Alice when she got hit with the first pie. So he practiced without her. Then when it was time to shoot, she was totally unaware. The "villain" (who was "supposed" to get the pie) was holding Alice and he spun her around so she was facing Buster, and he nailed her! Her surprised scream was exactly what Buster was looking for! :devil:

As the pie fight escalated, Alice got several more pies in the face, including one from Buster. She was holding a pie, he went to throw his and "accidently" pushed hers in her face! There is also a clip of "The Great Stoneface" laughing during this scene as Alice gets more and more plastered.

Norman

Buster was a silent genius, all he had to do was look at the camera (in one of his many predicaments) and you just had to laugh...oh, if you know where the other Alice Faye pics are, or a vid clip, pleas post!

No real comment, these have been around for awhile and there is a video of more somewhere. One thing, I really do like girls with their hair in braids like hers taking pies in the face, but you don't see it that often. Wish it was more common.

I hate to burst the bubble of the beautiful story you tell above, Norman, but I'm afraid you aren't remembering it completely correctly (or maybe you are and Buster told it differently in different places). According to something I read by Buster, Alice Faye knew she was going to be pied by him in that shot -- the plan all along was for the villain to duck and her to get it. Buster did intentionally surprise her, though, by changing up the timing from the way they'd rehearsed it, hitting Alice with the pie a bit earlier than had originally been planned out. He said that his reason for doing so was that he wanted to avoid her flinching and spoiling the take. The surprise timing of the pie hit, and its unexpected force, angered Alice enough to pick up a pie and chase Buster out into the studio parking lot with it!

>The surprise timing of the pie hit, and its unexpected force, angered Alice
>enough to pick up a pie and chase Buster out into the studio parking lot with it!

Now...where have I witnessed that happen before...

Oh yeah, at our pie shoots in October 1995 which were directed by the pie-master Lenny Sorge, and when Lenny nailed Melanie with a pie unexpectedly and with some force she got mad and then chased him around my garden until she tackled him to the ground and an impromtu pie-wrestling match broke out. I must dig out those outtakes some time, cos that was one of the funniest unplanned events I have ever seen..

Blake Edwards similarly angered Natalie Wood when he nailed her with some force when he threw the first pie at her during the making of The Great Race, but that was no accident and was intentional cos Natalie had been a diva on the set and Blake Edwards was itching to get some "pie-back" on her.

MK

I was faster 20 years ago LOL LOL. "Has it been 20 years of doing this my does time fly. "Hey MK I will be in south FL in early Feb We gotta catch up on old times

Lenny

Sure....be glad to meet up again.

Why is Feb always your preferred time to visit Florida, cos I well recall the pie shoots we did together in Feb 1999.....and how cold it was in my garden and how the girls froze their asses off for 4 days during that shoot. I have lived in Florida now for 28 years and Feb is consistently always the coldest month of the year in South Florida. For our wetlook shoots during the winter months we mitigate that cos Tracie installed a pool heating system so when the air temp is only 60 F the pool water temp is a nice and toasty 88 degrees, so the girls stay in the pool all day long and we get loads more footage. With the pie scenes, it is no fun shooting outdoors in Feb, so it is better to do indoor shoots in a studio or rented warehouse space at that time of year.

I guess Feb is an easier month for you to get time off from your day job, or this is an optimal time to go to the race track to bet on the gee gees.

You have a very uncomplicated life...i.e. there are only 3 things that matter...i.e. Horses, Pied Women, and the finest Ruth's Chris Steaks or Stone Crabs. I guess if you were stranded on a desert island, all you would need to be in heaven would be a bevy of beautiful buxom women, a nearby bakery to order pies from, a nearby horse racing track, and a fine steakhouse. You have had more fun than Hugh Hefner over the last 20 years....ha ha

MK

Touche MK

Yes I have been fortunite in some ways in life. I always pick Feb and Nov because they have the most holidays for me from my day job. But mainly I want out of the SNOW!!!

Yes my first boss was right, I only invest in things that eat LOL LOL

See you soon MK Get tRacie to come too

Lenny