[On Hollywood] "The people are unreal. The flowers are unreal, they don`t smell. The fruit is unreal, it doesn`t taste of anything. The whole place is a glaring, gaudy nightmarish set, built up in the desert."
Ethel Barrymore
That the old fashioned motion picture gangster with his ugly face, gaudy cars, and flashy clothes was replaced by a smoother, better looking, and better dressed bad man was largely the work of Mr. Ladd. - "New York Times" obituary (January 30, 1964)
Alan Ladd
You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn`t do that. To me, I think it`s very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it`s very tasteful.
Earl Scruggs
[On Hollywood] "The people are unreal. The flowers are unreal, they don`t smell. The fruit is unreal, it doesn`t taste of anything. The whole place is a glaring, gaudy nightmarish set, built up in the desert."
Ethel Barrymore
