"gay" redux

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/29/2012 02:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I've seen it. He's not gay.
>
>JL

No, I suppose one would not ever call George Sanders
"gay".  "Debonair", perhaps.

Joel


>On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > OK, Jon, you didn't accept "Bringing Up Baby".  What about "The Gay
> > Falcon", 1941, starring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie?  (I haven't
> > watched it, so all I have is the title.)
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