[identity profile] wotwotleigh.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] indeedsir_backup
Today I learned that P. G. Wodehouse once said he could picture Stanley Holloway playing Jeeves, particularly in a musical version (Holloway being the only "singing Jeeves" Wodehouse could accept). Most of the images floating around are of a fairly aged Mr. Holloway. However, having found this picture of him as a young man, all I can say is YES, PLEASE:



I wonder if Wodehouse pictured Jeeves having the Cockney accent that Holloway typically employed in his songs and monologues? So many unanswerable questions!

Date: 2017-03-03 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] haikitteh.livejournal.com
My only thought of Holloway is from his most famous screen appearance as Eliza Doolittle's dad in My Fair Lady, so this image really surprised me. He was a bit of a looker back in the day! I could definitely see him in the role of Jeeves.

I wonder about the Cockney accent, too, wouldn't it be an odd fit? I remember that Jeeves refers to Wooster as "the governor" in the only story from his POV, "Bertie Changes His Mind," and it always struck me as sort of slang-y for Jeeves. If Wodehouse conceived of Jeeves as having a Cockney accent it'd make sense, though. Interesting to speculate.

Date: 2017-03-03 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] servicerevolver.livejournal.com
Wow! That sure is a wonderful profile, and a wonderful profile counts for a lot in Jeeves & Wooster haha!

I agree, yes please! Great match for Jeeves. I dare say I can see his head bulging in the back with intelligence :)

Date: 2017-03-03 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com
this guy definitely looks like he'd make a good Jeeves.

Date: 2017-03-07 08:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] viianthe.livejournal.com
I have to ask - for purposes of my own curiosity towards it and how far exactly the resemblance goes - what exactly was his statement and when exactly was it said?

Because I looked it up just now and Stanley Holloway was apparently about a full 170cm in height. That's 5'7, two inches shorter than Bertie gives for Agatha (who herself is presumedly shorter than Bertie if both she and he 'run to height' the same) in The Inimitable Jeeves. If Holloway is roughly along the lines what Jeeves is or could be in full, there's a good chance he might be shorter than aunt Agatha. And that's absolutely fantastic.

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