While watching Everybody Sing (1938) Friday night, I have fallen back in avid love with Reginald Gardiner. Don't ask me why. While he might have been typecasted as the goofy British gentleman or butler, it's apparent that he enjoyed doing it. The typecast has brought about fantastic roles such as Beverly Leslie in "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (lampooning Noel Coward to perfection) and Barbara Stanwyck's fake husband in "Christmas in Connecticut." Perhaps it's because he is both mysterious in his gentleman status yet utterly ridiculous. Or maybe it's those eyes.
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