To Beard or Not to Beard?

[Benzadmiral]

I don't think full beards were common in the US during this 1920-1945 stretch. Folks with beards in the old movies were bums, convicts on the lam, or some sort of commie. So, it depends what you're trying to say about yourself.

Don't forget Monty Woolley in The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Bishop's Wife!

 

[Fading Fast]

Don't forget Monty Woolley in The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Bishop's Wife!

Spot on, but in truth, also an example of play to your strengths / go with your money pitch. His beard demanded to be grown and seen.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"I smell a rat! A rat with a beard!"
-- Kaufman and Hart, The Man Who Came To Dinner

 

[Benzadmiral]

"I smell a rat! A rat with a beard!"
-- Kaufman and Hart, The Man Who Came To Dinner

"I may vomit."
( -- Sheridan Whiteside, looking around at the assembled characters as he first enters in his wheelchair; the stage version, anyway)