2006-06-29 21:18:57 · 15 answers · asked by cauliflower 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
or "tall dark and handsome" ? is it from a movie? or maybe a book? Fairy tale?
2006-06-29 21:35:43 · update #1
It is used now in many places. In songs and everywhere. I think that this line came from a "tall dark handsome stranger".
"tall dark handsome stranger" came from language
language came from man
man came from God
So ultimately God made this line = "tall dark handsome stranger".
2006-06-29 21:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Gary 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Tall, Dark and Handsome" has its origins in these adjectives:
1) High in stature
2) Brave and valiant
3) Being of more than average height
4) Attractive and Handsome
Phrase "tall, dark, and handsome" is recorded from 1906.
2006-06-29 21:24:09 · answer #2 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Mae West, a busty movie star from the early days of movies coined the phrase from a song by that name published in 1906.
She was the same woman who said "Come up and see me sometime," and "So many men... so little time."
And for the time, she was hotter with men than three Angelina Jolies.
2006-07-13 19:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by arcayne_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhett Butler
2006-07-13 05:54:24 · answer #4 · answered by shannon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Heart" lyrics - tall dark handsome stranger
2006-06-29 21:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by princess2luv_u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tall dark handsome stranger" kinda tough but i guess they come from a womb of their mother...
2006-06-29 21:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by readsid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1920's era I think. At least in the movies.
2006-06-29 21:21:30 · answer #7 · answered by devilishgrl14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IIn my opinion, It comes from literature... 'He is a trifle dark-skinned, legs portruding...' This is a direct quote from 'Poem of My Cid' written in Spanish around 1150 or so...
2006-06-29 21:39:29 · answer #8 · answered by Tati 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
book
2006-07-08 22:20:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm, I thought it was tall dark and handsome?
2006-06-29 21:20:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋