My little gypsy sweetheart(s)
by chuckofish
Today’s fond look backward at Halloween costumes of yore: the re-cycled witch costume worn for the umpteenth time on daughter #2 and the first appearance of the “Gypsy” costume on daughter #1 circa 1996.
Daughter #1 does not look too happy to be channeling Lucille Ball! I am the Queen of the Gypsies! Gyp-gyp-gyp-gyp-gyp-gypsies! I ride along in my Gypsy caravan in the finest Gypsy band in the land. There are no kings in the Gypsies.
Now here is daughter #2 (pre-orthodontia) a few years later in the Gypsy costume.
Gyp-gyp-gyp-gyp-gyp-gypsies! You know what they mean when they shake their tambourine and I’m their Gypsy Queen!
P.S. Those dangling purple (wooden) earrings worn by both gypsies were worn by our conservative mother for real in the mod 1960s.
And here’s a bonus! Chico Marx plays “Gypsy Love Song” in Cocoanuts (1929)!
dual personalities 
I was so excited to wear makeup! Quite the rouge I’ve got, there…
You were adorable!
Who would’ve known, all those years ago, that Susie would become such an intellectual scholar? The look on her face in the first pic is priceless. 😉
What are you implying? That she looks looks less than brilliant?!
Did you listen to the clip? It’s very funny. And 1929! I do love that song.
Yes its really impressive. Another fine example of why even a mediocre movie from the first half 20th century is far superior to just about every single movie (with a handful of clear exceptions) made in the second half. Actors, Directors, Producers, Writers etc are just incapable of doing anything that cool any more. (Chico Marx for gosh sakes!) My heart aches.
…and yes, Young Susie was the master of the blank-confused-look. Perhaps she was merely contemplating Whitman and totally oblivious of the goings-on around her.
I look really awful in those pictures. Such an angsty pre-teen.
I would not say you look awful. Angsty, yes.
I don’t think you look angsty — I think you look like you’re channeling the “femme fatale”. Very cool…
I think Mary was doing her best “The Garbo” impression. She “vanted to be lef-talone…”