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The story behind Robert Walker's death is a bit more complicated than that, I think. I just read his bio on IMDb and there are a lot of factors involved in his passing - depression, alcohol, allergic reaction to a sedative that was prescribed for him - a tragedy...

Now that's what I'm talking about! I can see it now...well, almost... Were you leaning more towards noir [my personal preference] or Western?

Would anyone like to talk about their favourite biopics? As I was planning my future viewing [with my little notepad and the schedule onscreen - a bit nerdy, but what can I tell you?], I noticed that two films that I have been eager to see are coming up in July, namely: "The Stratton Story" and "Fear Strikes Out" [the latter is especially interesting to me]. Memories of biopics I had seen started to reappear: "The Gene Krupa Story" and other less obscure ones... Away we go - remember that it is always OK to think outside the box... I am contemplating starting a thread re: who might be a good candidate for a more modern biopic [a genre that has seemed to have had its day?] and who would we cast in it...

Re: Jennifer O'Neill: Everybody counts. I haven't seen "Big Jake", but Bobby Vinton??? Excuse me, my mind is boggling...

Oops - my apologies - my [non-]answer refers to a flushing toilet. Please continue.

Hello there...if I'm not mistaken, that would be "Psycho". I came across that while searching for answers in the Hitchcock trivia thread.

"From Here to Eternity" is the only one I know...

Let us not forget "Night Passage", as James Stewart's brother, and one of my favourite Westerns, "No Name on the Bullet", where he plays John Gant and scares a whole town of people and barely says a word...

To give credit where credit is most properly due, 'whatsisname' is none other than CineSage jr.

All right, cowboys and girls, so I'm no punster like that other guy whatsisname... And now, submitted for your approval [done, of course, using my best Rod Serling imitation], the following proposition: Actors of many types have found themselves for many reasons in Westerns. Ours is not to reason why, we are just simple moviegoers indulging in our passion for film and, every so often, we see someone in a Western that maybe shouldn't ought to be there... Gather 'round the campfire and tell us about who you saw in a Western, male or female, new movie or old [but I'd rather hear about the old - the new are easier targets...], that seemed a bit out of place... Suggestions that have already been proffered: Bogart and Cagney in "The Oklahoma Kid" Bogart in "Virginia City" [Leonard Maltin refers to him as a 'slimy Mexican bandido'; whether his Mexican accent is as good as his Irish accent in "Dark Victory" is for another thread/forum, if you please...] James Stewart as a cowboy [well now, what do I see here but a can of worms...gulp] So, what'll it be - hoedown or showdown? It's all up to you...

Thanks for the suggestion, movieman. I did receive the same suggestion from someone else [thanks, Jack.] So, off to a new thread we go...follow along with us to the [dud] ranch...

hello, Splendorflight [nice handle]: The film with Bette and Glenn Ford is called "A Stolen Life" - I quite enjoyed it, as I do with any Glenn Ford film... Now, I just finished watching "Another Man's Poison" - my feelings about that one are a bit mixed...some problems with a few things... "Deception" is better - Claude Rains [as Hollenius] must have had a lot of fun playing that role...and jealousy isn't in my line, but how come these actors get such wonderful places to live? That loft of hers with the huge window is so cool... I have "Mr. Skeffington" on tape but need to put some time aside to watch it...this movie-watching is such hard work [sigh]...

OK, inglis, I think we have done our work here, standing up for our homeland... Back to things western...and a question to ponder... Actors [and I do include males and females whenever I use the word 'actor'] end up in westerns for all types of reasons, and we scratch our heads and wonder how [and, often, why] did they end up in this kind of movie? Feel free to pass judgment, if you feel the urge, or you can just put the name out there and let the discussion take us wherever it leads. Let us begin: Humphrey Bogart in "The Oklahoma Kid".

Thanks, Mark, I will check out "Since You Went Away". wordmaster

Oh, yes...if there was one actress who could be cool and hot at once, it would be her...I'll be back after I take a shower [cool or hot?...hot or cool?...oh, drat!...thanks to you, hud, I can't think straight...]

Thanks, Jack, for making the distinction between 'actress' and 'film star/celebrity'...I think it may help us straighten our aim, as it were. The 'celebrities' who occupy some of today's films may eventually prove themselves to be 'actresses' but I would prefer, for now, to let them be...and become what they might aspire to be. Marilyn Monroe grew to "actress-hood" [that sounds a bit clumsy, but I think you get my drift] after assembling a body of work, in my opinion...I don't think I would have judged her exclusively on her early film appearances, had I been around back then.

Yes, a hearty ditto from me about Robert Walker...both he and his son, for different reasons, are reason enough to watch a film. I missed seeing "Vengeance Valley" which I think aired on TCM recently - it featured the elder Walker - did anyone happen to see it? I did see him in a somewhat undistinguished movie, "The Sea of Grass", where, in a relatively brief appearance, it could be argued that he stole the movie from Tracy and Hepburn, of all people. It seems he either chooses roles very wisely or injects them with so much of himself that you cannot seem to forget him. Definitely a film MVP.

Hello, Diana. The water is fine, and so many pools from which to choose. Try as many as you like - from my experience, everyone is quite sociable. We are passionate about our preferences, but not to the exclusion of others. Enjoy yourself, and look forward to hearing from you. wordmaster

I'll take a guess - "One, Two, Three"?

Felicitations, River33! Alas, no viola to make for a string quartet of cameos...

I must confess that I also saw 're-driver' at first glance until I replaced the burnt-out bulb and saw the light... Reminds me of the time I went to the bakery section of the grocery store and wondered what 'uni-ced' cake was...I was just a boy and it bothered me for the longest time...until...hello...I noticed that some cakes had icing and others were 'un-iced'...then there was the time I was on vacation with the family and the waitress asked me whether I wanted 'superjuice'...being only a lad, I answered, "Yes, I would," in my most grown-up voice. She asked me again - a touch more slowly - and was presented with the appropriate choice of mealtime starters: 'soup' or 'juice'...[you see, there was no Red Bull back in the day]. Truth is stranger than fiction. But, I digress... It would be interesting to hear what others might choose if they had to pick a movie character's name for a handle... I did have to check yours, Jack...didn't recognize it right away...from "San Francisco", if I'm not mistaken. I'll have to do some thinking about that [too bad Waldo is taken - good choice, that one].

River33's answer was not the one I was thinking of, but is correct. I was thinking of someone that appears in all four films, does something similar in three of them and something different in the fourth one. While you think about that, I will think about River's question...

Maybe wordMaster can Make his Mark by answering: "M" [it's peculiar that I haven't taken the time to see this yet...this Moody Meditation on Murder...and other Matters]

Oh dear...this calls for a little bit of Canadian forbearance, correct, inglis? Let us disabuse our neighbours of the notion that Canada is a vast wilderness... Our population of 30 million is spread over a large land mass but we do know what Starbucks is... We are proud of our natural beauty from coast [Pacific] to coast [Atlantic] to coast [Arctic], and we quite like Canada, with no apologies...I am proud to be a Vancouverite; I agree that it is a beautiful place and we are about as urbanized as we have room to be, with just over 2 million people. Now, back to films...[i also have fond memories of Davey and Goliath - ah, the simplicity of childhood...]

Here is my attempt at a trivia question [i am better at answering than I am at asking]: Here are four of Hitchcock's films - Spellbound, The Paradine Case [i couldn't resist], Strangers on a Train and Torn Curtain - three of them share a particular characteristic [a trivial one]; one of them does not. Which three have the commonality and which one does not belong, and why?