Bronxgirl48
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She was deceptively "bland" as Bette's young sister, but actually delivered a very strong performance.
Haven't seen her in a lot of films, though.
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Bette immediately stood out, no doubt about it. Nobody could match her for intensity.
In every movie I've ever seen Isabell Jewell in, she's like Avis to me. She always tries harder.
I always see her "acting". Eduardo was pretty ruthless, but then I think he also did those "red-checked tablecloth" restaurant manager parts as well.
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Coffee plays an enormous role in A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLN. The family is always drinking it, and Francie makes a good cup for Dorothy McGuire in the scene where Katie is lying in bed and waiting to deliver her child.
At one point, Johnny Nolan wonders how the world got along before "they invented coffee".
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The real star is that tiny old Irish maid at the beginning in Mildred Natwick's house who tells someone to "wipe your muddy boots". LOL
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I don't remember watching CIMARRON STRIP back then. I read he's still alive and a multi-millionaire!
Ya gotta love Duke. He knew how to make fun of himself.
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Thanks for filling me on Ford's background.
I haven't seen enough of his films to agree or disagree on your assessment of him directing women, but he really seems to respect them as a sex.
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Can we all share him? I'd rather have a little bit of Burt than nothing at all!
Haven't seen DESERT FURY. He's good in SORRY, WRONG NUMBER.
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No, not that Burt! (and when he "appeared" in Playgirl I actually wasn't even interested)
I think he's underrated in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY. I even like him as the good-natured oaf (Anna Magnani calls him something along the lines of "a clown with the body of a Greek god"; she got that last part right) in THE ROSE TATTOO.
Haven't seen VERA CRUZ, but I'll bet it'll come up on the Western Channel!
Ever see him in A CHILD IS WAITING? He is formidable, yet so tender with the children.
What a man!
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Burt Lancaster is one of my favorite actors. I've loved everything he ever did. (even THE RAINMAKER) Incredibly versatile, charismatic, energetic but subtle, with great control and yet with great passion (he's a true Scorpio), I can't say enough about him.
From COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA, to FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, to SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, to BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ, to (finally) his Oscar winning role in ELMER GANTRY,
Burt's one of the greats.
Here is the part I love best in ELMER GANTRY. Note how in his smile and body language in the last stanza of "I'm on my way", he presents us with charmingly sinister foreshadowing: (and that's me, ND2525, putting the same comment on YouTube)
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Am I the only one who wonders if the landy dearie me lady gives birdseed with the canary when she hands it to Ollie?
What is the point of the cleaning lady flicking away her cigarette ashes? (twice!) It seems out of place in a movie like this.
What exactly does Ollie mean when he says to Alice, "She never lied to us"?
Why does the film equate normal female sexuality with bestiality and evil??
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How could I forget Stanley Ridges -- he was an underrated and largely forgotten character actor who always gave 100 per cent to any role. He was actually the unofficial star of BLACK FRIDAY, and took the acting honors away from Karloff. (well, to be fair to Boris, it was rather a stale role for him and he seemed to phone it in)
I USED to think Wendell Cory was nondescript, dull, and the perfect blank tablet for all the ball-busting actresses he worked with to project their character's wrath on, but I've found he has a quiet strength and always gives very thoughtful, measured performances. (I rediscovered him in HOLIDAY AFFAIR) He does project a lot of emotion underneath the surface. A very subtle actor, and a good one.
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Yeah, she never looked like her name, LOL.
She practically strangles Richard Conte -- Richard Conte! -- in CRY OF THE CITY.
Now THAT'S one tough babe.
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I haven't read any biographies of Ford, but I have a theory that he must have grown up with a very tough Irish mother, a real disciplinarian. In almost all of his films, woman are VERY STRONG, to say the least. I hope this doesn't sound weird or anything, but I think he maybe liked being dominated by them, in a harmless kind of way? (hope that doesn't sound too much like psycho-babble, which it probably is)
Wayne's and O"Hara's love for their son in RIO GRANDE is so very touching, and their love story is, too. "I never want to say goodbye to you, Kathleen". Ford loves Maureen as an actress, that's for sure, and brings out all her best in this movie, and in that scene. I like Duke's hair au natural, as it were, also.
A lovely, lovely film.
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Miss G., thanks so much for reminding me about THE OKLAHOMA KID and TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN.
I'll be watching!
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Just saw THE COMANCHEROS this evening and I really liked it. Either a precursor or was influenced by (depending on which was filmed first) THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. And now Elmer Bernstein's score is my favorite under my "Rousing Western" category. LOVE IT; can't stop humming it. You know, I always used to be turned off by Stuart Whitman's eyebrows and he never appealed to me particularly, but here, oh, mama! As a dude gambler learning life lessons from Duke, he is so adorable and I don't know why. The eyebrows still threaten to take over his face, but he has such chemistry with Wayne, and he plays the part with considerable charm and ease. Very good supporting cast -- Lee Marvin steals it, no doubt. Then there's accommodating judge Edgar Buchanan, Bruce Cabot with his pinkie ring and Palm Springs tan, Nehemiah Persoff surprisingly UNDERACTING! as the overlord, and all-purpose serious dark-haired Ina Balin, who in some scenes looks remarkably like Sophia Loren. (well, I had a long day at work when I came home late, plopped down in front of the t.v. and turned on you'll pardon the expression the All Money Channel to specifically see this movie)
Duke borrows "He'll do" from RED RIVER to comment on real-life son Patrick, the way he assessed Monty. Brutal action scenes -- those poor horses.
I didn't know this was Michael Curtiz's last film. Beautiful landscapes too. Wayne is utterly relaxed and seems to be enjoying himself no end.
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Beautiful terrace photo. Natalie looks so contemporary.
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LOL, you're right about today's standards. Natalie et. al. vs. Britney Spears. No contest there.
I hated INSIDE DAISY CLOVER for years, then one fine day something "clicked" and I grew to love its campy charms. I've never seen Roddy MacDowall so....insidious. A girlfriend and I used to sigh over Christopher Plummer as "Swann". To us, he was so evilly sexy. We never really noticed Redford. (not until THE WAY WE WERE)
"The circus is a wacky world!"
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Fred and sc, Rhea is certainly more attractive than Josephine Dillon.
The King certainly liked them old when he was starting out.
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Ironic that he's so damn good as Bond; no one else ever came close.
I really must be losing it; I didn't remember that Connery was even in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. I just remember how droll Sam Neill was as a Russian, Obviously I'll need to see it again, and THE NAME OF THE ROSE (for the first time)
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Amazing indeed, Fred. Poor Vivien does not look her best, but the elephants are in good form.
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Rhea Langham, one of Clark's early wives, is the bride on the left (of us) Don't know the one you're asking about, though.
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I knew a guy like that myself.....and was in love with him.
Like cashette, I love the Catskill locations in MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR, and I think this is one of Natalie's best performances. Great cast, too.
You mentioned something about Debbie Reynolds and Janet Leigh being included in what was called "Hollywood Bad Girls" along with Natalie. I thought Janet and Debbie didn't date around much. The main guys they were involved with, Tony and Eddie, were considered "players", I guess, but they were "good girls", weren't they? (Natalie was too, but she did apparently "get around", probably to declare her independence from her stage mother)
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I'm not much for Warren Beatty myself but Natalie's heartbreaking aching longing for the past and "Bud" always stays with me from SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS.
I've never seen PENELOPE and I'd love to. I recommend INSIDE DAISY CLOVER.
She really is wonderful in LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER, a real girl, struggling to get along. I grudgingly admit to being fond of Steve here as well; he sort of reminds me of a hipster teddy-bear, even if he doesn't seem the least bit Italian! His underplaying doesn't seem forced, however, and it could be viewed as a welcome contrast to all the ethnic pseudo-stereotyping, with his family and Angie's. I wanted more emotion in Rocky and less tentativeness.
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All your photos of Natalie are so GORGEOUS.
MARKED WOMAN - eh!
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Bette probably caught up with Jack in that great big studio in the sky.
No, it's not you, I thought that too about Allen Jenkins, lol.
DETOUR is another fog-bound Manhattan noir netherland. Yeah, lol Sheepshead Bay in OUT OF THE FOG -- I personally have never seen the ghost of a mist in that particular area. And thankfully never had to deal with John Garfield popping up as a metaphor.