Bronxgirl48
-
Posts
14,533 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Posts posted by Bronxgirl48
-
-
2 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
Someone like William Powell needs a mustache. He does not look good without it.
I agree. (great actor btw, one of my favorites)
Now...let's talk about Warren William. Frankly I have never understood his appeal as an actor. I've almost concluded it must have something to do with his mustache which, along with Warren's rather theatrical line deliveries always made him seem like the kind of overripe performer that Harvey Korman would make fun of.
-
9 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
He looks particularly sleazy in a fez, no?
YES, lol.
The only antidote is to close my eyes and dream of him in ONE MILLION BC.
-
19 hours ago, laffite said:
The King of Blubbery Lips must be none other that Charles Laughton, and he has those lovely Sleepy Eyes to go with it.
Poor Charles. I read a quote from him: "I've got a face that would stop a clock"
But one of the world's greatest actors.
-
3 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:
Absolutely. Paul Douglas, I think you've summed him up perfectly. ( must be the Bronx in us)
Thank you my fellow Bronxite! The Bronx In Us -- that's the follow up to the 1935 The Irish In Us with James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh, lol.
-
1
-
-
7 minutes ago, laffite said:
The quality of hirsuteness is certainly taking a hit insofar as being manly goes. No one seems Fonda it.
LOL Thanks for the plug!
(btw, Henry's great pal Jimmy Stewart also had some serious werewolf hands) And blubbery lips.
-
1
-
-
Joanne Dru was attracted to Broderick Crawford's Willie Stark in ALL THE KING'S MEN. Just goes to show you that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
-
59 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I cannot help but think of Lucy Ricardo when I hear Cornel Wilde's name. She's threatening Bobby the Bellboy that she's going to tell everyone that he blabbed about who was staying in the penthouse at the hotel, unless he helps her meet Wilde.
LUCY (screaming): CORNEL WILDE IS IN THE PENTHOUSE. CORNEL WILDE...
LOL oh my gosh I've never seen that episode! Wonder if it's on YouTube.
-
1
-
-
59 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
YES.
Hair on the shoulders. Gross.
Hair sticking out from the back collar of someone's shirt. Gross.
It's even worse when they're wearing those tank tops with the enormous arm holes ::Vomit::
Disgusting, isn't it?
Have you ever seen Wallace Ford in an undershirt? Wonderful character actor but has the screen's worst ARMPITS. Sad but true.
-
2
-
-
48 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
This is messed up, but even with Mitchum playing a convicted rapist in Cape Fear, I was still thinking "man, he's pretty attractive for a creep."
I think I'd rather have Gregory Peck, lol.
Because even when Peck plays bad boys, there's still something sweet shining through....
Well okay maybe not in THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL.
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, LawrenceA said:
John Qualen, giving you the bedroom eyes that weakens all women's knees. Just try and resist, ladies.
By golly! Be still my heart!
LOL
-
13 minutes ago, Polly of the Precodes said:
As serendipity would have it, I Wake Up Screaming is on Movies! right now...and Laird Cregar rather pushes my buttons. I've known for some time I like my beefcake with a nice amount of marbling, but...dang.
Check Laird out as a French-Canadian fur trapper (he co-stars with Paul Muni) in HUDSON'S BAY. Lots of avoirdupois in that one.
-
1
-
-
33 minutes ago, laffite said:
Great. I think I can make a comeback. When I do the "Arrrr" I'll have to find a way to hide my snaggle teeth. I might opt for as trip to the dentist but pirates sort of frown on that.
How about William Bendix? He can be a little like that too ... yes?
You've got Ygor teeth? "They die DEAD -- I die -- LIVE!" Modern dentistry can fix these little problems, lol. You just have to work up the courage to actually make an appointment.
Bendix (btw, he and Alan Ladd were great friends IRL! Alan always tried to include him in his films) was a fine character actor but zero romantic appeal. However I can see where you might think of the comparison to Paul Douglas -- both beefy, ungainly types that women wouldn't automatically be drawn to, but I do think Douglas had some charm on screen whereas William Bendix came across as sort of thuggish even if the character wasn't.
-
31 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
He was also great as The Grinch. I cannot hear Boris Karloff without picturing the Grinch.
Would you believe I've never heard Boris as The Grinch? It's true!
Frankly I'd rather picture him as that character than the creepy mummy. Freaks me out every time! Great actor.
-
1
-
-
25 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I've seen His Girl Friday and Out of the Fog (watched for Garfield of course). Hmm.
Garfield is great in OUT OF THE FOG, isn't he? Scary character! As for Qualen, you know what? I've seen a few films where he doesn't have the Scandinavian accent. Unfortunately (as usual) I cannot remember what they are.
-
46 minutes ago, kingrat said:
I gotta say it--I do NOT see what any of you find attractive in Paul Douglas. A good actor, though Elia Kazan said he thought Paul Douglas ought to be a host in a steakhouse.
Oh that Elia, lol. Frankly I wouldn't trust anything old self-serving Gadge said about actors. (he made some derogatory comments about James Cagney and I've never forgiven him)
Okay, Paul Douglas. A certain sweet beefy charm and willingness to please. He'd do the dishes but still be able to be a real man in every sense of that word. And I guarantee that every woman on this board would choose him over Broderick Crawford.
-
1
-
-
Just now, laffite said:
Okay, but will it work with a grey beard. I'll try anything.
Most definitely! Very distinguished yet rogue-like at the same time. A very beguiling combination for the ladies.
-
I hate hairy men.
First time I saw James Caan in his undershirt in THE GODFATHER I nearly threw up. Those horrible shoulders were bad enough, but THE HAIR ON THOSE SHOULDERS.
-
3
-
-
Polly, I found it! THE GREAT O'MALLEY, 1937. Bogart, Ann Sheridan and Sybil Jason!
-
1
-
-
29 minutes ago, laffite said:
I had an eye patch and a parrot and I had to fight the ladies off my back. But when I got the peg leg, they all threw me over.
LOL
You've got to practice the Robert Newton "Arrrrr!" They'll come back! Lively now!
-
42 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I didn't even know about that. I don't think that would help... Now I'm thinking of him speaking like the Swedish Chef and I know that's not right. I'll need to see him in a movie.
THE SEARCHERS, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, OUT OF THE FOG for starters.
-
1
-
-
Just now, laffite said:
I have always had a mancrush on Victor Mature. I can't explain it though. Did you like him in The Shanghai Gesture ? Vic with a fez.
Hmm, don't remember Victor well in TSG. He's really not my type physically at all although I concede the sex appeal for many women. The only guy I can see looking attractive in a fez is Rudy Valentino.
-
3 minutes ago, Polly of the Precodes said:
Maybe Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)? He and Bette Davis are good in that.
Thanks, but no, not that one. It seemed to be around 1939-40 and the leading lady a second-string, pretty type. New York DEAD END type setting. There was a kid involved. Brother of the girl. Consarn it!
-
32 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I think Edward G Robinson also bears a passing resemblance to The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Also, Mr. Limpet when he's a fish.
I can see it.
Also, Cornel Wilde, another movie heartthrob of mine (looked nothing like Chopin) always reminded me of a frog. The eyes. But what a build!
-
1
-
-
30 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I didn't know who he was, I had to google his name. Ehhh... the receding hairline and the bulging eyes do nothing for me.
Yeah, I know. Just threw it out there, thinking maybe anybody but Wally Cox...
Still, there are moments in some John Ford films where Qualen doesn't look too bad, lol. I wish however I could remember what they were.
Noir Alley
in General Discussions
Posted
Noir actors: I've always had a soft spot for Frank Lovejoy, rugged looks, nice thin lips, AND, born in the Bronx! (raised in NJ but that's ok too)