filmnoirguy
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Billy Wilder: Buddy, Buddy (1981)
Sidney Lumet: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Howard Hawks: Rio Lobo (1970)
Cecil B. DeMille: The Ten Commandments (1956)
Michael Curtiz: The Commancheros (1961)
Elia Kazan: The Last Tycoon (1976)
George Stevens: The Only Game in Town (1970)
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18 hours ago, reneex said:
Susan Hayward was an outstanding actress who won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her riveting portrayal as murderess, Barbara Graham. In the 1958 drama, I Want To Live. (1958) She should have won multiple Oscars as well for other performances. Including I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) & Smash Up, Story of a Woman (1947). She is one of my favorite classic actresses from the Golden Age and would love to view some her memorable films during the daylong Summer marathon, Summer Under the Stars.. She outshines in just about every role she starred in. Died too soon but left a lasting impression upon the Silver Screen with her memorable acting skills. Starring opposite some of the top leading men of that era. Including, The Flying Seabees with John Wayne, My Foolish Heart with Dana Andrews, Snows of Kilimanjaro with Gregory Peck, With A Song in My Heart, Woman Obsessed with Stephen Boyd, David & Bathsheba with Gregory Peck, Demetrios & The Gladiators, with Victor Mature, the President's Lady with Charleton Heston, Untamed with Richard Egan, Ada with Dean Martin.
I know you mentioned these pictures, but Hayward also received Oscar nominations for playing Eloise Winters in 1949's My Foolish Heart and portraying Jane Froman in 1952's With a Song in My Heart.
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Quigley's Annual Poll of the Top Ten Box-Office Champions is based on on an annual survey of motion picture exhibitors. In its day, it was considered "the bible" of a star's box office draw.
Bing Crosby first appeared on the List in 1934 at #7 among both male and female actors. His next appearance was at #4 in 1937. He slipped to #7 in 1940. He rebounded back to #4 in 1943. Then for five consecutive years from 1944 through 1948, Bing Crosby was #1 on Quigley's Poll, winning an Oscar for Going My Way and an Oscar nod for The Bells of St. Mary's. In 1949, Bing was #2 behind #1 Bob Hope. In 1950, Bing was #3 behind #1 John Wayne and #2 Bob Hope. In 1951, Bing was listed at #5...in 1952 at #4... in 1953 at #5... and in 1954, his final year on the List, Crosby was #8. Not a bad run!
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1946: The Best Years of Our Lives
1947: Gentleman's Agreement
1959: Ben-Hur
1950: All About Eve
1953: From Here to Eternity
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23 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Actually here Tom, first because Dean was never a "beefy" guy like Brando was, the chances of him "letting himself go physically" like Bando did, would have been miniscule. Nope, I see a Dean in his later years still being fairly fit and lean.
And scondly, my take on Dean's career would be that he would've gotten many a role that someone like Paul Newman would get during his career.
(...but yeah, there's no denying that dying young and before missteps happen, helps ensure one's legacy...no doubt about it)
Actually, Dean had been cast in "Somebody Up There Likes Me," which, of course, went to Newman after Dean's death.
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4 minutes ago, TomJH said:
Either that or Dean might have squandered his early reputation to a degree with a series of self indulgent portrayals in an uneven collection of films. I'm thinking of Brando when I write that. How much more assured would Marlon be today of an even bigger reputation if he had had an early death after, say, The Wild One and On the Waterfront.
Dying tragically young certainly helps in the screen immortality department.
And on the occasion when Brando did make it into one of these celebrity portraits . . .
. . . it's not the walrus sized Brando of his final years I see here.
On the other hand, with James Dean to compete with, Brando may have pushed himself even further. After Dean's death, he seemed to lose his steam.
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3 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
At this forum many have said they feel Dean overacted; E.g. that in certain scenes his acting screams; look I'm ACTING!
I tend to feel Dean doesn't come off as natural in highly emotional scenes.
Thank God I'm not one of the "forum's many." Three pictures, two Oscar nods. Not bad!
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On 5/15/2021 at 9:32 PM, reneex said:
We have celebrated the greatest entertainers in Hollywood and even chuckled at the worst films ever directed. How about a TCM tribute dedicated to some of the worst actors of the Golden Age ?
Here's my short list of some of a number of actors/actresses from the Golden Age who should never have been afforded a screen test.
1. Ruth Chatterton
2. Jayne Mansfield
3. Guy Madison
4. Lupe Velez
5. Nat King Cole
6. Farley Granger
7. Van Heflin
8. Troy Donahue
9. James Dean
10. Jane Russell
Please provide other nominees for this ever expanding list and there far more we can pin point today!
James Dean? Are you kidding me????
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On 5/15/2021 at 9:57 PM, reneex said:
Peggy Ann Garner was one of the finest child stars of the Golden Age and one of her most impressive roles was captivated in haunhting 1944 melodrama, Jane Eyre. Honestly, I would have perferred watching her carry this role throughout the entire film as the youtful Jane Eyre than by the somewhat "wooden Lady", Joan Fontaine.
Peggy Ann Garner won a miniature Oscar for Outstanding Child Actress of 1945 for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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On 5/15/2021 at 9:47 PM, reneex said:
A number of child stars, many of them sadly forgotten left a lasting impression upon a number of classic films in which they starred in.. One of the most impressive was young Bobby O'Driscoll. Who had a promising career at Disney but later suffered the tragic fate of become one of its earliest child casualties. His most outstanding, earliest performances was captured in the underrated 1949 film noir, The Window. Also starring Arthur Kennedy and Ruth Roman.
Bobby Driscoll was named Outstanding Juvenile Actor of 1949 winning a miniature Oscar for The Window.
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Claude Jarman, Jr. won a miniature Oscar for Outstanding Child Actor of 1946 for The Yearling.
Ivan Jandl took home a miniature Oscar for Outstanding Juvenile Performance of 1948 for The Search.
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Not coming up. 😱
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Harry James (ok, he was a bandleader but did appear in a few 20th Century Fox musicals)
Gary Cooper
George Brent
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13 hours ago, slaytonf said:
I'd be interested in how you did that. As far as I know, TCM is only available as one of a package of channels from a TV provider.
So you ordered TCM without having an idea of what it offered.
Which ones?
TCM used to be part of a package with my cable provider, but no more. Now we have to order it separately and the cable company has been increasing the cost of TCM for the past two years.
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When I was a kid, I would get Dana Andrews and Cornel Wilde confused.
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I actually liked Dreyfus better in 1977 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Maybe starring in both movies won him the Oscar?
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Anyone mention Hugh Herbert yet?
If not, Hugh Herbert.
Dan Dailey.
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Jack Black. Cheri Oteri. Shaquille O'Neal (well, he did star in Steel). Faye Dunaway.
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Billie Hayes was born on August 5, 1924 in Du Quoin, IL and died on April 29, 2021 . Besides starring on Broadway and the 1959 film musical of Li'l Abner, she also played Mammy Yokum in the 1971 TV movie version.
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18 hours ago, mabelnormand1930 said:
This thread is for anyone who is a fan of his. He was a child actor in the 50s and 60s. Probably best known for his role of Mark McCain in The Rifleman, 1958 through 1963. He also was a gifted singer and later in his career had an orchestra which played music from the 20s and 30s. I still can't believe he's gone, I loved him so much. I hope others will share memories etc. about Johnny. We love you, Johnny!
He was also one of the original Mouseketeers on the Mickey Mouse Club.
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4 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Indeed. What I love so much about SUDDEN FEAR (1952) is that I think Joan is tapping into her training from her early silent film days. She has a long scene where she finds out her husband (Jack Palance) is going to kill her, and she has no dialogue. It's just her listening to a lengthy conversation the cad has with his mistress (Gloria Grahame). Her facial expressions and use of her hands is marvelous in that scene. She easily could have overdone it but plays it just right. It's a perfect performance and she deserved her Oscar nomination.
Sudden Fear is my favorite Joan Crawford performance. Besides her Oscar nod, Jack Palance was nominated for Supporting Actor. Gloria Grahame won the Supporting Oscar that year for The Bad and the Beautiful. I actually think she gave a better performance in Sudden Fear. Along with Sunset Blvd., Double Indemnity, Laura, Strangers on a Train, The Asphalt Jungle and a few others, Sudden Fear is one of the best films noir.
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51 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Indeed. What I love so much about SUDDEN FEAR (1952) is that I think Joan is tapping into her training from her early silent film days. She has a long scene where she finds out her husband (Jack Palance) is going to kill her, and she has no dialogue. It's just her listening to a lengthy conversation the cad has with his mistress (Gloria Grahame). Her facial expressions and use of her hands is marvelous in that scene. She easily could have overdone it but plays it just right. It's a perfect performance and she deserved her Oscar nomination.
For what it's worth, she won the Photoplay Gold Medal Award for 1952 (voted on by the magazine's fans) a precursor of the People's Choice Awards, I suppose.
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On 4/20/2021 at 3:54 PM, TopBilled said:
My list:
1. SUNSET BLVD (1950)
2. THE BROWNING VERSION (1951)
3. SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
4. THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (1953)
5. HOBSON'S CHOICE (1954)
6. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
7. THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
8. PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
9. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958)
10. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959)
Who but Joan would hold her hands that way?
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Just watched 1940's House Across the Bay on Movies! (Recorded it some time ago) Joan Bennett stars with George Raft, Walter Pidgeon and Lloyd Nolan. Nice little Film Noir "B" picture. Directed by Archie Mayo and an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock. Produced by Bennett's husband Walter Wanger. Gladys George as Mary: "Oh that cheap liquor. Why do I do it?" Joan as Brenda: "Because you're just crazy about bicarbonate of soda." Terrible print. Maybe TCM can dig up a newer print and show it sometime.
Favorite films that take place in the summer
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1951's A Place in the Sun with Angela Vickers (Liz Taylor) and George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) swimming, water skiing, sailing at her parents' summer home at Loon Lake while Eastman's pregnant girlfriend Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters) is baking in the sweltering heat of the city.
1954's Rear Window with photographer L. B. Jefferies (James Stewart) confined to his wheelchair with a broken leg during the dog days of summer while spying on his neighbors across the courtyard with his telephoto lens and binoculars, becoming convinced that a man may have murdered his wife.