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I found Clint Eastwood's acting career a bit difficult to parse into "prime" and "non-prime". But I think a good case could be made for a 15-year run of "prime" from A Fistful of Dollars in 1964 to Escape from Alacatraz in 1979. Not too many duds in there and quite a few classics. Then a short revival in the early to mid '90s with Unforgiven, In the Line of Fire, A Perfect World and The Bridges of Madison County.
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I don't think anybody's posted this one. Jack Lemmon's final appearance was uncredited in the framing sequence for The Legend of Bagger Vance.
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I was traveling most of the day and missed out. I think I would have been able to identify all of these except for 1331 which I'd never heard of. As far as having actually seen them, I've seen The Player, Cookie's Fortune and Gosford Park. So only three. You left off a couple of his '70s biggies that I've seen along with everybody else.
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In modern movies, I always stick around until the end of the ever-lengthening closing credits to see song credits and film locations (they don't always seem to show the latter). For many years, I would watch the closing credits to see if "Mo Henry" was listed as the negative cutter. I couldn't believe how many different films I would see that name. Look him (her?) up on imdb. He (she?) must have a thousand credits. I don't know if negative cutter is even a thing anymore in the digital age. Closing credits are also a rich source for semi-uncredited performances. Sometimes, a familiar actor will appear or provide a voice role and not be listed in the opening credits. I don't always know the reason. Maybe to surprise the audience or because of modesty on the actor's part.
Opening credits, I'm always interested in the cast, especially to see how many of the supporting players I can identify or how deep into the cast I can go before coming across an unfamiliar name. I take particular delight in seeing a future well-known performer or star listed in a smaller role. I always look to see Edith Head's name in a Paramount movie and Alfred Newman's in a Fox movie. I do tend to look at director and writer credits also, though I'm still reasonably ignorant of the names I should be looking for there, outside of the biggest names. I also like to see if the director and/or producer share in the writing credits.
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No worries! Great minds think alike! 😁
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7 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
I used to think William Holden had the strongest CV of any actor in the '50s,
3 hours ago, Vautrin said:I've always thought that William Holden had a great run for most of the 1950s-
Yes.
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2 minutes ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
I think Paul Newman got better with age (from 50's right through his last roles). He is a standout in The Verdict and is great in Nobody's Fool (also Slap Shot)
I absolutely agree about Newman. For all the iconic status he'd attained already, his strongest work as actor was in the '80s, I think. Besides the ones you mentioned, I would also add Absence of Malice and The Color of Money.
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Please don't interpret this as me being any expert on the subject, but I think it's "roofies".
I really don't remember a lot about Cluny Brown, honestly, but I don't recall disliking it! I do recall chuckling a bit at how she seemed to be able to solve all plumbing problems by banging the pipes with a wrench a few times. Ah, if only life was that easy.
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Oh, I watched Cluny Brown on what was maybe its only TCM airing. I should have been able to identify it from the plumbing-related pic. So, I've seen seven of these, tied for my best since the new lists began.
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I see I'm the last person to post on here almost 24 hours ago. I will stop after this is everyone else has abandoned it, but I had this photo ready to go already. Here is Elizabeth Taylor's final film appearance as Wilma's mother in the live-action version of The Flintstones:
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James Stewart had quite a run in his first 15 or so post-war years, no longer shackled to whatever Louis B. Mayer told him to make. Let's say from about 1946-1962. It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey, Anatomy of a Murder, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Bell Book and Candle, the Hitchcock movies, the Anthony Mann Westerns. I used to think William Holden had the strongest CV of any actor in the '50s, but Stewart certainly gave him a run for his money. You might extend it all the way to Flight of the Phoenix, but you begin mixing in a lot more mediocre fare around '62-'63.
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More commercials recently, in my opinion. For example, there is ALWAYS a Wine Club ad right before they air the 8 pm prime time feature. I try to turn my TV on late enough that I don't have to hear that lady say "En-HAWWWNNNNCEE" again, but I usually have to hear it. People have complained in the past that there are fewer shorts and features between films. I still think it's pretty unlikely TCM would ever break into a movie with commercials.
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1322 is Mutiny on the Bounty? I've seen it, if it is.
1323 is The Palm Beach Story. Yes.
1326 I don't remember the name, but I've seen it on YouTube.
1328 is Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Yes.
1329 is Sweet Liberty. Yes
1330 is Rambling Rose. Yes.
So, I've either seen five or six.
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I certainly don't remember seeing one recently.
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Please stop glorifying violence against women.
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Oh, that is Loretta Young, isn't it? Okay, well, I haven't seen that either. Yep, only two for me. Tied for my lowest.
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I was surprised to learn Robert Mitchum's final film was The Sunset Boys, a Norwegian film, though almost entirely in English, with him and Cliff Robertson. Not a spectacular imdb score, but some reviewers appear to have been quite moved by it.
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1311 is The Lost Patrol. No.
1313 is Man of the West. No.
1314 is Pinky. Yes.
1316 is The Bad and the Beautiful. Yes.
1317 is Flower Drum Song. No.
1320 is The Survivors. No.
I don't know the others. Looks like maybe I've only seen two.
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Oops, both my Brynner guesses were wrong! He wore that outfit a lot, it appears. Come to think of it, I didn't really remember a guitar in either of the movies I guessed. Well, I guess I've seen only five.
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Once again I don't know the early ones.
1304 is Pickup on South Street. Yes.
1305 is The Eddy Duchin Story. Yes.
1306 Ha ha, well, it's either The Magnificent Seven or Westworld. I've seen both.
1307 I'm getting very strong deja vu. It may turn out I've seen this one, but right now, I'm not identifying it.
1308 is The Color of Money. Yes.
1309 is Steel Magnolias. Yes.
1310 is Barton Fink. Yes.
If either of my guesses for 1306 are right, then I've seen at least six of these.
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Right. Anything I post on this thread will be final theatrical film only.
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I don't want to start repeating stars. I went back through all four pages, and I couldn't find Joan Crawford in Trog anywhere, so ...
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So, I looked up Peter O'Toole on imdb and found out his last movie was not Stardust or Venus or Ratatouile, which all probably would have been better for him, but something called The Whole World at His Feet or Diamond Cartel, which was filmed in Kazakhstan, the country Borat used to make fun of. It also has Armand Assante and Michael Madsen, but all three actors apparently had their voices dubbed. It seems to be some kind of homage to '90s straight-to-video, Z-budget American action movies. It wasn't released until two years after O'Toole's death. I don't know if he needed the money or owed somebody a favor or what. Anyway, here he is:
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If I can stay up that long, I probably will be. Wish its airing time was switched with The More the Merrier, which I like very much but have seen many times.
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I've seen most of those, and they're fine, too. I felt like I had to draw a line somewhere, or I would have given him a 30-year "prime" (although you could talk me into that).