Kinokima

Oh this is even harder for me than my top actors and actresses because there are so many I enjoy. I have narrowed down my top 5 Hollywood directors but I am going to have to think more about my top 5 Non-Hollywood directors (including directors that hail from the UK). _In Alphabetical Order (Favorite Film)_ Frank Capra (It Happened One Night) Howard Hawks (Bringing up Baby) Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window) Ernst Lubitsh (Trouble in Paradise) Billy Wilder (The Apartment)

Thanks for the reminder I am going to have to record that and Ryan's daughter tonight. I regret not recording The Way to the Stars I really enjoyed it but I missed a bit of the beginning.

I love John Mills but I see no one has mentioned Robert Donat so I will throw him in there. Also Trevor Howard.

> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote} > > Lang, who (according to him) was offered the position as head of the entire German film (read: propaganda) industry, wasn't Jewish, either. Lang's mother was Jewish but she converted to Catholicism after she was married and raised Lang this way. However he was very aware of his Jewish heritage and what Hitler thought of Jews. I am assuming Hitler however did not know Lang had Jewish blood. http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/Fritz_Lang.html Hitler also offered Peter Lorre a contract to UFA who was also Jewish.

> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > Like you I also wish to believe that Emma was commenting on Audrey only as it relates to MFL. Of course you aren't saying one is better than the other but only that both are high quality acts from different eras. James, Emma was asked to clarify her statement and she made it very clear that she wasn't talking about Audrey just in MFL but in general. She said she was probably a wonderful person but she didn't care for her as an actress and she thought her appeal was only in her looks. Of course this says nothing about Emma herself as an actress. But she was definitely not just talking about Audrey in My Fair Lady.

Oh definitely about Cotten. Probably my favorite Southern voice.

This is so true about modern voices. I think someone else on here (and I forget who it was) said now basically everyone sounds the same. And that's just boring to me. But I did recently discover a great voice Benedict Cumberbatch (and what a great name too)

What about Bogie and Bacall?

Well they had Wagner!

Leslie also fought for Bogart to be in Petrified Forest (his breakthrough role and a film I still need to see). Bogart named his daughter after him in appreciation.

I personally enjoyed the book & the movie. But to each their own.

Because of GWTW for the longest time I was prejudiced against Leslie Howard because of Ashley Wilkes (and I did read the book). Then I watched Pygmalion and The Scarlet Pimpernel and all that changed. I am not sure if hot is the right word to describe Leslie necessarily but definitely dashing & charming.

> {quote:title=Fedya wrote:}{quote} > There was actually a 1941 Senate investigation into Hollywood's production of anti-Nazi films: > > > > The committee was obviously cut short by the Pearl Harbor bombing. Wow fascinating stuff! Thanks for sharing.

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:} > > I met some Japanese Americans who fought on our side during the War, in Europe. See the movie Go For Broke, which tells about them. I attended their 50th Anniversary of the end of the war, 1945-1995. It was a little odd to see old Japanese guys in their old American uniforms, and pledging allegiance to the American flag, with some of their elderly wives dressed in traditional Kimonos. Thanks for telling me about this movie. It sounds really interesting.

> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > Yes, there were few netural Americans after Germany (it wasn't just Hitler) invaded other countries (but America remained netual for 2 years) but as you point out prior to that many people were netural or at least looked the other way. To be fair to Time, being Man of The Year doesn't indicate support it is just the person that had the most impact on world events and Hitler thus was a very legit choice just like OBL would of been for 2001. > Well yes most Americans (German or otherwise) did not want America to get involved in any wars. FDR supported the Allies in pretty much every way except getting directly involved. Americans were extremely anti-war at the time and they did not want to get involved with the affairs of other countries. of course Pearl Harbor changed all that. And of course once we entered the war making Anti-Nazi & Anti-Japan films were the norm. But you know it wasn't really because of any moral obligation that the US finally entered the war. > Of course the US Government and American people felt German-Americans were not loyal to the Nazis or unlike some of my Japanese-American relatives, they would of been placed in camps. Don't get me wrong I think what this country did to Japanese Americans was one of the most shameful things ever but I think what happened with Pearl Harbor is probably what led to the difference between the way the two groups were treated in this country. Edited by: Kinokima on Aug 18, 2010 7:56 PM

I am ashamed to say so far I have only seen his works with Kurosawa (has to be one of the best if not the best actor/director partnerships.) I have some of his other stuff in my Netflix queue though like the Musashi Trilogy (I think you inspired me to move it to the top). Not only was Mifune hot he also had a gorgeous deep voice which sadly you could not hear when he did films in English (I saw clips). And agree with you he was extremely versatile. He could play both the quiet & dignified role as much as he could play someone who was loud & obnoxious. He also looks different in almost every role he plays, like he becomes the character. It's only that deep voice that gives it away that you are seeing Mifune.

What an awesome lady. I love her confidence in herself. I wish I had some of that.

Ha Ha Cujas perhaps we can split him between Crime/Modern Day Mifune & Samurai/Feudal Day Mifune.

I realized all my Mifune pictures got deleted. I am going to post them again

I am obsessed with actors voices. At times if I just look at an actor they don't do much for me but as soon as I hear them speak I become infatuated. My three favorite voices are Colman, Grant, and Mason. Sanders is high up there for me too. But I also love voices like Bogart, Stewart and Lorre. I love the uniqueness of them. As for women both the Hepburns had great voices. And I agree about Jean Arthur's voice. It was very cute. Oh and of course Lauren Bacall had that very deep unique voice.

> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > Not sure I understand your question, but I don't have any clue behind Jack Warner's thinking process. One thing I should of clarified is that I didn't mean recent German immigrants with regards to be netural. Of course recent German immigrants (e.g. Fritz Lang) were very anti-Nazi since many were leaving Germany because of the Nazis and the direction they saw the country going. I think Jewish immigrants knew more than most people what Hitler was about and this includes Fritz Lang. After all Hitler made it very clear in Mein Kampf what he thought about the Jews. That's why they knew they had to get out of there. Fritz Lang was lucky he was a famous film maker because your normal every day person was not able to flee. But as late as 1939 (before Hitler invaded Poland) Hitler was on the cover of Time as "Man of the Year". People admired him in the US and admired what he was doing in Germany. It wasn't until he started invading countries that they were like wait a second. There was no neutral for most people. Although one of the people I admire the most is Marlene Dietrich. She was German (not Jewish) but she was completely against Hitler even from early on.

Well I am going to have to add The Quiet Man to my favorite Ford films. I just saw it for the first time tonight and I thought it was great. Loved Maureen O'Hara and the scenery especially. The ending was also perfect.

> {quote:title=clearskies wrote:}{quote} > I think the Brits are more interested in their stage actors than movie actors, the West End is alive & kicking. Actually what is great about the UK is a lot of it is interchangeable so your TV and Movie actors also have many chances to act on the stage. It also helps that West End and most TV/film productions are in London. Where for the US you have most of the film stuff on the West Coast and theater stuff on the East Coast. Not to mention their TV series are generally much shorter than what we get here so there isn't as long of a commitment as you have in the US. Thus actors over there are able to work in many different capacities.

Well I should have said Hollywood not the US. My apologies! And yes I know there were many refugees from Europe in Hollywood but we were not at war with Germany at the time & we were still selling films to the country (although the government was providing weapons to the Allies). MGM was making a pretty bold political statement at the time. And according to Robert Osborne the film and all of MGM's films were then banned in Germany. I am not sure if individual citizens could have done much without the support of the studio though. Of course I believe MGM's founders were Jewish so that would actually explain a lot. Edited by: Kinokima on Aug 17, 2010 4:01 PM

I hadn't even heard of this movie before but a few nights ago TCM played a commercial of the book burning scene and it looked really interesting to me. I didn't even realize Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan were going to star in the picture so that was just an added bonus. And although that wasn't how I wanted it to end I appreciated the more realistic ending all the same. It is interesting to see how far the US went with this movie even before we officially entered the war. However I was thinking Austria? That's not going to be safe for much longer either. Anyways I am really thankful TCM played this movie and at a good time too.