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I shoulda re[hrased this post as YOUR COOLEST ACTORS & ACTRESSES, not just CHOOSING ONE
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43 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Some charity event in Manhattan Beach (So Cal), and he was the governator at the time.
For awhile it looked as though ARNOLD had his eye on THE WHITE HOUSE but of course wasn't born here
So did EASTWOOD in the late '80's
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1 hour ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Louis Calhern is a solid actor and very versatile. While he was fantastic as a smarmy character (right up there with George Sanders), he was also fine as a steady Eddie 'man on the right side' in films like Notorious, the 1952 The Prisoner of Zenda and others.
He could also be very charming; One of my favorite roles in this regard was as the grandfather in The Red Pony (1949) with Mitchum and Loy.
This guy was a stand-out in so many good films, but I'll just name a few more: Blonde Crazy with Cagney and Blondell, Frisco Jenny with Ruth Chatterton, and Annie Get Your Gun as Buffalo Bill Cody.
Remember him as the straight man to THE MARX BROS.
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As I said here before W.C,. FIELDS-(l879-l946) is long overdue!
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GOOD CHOICE JAMES I go all the way to whats left of an empire called HOLLYWOOD 3 different times & each time about 4 days & see NOBODY?
But, back in the summer of '84 down here in st. pete , FL in a bizarre set of circumstances did get to hang out about 8hrs on the set of l985's Oscar winning COCOON
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2 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
The coolest actor I have ever seen was at Johnny Rockets on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, back in early March of 1987. This is a 50s style diner.
My girlfriend and I were at the counter having lunch and a lady comes in to order. She uses sign language, but the staff knew her and what she wanted.
She sits right next to us waiting for her order. We just eat our lunch. Her order comes and she leaves. The waiter says "well this was our first celebrity we got today".
Well I hit myself on the head because I finally figured out who it was: Marlee Matlin, who had just won the best actress award for Children of a Lesser God.
Dang, I could of gotten her autograph on one of their menus!
Predicted she'd take it that year ironically a couple people were signing outside the theatre ever see her on SEINFELD? & she did an awful film once after winning called WALKER with Ed Harris
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as for my favorite of his (74) it's almost a 3 way tie between C. COURAGEOUS (l937)_(which in his diary said it was his best role along with NUREMBERG, or best film), BLACK ROCK & INHERIT THE WIND
Ever see the orginally on PBS docu THE SPENCER TRACY LEGACY, narrated & hosted by KATE? It was shot at what is now gone M-G-M in '86 It's on youtube
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1 hour ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
TCM will be showing Bad Day at Bad Rock soon. This is my favorite Tracy film. Even with only one arm Tracy dominates!
His character would be a good 'fit' for this thread.
Your reminded me & easily among my own of course He portrayed several heroic characters NORTHWEST PAGE (l940) as Major Rodgers, HENRY (Clarence Darrow) DRUMMOND in INHERIT THE WIND & more
Thanks for reminding me, I shoulda been the one to recall McCREEDY in BLACK ROCK Spence loathed location & even SINATRA who also did, said TRACY hated them even more & refused to go to Lone Pine, Calif to film it to start with, so then MGM mogul DORE SCHARY finally told him, it's ok spence we got ALAN LADD to do it anyway, SPENCER was on the nxt plane
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1 minute ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Here is one with my wife (on his far right).
thanx, where and when was that shot?
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Peter knew a lotta heavyweights, but in his books he still rated HAWKS the best, even over FORD, you'd think the other way around after doing that superb l97l docu with FORD himself in the desert
I have a listing or 2 of his all-time favorite motion pictures & most are Westerns
He does like Wells THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS over KANE though
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In part I've touched on this in the past, only because yrs ago STEPHEN KING used to once in awhile write for EW magazine & one time listed his choices for THE COOLEST MOVIE STARS ALIVE
He voted for-(in no special order)>
JACK NICHOLSON
GEORGE CLOONEY
ROBERT DE NIRO
MORGAN FREEMAN
KEVIN SPACEY
& only 2 actresses>
JODIE FOSTER & HOLLY HUNTER
But curious if you fellow TCM-ITE'S chose the same but of all-time?
Just to start the ball rolling I'll throw my fedora into the ring first>-(& not particulary the greatest or your favs.)
My top ten only>
#1st SINATRA-(& made 58 films A lotta people hate FS due to his arrogance though, same with MADONNA)
MADONNA-(though by no means from her 26 flix, however she made a couple terrific docu';s TRUTH OR DARE & another that are her best & I think EVITA is well made as well))
ELVIS-(though not from his some 31 movies. My mum ranks him her A #1 in anything & ranks him coolest of all, matter of fact I am in THE CHAIRMAN'S corner & she in PRESLEY'S as THE COOLEST ENTERTAINER OF ALL-TIME. One thing is obviously FRANK was a far superior actor But ELVIS' 2 concert films are dynamic, if you like him though?)
STEVE McQUEEN-(my 1st hero as a kid ages 9 to 15)
CAGNEY
NICHOLSON
DE NIRO
BRANDO
MITCHUM
trying to think of others, there are so many of course
Bet, many here will choose BOGEY, he'd be a runner up for me
& although many on here may not agree I think CLOONEY is easily among THE COOLEST ALIVE, not of all-time though
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& what about FATHER FLANAGAN of course was THE GREAT TRACY'S 2nd consecutive OSCAR for BOYS TOWN-(stll up & running by the way)
FLANAGAN though only made it to age 62 dying in 1948
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would anybody include OSKAR SCHINDLER?
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On 4/12/2020 at 6:25 AM, Yoda1978 said:
24 Mathew Quigly------Quigly Down Under
I really loved this movie and again a villain played by Alan Rickman was what I remember. I know this is a classics forum but The News Series The Mandalorian is clearly a taken concept of a western type character that Tom Selleck played known as Quigly. Mando is very QUiet and so was Quigly and both carried a big powerful gun. I also just wanted to put a Tom Seleck Cowboy character in my heroes list somewhere.
pretty good picture overall
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I got a pitch perfect shot of mel blanc's grave at Hollywood forever, park, the one that borders paramount and old rko
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On 4/11/2020 at 8:05 PM, Fedya said:
Detouring America (1939).
Tex Avery cartoon for WB parodying the various travelogue shorts, this one going to various parts of the US:
Some of the sight gags work (the literally rolling hills); others you can see coming a mile away (as when there's a bunch of logs being floated down a river and the reach a cross-river).
OK, but not as good as we'd get once Looney Tunes came around. 5/10.
in my opinion although Disney was by far technically the greatest, wb's looney tunes is the funniest, matter of fact I got designer checks of them before and also the three stooges
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The runner-up=-(according to them) is RICK BLAINE in CASABLANCA and 3rd WILL KANE in HIGH NOON
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On that note check of AFI's website, it's very, very well constructed
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Think RHETT BUTLER was also among AFI's
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Though not my 1st candidate what about FLYNN'S l938 ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD?
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JOHN WAYNE could virtually fill a page here
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As I've written numerous times in AFI's poll-(not on tv) AFI's 100yrs 100 Heroes & Villians Gregory Peck's Oscar winning Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD they voted 1st
Don't have the list right here for the others, of course they-(American Film Institute) included INDIANA JONES in the first RAIDERS...as well
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On 4/10/2020 at 10:41 AM, jamesjazzguitar said:
Mitchum as a top 25 "hero" but not listed as a top 25 villain for either Cape Fear or Night of the Hunter.
Anyhow, El Dorado is one of Mitchum better roles.
Not including just him, how do you personally compare the Western to RIO BRAVO?
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On 4/10/2020 at 10:28 AM, Yoda1978 said:
29 Sheriff J P Harrah-----El Dorado
Loved this character in El Dorado. In Since its kinda the Simular character to hawks and wayne Rio Bravo film only Mitchum does allot better job acting. He is a very heroic good sheriff and its a good story to see him come back to normal thanks to Cole and Mississippi
good shot of MITCHUM by the way
WHO'S THE COOLEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS YOU EVER SAW?
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Our biggest split from your list is ROGER MOORE though
knew you'd pick THE KING OF CINEMATIC COOL as #1 & I just remembered I forget CLINT myself