Bethluvsfilms
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THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
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Seen most of them except 746.
747 is the standout for me. 750 I quite like (but as I've said in the past not sure if it was really Oscar worthy, but certainly watchable thanks to the fine cast, especially Tom Hanks).
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ALL THAT AND HEAVEN TOO
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Linda Darnell
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Rex Harrison
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George Sanders
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Cecil Parker
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Cary Grant
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27 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
Didn't Mitchum make some comment at some point about having to suck in his gut when he made movies? Or maybe that was just a typical droll Mitchum remark.
That's news to me. Maybe someone else on here knows.
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EL CID
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James Brolin
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Trevor Howard
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Anthony Quinn
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On 12/20/2019 at 7:09 PM, Dargo said:
Btw...now HERE was the REAL "King of Cool", ya know!
(...now, nothing against McQueen you understand, but Steve couldn't come close in "coolness" in a line reading of, "Baby, I don't care" like Mitchum could, as just one example)
Totally agree with this! I've always considered Robert Mitchum the true King of Coolness.
As for beefcakes, Errol Flynn definitely tops them all (though I must say Mitchum did have a dang fine physique himself). Though Clark Gable comes a close second (who ever compared him to a woman, I would have to take issue with on this issue). He was hot in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT and even more so in the 1935 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY.
Paul Newman had me drooling in COOL HAND LUKE for sure.
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Yaphet Kotto
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Hector Elizondo
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Richard Gere
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Edward Woodward
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Christopher Lee
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Peter Cushing
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I can certainly understand why everyone on here would be offended by somel of the examples that have been mentioned on this thread so far, but in all honesty, I have never let them stopped me from being entertained for what they are....entertainment.
If you are going into an old studio-era film with a 21st century mindset, you probably will find something that will irk you a bit, and even I must admit there have been times I have found myself shaking my head at something in a movie when I see a scene and can't help thinking "that wouldn't fly in today's world!". But I still don't let it spoil my enjoyment of the movie.
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John Hurt
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27 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I know. It came out when I was a sophomore in high school. I remember clearly when it was in the theaters, let alone twenty years later. If I recall, this film started a series of other films being released about Greek/Roman figures. I think within a few years, Gladiator, Troy, and Alexander all came out. I think Gladiator was touted as Russell Crowe's shot at an Oscar, but he'd have to wait until the year after.
Actually Russell did win the Best Actor Oscar for GLADIATOR.
Love that movie.
731 is hilarious, 732 Cary at his sly best and Ingrid wonderful as always, 733 very much a watchable film (though admittingly you would have to be a big Shakespearian nut to get most of it), 734, I'm not too big on, 735 though not my favorite still better than average thanks to the performances of Curtis and Poitier, 736 I haven't seen, 737 a classic chiller, 738 a big nay to since I am definitely not a Star Trek fan at all, 739 I don't think I've seen either, and of course 740 my top pic of the bunch.
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Edward G. Robinson
Kirk Douglas Film Discussion Thread
in General Discussions
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I remember watching that episode on TALES FROM THE CRYPT.....the ending was gut-wrenching but strangely satisfying, after the shock you realize within this family dynamic it wasn't going to end any other way.
Both Kirk and Eric are great in it.
(SPOILER ALERT, I just got to write this in).
Kirk's character in here, in some ways an even worse heel than the two generals played by George Macready and Adolph Menjou in PATHS OF GLORY, since its his own son that he ends up stabbing in the back. But as I say it's impossible to imagine a different outcome with this guy.
It was quite an unusual episode for TALES FROM THE CRYPT, which mostly dealt with hauntings, gross-out retribution or just gross-out scares (but I loved the show just the same), but it's one of my favorite episodes out of the whole series.