Bethluvsfilms

It would really depend on the tone that Mitchum had said it. He could have said it with great admiration without it being racist. I have heard folks say so and so is an awesome (insert whatever swear word you wish) with the upmost respect toward them and their field. So I think it's unfair to label him a bigot without really knowing one way or another in what manner he intended with that remark. I don't think the Denzel Washington comparison is fair, because frankly, I think he could and would walk away from it unscathed (though I love Denzel and I doubt very much he would say the things you put in your example. He has never struck me as a racist, just as I never got that impression from Robert Mitchum either).

Have to disagree with you and misswonderly…..I think Kate more than deserves the number one spot on AFI's Female screen legends. Frankly I don't think Ava really belonged on the list at all. Not saying she was a terrible actress, but hardly in the same league with Kate or Bette Davis (the only woman that I consider would rival Kate for the top spot). Back to the topic at hand, I heard that the reason that Mitchum turned down THE DEFIANT ONES, as others have already stated, was because he did not find the story believable with a white convict and a black convict being chained together. Never heard anything else that would indicate Mitchum was a racist.

Kurt Kasznar

Outside of DRACULA, my two favorite Bela Lugosi's performances are: 1. THE BLACK CAT, he does turn in a very fine and sympathetic turn in here, even if there are moments he still seems a bit creepy. But compared to Karloff's character, Bela's is still much more easy to feel empathy for. 2. SON OF FRANKENSTEIN....love his role as Ygor in here, there is absolutely NO trace of Dracula in this performance. It is so unfair that he was never allowed another role that proved he could be so much more than the infamous Count Dracula. As for Bela working out as the monster in FRANKENSTEIN, just another case of "What if....".....but I just can't imagine anyone but Karloff in the title role.

George Sanders had only a few scenes in REBECCA, but darned if he doesn't make the most of them. He always excelled in playing the charming, suave scoundrel. I love how he thought he had the upper hand on Laurence Olivier in here, only to have his bubble burst by the final reveal at the end of the movie.

Chili Palmer in GET SHORTY lived and breathed movies. No wonder (SPOILER here) he decided to abandoned the crime business in Miami and stay in Hollywood by the end of the film. We do see him catch TOUCH OF EVIL with Charlton Heston and the great Orson Wells in a theater.

A PLACE IN THE SUN

I love the version with Robert Mitchum, he is just so cool as Phillip Marlowe (don't care if he was long in the tooth by this time, he was still very convincing as the weary and cynical Marlowe). The Dick Powell version is quite watchable as well, but I am just a sucker for Mitchum all the way.

Never saw that version, but dang if it doesn't look good, and a worthy remake to the 1960 Tracy/March version. Saw the Jack Lemmon/George C. Scott version, not bad at all, but the 1960 film is a tough act to follow.

Jane Asher

Great movie. Probably Bette at her most vulnerable and most sympathetic best.

By no means was I dissing Jonathan Harris, whom I am sure was a very nice guy in real life. It's just the character of Dr. Smith that I loathed. That's news to me that Guy Williams wasn't liked by his fellow cast members on the set.

Malcolm MacDowell for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in 1971, not only should he have been nominated in the Best Actor category but he should have taken home the golden prize. But I guess it was too dark for the Academy to give it any awards (but apparently not too dark to be able to give the movie some nominations). Not that I have anything against Gene Hackman, he's a great actor, but MacDowell as the ultra-violence Alex, who makes you despise him and yet pity him, really turned into a stellar performance. I think Hackman should have been nominated for THE CONVERSATION in 1974. As much as I like Albert Finney in the original MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Hackman was 20 times better as the conflicted Harry Caul and should have taken Finney's spot on the list of Best Actor nominations that year. I so agree about Anthony Perkins not being nominated for PSYCHO, and Edward G. Robinson for any movie he was in, particularly DOUBLE INDEMNITY, KEY LARGO and his wonderful double turn in THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING. Also Donald Sutherland getting snubbed for ORDINARY PEOPLE while the rest of the cast got a nod....he was just as good as the rest of them. And I also concur that John Wayne should have won his Oscar for THE SEARCHERS as Ethan Edwards and James Cagney should have copped a nomination for WHITE HEAT as the immoral, crazy Cody Jarrett.

Love ANNIE HALL. And I am not really a big Woody Allen fan, but I do love Diane Keaton in this one and even Woody is quite amusing in this one.

Agree with your assessment of Leo and I don't blame Horace one bit for NOT wanting a union between his daughter and this weasel. Personally I think Alexandra was too strong-willed to allow herself to be betrothed to someone without her consent.

Why would you want to pitchfork John Robinson? He was a very moral character and held the family together. I know many feel that Dr. Smith made LOST IN SPACE, but frankly I loved season 1 the best before the show became all about him, Will and the Robot. It had the potential to be a truly classic show then went down the drain when the show became ALL ABOUT DR. SMITH. So I have the reaction to Smith that you do John Robinson......Loved Smith when I was younger, but now I find him an insufferable nuisance and all around pain in the fanny.

RIP Kirk. He certainly lived a long life and left a legacy of classic films to his name. I wasn't crazy about that schtick when he was presenting Best Supporting Actress to Melissa Leo myself, but it apparently did him no harm so what do I know? Anyway another old Hollywood legend gone, so sad.

Michael Caine

Got to see this one. It's the one Katharine Hepburn/Cary Grant teaming I so seldom get to see.

Seen them all, but 257 tops them all in my book.

Julie Christie

William Devane

Dustin Hoffman

ANNIE

Haven't seen 250, but the rest I have. 247 is my favorite of them all.