Herman Bricks

While watching TCM recently, I saw one of my favorite actors, the highly-educated thespian Basil Rathbone deliver a great performance as the French pirate Levasseur (sp?) in Captain Blood (1935). I've always found Rathbone's French accent in this film to be over the top, almost a mockery of the French and to me, this is a flaw in very good film. Rathbone's death scene is so good... I forgive him. I also saw another favorite, George Tobias, in Torrid Zone (1940) as Central American revolutionary Rosario. Tobias, a less-well educated, journeyman performer delivers dialogue with a Spanish, or Central American accent very well! Despite not rolling his "R's" Tobias sounds great! What other classic actors/actresses delivered notable performances while affecting accents?

Allan Rich next: Portrait of a HItman (1979)

Jack La Rue next: charming

HIs Kind of Woman! (1951) next: lots of people exercising

Sue Lyon Dean Jagger Does anyone know, did Ms. Lyon pronounce her name LYE-uhn (English pronunciation) or Lee-OWHN (like the French city)? Next: Come Fly With Me (1963)

not quite coast-to-coast but two damn good movies with lots of driving Vanishing Point (1971) Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Frank Gorshin next: expressionless, unemotional

Sizzle (1981 TV movie) Splash (1984)

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All Fall Down (1962) next: a makeover

TAXI DRIVER (1976) real-life street drummer Gene Palma

Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman next: actor or actress who played baseball convincingly in a movie

Gloria makes tea with a tea b@g she has in her purse, eats another customer's leftover half doughnut and steals Kathleen Freeman's overcoat! But despite her poverty, still looks great. The scene is reminiscent of Midnight Cowboy when Voight makes a meal of ketchup, water, and leftover crackers (and still looks great).

Flying Tigers (1942) next: role reversal

Kim Stanley next: starred in a series of TV commercials

Alec Guinness next: Marooned (1969) last theatrical release

The likable Van Heflin in Johnny Eager (1941), The Three Musketeers (1948), Madame Bovary (1949) next: Sophie Cantaro Sabina McDade Mary McLeod

In The Glass Key, Bendix has a flop above a bar (a rather cozy flop) and on his little table are the remnants of a meal, but we don't see him eat. On the table is a bottle of ketchup, a coffee mug, and a plate. The only easily identifiable food item on the plate is a piece of bread (I'd like to presume toasted). I am guessing as to the rest of Bendix's meal but the ketchup and the coffee mug indicate breakfast food was served, in my opinion. So once again eggs in a film noir? Highly likely.

I too liked the business with the eggs. Eggs for dinner, or supper is very appropriate for Hagen (who like Bogart ordering eggs in In A Lonely Place) probably sleeps until 2PM every day. I agree, characters consuming food in film noirs is rare, certainly it is much less common than characters consuming alcoholic beverages, or coffee. I have not researched this but my gut tells me that the commonly consumed food items in film noir are: toast doughnuts Chinese food is a possibility (Pickup on South Street, The Killing).

Good one! Warren Stevens next: The Man Next Door (1997)

Anne Francis next: an big actor/actress that starred in a TV series that is now forgotten

Ron Silver I just read his bio and learned that he graduated from SUNY-Buffalo (majored in Spanish and Chinese), and St. John's (Master's in Chinese History). next: A Patch of Blue (1965)

Marathon Man (1976) next: screenplay was written by a great novelist, who was not the author of the book

The awesome William Smith next: guest-starred on The Untouchables

Dirty Harry (1971) next: bad driving