Herman Bricks
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Allan Rich
next: Portrait of a HItman (1979)
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Jack La Rue
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HIs Kind of Woman! (1951)
next: lots of people exercising
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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)
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not quite coast-to-coast but two damn good movies with lots of driving
Vanishing Point (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
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Frank Gorshin
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Sizzle (1981 TV movie)
Splash (1984)
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Oscar-winner (Harry and Tonto) Art Carney
next: appeared in an iconic episode of The Twilight Zone
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All Fall Down (1962)
next: a makeover
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TAXI DRIVER (1976) real-life street drummer Gene Palma
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Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman
next: actor or actress who played baseball convincingly in a movie
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4 hours ago, mkahn22 said:
There's a scene in 1953's "The Glass Wall" where hungry and broke Gloria Graham is in a coffee shop and she runs over to a table a man just left. She sits down and starts eating the bits of food he left on his plate. It's far from "a meal," and the point is to show her arrant hunger, but it is a noticeable eating scene in a noir. Eddie uses the clip - I couldn't find a pic of it or I would have posted it here - in one of his noir montage promos. Interestingly, in that same movie, there's a scene where a Hungarian family is having dinner and a lot of food is served, but I'd have to see the movie again to say if we see it being eaten.
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).
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Flying Tigers (1942)
next: role reversal
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Kim Stanley
next: starred in a series of TV commercials
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Alec Guinness
next: Marooned (1969) last theatrical release
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The likable Van Heflin in Johnny Eager (1941), The Three Musketeers (1948), Madame Bovary (1949)
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Sophie Cantaro
Sabina McDade
Mary McLeod
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7 hours ago, Vautrin said:
Speaking of film noirs where no one actually eats anything, I'd bet William Bendix scarfed down something in at least one of
his noir appearances.
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.
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On 2/14/2022 at 4:35 PM, Thompson said:
Jean Hagen was just fine. That scene in the nightclub where she sings is just fine. Her booze problem is very realistic but the coolest part is the eggs. Are you ready for your eggs, Ms. Hagen, how would you like your eggs, Ms. Hagen? She finally answers sunny side up. However, as a keen eyed veteran of noir films told me, we rarely if ever see the eating part. No one eats on screen in film noirs
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).
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Good one! Warren Stevens
next: The Man Next Door (1997)
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Anne Francis
next: an big actor/actress that starred in a TV series that is now forgotten
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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)
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Marathon Man (1976)
next: screenplay was written by a great novelist, who was not the author of the book
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The awesome William Smith
next: guest-starred on The Untouchables
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Dirty Harry (1971)
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Any thoughts on actors speaking with accents?
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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?