sagebrush Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I love beautiful Gale Sondergaard. She is good in everything. She was very as good as Lady Thiang in ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM (stereotype aside) and wonderful as Tylette the cat in THE BLUE BIRD. I also liked her in a couple of Bob Hope films: THE CAT AND THE CANARY and MY FAVORITE BLONDE. Also, she was good in THE MARK OF ZORRO, JUAREZ and THE BLACK CAT to name a few. Sadly, her husband, director Herbert Bieberman, was one of "The Hollywood Ten", which completely stalled her film career after 1950. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 She was originally cast as The Wicked Witch Of The West in Wizard Of Oz. She was going to be sexy and slinky like the Wicked Queen in Snow White, then the producers decided that bad witches should be ugly, so they cast Margaret Hamilton. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Oneeyeopen Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Gordon Macrae, wonderful singer. I sing all the songs from Oklahoma. When they “People Will Say We’re in Love, and Surrey with a Fringe on the Top I melt. Loved with Cagney , Doris Day and Virginia Mayo in West Point Story. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Our fourth character actor is SYDNEY GREENSTREET. He made his motion picture debut in THE MALTESE FALCON (1941). He was outfoxed by Zachary Scott in RUTHLESS (1948). And he learned that you cannot judge a book by its cover when he investigated Rosalind Russell in THE VELVET TOUCH (1948). 3 Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 You get to see Sydney Greenstreet in a different kind of role in Between Two Worlds. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 My favorite performance from Sydney Greenstreet is in THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS. I also enjoy his comedic role in CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 4 hours ago, sagebrush said: My favorite performance from Sydney Greenstreet is in THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS. I also enjoy his comedic role in CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT. Have you seen Flamingo Road, the noir with Joan Crawford. This is Sydney at his worst (as far a character), but as his best as an actor. Crawford and Sydney were made to go at each other! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Our fourth western star is lovely BARBARA HALE She taught Hugh O'Brian how to show a bit of leg in SEMINOLE (1953). She interacted with Brod Crawford in LAST OF THE COMANCHES (1953). She married Randolph Scott in 7TH CAVALRY (1956). She felt protected by Joel McCrea in THE OKLAHOMAN (1957). 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LsDoorMat Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 1/13/2021 at 4:20 PM, Det Jim McLeod said: She was originally cast as The Wicked Witch Of The West in Wizard Of Oz. She was going to be sexy and slinky like the Wicked Queen in Snow White, then the producers decided that bad witches should be ugly, so they cast Margaret Hamilton. I always loved Margaret Hamilton's story about being cast as the Wicked Witch. She said that when she asked what part they wanted to give her in Wizard of Oz she was told "The Witch, what else?". 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I almost exclusively know Barbara Hale from the Perry Mason TV series. I thought she was great in THE WINDOW as Bobby Driscoll's mom. Natural beauty, too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cinemaman Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Barbara Hale was good in The Far Horizons and i enjoyed the movie, The story of the Lewis/ Clark expedition and the movie had beautiful photography. Barbara had a great cast to work with Fred MacMurray , Charlton Heston and Donna Reed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Two things about Barbara Hale: 1) She has one of the most beautiful speaking voices of any actress. 2) I love the scene in A Lion is in the Streets where the swamp gal Flamingo (Anne Francis) wants to feed her to the alligators. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, kingrat said: Two things about Barbara Hale: 1) She has one of the most beautiful speaking voices of any actress. 2) I love the scene in A Lion is in the Streets where the swamp gal Flamingo (Anne Francis) wants to feed her to the alligators. Totally agree about her speaking voice. She just had so much to offer any role in which she was cast. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Our fourth post-code star is JACK NICHOLSON From ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975) To TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983) To BATMAN (1989) there's only one Jack Nicholson. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 He played Peter Lorre's son in The Raven (1963) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 One of my favorite performances was Five Easy Pieces (1970), with the famous chicken salad scene 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Jack Nicholson is always good, but I think my favorite performance of his is from AS GOOD AS IT GETS. He was creepy, neurotic, abrasive, and yet endearing. My favorite line from the film is when Carol (Helen Hunt) says to him "When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke." 😄 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 One of my favorite Jack Nicholson performances is in The Witches of Eastwick where Jack gets to really show his devilish charm. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Our fourth child star is VIRGINIA WEIDLER She had lead roles in GIRL OF THE OZARKS (1936) and BAD LITTLE ANGEL (1939). She played supporting roles in THE WOMEN (1939) and THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940). In every film, on every occasion, she always put her BEST FOOT FORWARD (1943). 2 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Virginia Weidler's delivery of one liners in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY are only matched by Ruth Hussey's. Her scene in THE WOMEN in which Norma Shearer is explaining to her why she is obtaining a divorce is a good example of the range she had. I think my favorite role of hers is in THE GREAT MAN VOTES with John Barrymore. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, sagebrush said: Virginia Weidler's delivery of one liners in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY are only matched by Ruth Hussey's. Her scene in THE WOMEN in which Norma Shearer is explaining to her why she is obtaining a divorce is a good example of the range she had. I think my favorite role of hers is in THE GREAT MAN VOTES with John Barrymore. She certainly held her own, opposite legends like Norma Shearer, John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Our fourth precode star is handsome RICARDO CORTEZ Dolores Del Rio got caught up in his charms. So did Kay Francis. He was still charming women a few years later alongside Charlie Chan. That was in Reno. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I liked Ricardo Cortez' interpretation of Sam Spade in the 1931 version of THE MALTESE FALCON. I also thought he was good in THE SORROWS OF SATAN with Adolphe Menjou and TORRENT, which was Greta Garbo's first American film. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Our fifth musical star is ALICE FAYE Her most remembered films at 20th Century Fox include LILLIAN RUSSELL (1940) And THE GREAT AMERICAN BROADCAST (1941) She also tried a non-musical, FALLEN ANGEL (1945). 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Oneeyeopen Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I like Alice Faye with Tyrone Power in the classic In Old Chicago. Great Twenty Century Fox movie that I haven’t seen on TCM in decades. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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