robbinspiano Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Dear TCM, You are honoring an important actor, Edmond O' Brien on his birthday, today, September 10. It is disappointing to see that you have no biographical information on this very fine Academy Award winning actor. Please at least check Wikipedia for a short but not substantial enough biography of this wonderful but overlooked actor who had success in some great films including The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The Killers, The Barefoot Contessa, D.O.A., and Birdman of Alcatraz, The Wild Bunch among others. Please rectify this oversight! Thank you. Sincerely, Gerald Robbins robbinspiano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 He was also great in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnyfan Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 You know that you can add the info to his page, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Don't forget he was the lead in *White Heat* . ( Well, sort of...after Cagney, of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 One of my favorite slices of ham is Edmond O'Brien. And I say that with genuine and complete affection. As I've opined before, he and Dimitri Tiomkin really duked it out for over-the-top honors in D.O.A. I love to watch O'Brien work. And I loved his radio work on YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR. He's a great villain in PETE KELLY'S BLUES and a great comic gangster in THE GIRL COULDN'T HELP IT. Viva O'Brien! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I do like him, sooooooo much more than Pat O'Brien, who makes my skin crawl. I love D.O.A. and was so looking forward to Man In The Dark (Tiki Soo, did you catch it?) but was disappointed, a little. Um, yeah okay, he had a lobotomy, no? Well, no, since his memory came back to him at the end, but they made him a good guy. I woulda gotten into the cab. But at least we got the amusement park, that's always enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 A friend of mine ran his dual-system 35mm 3-D print of MAN IN THE DARK a few years ago. Great 3-D, not so great picture. Partial remake of THE MAN WHO LIVED TWICE with Ralph Bellamy. The remake was scripted by the notorious and redoubtable George Bricker!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 That was *The Girl CAN'T Help It* , Ray. But otherwise you were right. He WAS good in that part. O'Brien's always been a favorite of mine. D.O.A. has always been a favorite too. Always gave his characters something to remember them by. Even in a much smaller role like Denton Peabody in *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* . And his character part in *The Wild Bunch* was a real scene stealer. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimalac91748 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the 1956 version of George Orwell's classic "1984". I used to request this movie from TCM for so long and it was never shown. Then about a year ago, it was on DVD so I purchased it and didn't need to continue requesting it. Even though I have it on DVD and can watch it anytime, I would still watch a TCM telecast of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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