bundie Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Is it me, or does Alexis Smith look a little young to be the mother of a kid as old as D. Hickman (I always get those two brothers mixed up) in this movie? Hickman looks like he's about 18, and Smith looks about 35 (although I suspect that in real life she was younger than that). I wonder why they didn't cast someone older. BLU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 No, she didn't look too young to be his mother, I thought she looked well over 40. It is a lot more difficult to judge someone's age in a B&W Movie I find. Clark Gable was over 50 in real life when the movie was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundie Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Yes, Clark definitely looked his age and then some. He aged considerably in his post WWII films (of course, he had lost his wife). But back to Alexis, maybe it was just me who thought she only looked about 35. I personally thought that Mary Astor looked like she was in her early 40s and would have been a better choice. BLU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Yes, Mary Astor too looked like she was in her early 40s, she too aged rapidly. I was very disappoited to see Clark Gable having an affair with her in the movie since he appeared to have a very good and loving marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 > {quote:title=twinkeee wrote:}{quote}Yes, Mary Astor too looked like she was in her early 40s, she too aged rapidly. I was very disappoited to see Clark Gable having an affair with her in the movie since he appeared to have a very good and loving marriage. But Mary Astor even noted to Gable that for 20 years he had been faithful to his wife while she married a succession of men who looked like him. Now Nina Foch was described as 22 in JOHNNY O'CLOCK but her own clock must have been ticking fast as just four years later in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS she's the "older woman" serving as Gene Kelly's "sponsor." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackenhe Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Darryl Hickman plays the son, Dwayne was the one who played Dobie Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Well, they did kiss andit seemed like they were having an affair, maybe from the heart! All through out the movie I kept trying to figure out where I had seen Nina Foch before and you are right, she certainly looked a LOT older in "An American In Paris" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 To me, Mary Astor looked like she was in her early 40's even when she was in her 20's. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Right, to me she seemed too old to be playing the 'love interest' for Clark Gable in The Hucksters... Twinkeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The love interest for Gable in The Husksters was Deborah Kerr, in her first American movie who was 26 at that time. Ava Gardner was his former love interest. No Mary Astor. But yes Astor had a mature look due mainly to her hairstyle (IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Sorry, I meant ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY, wrong movie, Mary Astor played his 'love interest'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 For whatever reason I'd never seen this flick all the way through before, and finally had a chance to this time around, and WOW, totally awesome flick! I absolutely adore Gable though, he SO rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 > All through out the movie I kept trying to figure out where I had seen Nina Foch before You probably saw her in *Executive Suite*. (I don't know why she got an Oscar nomination for it, but she did.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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