slaytonf Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I must have too little to do. Perhaps I should employ myself with more valuable occupations, like sorting my spare change by denomination, date, and mint. Anyway. . . . I'm thinking of their portrayal while they were President, so movies like Young Mr. Lincoln don't count. Modern Presidents, of course can't have classic films for them, but I'm not so particular. Please note one film with each President, that is, if you don't have anything better to do: Theodore Roosevelt--The Wind and the Lion Frankiln Roosevelt--Yankee Doodle Dandy (hm, not the best of examples) Abraham Lincoln--Of human Hearts (sorry, it's the only one I could think of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I seriously doubt whether James K, Polk, Franklin Pierce, and Chester A Arthur have been portrayed in film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Chester A. Arthur was played by Larry Gates in CATTLE KING. Franklin Pierce by Porter Hall in THE GREAT MOMENT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I didn't doubt THAT seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Well, you never know. After all, McKinley was portrayed just a couple days ago in This is My Affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 McKinley became more famous than the others by being assassinated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 {font:Calibri}6th president John Quincy Adams Anthony Hopkins, *Amistad*, 1997{font} 8th president Martin Van Buren Nigel Hawthorne, *Amistad*, 1997 {font:Calibri} 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes John Dilson, *Buffalo Bill*, 1944{font} {font:Calibri}22nd & 24th president Grover Cleveland William B. Davidson, *Lillian Russell*, 1940{font} {font:Calibri}Stuart Holmes, *The Oklahoma Kid*, 1939{font} {font:Calibri}23rd president Benjamin Harrison Roy Gordon, *Stars and Stripes Forever*, 1952{font} 35th president John F. Kennedy Cliff Robertson, *PT 109*, 1963 {font:Calibri}41st president George Bush James Cromwell, *W.*, 2008 43rd president George W. Bush Josh Brolin, *W.*, 2008{font} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I was recently working on a project that had me looking this stuff up. If they haven't already been mentioned while I composed this, I can add - Alexander Knox as Woodrow Wilson in *Wilson* (Coming up on TCM in February) Van Heflin as Andrew Johnson in *Tennesee Johnson* (I _think_ he gets into the White House in the film) Lionel Barrymore as Andrew --Johnson-- Jackson in *The Gorgeous Hussy* James Whitmore as Harry Truman in *Give 'Em Hell Harry!* Anthony Hopkins as Richard Nixon in *Nixon* Bruce Greenwood as JFK in *Thirteen Days* Josh Brolin as George W. Bush in *W* ------------------------ Disney's *The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band* references the 1888 Presidential election between Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison but I don't think the two characters appear in the movie. Each has a song about themselves though. -------------------------- and for some "other" examples of film portrayals... Edward Herrmann as FDR in *Annie* Frank McGlynn, Sr. as Lincoln in *The Littlest Rebel* Edited by: hlywdkjk on Dec 7, 2012 7:15 AM to change Johnson to Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Andrew Jackson has to be the most colorful and controversial President the U S has ever had . I am surprised no one has ever made a bio picture of his life and times . Hollywood couldn't have written a better script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 *"I hadn't noticed that Wilson will be on TCM in February, thanks for that info! I assume the fullest version will be shown, with the newsreels, etc."* - swithin You're welcome. *Wilson* is scheduled for Friday, February 8th at 8pm/5pm. It has a posted runtime of 154 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 And THEN there's Sydney Greenstreet's vivid portrayal of Millard Fillmore in the little remembered 1947 epic, Hold On To Your Whig. (...don't know of this one?!...well, I DID say it was "little remembered", didn't I?!!!...okay, and maybe nonexistent too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 The Monroe Doctrine (1939) Grant Mitchell ... John Quincy Adams Charles Waldron ... President James Monroe Sidney Blackmer ... Theodore Roosevelt Edwin Stanley ... President James K. Polk Millard Vincent ... President Millard Fillmore Stuart Holmes ... Grover Cleveland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 They did concerning his relationship with his wife (Jackson) I cant remember the titles now, but both Barbara Stanwyck and Susan Hayward were in them........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 LOL. What about James Buchanan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hey Fred! Are you ABSOLUTELY sure it was Millard VINCENT and NOT Millard MITCHELL who played Millard FILLMORE in that flick??? (...hey, jus' askin') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 hlywdkjk wrote: << Edward Herrmann as FDR in Annie. >> Edward Herrman also played FDR in "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 > {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote}Andrew Jackson has to be the most colorful and controversial President the U S has ever had . I am surprised no one has ever made a bio picture of his life and times . Hollywood couldn't have written a better script. Charlton Heston and Susan Hayward played the Jacksons in *The President's Lady* in 1953. She died just before he was sworn in so it ends there. And there's also *The Gorgeous Hussy* which is mostly fiction. His very tumulus administration would be a good film topic with the right people in charge. The fact that he was a Southerner who opposed succession is in itself unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Tsk, Tsk! NONE of you "classic movie" freaks mentioned RALPH BELLAMY as FDR in *Sunrise at Campobello* ! Has anyone else portrayed HARRY TRUMAN other than ED FLANDERS? (*MacArthur* ) Anybody ever do CALVIN COOLIDGE? EISENHOWER? REAGAN? HOOVER? TAFT? POLK? Don't forget, CHARLTON HESTON did ANDREW JACKSON twice! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yep, Sepia. In regard to Truman, James Whitmore played him in 1975's Give 'Em Hell, Harry!, a role which he took on the road many times and made famous before the film was produced. (...though word was he was ALSO thinking of tackling the role of Millard You-Know-Who just before his death...Whitmore's death, NOT Millard's that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 How about Gerald Ford in The Panther Strikes Back. I did not see Argo so I don't know if Jimmy Carter is in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 James Whitmore! Damn, what a fine actor! I read in some James dean bio that Dean used to attend acting workshop's given by Whitmore in his apartment. And I remember seeing Whitmore on PBS many moons ago doing his one-man act of WILL ROGERS. FAN! TAS! TICK! MAN, I miss that guy! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yes, it would with a good script. Was that Stanwyck film fictional? I think Joel McCrea was in it too....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I DID see Argo and I cant remember. Maybe some stock footage/stills.....I dont think anyone played him..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Well Hibi, word was the producers of Dargo...err...I mean Argo were thinkin' about gettin' Orville Redenbacker here to play Jimmy in that flick... ...but he was already dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 LOL. Now I KNOW I'd remember if he was in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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