lydecker Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 OK. Starting a new topic here. Even the superstars made bad film choices occasionally. A shining example (IMHO): Bette Davis: Beyond the Forest (Rosa Molina) Who do you pick??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephherndz Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Two that came to mind. "The Story Of Mankind" and "Genghis Khan" I am sure I can think of more but, these two sure stand out with the cast in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Although I enjoyed it, the consensus around here is that the stars of THE IRON PETTICOAT had been in some better movies. Edited by me because I inadvertently put the movie as THE IRON CURTAIN, not PETTICOAT. Edited by: Arturo on Dec 19, 2012 3:46 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Joan Crawford in *Trog*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 If you're a superstar, chances are that you're in a LOT of films, so the odds increase that one or more are going to be lousy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 *If you're a superstar, chances are that you're in a LOT of films, so the odds increase that one or more are going to be lousy.* Well back in the day, some superstars did maybe one, or at most two movies a year. So if your yearly movie is a turkey, it's going to be a while before you can redeem yourself with your next release. A couple of clinkers from the past: PARNELL - Clark Gable THE GORGEOUS HUSSY - Joan Crawford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 How about Jimmy Stewart in POT O' GOLD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Two-Faced Woman (1941) As more than a few people around have noted in the past whenever the topic of this film comes up, and although I was never all that big a fan of hers, it was a shame the somewhat miscast Garbo retired from the cinema soon after this misfire hit the silver screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I guess she's the only star ever to walk away after a stinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Maybe not finance, but I'd say maybe the only star ever to walk away for good after a stinker and while being near the zenith of their career, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Oh well, I like Two Faced Woman, always have. I thought she was funny in it and not miscast. Critics now don't think it was a stinker. Too bad they made mince meat out of it years ago Too bad and our loss that she walked away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Well, it wasnt her plan to walk away like that (or MGM's). It just worked out that way. The plan was for her to resume her career after the war ended and the European market opened back up. (her biggest fans). She came close to doing a film, but the financing fell through (the Balzac picture). Other parts she turned down. I think after awhile she just didnt want to risk another failure. She didnt need the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Although I feel like I'm abusing three of my favorite actors here: Humphrey Bogart and *The Return of Doctor X* (But does this one really count since Mr. Bogart was not yet a superstar at that time and had no say in his assignment?) James Cagney and *Terrible Joe Moran* (Mr. Cagney should have stopped with *Ragtime*.) John Wayne and *The Conqueror* (As Jay Leno said to Hugh Grant: "What the hell were you thinking"?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 the stars of THE IRON PETTICOAT had been in some better movies. Oooooph, ain't that the truth. Kate's Moose and Squirrel accent was the worst thing I've heard in a long, long, long, long time. How about Kirk Douglas in Spartacus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I agree that Two Faced Women isn't a stinker. It has some good moments and Connie Bennett shines in the short time she is on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Please don't knock *The Return of Dr. X*, and Bogey's performance in it. It's a pretty good film. And Bogart's entrance -- with that white rabbit -- is one of the great entrances in any movie, ever! The DVD has an interesting interview with the film's director, Vincent Sherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Carole Lombard called "The Gay Bride" the worst film she ever made, although I think that movie is nowhere as bad as "Fools For Scandal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 There is simply no major star (or in this case, former major star) who appeared in a worse film than Errol Flynn in Cuban Rebel Girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Paul Newman in The Silver Chalice . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 So, you say ya want A LOT of big name stars all in ONE stinker, do YA??? Well then, MAYBE you can't do any better...err...I guess I mean WORSE than packin' all the following stars: Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Olivia DeHavilland, Jose Ferrer AND Fred MacMurray, among many other notable and very familiar names, into 1978's The Swarm ! Yep, "bee-ware" of THIS one, alright! (...sorry, just couldn't resist that whole "bee-ware" thing there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Speaking of two faces, I can't believe I forgot Ray Milland in The Thing With Two Heads. It looked like, since it was back before CGI, Ray was strapped to the back of Rosey. Isn't it sad when the old actors so badly needed money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I hope they were paid well. At least Joan Fontaine didnt go down that road...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Audiences just were not willing to accept Garbo in a role like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Well, maybe it was the audiences, finance, but after watching that movie recently on TCM, I just thought many of Garbo's line deliveries were..well..not up to snuff, though maybe it was that accent of her's which I thought made many of her funnier lines fall flat....though that's just a guess. I just think she didn't help that attempted screwball comedy ever get off the ground. Now, if say Irene Dunne were in that role, I think she could have pulled it off MUCH better than Garbo. (...say, this reminds me of a thread I've been thinking of starting around here with the title: "I would have rather seen he or she in that movie role"...though I'm sure a few people must have already started threads similar to this over the years around here, though I don't recall anyone having started one like this lately) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Of course, Ingrid Bergman in UNDER CAPRICORN . A rare stinker for Hitchcock too. Edited by: finance on Dec 20, 2012 10:53 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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