faceinthecrowd Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Eddie Fisher is listed in the credits of ALL ABOUT EVE as "Stage Manager." But you'll look for him in vain: his scene hit the cutting room floor before the film was released. Are there any other examples of reasonably well known people who were in the credits but not in the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Wil Wheaton of "Stand By Me" is listed in the end credits of "The Last Starfighter" (1984) but was edited out of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Cecil Kellaway in THE LETTER. I'm told that he can be spotted in a long shot in a crowd scene, but otherwise, he's been edited out of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 How about in the movie but not in the credits ?? Valerie Hobson is listed in the credits as playing the grown up Estella. There is a maid in the movie who works for Mr. Jaggers (the lawyer) whose name is Molly. She is a slow-moving sad-looking older middle-aged woman. But she is not listed in the credits or on IMDB. But, guess what?? She is also played by Valerie Hobson. She plays Estella's ex-convict mother turned maid, but somehow got left out of the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 >Cecil Kellaway in THE LETTER. I'm told that he can be spotted in a long shot in a crowd scene, but otherwise, he's been edited out of the film. A photo of him among the courtroom observers was published in one of the Filmgoer's Companions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieB Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Amanda Blake is listed fairly prominently in the credits for "A Star Is Born" yet her scenes, whatever they may have been, appear to have been cut, apparently before the initial release because they're not part of the restored print. P.S. I just consulted Ronald Haver's "making of" book and he said she was to have been part of a much longer Academy Awards sequence as a presenter, but the beginning of the ceremony was cut. Amanda survived only as she walked offstage and as she sat in the background behind Judy in one shot, so she is actually in the film. He said the fact that she had an opening credit was overlooked in the rush to prepare the film for release. Edited by: DougieB on Nov 15, 2013 8:28 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Thanks for that info. I've always wondered what happened to Amanda Blake in ASIB! (LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 The most obvious example-----Alec Cathorne, or Cawthorne, in SLEUTH. No such actor. Mankiewicz wanted to hide the fact that the whole film was only Olivier and Caine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Along the same lines as Amanda Blake in ASIB, Penny Singleton can just be glimpsed sitting at the banquet table during a long shot in The Best Man. Otherwise her character (a candidate's wife) was completely removed from the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Any relation to Alan Smithee? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhook47 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I've never been able to find Keenan Wynn in *Touch of Evil*. IMDB lists him as Joanna Moore's attorney, but it's obviously not him in the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I've watched Trouble Along The Way twice specifically to spot James Dean and have never been able to, although WB studio records apparently list him as having worked on the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I believe James Dean appears during a scene in the college chapel as an extra. That would be hard to spot, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hard to spot? You mean he wasn't chewing up the secrecy? Ok, Dean fans just a joke, but I'm not a fan of his acting style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I was looking for a guy in a bright red jacket with a DA. The room was full of them - I couldn't tell him apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Harry Carey, Jr. is listed in the *Rio Bravo* cast credits but because of a dispute with Howard Hawks was cut out of the movie. I nearly went nuts trying to find him in the movie. I always though this was another Eddie Fisher, an actor, in *ABE.* as I didn't realize that other guy was already a singing star. When I first became aware of him in 1953 he was in the Army and doing Coca-Cola commericals on *Kit Carson.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I would think that the last thing a director would film would be the credits. Just film them after the movie has been edited and approved by the producer studio bosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 >finance said: The most obvious example-----Alec Cathorne, or Cawthorne, in SLEUTH. No such actor. Mankiewicz wanted to hide the fact that the whole film was only Olivier and Caine. Yeah, but that was meant to be like that as a trick pulled on the audience and not because the actor's role ended up on the cutting room floor. It was done they same way with the Playbill credits for the stage production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 That would account for these discrepancies. In fact, I don't know whether it's the director who films the credits. And they're probably done well before the final cut is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 IMDb lists Dean as playing "Football spectator." I'll look for him the next time I see the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 I just Googled Keenan Wynn Touch of Evil, then went to lockergnome.com. Some interesting examples are given there. (Although I disagree with the comment about Alan Ladd in CITIZEN KANE -- he's easy to spot; or at least his distinctive voice is -- his face is in the shadows, but he has a couple of lines in the last scene.) Update on lockergnome: I went back to this site, thinking that it might be an alternative to TCM, but I saw only one post dated later than October. TCM still looks like the best for movie buffs. Edited by: faceinthecrowd on Nov 15, 2013 9:03 PM Edited by: faceinthecrowd on Nov 15, 2013 9:06 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 On the IMDB listing, these actors are listed as being extras in the 1925 BEN HUR: Reginald Barker ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) John Barrymore ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Lionel Barrymore ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Clarence Brown ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Gilbert Clayton ... (uncredited) Gary Cooper ... Roman Guard (uncredited) Joan Crawford ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Marion Davies ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) William Donovan ... Charioteer of Corinthian Bay Team (uncredited) Ray Erlenborn ... (uncredited) Douglas Fairbanks ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) George Fitzmaurice ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Sidney Franklin ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Clark Gable ... Roman Guard (uncredited) Rosita Garcia ... Slave Girl (uncredited) Janet Gaynor ... Slave Girl (uncredited) John Gilbert ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Dorothy Gish ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Lillian Gish ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Samuel Goldwyn ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Harry Gordon ... Centurion (uncredited) Sid Grauman ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) William Green ... (uncredited) Noble Johnson ... Crowd Member (uncredited) Joyzelle Joyner ... Slave Girl (uncredited) (unconfirmed) Rupert Julian ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Henry King ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Harold Lloyd ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Carole Lombard ... Slave Girl (uncredited) Myrna Loy ... Slave Girl (uncredited) Cliff Lyons ... Charioteer (uncredited) Mickey Millerick ... (uncredited) Carlotta Monti ... Slave Girl (uncredited) Colleen Moore ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Claude Payton ... Jesus Christ (uncredited) Mary Pickford ... Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) Satini Pualoa ... Extra (uncredited) Sally Rand ... Slave Girl (uncredited) (unconfirmed) Leonora Summers ... (uncredited) Tom Tyler ... Charioteer (uncredited) Fay Wray ... Slave Girl (uncredited) (unconfirmed) Christiane Yves ... Hedonist (uncredited) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Interesting -- Carole Lombard? Myrna Loy? -- but it's the opposite of the thread's subject, which is actors who were IN the credits but NOT in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 > Alan Ladd in CITIZEN KANE -- he's easy to spot; or at least his distinctive voice is -- his face is in the shadows, but he has a couple of lines in the last scene.) Anyone ever spotted Arthur O'Connell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 I never noticed him, and I've seen KANE umpteen times -- and believe me, that's a lot of times. Looking at the IMDb listing, I see that Nat 'King' Cole was a pianist at El Rancho. I can't believe I missed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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