bhryun Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 can someone tell me what ethnicity that orson welles character played in the movie lady from shanghia???/ help!!!! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normandie7 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Orson Wells' character in "Lady from Shanghai" was Irish. I can understand your confusion as his attempt at irish accent wasn't very convincing. Still, the movie was great, one of my favourite movies of all time. And Rita Hayworth - just beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerl964 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 To TCM-ITE that inquired on nationality of *Orson Welles-(1915-85) character in '48's "Lady from Shanghai" normandie7, was 100% correct. He was among my fellow "Micks"-(Irish) & I agree, he handled-(sad to say, unlike *"The King: Gable," in his A #1 embarrassment from 1937 "Parnell" M-G-M) (*1/2-out of four) He played-it without a tick of an accent & yet, he desperately wanted to try fellow MGM contract player, 3 time co-star & in essence, his Idol: *Spencer Tracy's-(1900-1967) route. Or that of Warner Bros. *Paul Muni-(1895-1967)=(NOTE: I deliberately skipped over *0livier here, because he was not a "Name Above the Title,' actor as yet. 1939 did that for *Lord 0livier & many, many, others of course-('39 is truly cinema history's greatest yr!) I do split ways with you on "Lady,' being an entirely great picture though. It has parts that are, but as a whole, just good-(arguably, it's both Rita Hayworth's & the sad: Everette Sloane's finest hour though-"Acting-Wise!") (Sloane killed himself in '65, due to increasing blindness) It's B & W Cinematography was believe it or not? Not even nommed?-(though, not to defend it's choices that yr. EXAMPLE: *"HAMLET" actually, was voted a better movie than: "Treasure Sierra Madre???"-(which even non classic cinema fans, admire) & Both *Bogie as Dobbs & Edward G. in "Key Largo" were both "ignored?") Thanks & to others that I assisted on sending items they were inquiring about. If you read this, please let me know if you got info sent to ya' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normandie7 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I absolutely agree on Everette Sloane - his best performance ever IMO. The impression some viewers have that movie seems strangely paced at times and pehaps has something lacking about it, might have to do with the fact that the studio cut an entire hour out of the original version. Shocking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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