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Category Archives: Actors
Happy Birthday, Archie Leach
I first saw the light of day — or rather the dark of night — around 1:00 a.m. on a cold January morning, in a suburban stone house which, lacking modern heating conveniences, kept only one step ahead of freezing … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, On This Day
Tagged Cary Grant, Gene Wilder, Howard Hawks, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Peter Bogdanovich, Rosalind Russell
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Happy Birthday, Ron Moody
I was so obsessed with this movie when I was a child that I wanted to crawl into my parents’ stereo speakers. I listened to it over and over, picking the needle up at the end of the album, turning … Continue reading
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Viva Vietnam
Ann Margret entertaining US troops in Vietnam, 1966.
R.I.P., Pete Postlethwaite
There is a scene in The Town where Ben Affleck comes to the flower shop, run by Fergie Colm (Pete Postlethwaite) and confronts him. It is a dangerous and risky move. Fergie Colm is no one to be trifled with. … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, RIP
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“Mrs. Floyd was so much fun… I was trying to channel some of the frontier ladies that I know were in my family tree.”
Candyce Hinkle is a local Arkansas actress who got the part of Mrs. Floyd, the boarding house owner, in the Coen Brothers’ True Grit (my review here). She is terrific and has a line that has made me laugh each … Continue reading
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You Don’t Catch Him At It
Katharine Hepburn on John Wayne: From head to toe he is all of a piece. Big head. Wide blue eyes. Sandy hair. Rugged skin – lined by living and fun and character. Not by just rotting away. A nose not … Continue reading
John Cullum in 1776: “Molasses To Rum To Slaves”
The big show-stopper in 1776, extraordinarily filmed here in the movie. This is an amazing performance. He really goes somewhere. The actor who gets this part has to be willing to go there. The number won’t work without it. You … Continue reading
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Boys I Love
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Today it’s a toss-up.
Sam Rockwell’s Screentest
If you own Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, as I do, then you know there is great footage in the special features of Rockwell’s various screentests. We see him doing the scene where George Clooney recruits him to the CIA. … Continue reading
Vincent Price Roasts Bette Davis
“… and in The Virgin Queen …. she gave up her hobby.”
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