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Tag Archives: Dean Martin
Dean Martin: “Actin’ is reactin’, you know? Think what you’re thinkin’.”
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Peter Bogdonavich writes: We got on the subject of acting drama, as opposed to comedy, and how he prepared for a serious role. “I just kinda … Continue reading
Dean Martin on his Drunk Act: “If anyone drank that much, how long you think people’d keep hirin’ him?”
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: In our brief conversation, the last thing I asked Martin was about the many jokes already then being made about his drinking. He shrugged. “They don’t … Continue reading
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Dean Martin: “Jesus, how borin’.”
Excerpt from Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Peter Bogdonavich interviewed Dean Martin in the mid-60s. I love Bogdonavich. His essay on Dean Martin is not to be missed, for Martin fans. In his portable MGM … Continue reading
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Peter Bogdonavich writes: What I saw them do onstage at the Paramount was much like what they are seen doing at the end of The Caddy, … Continue reading
Dean Martin: A Haunting Photo
I came across this photo and was just completely struck by it – on every level. Every face, every detail … Mia Farrow, Dean Martin, and Sharon Tate. It’s kinda haunting. I mean, it’s hard to look at anyone else … Continue reading
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Colgate Comedy Hours
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Peter Bogdonavich writes: Recently I saw nearly all twenty-eight of their Colgate Comedy Hours (soon to be released on DVD), and a lot of the stuff … Continue reading
Jerry Lewis on working with Dean Martin: “It was the Katzenjammer Kids.”
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Bogdonavich asks Lewis: “What was it like those first four years, before the movies? From 46 to 49?” Lewis responds: It was wonderful. It was the … Continue reading
Jerry Lewis: ” I would reprimand him sometimes.”
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Bogdonavich is asking about Dean – he says “he worked on a totally instinctual level”. Lewis responds: Oh, yes. Because he always told everybody, “I can … Continue reading
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Jerry Lewis: “Now, the brilliance of Dean was that he would expedite it like he rehearsed it for four years.”
Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: Jerry Lewis: And the premise in my mind always was that I’m going to dig in and get the child within me alive. I cannot see … Continue reading
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Jerry Lewis on Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis: You see, the one thing that [newspaper columnist] Walter Winchell told me that night — he saw us at the Havana Madrid — and I was sitting having a drink with him after the show and he said, … Continue reading