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Second tier character actors
It was a different era when Hollywood’s studios also owned theaters and had to crank out new features weekly to fill them. Star power wasn’t really any different than it is today – the biggest… more →
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Second tier character actors
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highhurdler wrote 1 week ago: It was a different era when Hollywood’s studios also owned theaters and had to crank out new featu … more →
"You're Only Middle-Aged Once!"
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moirafinnie wrote 2 weeks ago: Even in his relative youth on film, Trevor Howard was an unlikely film star. He always looked older … more →
"That's All There Is, There Isn't Any More"
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moirafinnie wrote 2 weeks ago: Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) “That’s all there is, there isn’t any more… … more →
Guess That Character Actor I
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Cinematically-Correct wrote 2 weeks ago: There are hundreds of actors out there that you could call a character actor. Some of them, like Pa … more →
Spencer Tracy IS Klaatu!
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moirafinnie wrote 1 month ago: Since I’ve been on a bit of a vacation this week, I’ll apologize in advance for the deli … more →
Just a Western
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moirafinnie wrote 1 month ago: I love Westerns. The simple pleasures of seeing the world from the back of a horse, visiting the op … more →
Dillinger and Me
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suzidoll wrote 2 months ago: Being a resident of Chicago, I am well versed in the lore and literature of gangsters and outlaws su … more →
Escapes from the MGM Pidgeon Hole
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moirafinnie wrote 2 months ago: Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984) seems to have been one of the studio era’s clearest eyed realists. … more →
All Mobbed Up
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moirafinnie wrote 3 months ago: Bear? Bull? Rhino? Or was it a large Tomcat who’d seen one too many alleys? As I watched the … more →
The Discreet Charm of Charlie Ruggles
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moirafinnie wrote 4 months ago: There was a becoming modesty to Charlie Ruggles‘ career. The critical establishment’s re … more →
Louis Calhern: What's Worth While?
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moirafinnie wrote 4 months ago: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote some beautiful prose, but he was far from flawless in his insights. One o … more →
The Odyssey Home
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moirafinnie wrote 4 months ago: I viewed a dvd of John Ford’s lovingly crafted adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s The … more →
The Essential Aline
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moirafinnie wrote 5 months ago: Her features were always considered too large to fit the Hollywood studio mold of prettiness, yet ar … more →
Looking at Boyer
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moirafinnie wrote 5 months ago: In a rare meeting late in the lives of the stars of Leo McCarey’s Love Affair (1939), (which c … more →
Thelma Ritter: All About Birdie
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moirafinnie wrote 6 months ago: On days like this, when the wind blows across from Canada and the thermometer never creeps much abov … more →
Contemporary Character Actors
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keelsetter wrote 6 months ago: Any movie buff has a long list of favorite character-actors, those venerable performers who are usua … more →
Lew Ayres: The Road Less Traveled
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moirafinnie wrote 6 months ago: “It’s dirty and painful to die for your country. When it comes to dying for your country … more →
Claude Rains: The Virtuoso
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moirafinnie wrote 6 months ago: It was 1932 and Claude Rains was disenchanted. He was at a crossroads in his life and his career. He … more →
Remakes: As They Might Have Been
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moirafinnie wrote 7 months ago: Remakes! Whenever Hollywood isn’t looking at old television shows and comic books for inspira … more →
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