*CANDIDS*

Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
User avatar
Garbomaniac
Posts: 348
Joined: May 11th, 2007, 10:00 pm

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by Garbomaniac »

My GOD! What a picture! Where do you find them? Dietrich, Bankhead, and Huston!
User avatar
mongoII
Posts: 12340
Joined: April 14th, 2007, 7:37 pm
Location: Florida

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by mongoII »

AUGUST 28th. BIRTHDAYS

Image
BEN GAZZARA is 79 today

Image
DONALD O'CONNOR (1925 - 2003)

Image
PEGGY RYAN (1924 - 2004)

Image
NANCY KULP (1921 - 1991)

Image
SIMON OAKLAND (1915 - 1983)

Image
SAM LEVINE (1905 - 1980)

Image
JAMES WONG HOWE (1899 - 1976)

Image
CHARLES BOYER (1899 - 1978)

Image
E.E. CLIVE (1879 - 1940)
Joseph Goodheart
User avatar
JackFavell
Posts: 11926
Joined: April 20th, 2009, 9:56 am

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by JackFavell »

In looking at the two birthday boys, Sam Levene and Charles Boyer, it strikes me that their personalities couldn't be further removed from each other....Levene - open, and expansive; and Boyer - closed off, remote, mysterious. So much for horoscopes..... :wink:

I still love both of them.
jdb1

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by jdb1 »

I just looked up Nancy Kulp's bio on IMDb. It says this:

Early in her acting career, one Hollywood gossip sheet named her "the homeliest girl on television", referring to her role as "Pamela Livingstone" on Robert Cummings's series

Hmmm -- I think the photo above says otherwise. It's all down to the Magic of Hollywood.
User avatar
mongoII
Posts: 12340
Joined: April 14th, 2007, 7:37 pm
Location: Florida

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by mongoII »

Image
Fay Wray and Joel McCrea relaxing between takes of "The Most Dangerous Game"
Joseph Goodheart
User avatar
JackFavell
Posts: 11926
Joined: April 20th, 2009, 9:56 am

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by JackFavell »

My heart is pounding. Joel McCrea has to have had the best looking body ever...... thump thump.......
klondike

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by klondike »

JackFavell wrote:My heart is pounding. Joel McCrea has to have had the best looking body ever...... thump thump.......
Then you'll want to try 'n catch up with The Most Dangerous Game; for that decade in his career, it's probably a toss-up whether TMDG or Bird of Paradise was the most athletic of his roles, but I've always felt that the former showed him off better, physically speaking (not to mention a much more intelligent script).
User avatar
JackFavell
Posts: 11926
Joined: April 20th, 2009, 9:56 am

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by JackFavell »

Then you'll want to try 'n catch up with The Most Dangerous Game; for that decade in his career, it's probably a toss-up whether TMDG or Bird of Paradise was the most athletic of his roles, but I've always felt that the former showed him off better, physically speaking (not to mention a much more intelligent script)..
Thanks. I had it recorded but discovered that my recording only got the first 5 minutes of the movie. I hope they show it again.
User avatar
mongoII
Posts: 12340
Joined: April 14th, 2007, 7:37 pm
Location: Florida

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by mongoII »

Image
Director John Frankenheimer coaches Angela Lansbury on set of "The Manchurian Candidate"
Joseph Goodheart
User avatar
Birdy
Posts: 894
Joined: June 6th, 2007, 2:25 pm
Location: The Banks of the Wabash

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by Birdy »

Judith,
I had the same thoughts about Nancy Kulp's photo - she was really lovely, in a way. I guess it was her acting, her voice, and the fact that they practically dressed her in cardboard that made her character what it was.
User avatar
mongoII
Posts: 12340
Joined: April 14th, 2007, 7:37 pm
Location: Florida

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by mongoII »

AUGUST 29th. BIRTHDAYS

Image
BETTY LYNN is 83 today

Image
RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH is 86 today

Image
JACKIE 'BUTCH' JENKINS (1937 - 2001)

Image
GEORGE MONTGOMERY (1916 - 2000)

Image
INGRID BERGMAN (1915 - 1982)

Image
BARRY SULLIVAN (1912 - 1994)

Image
JOE SAWYER (1906 - 1982)

Image
GEORGE MACREADY (1899 - 1973)

Image
PRESTON STURGES (1898 - 1959)
Joseph Goodheart
klondike

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by klondike »

Synchronicity strikes again!
Two well-remembered faces from Gilda, sharing cake from 2 different parties on the same day!
User avatar
mongoII
Posts: 12340
Joined: April 14th, 2007, 7:37 pm
Location: Florida

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by mongoII »

...More Interesting Gravestones

Image

Image

Image
Joseph Goodheart
klondike

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by klondike »

How drolly coy (and absolutely fitting) a marker for Jack Lemmon.
It seems to capture perfectly his puckish, gentle, worldly-but-never-jaded personna, a man quietly grateful to be pursuing his chosen profession, and expressing it in a way that always made us feel so lucky to be watching.
User avatar
charliechaplinfan
Posts: 9040
Joined: January 15th, 2008, 9:49 am

Re: *CANDIDS*

Post by charliechaplinfan »

My sentiments exactly, I just showed Jack's gravestone to my husband, he's one performer who makes us both smile.

Still didn't need to see so much of him in Avanti to appreciate how good he is :wink:
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself - Charlie Chaplin
Locked