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I'm a Brian Donlevy fan but I kind of don't know it. ( So many stars...so little brains I have; like I've said, the bench was soooo deep back then. ) After seeing him during the recent Preston Sturges marathon in
"THE GREAT McGINTY" I really warmed to him; he was willing to look silly and foolish. I got the feeling that he relished acting...that he just liked to act and be a part of it all. ( He said he stinks? Brian's too hard on himself. ) He just weaved himself into the fabric of a story so well you might not know he's there unless he's blazing the screen in a part like he had in
"BEAU GESTE." Not to stand out...but to be part of the story. We don't have a lot of villains today. Ev'rybody wants to be a Hero. What I mean is we don't have a lot of actors today who WANT to play the villain. And very few who can pull off being a villain
AND a hero and make the public believe them in both roles.
...Besides, I always thought he was dashingly handsome with a profile like an Arrow Shirt man. Neil Hamilton...eat your heart out! You too Lyle Talbot!! And you as well Lionel Atwill!!