Thanks for the high five for
Brian Aherne,
Ayres.
I like that screwball comedy
Merrily We Live too. He's
so appealing in that one. And I'd never seen that movie until TCM trotted it out last year.
Re: Rita Hayworth
...when Glenn Ford or George Macready is menacing her in Gilda, I just want one of them to come sweep her off her feet and dance away!-Ayres
Hmmm, I dunno about relying on either of
those guys to help her in that movie. I think Gilda's chances might've been better if she ran away with the restroom attendant (
Steven Geray), who was simpatico from the get-go. Yeah, I know, snowball's chance in h-e-double hockey sticks of that happening. Besides, Gilda wouldn't mean it, but she'd probably kill the little guy--though he'd die with a smile on his face. Jeez, I'm bad. Sorry, I'll go see how to delete myself from this conversation, *lol*.
I think that you're right about Hayworth+
Fred Astaire or
Gene Kelly. With them, she's in her element, dancing, which seemed to liberate her from alot of her self-conciousness. She's particularly lovely in
You Were Never Lovelier (1942) with
Fred Astaire.
Btw, other interesting movies that blend Miss Hayworth's vulnerability with her sometimes shaky hauteur that occur to me are
The Came to Cordura (1959) &
The Story on Page One (1959). Too bad that these weren't included this month, though the first film shows up often on the Encore channels. Very good role for
Gary Cooper too.
Re:
Brighton Rock
SueSue & Arkadin, wouldn't it be wonderful if TCM could show this film, now that they've started to unearth so many other English movies? At least this one is available in the states on vhs. Love those early
Richard Attenborough movies, such as the recent TCM gem,
London Belongs to Me (1949). He seems to be a much better actor than director, though I love
Shadowlands (1993).