You really 'get' it, Klonny. I love what you wrote.Certainly Pappy cultivated a whole crop of stronger, brighter, bigger performers, but I often think that his "back pocket" discoveries - men like Ben Johnson, Woody Strode, Dobie Carey, Terry Wilson, & McGrath - form a deeper legacy, one built of truer, more quiet men.
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Charlton Heston & Sophia Loren share some cake on the set of "El Cid"
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I LOVE Picture Snatcher. Cagney's energy was so electric throughout the film. Still, my favorite scene comes when Jimmy is all alone hiding out in an apartment. He walks across the living room for some reason I can't recall, and just because he's a little bored, he's alone with no one to see him and because he's Cagney, he did a small twirling dance step to get from the couch to the mantle. It's hard to think of another actor who could do such a thing with such off hand, inconsequential grace. Just Jimmy's way of making a prosaic moment memorable.
Thanks for finding that interesting picture of Mr. C. doing his homework for his part.
Thanks for finding that interesting picture of Mr. C. doing his homework for his part.
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I agree Moira. It's a snappy Precoder I discovered recently and what a treat it is! Cagney's always top-notch.moirafinnie wrote:I LOVE Picture Snatcher. Cagney's energy was so electric throughout the film. Still, my favorite scene comes when Jimmy is all alone hiding out in an apartment. He walks across the living room for some reason I can't recall, and just because he's a little bored, he's alone with no one to see him and because he's Cagney, he did a small twirling dance step to get from the couch to the mantle. It's hard to think of another actor who could do such a thing with such off hand, inconsequential grace. Just Jimmy's way of making a prosaic moment memorable.
Thanks for finding that interesting picture of Mr. C. doing his homework for his part.
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Couldn't have said it better, Fernando; Cagney always had that little umph and spark that put him, & often his co-stars, up over the top, even in some real plodders, whether he was growling-down one of Pat O'Briens cheerful tirades in Torrid Zone, or plotting vengeance over his Tabascoed ham dinner in The St. Louis Kid, or horsing around with Bet Davis in The Bride Came C.O.D..feaito wrote:
I agree Moira. It's a snappy Precoder I discovered recently and what a treat it is! Cagney's always top-notch.
Whatever the script, no matter how small or uninspiring, Jim always had the camera "right by the ears" (as he once said somewhere), and never let-go til he was finished!
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Yes sir! Have yet to see Bride Came C.O.D.klondike wrote:Couldn't have said it better, Fernando; Cagney always had that little umph and spark that put him, & often his co-stars, up over the top, even in some real plodders, whether he was growling-down one of Pat O'Briens cheerful tirades in Torrid Zone, or plotting vengeance over his Tabascoed ham dinner in The St. Louis Kid, or horsing around with Bet Davis in The Bride Came C.O.D..feaito wrote:
I agree Moira. It's a snappy Precoder I discovered recently and what a treat it is! Cagney's always top-notch.
Whatever the script, no matter how small or uninspiring, Jim always had the camera "right by the ears" (as he once said somewhere), and never let-go til he was finished!
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FEBRUARY 3rd. BIRTHDAYS
SHELLEY BERMAN is 84 today
RUSSELL ARMS is 90 today
VICTOR BUONO (1938 - 1982)
SUZAN BALL (1934 - 1955)
PEGGY ANN GARNER (1932 - 1984)
JOEY BISHOP (1918 - 2007)
SHELLEY BERMAN is 84 today
RUSSELL ARMS is 90 today
VICTOR BUONO (1938 - 1982)
SUZAN BALL (1934 - 1955)
PEGGY ANN GARNER (1932 - 1984)
JOEY BISHOP (1918 - 2007)
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The Barrymore Clan: Prominent members seated are Lionel and wife Irene, Ethel with pet, John with wife Dolores Costello and children
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I bet that the baby in John Barrymore's arms is John Drew Barrymore, Drew Barrymore's father, who was born in 1932.
No wonder about Drew Barrymore's talents, with such ancestors and relatives as John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Maurice Costello, Helene Costello, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Blythe Barrymore, John Drew....how impressive!!
No wonder about Drew Barrymore's talents, with such ancestors and relatives as John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Maurice Costello, Helene Costello, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Blythe Barrymore, John Drew....how impressive!!
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FEBRUARY 4th. BIRTHDAYS
GARY CONWAY is 74 today
CONRAD BAIN is 87 today
COLLIN WILCOX (1935 - 2009)
WILLIAM TALMAN (1915 - 1968)
IDA LUPINO (1914 - 1995)
JAMES CRAIG (1912 - 1985)
ROBERT COOTE (1909 - 1982)
EDDIE FOY JR. (1905 - 1983)
WALTER CATLETT (1889 - 1960)
NIGEL BRUCE (1895 - 1953)
GARY CONWAY is 74 today
CONRAD BAIN is 87 today
COLLIN WILCOX (1935 - 2009)
WILLIAM TALMAN (1915 - 1968)
IDA LUPINO (1914 - 1995)
JAMES CRAIG (1912 - 1985)
ROBERT COOTE (1909 - 1982)
EDDIE FOY JR. (1905 - 1983)
WALTER CATLETT (1889 - 1960)
NIGEL BRUCE (1895 - 1953)
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A SALUTE TO SCHLITZE
The childlike lovable Microcephalus soul of film, sideshows & the circus
Here he is with Wallace Ford in "Freaks"
With Rochelle Hudson & Chester Morris in "Meet Boston Blackie"
Schlitze's last name and date of birth may not be accurate
The childlike lovable Microcephalus soul of film, sideshows & the circus
Here he is with Wallace Ford in "Freaks"
With Rochelle Hudson & Chester Morris in "Meet Boston Blackie"
Schlitze's last name and date of birth may not be accurate
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