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I have to weigh in on the Gable front — Clooney has the charm, but I just don't get the sense of sophistication off him that would be necessary for the "next" Cary Grant.
As for the rumors about Grant and roomie Randolph Scott, why, how in the world could anyone mistake them for a couple, or indeed Grant for anything other than a red-blooded heterosexual?
Sweet.
And an addendum, if one could call it that, to Cary Grant and Randolph Scott's lifelong friendship, taken from Grant's biography, "Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart," by Roy Moseley and Charles Higham. Mr. Mosely interviewed the maitre d' at the Beverly Hillcrest Hotel. The maitre d' saw both actors in the 1970s, sitting in the back of the restaurant, after the place had emptied. They were holding hands.
Charles Higham
Higham also wrote a bio of Errol Flynn -- who wasn't so much bisexual as couldn't-keep-it-in-his-pants.
Hence the expression, "In like Flynn."
tommyrot, that expression may actually date (so to speak) from his statutory rape trials.
Hitchcock fans, this looks like a pretty sweet deal.
I saw Hero last night. The cinematography, sound, and music were excellent. I had a little trouble getting into the story after a while. It didn't help that I was tired, so I was kind of in and out for the last fifteen or twenty minutes, which caused me to miss the key moment of development in our protagonist. But soon I stopped caring so much about how events actually happened. I wanted something new.
Also, it may help to know going in that it's rather fantastical. The characters do fly around Crouching Tiger style for no apparent reason, and the number of arrows flying through the air is always ridiculous.
It looks good and sounds good, but I can only give minor to regular, rather than major, props to the narrative. And I'm the guy who loves non-linear storytelling.
The apparent reason is that it's the genre.
indeed Grant for anything other than a red-blooded heterosexual?
What's the line from BRINGING UP BABY (said with Grant wearing a nightgown)?
"I just went GAY all of sudden!" (probably didn't get that quite right)
That's the way I remember it, Frank. He was wearing the frilly negligee at the time....
He was wearing the frilly negligee at the time....
Of course, you need to visualize the leap he makes to really get the full effect.
