TCM is apparently having Joan Fontaine month
That, too. Her first starring role (Maid's Night Out) is waiting on the TiVo.
And Vonnie, I'll agree that (ETA: Dick) Powell is a love-him-or-hate-him actor.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
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Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2005 7:22:24 am PST #8555 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Vonnie K - Nov 10, 2005 7:25:40 am PST #8556 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Dick Powell. He did a bunch of musicals with whassoname, Ruby Keeler.
William Powell (with Myrna Roy and Asta the dog from the Thin Man movies). I luuuuuurve him.
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 7:25:47 am PST #8557 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ok, then I'm totally unfamiliar with Dick Powell. Still love William Powell (remember watching My Man Godfrey in college and loving him in that movie, too).
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 7:28:20 am PST #8558 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In Dick's defense, he did a credible job as Philip Marlowe. Much to the surpise of folks who pegged him as a pretty boy song and dancer.
Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2005 7:29:04 am PST #8559 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Ok, then I'm totally unfamiliar with Dick Powell.
Kathy, if you have a taste for musicals, I'd recommend trying any of the ones I mentioned above. He was in some of the great '30s musicals. If I had to pick one, I'd choose Footlight Parade, mainly because Cagney does the young-go-getter-with-a-dream part so well.
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 7:32:20 am PST #8560 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was just wishing that Cagney did more musicals--I'll have to watch Footlight Parade! I have a serious love of Yankee Doodle Dandy, even with all of its jingoistic tendencies, just because Cagney is such an egotistical, yet charming, ass as Cohan. And his dancing is so wonderfully different from any other dancer of the time--wasn't it based on Cohan's own performances?
Vonnie K - Nov 10, 2005 7:50:03 am PST #8561 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Heh. TCM happens to be running "My Man Godfrey" tonight. Plus a bunch of other Carole Lombard flicks. She was at her best in screwball comedies, I think.
Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe, huh? *raised eyebrows* This, I'll have to see. I don't know if it's just the Dick Powell thing or my dislike of a certain type of musicals--I mean, I am very fond of musicals in general, but those extravagantly vapid Busby Berkeley stuff just set my teeth on edge.
Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2005 7:53:21 am PST #8562 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Vonnie, Powell does well in Murde My Sweet. He spends most of the movie looking like he hasn't shaved for two days, and it helps him get the right look.
Scrappy - Nov 10, 2005 8:01:20 am PST #8563 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
William Powell is Teh Sex. Plus all suave and relaxed and charming and killer comic timing.
One of my faves.
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 8:13:57 am PST #8564 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The more I think about it, the more I love the fact that Mister Roberts really had some excellent roles for actors in "the twilight" of their careers, namely William Powell, James Cagney, and Henry Fonda, as well as a breakout role for a young Jack Lemmon. It was a handing-of-the-torch type movie between acting generations. (I think the scene where Powell and Fonda mix up the liquor for Lemmon to seduce the nurse is one of the funniest things ever.)