Before there was Alan Rickman, who got all the roles that were perfect for him?
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
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DavidS - Oct 28, 2008 7:20:18 am PDT #8467 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Barb - Oct 28, 2008 7:21:27 am PDT #8468 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Christopher Lee?
DavidS - Oct 28, 2008 7:25:01 am PDT #8469 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Christopher Lee?
He didn't really get the snarky roles back then.
Old school, I think George Sanders. On the lighter side, maybe Peter Ustinov.
eta: Bonus! Sanders suicide note:
"Dear World, I am leaving you because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool - good luck."
~~ George Sanders, British actor, d. April 25, 1972
Beverly - Oct 28, 2008 7:37:31 am PDT #8470 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I miss Sanders--and I think I only discovered him post-mortem. Unless Shere Khan counts.
(ed. for speling)
DavidS - Oct 28, 2008 7:38:55 am PDT #8471 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Unless Shere Khan counts.
Totally counts. That's one of his best performances.
brenda m - Oct 28, 2008 7:39:49 am PDT #8472 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, Shere Khan. I didn't know who you were talking about but now I totally get the Rickman comparison.
I might need to watch that movie again soon.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2008 7:41:16 am PDT #8473 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Damn, he's quotable:
"Where on the screen I am invariably a
sonofabitch, in life I am a dear, dear boy."
— George Sanders
George Sanders - A Mitigated Cad
Cool!
Most people assumed Sanders was English, but he was actually born in St. Petersburg, Russia and led a secure, privileged childhood until he and his family were forced to flee to England after the revolution of 1917. Sanders was unhappy at school and unsure of what he wanted to do in life ("My own desire as a boy was to retire," he claimed). For four years, he worked for a tobacco company in Argentina and often lived in primitive conditions, which he seems to have enjoyed. After fighting a duel over "a very charming widow," Sanders was thrown out of South America and went back to England, where he briefly worked for an advertising company. While there, a secretary at the ad firm, Greer Garson, asked Sanders if he'd like to join her amateur theatrical company; thus, Mrs. Miniver set Sanders on the road of a long, rewarding and finally wearying career as an actor.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2008 7:57:24 am PDT #8474 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sanders is awesome in All About Eve. Random thought: I almost wish it had been Sanders in the Clifton Webb role in Laura - he would have been awesome at the bitchiness of the character.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2008 8:14:49 am PDT #8475 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Clifton Webb does not bow to anyone when it comes to bitchiness!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2008 8:16:40 am PDT #8476 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Clifton Webb does not bow to anyone when it comes to bitchiness!
Yes, but to the point that you spend the entire movie wondering why he's romantically obsessed with Gene Tierney instead of Vincent Price or Dana Andrews.