You'd think if nothing else that iconic scene in From Here to Eternity would make Lancaster a household name even today.
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 24, 2017 5:09:50 pm PDT #751 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
DavidS - May 24, 2017 8:40:31 pm PDT #752 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
or am I just that old or he's that young???
That one. But, you know... me too!
SuziQ - May 24, 2017 8:52:23 pm PDT #753 of 3463
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Matt, I know that scene and I know who Burt Lancaster is, but off hand I wouldn't have remembered that was him.
Beverly - May 25, 2017 12:12:52 am PDT #754 of 3463
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Burt Lancaster to me is The Crimson Pirate, and Local Hero, and that weird movie where he was swimming home through all the pools in his town, or something.
Jesse - May 25, 2017 1:45:10 am PDT #755 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt, I know that scene and I know who Burt Lancaster is, but off hand I wouldn't have remembered that was him.
Same.
Toddson - May 25, 2017 7:25:15 am PDT #756 of 3463
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh! The Crimson Pirate! my sister and I nearly drove our mother crazy when one of the local TV stations was showing it over and over and over again ... and we had to watch every. single. showing.
There's a kind of companion movie called The Flame and the Arrow - he plays kind of a William Tell (super archer) fighting to free his people (Lombards if I remember correctly) from their cruel overlords.
Fred Pete - May 25, 2017 7:37:40 am PDT #757 of 3463
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'd like to add Trapeze, where he got to use his acrobatic training. The plot itself is fairly standard run-of-the-mill romantic triangle stuff. On the other hand, Lancaster, Tony Curtis, and Gina Lollobrigida play the sides of the triangle while wearing circus acrobat costumes. So there's at least a lot of eye candy.
DXMachina - May 25, 2017 8:12:14 am PDT #758 of 3463
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The Crimson Pirate for sure. Plus he was Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams.
DavidS - May 25, 2017 9:59:31 am PDT #759 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and that weird movie where he was swimming home through all the pools in his town, or something.
The Swimmer
Zenkitty - May 25, 2017 12:14:19 pm PDT #760 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Now that I need to see. Never even heard of it. I like weird movies.