tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post1224955606403882253..comments2024-03-27T08:31:10.126-07:00Comments on SHADOW OF A DOUBT: Photo FinishKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-14881317267560130242012-03-27T12:06:55.060-07:002012-03-27T12:06:55.060-07:00Thank you, rraine.Thank you, rraine.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-31621671747239272732012-03-26T18:14:39.605-07:002012-03-26T18:14:39.605-07:00sorry for this extremely delayed response - i thin...sorry for this extremely delayed response - i think i'm developmentally delayed. yes, that comment was a joke. i've seen "the caine mutiny" multiple times, and loved bogart every time.<br /><br />there are so many references in the comments, i could be here all night. suffice it to say, i'm old, and have seen most, if not all, of the movies mentioned, usually more than once. or twice. or thrice.<br /><br />kirk, i just love your blog.rrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457746929116908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-22422249704774299842012-03-20T14:11:12.945-07:002012-03-20T14:11:12.945-07:00You watch HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE once or twice...You watch HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE once or twice a week? Wow! You must really like it. Been a long time since I watched it, but I remember Lauren Bacall seeming older than the other two. She doesn't look older, just acts it. I just now looked up their ages and see that Bacall was in fact 8 years younger than Betty Grable and only two years older than Marilyn Monroe. Maybe it's because Grable and Monroe had such girly-girl personalities--on screen, anyway--that they seem so much younger. Bacall leaves William Powell--an actor I very much enjoy watching--at the alter for Cameron Mitchell. Oh, well, maybe he was consoled by Mryna Loy (Thin Man series.)Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-37029350678638167702012-03-20T13:21:35.208-07:002012-03-20T13:21:35.208-07:00I still see "How To Marry A Millionaire"...I still see "How To Marry A Millionaire" once or twice a week. It's too bad Betty Grable is missing from that photo. Though it was Schatze's (Bacall) on again off again relationship with Tom Brookman (Cameron Mitchell) that was the center of the film it was the personality of Loco (Grable) and Pola (Monroe) that moved the film along and makes it fun to watch. Thanks Kirk!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533184345345882921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-85118342475362180962012-03-19T16:45:02.337-07:002012-03-19T16:45:02.337-07:00@Kass--That's pretty good. Bogart's kind o...@Kass--That's pretty good. Bogart's kind of looking at Marilyn like she's nuts, isn't he?<br /><br />Of actors that emerged in the 1950s, I forgot to mention the great Eli Wallach. And although Vincent Price had been in movies since the late 1930s, he emerged as a horror film icon only in the '50sKirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-90559963814071435752012-03-19T12:23:15.609-07:002012-03-19T12:23:15.609-07:00Bogart: "Really, Marilyn?!..you might be sell...Bogart: "Really, Marilyn?!..you might be selling the public on this character you've created, but I'm not buying it...and what's with taking my arm while my wife is on the other one?"<br /><br />Bacall: "I'm not worried about a thing. I'm tall and elegant and have a sexy voice. Go ahead and drool all over my husband, I'll outlive you, but I'm sure you'll outhusband me."<br /><br />Norma Rae: "Oh, look at me be Marilyn."Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-60393610491313178112012-03-17T10:57:17.255-07:002012-03-17T10:57:17.255-07:00Directors Otto Preminger and Vincente Minnelli als...Directors Otto Preminger and Vincente Minnelli also did some of their best work in the '50s.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-38301623648593679852012-03-16T11:26:51.109-07:002012-03-16T11:26:51.109-07:00As for directors who did some of their best work i...As for directors who did some of their best work in the 1950s, I left out John Huston. Shame on me again.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-77929050932396062722012-03-15T16:20:55.943-07:002012-03-15T16:20:55.943-07:00@J--I wasn't sure how much attention you'd...@J--I wasn't sure how much attention you'd want focused on you.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-22589862909393652932012-03-15T16:18:38.247-07:002012-03-15T16:18:38.247-07:00@Postino--Some names from the 1950s I forgot (and ...@Postino--Some names from the 1950s I forgot (and shame on me for doing so): Sidney Poitier, Thelma Ritter, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Sal Mineo, Julie HarrisKirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-68403070001981929952012-03-15T15:58:41.621-07:002012-03-15T15:58:41.621-07:00I'm an acquaintance? :) JI'm an acquaintance? :) JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-84571477091865160282012-03-15T15:23:31.107-07:002012-03-15T15:23:31.107-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-78543061137204443122012-03-14T17:32:19.137-07:002012-03-14T17:32:19.137-07:00Thank you, Kass. I'd like to hear some of thos...Thank you, Kass. I'd like to hear some of those stories.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-21088534210806263642012-03-14T16:48:54.309-07:002012-03-14T16:48:54.309-07:00That is one fascinating photo. I'm making up a...That is one fascinating photo. I'm making up a lot of stories for the positioning and poses of the players here.<br /><br />Your commentary is fascinating. Looking forward to more posts like this one.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-29056399643467137262012-03-14T15:44:15.221-07:002012-03-14T15:44:15.221-07:00@rraine--Your comment makes perfect sense, except ...@rraine--Your comment makes perfect sense, except for one leeeetle thing. You wrote: "bogart did he bust the balls he was twiddling with? whose balls were they, anyway?" If that's meant as a joke, I hereby apologize for not recognizing it as such. If it is an actual question, then allow me to explain. "Busting balls" refers to the fact that Bogart played a tyrannical sea captain in THE CAINE MUTINY. His character was also very neurotic, and when he was stressed or excited, would pull a couple of steel balls out of his pocket and start twiddling with them, apparantly in an effort to calm down.<br /><br />From interviews I've read or seen with Lauren Bacall (the only one in the photo still alive), I get the impression she didn't care about stardom all that much, which is probably why she let it slip away so easily. All in all, she may have had the widest acting range of the three stars in that photo. She just didn't have as many memorable films as Bogart or Monroe.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-16722404457820364492012-03-14T15:22:37.643-07:002012-03-14T15:22:37.643-07:00Because I wanted this post to be photo-centric, I ...Because I wanted this post to be photo-centric, I originally had all the above information in one long paragraph. However, I was told by an aquaintence that it was a little difficult to read, so I decided to break it up. The content remains the same.<br /><br />@Postino--Artistically, I would say the 1950s is very much a part of what's referred to as the "The Golden Age of Hollywood" despite the loss of revenue and the subsequent panic in the executive suites. After all, it was the decade that saw the emergence of Brando, Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Audrey Hepburn, James Dean, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Leslie Caron, Richard Widmark, Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Eva Marie Saint, and Frank Sinatra (OK, Sinatra was pretty well known throughout the 1940s, but as a singer, not an actor.) Plus, Hitchcock, Ford, Kazan, and Wilder directed some of their best movies in that decade. It was also the Second Coming of the Monster Movie. A lot of crap emerged from that, I'll admit, but at its best, there's nothing like watching a Ray Harryhausen stop-motion behemoth gobble up a major metropolitan center for lunch.<br /><br />When Brando died, Larry King did a special show on it. Karl Malden called in and compared his frequent co-star's death to 9/11. Eva Marie Saint, who was a guest that night, exclaimed, "Oh, Karl, that was beautiful!" I'll say this about those old movie stars, they didn't lack in passion!<br /><br />I also read that another reason that Warner's specialized in tough-guy movies was that their chain of theaters were in working-class neighborhoods, whereas MGM's were in the more tony sections of town (that said, MGM's biggest star, Clark Gable, first achieved fame playing a gangster in that studio's A FREE SOUL)Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-53491555733885049642012-03-13T20:38:28.377-07:002012-03-13T20:38:28.377-07:00this sparks so many thoughts. bogart, did he bust ...this sparks so many thoughts. bogart, did he bust the balls he was twiddling with? whose balls were they, anyway? bacall, damn, she was just starting to bloom, she needed more time.<br />the ebb and flow of everything, careers, art forms, expansion, contraction. ok, i just came from a yoga class, and i'm a tad distracted. i'm not sure anything gives us a break from transition, because it's always happening, whether we want it to or not.<br />did this make any sense at all?<br />ok, didn't think so.rrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457746929116908077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-63294430803683371902012-03-13T20:33:02.753-07:002012-03-13T20:33:02.753-07:00I'm looking forward to your comments on Hollyw...I'm looking forward to your comments on Hollywood of 1953. I'm a fan of movies from 1946-1960 or thereabouts, as I can see a change in direction for the Hollywood establishment, acting styles, and also the industry trying to figure out how to get people away from their televisions.<br /><br />I love Brando and I love Bogart.<br /><br />I read once that Brando's style exasperated many actors like Olivier. On the other hand, Karl Malden said of Brando in "On The Waterfront," that he could do five different readings of a scene in rehearsal, and every one of them would be right.<br /><br />I also read that Jack Warner loved tough short guys like Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. They were like Warner himself.Postinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.com