Post by mikef6 on Jan 20, 2018 2:13:24 GMT
Not many people can go face-to-face with Humphrey Bogart and hold their own, much less steal the scene from him. Dorothy Malone did those things in “The Big Sleep.”
A couplr of films that haven't been mentioned yet:
In “Battle Cry” (1955), Malone is a bright spot in an otherwise draggy and frustrating movie as the Married Older Woman who gets down with inexperienced recruit Tab Hunter (who has a Girl Back Home).
In a change of pace, she dumps fiancé Liberace (stretching himself by playing a popular pianist) when he starts to go deaf in “Sincerely Yours” (also ’55).
The one role of hers I absolutely hate is in “Written On The Wind” (and just about everything else about that movie). Malone’s Mambo Of Death is a Bad Movie Moment for the ages.
She had a long life and will always be remembered.
A couplr of films that haven't been mentioned yet:
In “Battle Cry” (1955), Malone is a bright spot in an otherwise draggy and frustrating movie as the Married Older Woman who gets down with inexperienced recruit Tab Hunter (who has a Girl Back Home).
In a change of pace, she dumps fiancé Liberace (stretching himself by playing a popular pianist) when he starts to go deaf in “Sincerely Yours” (also ’55).
The one role of hers I absolutely hate is in “Written On The Wind” (and just about everything else about that movie). Malone’s Mambo Of Death is a Bad Movie Moment for the ages.
She had a long life and will always be remembered.