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Post by snsurone on Oct 4, 2018 22:49:49 GMT
Although his career began during the silent era, he was most famous for his talkies.
In fact, he co-starred with Garbo in a couple of films.
Of course, he is best noted for his role as Mickey Rooney's father in the "Andy Hardy" series.
Today, he is pretty much forgotten except for classic film buffs.
He could give brilliant performances as both sympathetic and villainous roles.
An example of the latter was his crooked lawyer in THE SECRET SIX.
One of his finest performances was as "Doc" in the 1936 version of THREE GODFATHERS, a movie I feel is far superior to the John Wayne version of 1948.
Somehow, it's kinda hard to believe that an actor who specialized in playing wealthy aristocrats could play a bank robber in a western, but he acquitted himself very well.
He had a sad end, suffering a fatal heart attack while chasing away a group of teenage punks from his meticulously-kept garden.
In the book "Hollywood Babylon", there is a photo of paramedics tending to the dying Stone.
Your thoughts?
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Post by politicidal on Oct 4, 2018 23:12:12 GMT
Typically saw him play the distinguished gentleman or wise authority figure in stuff like The Lost World or The Mask of Fu Manchu or Grand Hotel.
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Post by snsurone on Oct 5, 2018 1:39:12 GMT
Typically saw him play the distinguished gentleman or wise authority figure in stuff like The Lost World or The Mask of Fu Manchu or Grand Hotel. His role in GRAND HOTEL was pretty small, basically an observer and commentator. BTW, did Vicki Baum's novel depict Dr. Gottschalk as having that ugly scar that covered half his face? And if so, does it say how he acquired it? The movie makes no mention of his scar at all. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 5, 2018 15:21:02 GMT
BTW, did Vicki Baum's novel depict Dr. Gottschalk as having that ugly scar that covered half his face? And if so, does it say how he acquired it? The movie makes no mention of his scar at all. They no doubt figured that members of the audience would recognize a birthmark when they saw one .
LEWIS STONE IMDb link"In fact, he co-starred with Garbo in a couple of films."He appeared with Garbo in SEVEN films A Woman of Affairs (1928), Wild Orchids (1929), Romance (1930), Inspiration (1931), Mata Hari (1931), Grand Hotel (1932) and Queen Christina (1933).
"Somehow, it's kinda hard to believe that an actor who specialized in playing wealthy aristocrats could play a bank robber in a western, but he acquitted himself very well."
It's called acting !
He is remembered and for so much more than his Hollywood BabbleOn death or being Judge Stone. . IMO, The OP might want to seek out additional reading material. |
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Post by teleadm on Oct 5, 2018 16:26:14 GMT
One of those actors I actually thought was 10 - 15 years older than he was, learning that he was "only" 73 y/o when he passed away.  With Robert Young and Pat O'Brien at some kind of event, maybe a WWII Bond rally, or just just a pause watching horse polo.  Enjoying his lady companions. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 5, 2018 17:21:36 GMT
teleadmStone's hair turned grey when he was in his 20's .. that would have added to his older look ! IMDb quote: "By the time that he was 20, Lewis Stone had turned prematurely grey."
" He enlisted to fight in the Spanish American War and when he returned, he returned to be a writer. This turned to acting and he began to appear in films during the middle teens. His career was again interrupted by war as he served in the cavalry during World War I. After the war, he returned to films and quickly graduated to lead roles. With his distinguished look and grey hair, he was able to play the roles of well mannered romantic men."
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Post by petrolino on Oct 5, 2018 19:29:45 GMT
I like 'Grand Hotel' (1932).
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Post by snsurone on Oct 6, 2018 20:50:55 GMT
I like 'Grand Hotel' (1932). I do too, but of MGM's "all-star" movies, I like DINNER AT EIGHT better. |
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Post by telegonus on Oct 7, 2018 16:57:46 GMT
Lewis Stone was a fine actor, and like so many in the studio days he tended to get typecast. There weren't many opportunities to shine for a man of his age. He might have played the high lama in the 1937 Lost Horizon, I suppose, but would it have changed the course of his career? I suspect not.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 18:08:11 GMT
Among his final roles at MGM in the early 1950s just before his passing were in the remakes of THE PRISONER OF ZENDA and SCARAMOUCHE.
In the originals in the early 1920s he was the hero in the first and the villain in the second.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 18:21:54 GMT
  1922 |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 18:25:14 GMT
1923   |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 18:33:04 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 18:34:24 GMT
Great images there, Bat -- wherever did you get the idea for them?  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 18:43:01 GMT
Great images there, Bat -- wherever did you get the idea for them? Inspiration just kinda struck outta the blue !
I have a friend who is very busy elsewhere and is occupied with VIM very important matters at the moment and I like "researching" and imaging and so …. . Just hope it's ok with him to paste on his pages  |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 18:47:32 GMT
and I have a few friends who are very busy (and frustrated) trying to solve a certain contest.
They need help -- badly.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 19:21:28 GMT
1952 Scaramouche  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 19:26:27 GMT
another possible from Scaramouche 1952 :  It's not labeled as being Stone but …. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 19:28:39 GMT
Judge Stone _ OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS  |
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Post by rudeboy on Oct 8, 2018 0:30:19 GMT
A wonderful character actor who lifts any film he is in.
Some favourite Lewis Stone films
The Lost World
Queen Christina
Stars in My Crown
The Mask of Fu Manchu **I really loved him in this!
David Copperfield
Grand Hotel
Scaramouche
The Prisoner of Zenda
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