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Post by petrolino on Oct 21, 2018 0:25:34 GMT
Which performance would you recommend to someone from each of these actors who performed in crime dramas and film noir in the 1940s & 1950s? If you could pick just one performance for each of them you feel encapsulates what made them successful in the genre?
Actors
Dan Duryea (born January 23, 1907, White Plains, New York, U.S)
Van Heflin (born December 13, 1908, Walters, Oklahoma, U.S.)
Dana Andrews (born January 1, 1909, Near Collins, Mississippi, U.S.)
Robert Ryan (born November 11, 1909, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.)
Richard Conte (born March 24, 1910, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.)
John Garfield (born March 4, 1913, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.)
Alan Ladd (born September 3, 1913, Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.)
Burt Lancaster (born November 2, 1913, Manhattan, New York, U.S.)
Charles McGraw (born May 10, 1914, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.)
Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914, Sunrise Township, Minnesota, U.S.)
Sterling Hayden (born March 26, 1916, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.)
Glenn Ford (born May 1, 1916, Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada)
Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916, Amsterdam, New York, U.S.)
Robert Mitchum (born August 6, 1917, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.)
William Holden (born April 17, 1918, O'Fallon, Illinois, U.S.)
Thanks!
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 21, 2018 1:02:58 GMT
Dan Duryea - Black Angel / Roy William Neill (1946)
Van Heflin – Patterns / Fielder Cook (1956)
Dana Andrews - Fallen Angel / Otto Preminger (1945)
Robert Ryan - On Dangerous Ground / Nicholas Ray (1951)
Richard Conte - Thieves’ Highway / Jules Dassin (1949)
John Garfield - The Postman Always Rings Twice / Tay Garnett (1946)
Alan Ladd - This Gun For Hire / Frank Tuttle (1942)
Burt Lancaster - Sweet Smell Of Success / Alexander Mackendrick (1957)
Charles McGraw - The Narrow Margin / Richard Fleischer (1952)
Richard Widmark - Night And The City / Jules Dassin (1950)
Sterling Hayden – The Asphalt Jungle / John Huston (1950)
Glenn Ford - Human Desire / Fritz Lang (1954)
Kirk Douglas – Ace In The Hole / Billy Wilder (1951)
Robert Mitchum - Thunder Road / Arthur Ripley (1958)
William Holden – Sunset Boulevard / Billy Wilder (1950)
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Post by petrolino on Oct 21, 2018 1:15:50 GMT
Robert Mitchum - Thunder Road / Arthur Ripley (1958) I've not heard of 'Thunder Road' or director Arthur Ripley before, I'm gonna look into it, thanks. |
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 21, 2018 1:25:33 GMT
Robert Mitchum - Thunder Road / Arthur Ripley (1958) I've not heard of 'Thunder Road' or director Arthur Ripley before, I'm gonna look into it, thanks. This last summer I reviewed it on the weekly thread and also posted the review to the Action and Adventure board where I got an insightful comment from telegonus. Maybe that's a place to start. Thanks for your reply. |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 21, 2018 1:31:32 GMT
I've not heard of 'Thunder Road' or director Arthur Ripley before, I'm gonna look into it, thanks. This last summer I reviewed it on the weekly thread and also posted the review to the Action and Adventure board where I got an insightful comment from telegonus . Maybe that's a place to start. Thanks for your reply. I didn't know there was an Action And Adventure board. I just took a look at this sub-board. Great stuff, thanks/.
"Good movie, Mike. It always holds my interest and sympathy for the main character. It's was Mitchum's "baby", and it shows. Yet this works in the movie's favor. He seldom played unambiguous (morally, I mean) good guys, so his morally ambiguous not so bad guy was a good role for him. He's so typically Mitchum: somewhat of an outsider even in his home town, his own turf. He bonds casually with others, loves his family and girl. but nobody owns this guy or can control him."
- telegonus, Action And Adventure
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Post by biker1 on Oct 21, 2018 4:16:01 GMT
Good..something to do.
Duryea - scarlet street
Heflin- the prowler
Andrews - laura
Ryan - clash by night
Conte - the big combo
Garfield - force of evil
Ladd - this gun for hire
Lancaster - criss cross
McGraw - the narrow margin
Widmark - pickup on south street
Hayden - the asphalt jungle
Ford - the big heat
Douglas - ace in the hole
Mitchum - out of the past
Holden - sunset boulevarde
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 21, 2018 7:18:06 GMT
Charles McGraw in THE THREAT as "Red" Kluger.
The ultimate bad ass criminal.
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