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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 1:27:14 GMT
... anything, anything at all ... he's been gone too long ...
Thanks.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 1:44:33 GMT
Confronting Evil
'City Across The River' (1949)
'The Sweet Smell Of Success' (1957)
'The Boston Strangler' (1968)
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Post by london777 on Jun 6, 2020 1:49:01 GMT
Funnily enough, have just watched him in Forbidden (1953) dir: Rudolph Maté on YouTube, where it is curiously described as a comedy. Not so much as a smile in sight - it is a romantic thriller co-starring Joanne Dru and Lyle Bettger, who has the only sharp lines in the script. Pleasant enough way to pass 85 mins, apart from the bursts of chop suey music to remind us we are in Macao. Reminiscent of Gilda, among many other movies.  |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 2:07:11 GMT
'The Sweet Smell Of Success' (1957)
Curtis' greatest role. He more than matches Burt Lancaster at his best.
They took each other to the limit.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 6, 2020 2:08:01 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 6, 2020 2:08:42 GMT
I like the scene in The Outsider at the dedication of the Marine Corps War Memorial, with Ira Hayes reflecting on the war and where his life went wrong.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 6, 2020 2:10:58 GMT
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Post by london777 on Jun 6, 2020 2:13:50 GMT
Curtis' greatest ever role. Matches Lancaster at his best in one of America's finest movies.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 2:14:11 GMT
Tony Curtis faces off against some disrespectful chump (always keeps his cool)
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jun 6, 2020 2:18:40 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 6, 2020 2:19:24 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 6, 2020 2:21:13 GMT
24 year old Tony Curtis uncredited screen debut, Criss Cross (1949) playing a rumba dancer. Pictured on the floor with Yvonne de Carlo...  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 6, 2020 2:25:31 GMT
Notorious for "Yonda lies the castle of my fodda" .. which may be Urban Legend after all  |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 2:37:03 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 2:41:49 GMT
'Sex And The Single Girl' (1964), inspired by a book published in 1962 by Helen Gurley Brown
Behind the scenes of 'The Great Race' (1965)
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Post by petrolino on Jun 6, 2020 3:26:03 GMT
Janet Leigh ...
Tone Curtis
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 6, 2020 8:18:19 GMT
I'm going with the older and mostly used-up Tony Curtis here.  Something he said once in an interview stuck with me. He said when he was acting he tried to make it as artless as possible, because when you look at an actor giving a performance and think he's giving a great performance, no, he's not. He's giving a lousy performance....because you know it's a performance. |
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Post by jervistetch on Jun 6, 2020 8:27:30 GMT
Not familiar with Tony but, years earlier, there was a Stoney Curtis. Possibly an ancestor.   |
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 6, 2020 17:47:52 GMT
'Sex And The Single Girl' (1964), inspired by a book published in 1962 by Helen Gurley Brown
Tony, as a tabloid reporter, has a great line in "Sex and the Single Girl" that I have used many times about myself: "All the dirty lies you've heard about me...are True!" |
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 6, 2020 18:09:23 GMT
In the 1949 noir-ish crime thriller “Johnny Stool Pigeon,” there is in the cast a young gunsel, in only his second credited movie role, an actor billed, at the time, as Anthony Curtis. Taking a page from Harry Morgan’s book from “The Big Clock” the previous year, Joey Hiatt (Curtis) has no dialog but is striking, menacing, and memorable even so. A star in the making, for sure.  Getting the drop on Howard Duff  |
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