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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 16, 2020 22:16:43 GMT
Curse you, subject line word limit! *shakes fist* The full subject of this thread is: What actors/actresses have you heard the names of quite a lot, but you haven't really seen in anything? Or you've only seen them in one film. What brought this on was a movie I just recently watched called Maggie's Plan (2015). It starred an actress named Greta Gerwig.  I'd heard her name mentioned quite a lot (especially recently in regards to her directing the latest Little Women film), but I had no clue who she was or what she even looked like. I hadn't seen any films she'd been in, nor had I seen any films she'd directed, so when I saw this week that a film she starred in called Maggie's Plan was airing on TV here, I thought it was about time I checked out who this actress was (yes, I could've always looked her up on the internet, but I sort of liked the 'mystery' of not knowing who this actress was whose name I'd heard quite a lot). So, I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this? Are there any actors/actresses whose names you've heard bandied about, but you haven't seen them in anything (or hardly anything)? |
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 16, 2020 22:26:25 GMT
Rudolph Valentino
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 16, 2020 22:41:33 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 16, 2020 22:49:13 GMT
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jul 17, 2020 17:45:33 GMT
I haven't seen Clint Howard in much bar some of his brother's films.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 17, 2020 17:58:37 GMT
Dick Bogarde (one or two)
Gary Cooper (High Noon only I think)
I may have seen a Valentino movie in a school class.
For years and years I only had seen Miriam Hopkins
in Jekyll and Hyde which I had to get ordered in from a rental video store.
Then more recently I saw her in Virginia City.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 17, 2020 22:19:08 GMT
Only seen one Neve Campbell movie and that movie is Skyscraper (2018).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 18, 2020 4:17:13 GMT
Only seen one Neve Campbell movie and that movie is Skyscraper (2018). You've never watched any of the Scream films at all? |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 18, 2020 6:28:35 GMT
Glenn Ford
Three that I remember,
Blackboard Jungle
3:10 to Yuma
Midway (1976)
I think I seen Gilda but I don't really remember other that Rita Hayworth's hair flip
Rita Hayworth is another
Lady From Shanghai
Separate Tables
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 18, 2020 7:20:07 GMT
If they started making films only in this century, pretty much all of 'em. I see their names in print, but wouldn't know any by sight if I fell over them.
From an earlier era, perhaps Ruth Chatterton. "Who," you might ask? She was quite a big deal on B'way by the '20s as well as in early talkies, and was an idol of young Bette Davis. But I think I've seen only two of her films: 1933's Female and 1936's Dodsworth (after which her film career tailed off).
Every so often, I come across an engaging performer and think, "Who is that, and why don't I know them?" A couple recent examples have been Gale Page, who had it all - great singing voice, pretty face and a smart, sassy, saucy screen personality - and Amelita Ward, who just lit up the screen in each of her scenes in the film I was watching, even while playing a rather annoying character. And as is often the case, I check their filmographies and find they had only brief careers in mostly smaller roles in undistinguished productions.
In the film capital of the '30 and '40s, there were scores of performers brimming with talent and personality who simply never got the breaks that would get them noticed, in spite of being among the fortunate few who managed to find their way before the lenses of studio cameras. A couple others of the era who fell into that category were Jean Rogers and Virginia Dale. I've seen only two or three of the films of either and enjoyed the heck out of them when I did, and just can't imagine what might have kept them from moving up in the ranks.
I know those last remarks stray from the topic a bit, but I took the opportunity to give these long-forgotten ladies a shout-out, and note that their limited time in films remains preserved for others to discover and enjoy.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 18, 2020 7:59:36 GMT
 Vera Hruba Ralston, I don't think I've ever seen a movie with her, yet she was a big star at Republic Pictures. She was married to Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates, who did everything to make her a star. There are a lot of stars from the 1930s and 1940s that I feel I've seen too few of, but that's a bit off-subject. Richard Barthelmess and Richard Dix, once big stars, I might have seen one or two each.  Tom Mix, certainly heard about him, but never seen him, except a few clips. |
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Post by politicidal on Jul 18, 2020 13:08:17 GMT
Only seen one Neve Campbell movie and that movie is Skyscraper (2018). You've never watched any of the Scream films at all? Surprisingly no. It’s one of those franchises that I never got around to. |
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Post by cynthiagreen on Jul 18, 2020 13:15:12 GMT
Vera Hruba Ralston, I don't think I've ever seen a movie with her, yet she was a big star at Republic Pictures. Well I have seen a fair few and believe me teleadm you should not feel too deprived...  .
She was really a skating star who drifted into films ....a sort of Road Company Sonja Henie. She was certainly a big star in the imagination of Herbert Yates, The Head of Republic Studios, who eventually married her in 1952, and foisted her on the public in an assortment of films for nearly two decades.
But which of her movies to watch? A real Sophie's Choice for classic buffs! 
Hands down the most hilarious is ANGEL ON THE AMAZON - a priceless piece of jungle tat with Vera as a mystery woman ensnaring George Brent... she seemingly finding the secret of eternal youth - it also trapped Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne.
I JANE DOE from the same year (1948) is almost as ludicrous, with Vera the pregnant mistress of John Carroll, on trial for his murder and defended in court by his widow Ruth Hussey....
STORM OVER LISBON is pretty good - a budget CASABLANCA much enlivened by Erich Von Stroheim.
MURDER IN THE MUSIC HALL is OK - good cast in amiable whodunnit
HOODLUM EMPIRE - not really a "VR film..." as such - she has a fairly small part as the hero's lost love - John Russell, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Luther Adler & Richard Jaeckel appear
JUBILEE TRAIL was Republic's attempt to have their own GONE WITH THE WIND - Yates' feud with Fox meaning he could not get right to use Cinemascope, which would have increased the film's marketability....... The public were "indifferent" according to JR Parish in his chapter on Ralston in THE GLAMOUR GIRLS
She appeared in movies opposite big names such as John Wayne, Fred MacMurray and Sterling Hayden.... but the likes of John Carroll, David Brian & Rod Cameron are more typical costars
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 18, 2020 13:26:57 GMT
I’ve never seen a Deanna Durbin film.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 18, 2020 13:30:20 GMT
I’ve never seen a Deanna Durbin film. is a good one to start with. It's free on line |
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 18, 2020 13:31:10 GMT
I’ve never seen a Deanna Durbin film. is a good one to start with. It's free on line Yes, that one had been on my radar for a while — thanks! I shall check it out soon. 😀 |
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 18, 2020 13:37:47 GMT
If I flip through a copy of People Magazine, I won't even know the names of most of the "celebrities" they picture and write about. It didn't used to be that way but for years now there has been a gap.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 18, 2020 13:43:07 GMT
If I flip through a copy of People Magazine, I won't even know the names of most of the "celebrities" they picture and write about. It didn't used to be that way but for years now there has been a gap. I had a free subscription to Entertainment Weekly that I passed on to a neighbor un-read because I had no clue who anyone in it was. I still have my Screen Stories and PhotoPlay Mags from the olden days and I dig them out to read on occasion. I don't know any of the *****STARS ***** at the Academy Awards any more and have to wonder why they are there because they look so much alike. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 18, 2020 13:48:09 GMT
100 Men and a Girl is a good one to start with. It's free on line Yes, that one had been on my radar for a while — thanks! I shall check it out soon. 😀 is another good one, and is enlivened by stunning location photography in gorgeous mid-'40s Technicolor, a witty script and music by Jerome Kern with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. |
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 18, 2020 13:55:17 GMT
Yes, that one had been on my radar for a while — thanks! I shall check it out soon. 😀 is another good one, and is enlivened by stunning location photography in gorgeous mid-'40s Technicolor, a witty script and music by Jerome Kern with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. I hadn’t heard of this one - thanks for the tip! |
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