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Post by Isapop on Dec 10, 2021 17:45:26 GMT
mikef6 I read recently that the famous image of William Bonney was reversed and he was not, in reality, "left handed" after all !  I don't know how anyone can tell it is reversed, but, yeah, I've read that too. Maybe it's the buttons on his vest. They're on his left rather than his right. And there's also the belt buckle that seems to go the wrong way.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 10, 2021 17:45:40 GMT
IMDb Trivia: "Many facts were changed or ignored to add to the feel of the movie. For example, the real George M. Cohan was married twice, and although his second wife's middle name was Mary, she went by her first name, Agnes. In fact, the movie deviated from the truth to such a degree that Cohan's daughter Georgette commented, "That's the kind of life Daddy would have liked to have lived."
and "Despite failing health, the real George M. Cohan acted briefly as a consultant on the film. He lived long enough to see the finished result and approved wholeheartedly of James Cagney's depiction of himself."
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 10, 2021 17:48:54 GMT
I don't know how anyone can tell it is reversed, but, yeah, I've read that too. Maybe it's the buttons on his vest. They're on his left rather than his right. And there's also the belt buckle that seems to go the wrong way. I see it now.
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Post by Isapop on Dec 10, 2021 17:49:57 GMT
Night and Day (1946)"A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s." (IMDb)  See too the link to Monty Woolley page for Cole Porter connection. AND De-Lovely (2004)"Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda."  It's funny to see the scene in "De-lovely", with Cole and his wife scoffing at the nonsense in Hollywood bios as they leave the theater after seeing "Night And Day."
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Post by Isapop on Dec 10, 2021 18:02:51 GMT
I guess Lawrence Kasdan is the only filmmaker to do a full-blown bio of Wyatt Earp. I'm sure Kasdan used his imagination to fill in the gaps in what is known.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 10, 2021 19:21:48 GMT
 1956 Lust For Life - based on the book by Irwin Stone  1990 TV Mini-series - rather gory and makes one wonder about the historical accuracy of the sibling relationship which is presented as quite volatile and hostile.  The Eyes of Van Gogh (2005) - have not seen this one (yet) (2017) AMAZING feat of cinema making ! (2018) "Willem Dafoe is the second actor to be nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards for playing Vincent van Gogh, after Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life (1956)." As well they should have been (imo) This version presents the new (and plausible) theory that Vincent did not commit suicide.
These are just some of the Van Gogh Biographies ... lots of shorter documentaries are available in addition to the feature length films.
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Post by Rufus-T on Dec 11, 2021 3:18:57 GMT
One that the performance got an Oscar nomination: Born on the Fourth of July (1989)  Serpico (1973)  The Aviator (2004)  A Beautiful Mind (2001)  |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 11, 2021 23:25:40 GMT
 Cantinflas 2014, a beloved Mexican who for those who don't watch many Mexican movies is mainly known as Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days 1956 and a 3 hour bomb named Pepe 1960. In the Spanish speaking world he was a huge star, and rich, so the relatives are still fighting over his inheritance long after he passed away in 1993. Óscar Jaenada played Cantinflas, and the movie got very mixed reviews in the home market, and even worse in the Spanish speaking countries, yet was tried for a Best Foreign Language Oscar, but never got nominated.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 11, 2021 23:45:45 GMT
 John Ericsson - segraren vid Hampton Roads aka The Great John Ericsson 1937, we seldom did biopic movies in Sweden, but this one we did about inventor John Ericsson played by famed silent movie director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom). Much of the story takes place during his time in USA and his triumph with "USS Monitor" in the war between the States. Since this was a Swedish movie all Americans speaks Swedish, even Abraham Lincoln (played by a bit-part actor who's name accidentally was John Ericsson).
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