'Action Direct' : 13 Men Who Challenged The Hollywood System
Nov 5, 2022 2:11:15 GMT
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'THE 13TH MEN' ~ 13 MEN WHO VENTURED ON TO BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMERA
'Death (XIII) is the 13th trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in tarot card games as well as in divination. The card typically depicts the Grim Reaper, and when used for divination is often interpreted as signifying major changes in a person's life.'
- Google 13
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THE DADDY
^ Robert Montgomery (born Henry Montgomery Jr., May 21, 1904, Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, U.S. - died September 27, 1981 (aged 77), New York City, New York, U.S.)
'Robert Montgomery, American actor and director who won critical acclaim as a versatile leading actor in the 1930s.
The son of a business executive, Robert Montgomery attended the Pawling School for Boys and continued his education in France, Switzerland, and Germany. The wealth of the Montgomery family, however, disappeared with Montgomery’s father, which led him to find work as a mechanic’s helper in a railroad yard and as a wiper in an oil tanker.
The son of a business executive, Robert Montgomery attended the Pawling School for Boys and continued his education in France, Switzerland, and Germany. The wealth of the Montgomery family, however, disappeared with Montgomery’s father, which led him to find work as a mechanic’s helper in a railroad yard and as a wiper in an oil tanker.
Following a few stage acts, Montgomery got his first movie role in 1929 with So This Is College. After Montgomery established his reputation as an actor in The Big House (1930), he appeared in a series of comedies opposite the leading female stars of Hollywood’s "Golden Age." In the 1930s Montgomery performed as the spirited, sophisticated gentleman playing opposite Norma Shearer in The Divorcee (1930), Helen Hayes in Vanessa (1935), and Joan Crawford in The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937). He later gained acclaim for dramatic roles, including that of a pathological murderer in Night Must Fall (1937), a gangster in The Earl of Chicago (1940), and a saxophone-playing fighter in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).
In 1949 Montgomery went into radio broadcasting, but he turned to television the following year with a highly successful dramatic program, "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950–56). His directing debut came when in 1945 he finished directing They Were Expendable for the influential American director John Ford. Montgomery then acted in and directed Lady in the Lake (1947), Ride the Pink Horse (1947), Once More, My Darling (1949), and The Gallant Hours (1960). Montgomery also directed Broadway productions, including The Desperate Hours (1955) and Calculated Risk (1962–63).
In 1952 Montgomery gained national political attention as the television coach for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In that role he became the first show business personality to occupy a White House office. Montgomery was also one of the early presidents of the Screen Actors Guild.'
In 1952 Montgomery gained national political attention as the television coach for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In that role he became the first show business personality to occupy a White House office. Montgomery was also one of the early presidents of the Screen Actors Guild.'
~ Encyclopaedia Britannica
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'Robert Montgomery lived on the good side of town,
He went down to the people that he used to know but they had changed,
And though they looked different they still were the same,
Yeah yeah ...
Who was it listening and why were they trying to hear,
With those never ending promises are all that we hear in our ears,
And even the King sometimes thinks a little weird,
The same as all the rest,
And I'll give you my best,
If you give yours,
If you give yours,
If you give yours too ...
He went down to the people that he used to know but they had changed,
And though they looked different they still were the same,
Yeah yeah ...
Who was it listening and why were they trying to hear,
With those never ending promises are all that we hear in our ears,
And even the King sometimes thinks a little weird,
The same as all the rest,
And I'll give you my best,
If you give yours,
If you give yours,
If you give yours too ...
Robert Montgomery now can you see who you are?
With the way that they're trapped in,
It doesn't seem that you'll get too far,
So come up from never,
Wherever you are,
And freak with all the rest ...
And we'll give you our best,
If you give yours,
If you give yours,
If you give yours too ...
With the way that they're trapped in,
It doesn't seem that you'll get too far,
So come up from never,
Wherever you are,
And freak with all the rest ...
And we'll give you our best,
If you give yours,
If you give yours,
If you give yours too ...
' Robert Montgomery' _ LOve
First time hearing 'Robert Montgomery' by LOve : ("... Like, who are they?! Like, like, tell us ... tell us more. Who was Robert Montgomery?")
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FINGER OF SIX?
> Paul Newman (born January 26, 1925, Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S. - died September 26, 2008 (aged 83), Westport, Connecticut, U.S.)
> Sidney Poitier (born February 20, 1927, Miami, Florida, U.S. - died January 6, 2022 (aged 94), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.)
> John Cassavetes (born December 9, 1929, New York City, U.S. - died February 3, 1989 (aged 59), Los Angeles, California, U.S.)
> Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936, Lansing, Michigan, U.S. - died September 6, 2018 (aged 82), Jupiter, Florida, U.S.)
> Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936, Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. - died May 29, 2010 (aged 74), Los Angeles, California, U.S.)
> Peter Fonda (born February 23, 1940, New York City, U.S. - died August 16, 2019 (aged 79), Los Angeles, California, U.S.)
"Dennis Hopper had that devious twinkle in his eye. It was an invitation that alternately seemed to say, "let's go party, man" "isn't filmmaking a gas?" and "I'm about to cut loose with some really weird stuff!"
Hopper, who died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer, had one foot in the fading days of Old Hollywood, learning at the knee of his acting hero James Dean in the 1950s, and his hand firmly around the industry's throat when he released "Easy Rider" in 1969 at the dawn of the New Hollywood.
Hopper, who died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer, had one foot in the fading days of Old Hollywood, learning at the knee of his acting hero James Dean in the 1950s, and his hand firmly around the industry's throat when he released "Easy Rider" in 1969 at the dawn of the New Hollywood.
"Easy Rider," the bikers-and-drugs, America-at-a-crossroads counter-culture classic that Hopper directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in with Peter Fonda, with an assist from Jack Nicholson, propelled him onto a cutting-edge director plateau that he would never reach again.
His whole career had a strange trajectory. He would shoot a few films, then disappear for long stretches and descend into a haze of alcohol and drugs. And multiple marriages (he was going through his fifth divorce during his illness).
Yet, he was a striver. You can't survive for more than 50 years and 150 films without wanting to prove something. Hopper was a fearless actor, exposing raw-boned emotions through a string of strange characters.
He was blown away by Dean's talent while working in his shadow on "Rebel Without a Cause" and the epic "Giant," with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. Hopper pulled Dean aside and begged to learn his secrets, his advice. "Just do it," Dean told Hopper. "Don't show it."
Hopper was clearly still showing it a decade later when he popped up in two John Wayne movies playing a type -- the lying, sniveling, jittery junior bad guy at the wrong end of a gun, and a knife, in "The Sons of Katie Elder" and "True Grit."'
Yet, he was a striver. You can't survive for more than 50 years and 150 films without wanting to prove something. Hopper was a fearless actor, exposing raw-boned emotions through a string of strange characters.
He was blown away by Dean's talent while working in his shadow on "Rebel Without a Cause" and the epic "Giant," with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. Hopper pulled Dean aside and begged to learn his secrets, his advice. "Just do it," Dean told Hopper. "Don't show it."
Hopper was clearly still showing it a decade later when he popped up in two John Wayne movies playing a type -- the lying, sniveling, jittery junior bad guy at the wrong end of a gun, and a knife, in "The Sons of Katie Elder" and "True Grit."'
- Clint O'Connor, The Plain Dealer
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7 MR. MAJESTYK'S ¬ : SADDLE-SORE FOR CAMERA, BOLDER FROM BEHIND ...
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WEST COAST ALLIANCE {TRINITY ACTION}
< Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood Jr., May 31, 1930, San Francisco, California, U.S.) >
Classic Crime Quintet : 'Dirty Harry' (1971 - Don Siegel) / 'Thunderbolt And Lightfoot' (1974 - Michael Cimino) / 'The Gauntlet' (1977 - Clint Eastwood) / 'City Heat' (1984 - Richard Benjamin) / 'Tightrope' (1984 - Richard Tuggle)
# Signature Cowboy : 'Man With No Name' in Sergio Leone's 'The Dollars Trilogy' ~ 'A Fistful Of Dollars' (1964) / 'For A Few Dollars More' (1965) / 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' (1966)
'Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)' - Tom Waits
< Robert Duvall (born Robert Selden Duvall, January 5, 1931, San Diego, California, U.S.) >
Classic Crime Quintet : 'The Godfather' (1972 - Francis Ford Coppola) / 'The Outfit' (1973 - John Flynn) / 'True Confessions' (1981 - Ulu Grosbard) / 'Colors' (1988 - Dennis Hopper) / 'Falling Down' (1993 - Joel Schumacher)
# Signature Cowboy : Augustus McCrae in Simon Wincer's television mini-series 'Lonesome Dove' (1989)
'San Diego Serenade' - Tom Waits
< Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford Jr., August 18, 1936, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) >
Classic Crime Quintet : 'The Chase' (1966 - Arthur Penn) / 'The Sting' (1973 - George Roy Hill) / 'All The President's Men' (1974 - Alan J. Pakula) / 'Three Days Of The Condor' (1975 - Sydney Pollack) / 'Brubaker' (1980 - Stuart Rosenberg)
# Signature Cowboy : Sundance Kid in George Roy Hill's 'Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid' (1969)
'Better Off Without A Wife' - Tom Waits
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THE BIG VIRGINIAN
> Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty, March 30, 1937, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.) <
Classic Crime Quintet : 'Bonnie And Clyde' (1967 - Arthur Penn) / '$' (1971 - Richard Brooks) / 'The Parallax View' (1973 - Alan J. Pakula) / 'The Fortune' (1975 - Mike Nichols) / 'Bugsy' (1991 - Barry Levinson)
# Signature Cowboy : John McCabe in Robert Altman's 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller' (1971)
'The Junkie's Prayer' - The Statler Brothers
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EAST COAST UNION {TRIO INFERNAL}
< Jack Nicholson (born John Joseph Nicholson, April 22, 1937, Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.) >
Classic Crime Quintet : 'The Last Detail' (1973 - Hal Ashby) / 'Chinatown' (1974 - Roman Polanski) / 'The Fortune' (1975 - Mike Nichols) / 'The Border' (1982 - Tony Richardson) / 'Prizzi's Honor' (1985 - John Huston)
# Signature Cowboy : Billy Spear in Monte Hellman's 'The Shooting' (1966)
'4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)' - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Shufflers
< Danny DeVito (born Daniel Michael DeVito Jr., November 17, 1944, Neptune Township, New Jersey, U.S.) >
Classic Crime Quintet : 'Johnny Dangerously' (1984 - Amy Heckerling) / 'Throw Momma From The Train' (1987 - Danny DeVito) / 'Jack The Bear' (1993 - Marshall Herskovitz) / 'Get Shorty' (1995 - Barry Sonnenfeld) / 'L.A. Confidential' (1997 - Curtis Hanson)
# Signature Cowboy : Hog in Jack Nicholson's 'Goin' South' (1978)
'Racing In The Street' - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
< Sylvester Stallone (born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 1946, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.) >
Classic Crime Quintet : 'F.I.S.T.' (1978 - Norman Jewison) / 'Nighthawks' (1981 - Bruce Malmuth) / 'Cobra' (1986 - George P. Cosmatos) / 'Lock Up' (1989 - John Flynn) / 'Cop Land' (1997 - James Mangold)
# Signature Cowboy : Nick Martinelli in Bob Clark's 'Rhinestone' (1984)
'Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)' - Billy Joel
