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Post by snsurone on Jul 6, 2017 23:03:21 GMT
Mine are THE LONG GRAY LINE and THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY, with a passing nod at JOHNNY APOLLO and ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND.
IMHO, those films demonstrated Ty's greatest ability: tenderness and the ability to love and be loved. I really don't like the movies where he had to play obnoxious jerks, such as IN OLD CHICAGO and BLOOD AND SAND.
Your opinions?
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 6, 2017 23:05:30 GMT
#1 -- NIGHTMARE ALLEY
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Post by Nalkarj on Jul 6, 2017 23:15:20 GMT
As films or as Power performances?
Because I'm a huge fan of Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution, but Power is probably its weakest link, unfortunately.
Whereas, on the other hand, something like The House in the Square/I'll Never Forget You (I'm probably thinking of this picture because I only recently saw it) was fairly weak, but Power's performance is first-class.
I haven't seen many of the films in which he starred, however--but I'm a huge fan of swashbucklers, and I've got The Black Swan out of the library right now!
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2017 0:22:52 GMT
Nightmare Alley and Witness for the Prosecution are the two I always think show his best acting. I always like him best when he's a cheeky heel.
But I must say I adore The Long Grey Line.
Power is a hometown boy and we attended the same drama school.;~}
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 7, 2017 0:37:02 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 7, 2017 0:38:19 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 7, 2017 0:40:52 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 7, 2017 0:46:28 GMT
wmcclainLOVE the Jack Elam pics. Thanks !
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 7, 2017 0:58:41 GMT
Captain from Castile and Witness For the Prosecution.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 7, 2017 0:58:44 GMT
Nalkarj I don't know about the PBS in your area but here they are soon showing a 2016 Brit TV version of Witness for the Prosecution.
Interesting bit about the puzzle-ing lack of the Laughton and Lanchester roles: This is the first production to be based on Agatha Christie's original short (twenty-three pages) story first published in the January 31 1925 edition of Flynn's Weekly as 'Traitor Hands'. She republished it in 1933 under the present title as part of a collection called 'The Hound of Death and other stories'. Christie expanded the story for her 1953 play, changing some of the character names and introducing Sir Wilfrid Robarts as the defence counsel. It is the play and not the short story that have been the basis for all subsequent television and film versions. Toby Jones is called Mayhew in this version and he was a minor character played by Henry Daniell in the 1957 version (which we know is one of my favorite films, AC films. Spoilered films.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 7, 2017 1:22:54 GMT
Two that offer the optimal combination of especially compelling film and Power at his best are Nightmare Alley and Abandon Ship/Seven Waves Away. This last one is unaccountably not mentioned among most listings of his best-remembered films; it's a stark, hard-hitting and harrowing film deserving of more attention.
Among his earlier efforts, The Rains Came is a standout. Witness For the Prosecution is, of course, an endlessly-rewatchable treat for a multitude of pleasures other than Power himself.
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 7, 2017 1:24:19 GMT
This is not a very good film and Power is not right for it, but I want to mention it just out of appreciation of Gene Tierney. She and Clifton Webb get to do a bit of their LAURA routine again: The Razor's Edge (1946)
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Post by politicidal on Jul 7, 2017 1:27:19 GMT
The Black Swan (1942).
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 7, 2017 1:41:13 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jul 7, 2017 1:47:47 GMT
Enough bondage for the whole family to enjoy!
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jul 7, 2017 4:12:45 GMT
In my junior high days, circa 1968, I had a 4 foot poster of Ty up in my bedroom in his "Black Swan" garb. Very sexy!
My list: The Razor's Edge The Eddy Duchin Story Witness For the Prosecution The Mark of Zorro The Long Gray Line Lloyd's of London
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Post by teleadm on Jul 7, 2017 15:03:14 GMT
Jesse James 1939 The Mark of Zorro 1940 Rawhide 1950 The Long Grey Line 1955 Witness for the Prosecution 1957
Alfred Newman's score for Captain from Caastille is great though
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2017 15:21:44 GMT
I really like Razor's edge, despite that wudge of Eastern philosophobabble in the middle. Power is so believable as a seeker. When he hypnotisés John Payne it's completely believable. He would have been a brilliant Sir Lancelot in a version of The Once And Future King faithful to the book, a flawed , earthly man , but one of the best, seeking salvation but hopelessly entangled in situations that kept him tied to the earth.
Then I really love the cast in Razor's Edge. Every scene is balanced because all the players are fighting their corner. When Ann Baxter commands the screen , she's supposed to. In her scenes with Gene Tierney they are very balanced. I love the two scenes in which Tierney is confronted by Maugham and Larry about her bad behavior. And of course Clifton Webb is brilliant. I disagree that this is simply a rerun of his Laura Character. You could more truthfully say that of Dark Corner. Elliot is more nelly , the closest thing to openly gay and effeminate a classic film could show, and his death scene was wonderful. His muttering about fire works and then calling the Princess an old B was perfect. Finally the script is excellent. Maugham was one of the most commercially successful playwrights of his time, and it shows. The fact that the source is a novel supports another pet theory of mine, that often middle brow novels, and this is one, make better films than works of genius. I think it has to do with lesser novels having just enough material for a film.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Jul 7, 2017 16:22:04 GMT
The Rains Came The Razor's Edge Witness for the Prosecution
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 7, 2017 17:35:24 GMT
I often wonder how Solomon and Sheba would have turned out had Power not have had a heart attack during filming. I love the film and Brynner does a respectable job in a very "Brynner-esque" manner, but I have to admit that Power had much more range. It could have been a tremendous film with much more of a following.
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