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Post by petrolino on Sept 23, 2017 20:14:10 GMT
Zachary Scott was born on February 21st, 1914 in Austin, Texas. He was a distant relative of President George Washington who commanded respect. Scott's tendency for brutal honesty troubled Hollywood and he didn't shy away from taking on controversial projects. He felt aspects of his life were troubling and embraced his subsequent journey towards possible enlightenment. He worked with the visual stylists Michael Curtiz, Jean Negulesco, Delmer Daves, Edgar Ulmer, Bretaigne Windust, Steve Sekely, Nicholas Ray, Jacques Tourneur, Richard Fleischer, Terence Fisher, King Vidor, Luis Bunuel and Frank Tashlin. He also worked in film and theatre in the U K where he could outrival any of the nation's despicable cads of the day. Which person in history would you cast Zachary Scott to play?
Macdonald Carey, Marilyn Monroe, Zachary Scott & Claudette Colbert :
Ann Sheridan & Zachary Scott :
Inside the ZACH (Zachary Scott Theater) in Austin, Texas - said to be the oldest continuously active theatre company in Texas :
"If I had one wish that could actually be fulfilled, it would be for the complete and utter elimination of racial prejudice."
- Zachary Scott, speaking to 'Photoplay' in 1946
Thanks!
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Post by teleadm on Sept 23, 2017 20:57:46 GMT
I actually have that Let's Make it Legal 1951 on DVD, it belonged to a MM collection, but sold solo in cheap bins, where I found it. MM fans might be disapointed because of her short screen time, but I bought it because I didn't have films with Claudette Colbert. It's fluffy fun without being rearkable. I have never seen neither Scott or Carey trying to do comedy before.  At first look I thought this was a Cigarette ad, but it's for shirts. The only historical person I could find that he played was Sam Huston in an episode of Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, The Raven 1950. I doubt if it's available. |
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 23, 2017 21:01:24 GMT
Did anyone ever look better in a neck scarf than Zachary?  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 23, 2017 21:21:05 GMT
I saw him in Shadow on the Wall when I was way too young to have seen it. NIGHTMARES (but not his fault) ! Actual ciggy ad with ZS:   Wouldn't he have had a more successful career if he hadn't looked so much like Clark Gable... what with the little mustache and all ? People must have gotten them confused all of the time. |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 24, 2017 0:09:38 GMT
The only historical person I could find that he played was Sam Huston in an episode of Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, The Raven 1950. I doubt if it's available. I had to look up the real Sam Houston on wikipedia - sounds like he led quite the life. Thanks for the information. |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 24, 2017 0:12:13 GMT
Wouldn't he have had a more successful career if he hadn't looked so much like Clark Gable... what with the little mustache and all ? People must have gotten them confused all of the time. I think he lived his moustache, like Burt Reynolds, or Tom Selleck. If he'd left home without it, it probably would have felt like he'd left gone for a walk in the rain without his hat. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 24, 2017 0:19:27 GMT
Did anyone ever look better in a neck scarf than Zachary? Perhaps another guy who looked a lot like him?   |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 24, 2017 1:58:55 GMT
Another forgotten actor of the 1940s  Robert Lowery, B-movie actor of the 1940s, was said to have resembles Clark Gable in older age, seen here with beautiful Maureen O'Hara in McLintock 1963 |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 24, 2017 3:01:24 GMT
Another forgotten actor of the 1940s Robert Lowery, B-movie actor of the 1940s, was said to have resembles Clark Gable in older age, seen here with beautiful Maureen O'Hara in McLintock 1963 William Powell, Robert Donat, Melvyn Douglas, Errol Flynn, Vincent Price and David Niven are among the superstars who regularly rocked the pencil moustache at various times in there distinguished careers. It's one of the all-time great facial hair appliances that takes a real man to make it fly. |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 24, 2017 3:15:16 GMT
"It's one of the all-time great facial hair appliances that takes a real man to make it fly."    And rock n roll was born. Now that's what I'm talkin' about! |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2017 3:24:54 GMT
Sorry to have side tracked Zachary while we play with skinny mustaches and I am sure we shall return BUT here's a couple more John Waters:  Salvadore Dali  Ok ... now, about those Zachary Scott historical characters .... petrolino |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 24, 2017 3:40:38 GMT
Sorry to have side tracked Zachary while we play with skinny mustaches and I am sure we shall return BUT here's a couple more Ok ... now, about those Zachary Scott historical characters .... petrolino Steve Buscemi says he's often been compared to Don Knotts and Maryland's finest John Waters/. Even Gregory Peck on one lonely occasion ...  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2017 3:48:17 GMT
petrolinoWhen I was looking for the Waters images I came across a whole set of Buscemi/Waters look-a-like photos but I resisted them 
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Post by petrolino on Sept 24, 2017 4:00:34 GMT
petrolino When I was looking for the Waters images I came across a whole set of Buscemi/Waters look-a-like photos but I resisted them As far as I'm concerned, the greatest moustachioed king of the never-to-be-forgotten era of neglige and high bondage was Mr. Melvyn Douglas.  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 25, 2017 16:54:42 GMT
...let's not forget about Adolphe Menjou and his signature stach...and then there was Groucho Marx...!!!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 25, 2017 17:13:27 GMT
...let's not forget about Adolphe Menjou and his signature stach...and then there was Groucho Marx...!!! If we're going to broaden - both figuratively and literally - 'staches to include Groucho's, there was also frequent Laurel & Hardy foil James Finlayson with his signature "walrus" one...  ...which he didn't wear offscreen (here he is with Stan):  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 25, 2017 17:19:16 GMT
Perhaps not an historical figure as the term is generally understood, but I came across this photo of Thurl Ravenscroft - if the name doesn't ring bells, surely Tony the Tiger's "They're goorrrrrreat" and "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" will - and a certain resemblance to Zachary Scott struck me:  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 25, 2017 17:24:52 GMT
Doghouse6Zach and Thurl's stash and widows peak seem eerily similar. Good catch .... and you dragged Zach back the folded thread as well... WTG !
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 25, 2017 17:30:22 GMT
Doghouse6 Good catch .... and you dragged Zach back the folded thread as well... WTG ! Is that what we'd call a "Reverse Hamilton?" |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 25, 2017 17:31:45 GMT
Reverse Hamilton sure works for me ! |
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