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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 16, 2017 17:23:54 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 17:50:26 GMT
Alexander Knox as Woodrow Wilson:  Woodrow Wilson as Woodrow Wilson  |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 18:06:47 GMT
Brian Dennehy as 'General Leslie Groves' in the TV Movie DAY ONE  Brian Donlevy as Gen. Groves in THE BEGINNING OR THE END  Paul Newman as General Groves in FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY -- and the real Gen. Groves  |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 18:26:08 GMT
James Stewart in THE GLENN MILLER STORY  and the real Glenn Miller  |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 18:30:47 GMT
General Omar Bradley  Karl Malden as Gen. Bradley in PATTON  Glenn Ford as Gen. Bradley in IS PARIS BURNING  |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 18:59:04 GMT
And while we are on the subject of General George Patton:  George C. Scott in the role  George Kennedy in BRASS TARGET  and last but least -- Kirk Douglas in IS PARIS BURNING  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 16, 2017 19:18:33 GMT
Inherit the Wind William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow  Fictionalized with their names changed to Brady and Drummond:  Muni and Begley on Broadway 1955:  |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 16, 2017 19:31:37 GMT
James Stewart in THE GLENN MILLER STORY and the real Glenn Miller Miller and Stewart actually wasn't that far apart in looks.... |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 19:48:30 GMT
THE Cole Porter  Cary Grant as the composer in NIGHT AND DAY  Kevin Kline in DELOVELY  and throwing in Ron Randell from KISS ME KATE  |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 16, 2017 19:55:34 GMT
Auda Abu Tayi  Anthony Quinn  |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 16, 2017 19:58:11 GMT
Prince Feisel  Alec Guinness  |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2017 19:58:34 GMT
Bravo inspired T.E. Lawrence O'Toole up first  Then Ralph Fiennes in A DANGEROUS MAN  and finally the real deal  |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 16, 2017 20:15:04 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 16, 2017 20:26:27 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 16, 2017 20:34:09 GMT
The guy who played Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees sure looked like the Babe.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 16, 2017 20:43:06 GMT
Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (1887 –1975) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer, and business owner. Famous for her early Hollywood aquatic themed films, as the star of A Daughter of the Gods (1916) she was the first major actress to appear nude in a Hollywood production. Kellermann was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then-accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example. her swimming costumes became so popular, that she started her own fashion line of one-piece bathing suits... She was portrayed by Esther Williams in the film Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) the two met to discuss the project, Kellerman was apprehensive that the glamourous star would overshadow her story, which of course she did, the film posters & advertising failed to give any to mention Kellerman...  Esther William 1952...  Kellerman and Williams...  |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 16, 2017 21:20:13 GMT
Very loosely based on the life of Ivar Kruger, The Matches billionaire swindler, sadly from my country. ( The Match King 1932)  Warren William  The Real Ivar |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 16, 2017 21:38:42 GMT
O Cangaceiro (1953) Brazil Lima Barreto. an excellent historical action adventure film tells of the real life exploits of Lampião who was the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço.
Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s. Lampião led a fearless band of up to 100 cangaçeiros, they occasionally took over small towns and fought a number of successful actions against paramilitary police when heavily outnumbered. Lampião's exploits his reputation and generosity towards the poor turned him into a 'folk hero'. Alberto Ruschel plays Teodoro (Lampião), original photos of Lampião and his band and stills from O Cangaceiro are remarkably alike... Lampião circa 1930
Alberto Ruschel , O Cangaceiro (1953)
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Post by teleadm on Dec 16, 2017 21:44:12 GMT
We did very few biographical movies in the pre 1990s. One we did was about Gustaf Dalén, inventor and Nobel Prize Lauriate ( It's not called winner), who's invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys, in other words they blinked the lights, making it easier for the marine, miltary or merchant, to differ lights while far out at sea, and saving many lives. He also invented the AGA Cooker, still popular in Great Britain were they still use gas ovens. Seger i mörker 1954 loosly translated to Victory in the Dark.  Olof Bergström as Dalén sitting in a chair  The real Dalén. His eyes was destroyed in an experiment freak accident. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 16, 2017 21:57:53 GMT
This is turning out better than I had anticipated. Thanks gang !  |
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