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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 9, 2018 1:04:24 GMT
Barbary Coast, Bullets or Ballots, Five Star Final, Tiger Shark, The Whole Town's Talking, Kid Galahad, A Slight Case of Murder, House of Strangers.
Incredible actor
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jan 9, 2018 1:18:33 GMT
Great all the way to the end... Soylent Green 1973
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 9, 2018 4:47:02 GMT
The Red House was mentioned earlier. Edward G. gave his usual fine performance but as for the movie itself, this minority review agrees with my feelings. Watch it only if forced at the point of a knife.
I have obviously seen a different movie than many of the other user-reviewers. They have praised this as one of the best with great music, fantastic performances etc etc etc. I watched it knowing absolutely nothing about it and expecting nothing and that is what I got. The "wonderful" music was omnipresent, loud and intrusive. When you want to say "turn down the music" something is definitely wrong. The casting ? Robinson and Dame Judith as siblings ? Really? In which gene pool ? Typically the "high school" aged kids are too old, especially Julie London. Then there is the "plot". It just made no sense. It was not "mysterious" it was just vague, muddled, annoying and dumb. Seeing a young Rory Calhoun was one of the only pluses in this mess of a movie.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 9, 2018 6:37:29 GMT
I want to see one of his comedies as I heard he was good in those. He is in my top 5 favorite actors--actors that I can watch in anything and appear to have versatility as a lead as well as supporting actor.
My favorite EGR film is Key Largo--lots of quotable lines by him.
"You don't know? I thought you had all the answer! I thought you were a wise guy from way back!"
He had perhaps the best final role in any movie--his death scene in Soylent Green was one impressive send off.
Saw him in Bullets or Ballots, Five Star Final and Smart Money (shared scenes with Boris Karloff and James Cagney--didnt know they had been together in a movie).
I watched Scarlett Street a while back.
House of Strangers is a very interesting part and movie.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 9, 2018 14:34:33 GMT
I want to see one of his comedies as I heard he was good in those. Larceny, Inc. (1942) is one of his very best comedies. Many like A Slight Case Of Murder (1938) equally well; it's fun, but not quite as sharp and tight. Still, both are good showcases for Eddie G's lighter side, and both were directed by that WB workhorse Lloyd Bacon, who always kept things brisk no matter the genre.
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Post by snsurone on Jan 9, 2018 15:48:09 GMT
He was also noted for his fabulous art collection.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 9, 2018 18:29:00 GMT
I want to see one of his comedies as I heard he was good in those. He is in my top 5 favorite actors--actors that I can watch in anything and appear to have versatility as a lead as well as supporting actor. My favorite EGR film is Key Largo--lots of quotable lines by him. "You don't know? I thought you had all the answer! I thought you were a wise guy from way back!" He had perhaps the best final role in any movie--his death scene in Soylent Green was one impressive send off. Saw him in Bullets or Ballots, Five Star Final and Smart Money (shared scenes with Boris Karloff and James Cagney--didnt know they had been together in a movie). I watched Scarlett Street a while back. House of Strangers is a very interesting part and movie. Johnnnnyyyy crazzyyyy leggsss!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 9, 2018 19:07:44 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 9, 2018 19:08:09 GMT
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Post by hi224 on Jan 9, 2018 19:12:42 GMT
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Jan 9, 2018 20:15:41 GMT
Huge fan! Not much more that can be added that hasn't already been said.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 9, 2018 22:52:31 GMT
hi224Did you take a look at the link ? Not big images but it does show some of the pictures he had in the collection. Vincent Price was also a respected art collector.
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Post by outrider127 on Jan 10, 2018 1:14:48 GMT
Soylent Green was pretty dramatic because doctors told him he was dying in real life, so his death scene was all the more emotional, Hestons tears were real
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 11, 2018 5:42:48 GMT
Vincent Price and Humphrey Bogart are among my top five (the other two are Cushing and Lee). The ability to go from lead (good or bad) to supporting, but also to do comedy (not sure I have seen Bogart in a comedy (Beat the Devil?) but he just strikes me as a humorous personality--would have liked to see him to do another horror film like Return of Dr. X...the one thing that separates him and Robinson is that they never really did fantasy (the 10 Commandments counts I suppose).
Peter Lorre would be another like that. And Conrad Veidt perhaps (I dont know if he did any comedies though).
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 11, 2018 12:54:09 GMT
Currently watching him as Johnny Rocco in Key Largo. He's so perfect in the role. The only other movies of his I've seen are:
Larceny Inc. Double Indemnity The Ten Commandments Solent Green
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 20, 2018 15:13:20 GMT
He's the subject of a new Garth Game just posted. Stop in and try it out.
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