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Post by spiderwort on Jan 20, 2018 1:19:03 GMT
Dorothy Malone - VarietyDorothy Malone, film and television star, has passed away of natural causes at the age of 92 in her hometown of Dallas, Texas. I remember her all the way back to her famous scene in the bookstore with Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946).  But I remember and loved her best in the following: Written on the Wind (1956), for which she won an Oscar;  
The Tarnished Angels (1957) (my most favorite)
and the Peyton Place tv series (1964-1968).  R.I.P. Ms. Malone. Thanks for the memories.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 20, 2018 1:30:57 GMT
and thanks too for Warlock !  |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 20, 2018 1:53:48 GMT
Aw man, I feel bad now for thinking lustful thoughts about her last week in Dark Passage. But she was just so good in that role. She made a horror movie, Rest in Pieces that I'd only seen recently. And I've also seen her in Scared Stiff, Beach Party and Basic Instinct. I think I've yet to see some of her best work. R.I.P.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 20, 2018 2:13:24 GMT
Not many people can go face-to-face with Humphrey Bogart and hold their own, much less steal the scene from him. Dorothy Malone did those things in “The Big Sleep.”
A couplr of films that haven't been mentioned yet:
In “Battle Cry” (1955), Malone is a bright spot in an otherwise draggy and frustrating movie as the Married Older Woman who gets down with inexperienced recruit Tab Hunter (who has a Girl Back Home).
In a change of pace, she dumps fiancé Liberace (stretching himself by playing a popular pianist) when he starts to go deaf in “Sincerely Yours” (also ’55).
The one role of hers I absolutely hate is in “Written On The Wind” (and just about everything else about that movie). Malone’s Mambo Of Death is a Bad Movie Moment for the ages.
She had a long life and will always be remembered.
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 20, 2018 2:41:07 GMT
So true about "The Big Sleep," mikef6 . She surely did steal that scene. I'm surprised you don't like "Written on the Wind." I know it's pretty soapy, but somehow it's stuck with me, I think in part because of her. But my real favorite is the next Sirk film, "Tarnished Angels." A much more honest and interesting film, I think, with a script based on Faulkner's novel, "Pylon." Oh, and I also remember her in "Man of a Thousand Faces," "Young at Heart," and "The Last Voyage." She never made really great films, but she had a beautiful presence that was memorable. And she did have a long and interesting life. In particular, I find it interesting that she was born in Chicago, but was raised from childhood in Dallas, where she returned with her children in 1971, and where she lived for the rest of her life. She would have been 93 on January 30. |
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Post by petrolino on Jan 20, 2018 3:30:08 GMT
Dorothy Malone was a wonderful actress. Like Anne Baxter, Veronica Lake and other actresses who emerged in the 1940s, she often made a great tomboy. The parts of her filmography I know are full of gems and there's plenty I'd like to see. I think of her with the great Rock Hudson ... 'Written On The Wind' (1956)
'The Tarnished Angels' (1957)
'The Last Sunset' (1961)
Dorothy Malone R.I.P.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 20, 2018 3:48:17 GMT
Lebowskidoo 🦞 re: "Aw man, I feel bad now for thinking lustful thoughts about her last week in Dark Passage." Actually, she'd probably have been pleased to know that her younger self was still getting the desired reaction.
"I think I've yet to see some of her best work." Yep 
1940's  Oscar  
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 20, 2018 3:57:05 GMT
Oh, yes, definitely, folks–wonderful and beautiful actress. Sorry to hear of her passing, but nice to hear that she had a long life and made so many of us so happy. Requiscat in pace, Miss Malone…
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Post by gunshotwound on Jan 20, 2018 12:01:23 GMT
Rest in Peace Dorothy Malone.
Beautiful woman and good actress. Not many people make it into their 90s. |
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Post by teleadm on Jan 20, 2018 17:43:08 GMT
RIP Dorothy!!!  |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 20, 2018 20:38:38 GMT
I feel bad because I used to confuse her with Dorothy McGuire.
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Post by wmcclain on Jan 20, 2018 21:39:17 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Jan 20, 2018 21:43:55 GMT
And let's not forget her role as the pioneer wife/mother in OLD YELLER.
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Post by kijii on Jan 20, 2018 23:17:13 GMT
Dorothy Malone is one of the pretty actress of the 50s that really succeeded in making many good movies.
I recently saw the movie, Too Much, Too Soon (1958), which is a biopic about Diana Barrymore with Errol Flynn playing her father John Barrymore in his final days. Sad movie....sad story. This 1959 movie was also one of Errol Flynn's last movies.
I hope to see Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) some day soon.
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 20, 2018 23:33:39 GMT
And let's not forget her role as the pioneer wife/mother in OLD YELLER. That was Dorothy McGuire. politicidal made a point in which you can confuse the two actresses. |
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Post by snsurone on Jan 21, 2018 1:04:06 GMT
And let's not forget her role as the pioneer wife/mother in OLD YELLER. That was Dorothy McGuire. politicidal made a point in which you can confuse the two actresses. Sorry about that. I, too, sometimes confuse the two actresses. |
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Post by Twitchers on Jan 25, 2018 18:04:18 GMT
I always remember her mainly for the movie The Last Voyage.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 25, 2018 21:43:28 GMT
snsurone said : I, too, sometimes confuse the two actresses.
But then, you have also said that you confuse John Wayne and John Payne. 
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Post by teleadm on Jan 26, 2018 17:19:12 GMT
 Dorothy Malone in her last acting role, Basic Instinct 1992, maybe a thankless role, but at least she ended her acting career in a huge commercial success, so it was a great farewell. |
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