You'd do it for Randolph Scott!

[Vikingstone]

He wasn't a shrinking violet when it came to his views. So, that dog won't hunt. Nice try.



That figures: I hated Abbie Hoffman. With a passion.

Thanks for playing!

Are you from Appalachia?

 

[RoryN]

Are you from Appalachia?

Nah. Massachusetts.

(Incidentally, Abbie did himself in about 50 min. from my house. His daughter still lives there, and seems to have far more intelligence and humility than he ever did, based on an interview I read.)

 

[Vikingstone]

Nah. Massachusetts.

(Incidentally, Abbie did himself in about 50 min. from my house. His daughter still lives there, and seems to have far more intelligence and humility than he ever did, based on an interview I read.)

Then don't say, "that dog won't hunt", it bugs me.

(Abbie was a poseur and wanted to get laid, fer sure)

 

[bluntforcemama]

The Quiet Man. Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne.

 

[Vikingstone]

The Quiet Man. Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne.

Classic.

Oh, go on Yahoo msgr, plzKthx.

 

[Lost Cause]

Hey Rory~

And Hollywood stars of today aren't political?

Selective criticism?

The thread asked about favorite classic actors- not their views.



It's still JOHN WAYNE, pilgrim!

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/john_wayne.jpg

 

[Vikingstone]

And Hollywood stars of today aren't political?

Selective criticism?

The thread asked about favorite classic actors- not their views.



It's still JOHN WAYNE, pilgrim!

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/john_wayne.jpg

Case in point.

 

[Slowlane]

(Yes, the following is conveniently taken from Wikipedia. Pipe up if you want to dispute any of it...)



Lovely.



Nice.



Ha ha!



Hilarious.



Not so funny.

Looked at open mindedly - all those statements make sense. Then and now.

 

[gravyrug]

Jeez, it sucks when a favorite actor thread gets all political.

Kate Hepburn was an absolute goddess. She could say more with one eyebrow raise than most people could in a 90 minute speech.

The Lion In Winter is easily my favorite movie for pure acting ability. Hepburn, Peter O'toole, Anthony Hopkins, etc. You can't beat it for pushing all the actors to their limits.

 

[Slowlane]

I don't care much for the list, except for Stewart and Bogart. Fonda doesn't belong on the same page as the likes of those two.

 

[The Heretic]

GRRRR! So sexy. Double Indemnity is jerk off material.

I never really cared for her acting or her characters, even when she wasn't playing a particularly snarky character, she came across as snarky to me. Maybe it was just her voice or something, I don't know. I didn't like Bette Davis or Joan Crawford either for similar reasons.

 

[tortoise]

Jeez, it sucks when a favorite actor thread gets all political.

Kate Hepburn was an absolute goddess. She could say more with one eyebrow raise than most people could in a 90 minute speech.

The Lion In Winter is easily my favorite movie for pure acting ability. Hepburn, Peter O'toole, Anthony Hopkins, etc. You can't beat it for pushing all the actors to their limits.

Yes. I can watch that and A Man for All Seasons over and over and over again. I don't know why, but I always think of those two movies together.

Kate was peerless.

 

[killallhippies]

i don't have one. why? because it almost always depends on the movie. i love kirk douglas in some movies ( off the top of my head spartacus and paths of glory), but in some of his other movies he bores the shit out of me.

he makes paths of glory, though. that and kubrick being kubrick.

 

[killallhippies]

oh, and fuck john wayne.

 

[RoryN]

Looked at open mindedly - all those statements make sense. Then and now.

Really?

"I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people."

You agree with this?

 

[EndCredits]

http://ilovethisworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/bs2.jpg

Barbara Stanwyck was a tough broad.

For real. She wasn't hot - I mean, look at her in that picture, she's not hot. And yet she was still attractive.

 

[RoryN]

Really?

"I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people."

You agree with this?

*bump* to see if I can get an answer...

 

[Lost Cause]

*bump* to see if I can get an answer...

AGAIN I could care less what an actor thinks- it's how they act.

I could care even less what you think- I know how I think, so paint me anyway you want to- you seem hell bent on it for some reason or diversion.

BTW- the rest of that quote-
Challenged, if he were equipped to judge "which blacks are irresponsible and which of their leaders inexperienced," he replied: "It's not my judgment."

Also-
Wayne believed in gradual integration, "we can't all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of blacks." At the same time, he considered their "resentment along with their dissent," to be "rightfully so."

http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=3793

 

[Lost Cause]

"Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!"
http://static.flickr.com/141/326523288_a37a934e99.jpg

 

[KRCummings]

Any time I run across a movie with Jimmy Stewart I stop and watch. He had such an easy way about him and was that rare actor that had a great screen presence without being overpowering. Plus, he picked good projects. Not all his movies were great but it's hard to find a bad one.

 

[KRCummings]

Really?

"I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people."

You agree with this?

I think maybe he was trying to say something good and it came out wrong. In context you can see where he's trying to say they've been screwed over.
He was never the most eloquent man in the world. I'd give him the benefit of a doubt on that one.

 

[RoryN]

AGAIN I could care less what an actor thinks- it's how they act.

I could care even less what you think- I know how I think, so paint me anyway you want to- you seem hell bent on it for some reason or diversion.

BTW- the rest of that quote-
Challenged, if he were equipped to judge "which blacks are irresponsible and which of their leaders inexperienced," he replied: "It's not my judgment."

Also-
Wayne believed in gradual integration, "we can't all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of blacks." At the same time, he considered their "resentment along with their dissent," to be "rightfully so."

http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=3793

Apologists for John Wayne are always fun. This is pretty weak. KR's response is better. (Big surprise.)

EDIT: Wait - let me read that again:

In context you can see where he's trying to say they've been screwed over

Where do you see this?

 

[Slowlane]

Really?

"I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people."

You agree with this?

In the context of the 1950s and 1960s. He was not talking about a specific black person he was talking about the black race in general which, at the time, was largely uneducated. And even today the drop out rate is so high it might be argued that the black race, on average, is inadequately educated to run the country. That, however, is no reflection on any one black person.

In that respect I do agree, yes.

 

[RoryN]

In the context of the 1950s and 1960s. He was not talking about a specific black person he was talking about the black race in general which, at the time, was largely uneducated. And even today the drop out rate is so high it might be argued that the black race, on average, is inadequately educated to run the country. That, however, is no reflection on any one black person.

But it stands to reason under that logic, right? A black man running for higher office, for instance, will come under the scrutiny of "the black race, on average, is inadequately educated to run the country"?

Slippery slope, my friend. Slippery slope.

 

[breakwall]

I know this is on-topic, and I apologize for that, but is it okay to include Clint Eastwood in with "Classic" actors?

I'll pretty much watch anything he's in.