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Hi Red
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Yess I do like The Chalk Garden, though I do think it's far fetched at times, but I won't spoil the plot for you, only to say the film left me hoping Deborah and John Mills might become romantically involved. It was nice to see Deborah playing a still young woman of the 1960s in contrast to her roles in the 40s and 50s
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Yess I do like The Chalk Garden, though I do think it's far fetched at times, but I won't spoil the plot for you, only to say the film left me hoping Deborah and John Mills might become romantically involved. It was nice to see Deborah playing a still young woman of the 1960s in contrast to her roles in the 40s and 50s
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She's even fine in the misguided BELOVED INFIDEL. So is Peck. It's a mediocre movie, propped up by good actors. Make that VERY good actors!
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Deborah Kerr helped elevate the script of Beloved Infidel, and I feel it needed several revisions. Gregory Peck was also wonderful as F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I just didn't think they had the chemistry of Kerr and Cary Grant or Kerr and Robert Mitchum. As I view this beach scene, I can't help but remember the steamy passion of From Here To Eternity and how Kerr and Lancaster made everyone envy their moments in the surf and sand.
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I've always liked Deborah Kerr as an actor, and in more recent years for the resemblance I feel she has to AM (shared scottish heritage). But -- as good as she is, to me it feels as though she's always playing the same character. She plays that character well and is good at projecting her into all sorts of lifestyles, backgrounds, and experiences, but still, there is a certain sameness to each of her characterizations. I first recall noticing this when I was watching clips from a television adaptation of a Noel Coward play she did with Paul Scofield in the early 1980s. They were both excellent, but as I was watching Kerr, listening to the vocal intonations, it hit me; there's that same Kerr-character again, adapted to this particular walk of life. But since she's so good at it, I don't mind it.
I don't think all actors approach characterization this way. Some produce a truly different character each time. Robert Duvall comes to mind, as does Scofield. But some do much as Deborah Kerr did (for example, Gregory Peck).
In case anyone is interested, here is one of the clips I mentioned above:
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I don't think all actors approach characterization this way. Some produce a truly different character each time. Robert Duvall comes to mind, as does Scofield. But some do much as Deborah Kerr did (for example, Gregory Peck).
In case anyone is interested, here is one of the clips I mentioned above:
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I'd like to see SONG AT TWILGHT. It's a cute little play.
I don't think all actors approach characterization this way. Some produce a truly different character each time
Very, very few. In theatre, yes. In independent films. Hollywood? It's personality!
I don't think all actors approach characterization this way. Some produce a truly different character each time
Very, very few. In theatre, yes. In independent films. Hollywood? It's personality!
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Me too. The teleplay is available on DVD as part of a Noel Coward collection. I'd love to see the whole thing, but can't justify the expense (nor the space the box set would take ).RedRiver wrote:I'd like to see SONG AT TWILGHT. It's a cute little play.
I don't quite agree. Probably there are and have been more "personality" type actors than the true character actors making Hollywood movies. But in the golden age as well as today a fairly good list could be built of true character actors/stars. A few examples:RedRiver wrote:Very, very few. In theatre, yes. In independent films. Hollywood? It's personality!Professional Tourist wrote:I don't think all actors approach characterization this way. Some produce a truly different character each time
Claude Rains
Bette Davis
Robert Duvall
Paul Scofield
Agnes Moorehead
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Meryl Streep
Emma Thompson
Kenneth Branagh
Glenn Close
Fredric March
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(Above) Here is a lovely image of Miss Kerr, I think:
We can definitely agree on that. Holy cow!
We can definitely agree on that. Holy cow!
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Lets not forget about her wonderful performance in Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse. Even so, any movie she starred in that was shot in technicolor is a treat to every movie lover.
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Welcome to the Oasis, goldnennoir! I think you'll find that you are in the company of many of us who cherish Bonjour Tristesse too, as this thread about the film illustrates:goldennoir1950 wrote:Lets not forget about her wonderful performance in Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse. Even so, any movie she starred in that was shot in technicolor is a treat to every movie lover.
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