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Marty (1953) starring Rod Steiger (debuted 62 years tonight)
youtube ^ | may 24, 1953

Posted on 05/24/2015 7:16:57 PM PDT by lowbridge

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To: VerySadAmerican
Worked in a movie with Rod. He was a nice guy and we talked for hours about alcoholism. He told me his life story.

What movie would that have been?

Regards,

21 posted on 05/25/2015 12:36:40 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: lowbridge

If you like drab and depressing you’ll love Marty.


22 posted on 05/25/2015 1:04:03 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Hillary = Obama in a pantsuit)
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To: Ken H

Ernest Borgnine and John Belushi shared the same birthday (Jan. 24) but that was one of the few things they had in common, I think...other than last names starting with the same letter.


23 posted on 05/25/2015 3:06:41 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Mears

“We thought it was quite miraculous.”

Yeah, the analog in my time was owning a 333Mhz computer with, take a deep breath, a 100Mhz PCI buss! I remember thinking “Man, I can do ANYTHING now...”


24 posted on 05/25/2015 4:48:20 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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To: lowbridge

I could never understand why Marty and his friends termed Clara a ‘dog’. Clara (Betsy Blair) was pretty, nice and intelligent.
It was Marty and his friends who were ‘dogs’.

That just didn’t compute. They should have used a less attractive actress or done something to ‘ugly up’ Betsy Blair.


25 posted on 05/25/2015 7:26:23 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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“I could never understand why Marty and his friends termed Clara a ‘dog’. Clara (Betsy Blair) was pretty, nice and intelligent.”

I’m reminded of the scene where martys friends are flipping through the pages of some girlie magazine. Chances are they were comparing Clara, as well as every real life girl they ran across, with their ideal beautiful girls that they saw in those magazines.


26 posted on 05/25/2015 7:31:30 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

I suppose that could account for some of their reasoning- considering their small little minds.

But she was so far above that bunch of losers.
I realize she was very shy, but what on earth would she want with Marty?
Granted, he was a fairly decent guy and often endearing, but still..I would have rather remained ‘an old maid school teacher’.
An unattractive actress could have made it all more believable.

Did you know Betsy Blair (Clara) was once married to Gene Kelly?

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27 posted on 05/25/2015 8:42:36 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: 9thLife

Ethel Merman was in a number of movies, but her main fame was as the queen of the Broadway musical. I can always tell it’s her on a recording- the only human being who ever lived who’s voice sounded like a trumpet!


28 posted on 05/25/2015 9:39:36 AM PDT by TexasBarak (I aim to misbehave!)
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To: VerySadAmerican

What struck me about the play is how differently he played “Marty” from the way he did so many of his movie characters. On the other hand, I saw a lot of live Tv performances in the ‘50s, and many of the stars came across very differently than in “films.” Much better, I remember. For some reason, something Bruce Cabot did on Playhouse 9o comes to mind. So much better than I expected from him, since he never seemed to improve in his “movies” after King Kong. But in this one, he seemed very much alive. We saw him ”in the round,”


29 posted on 05/25/2015 12:14:55 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: lowbridge; All

PS

But still, it was a great movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Borgnine was great in that.
He was a good character actor, God rest his soul.


30 posted on 05/25/2015 1:04:54 PM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: traderrob6
Borgnine was excellent in the movie and it made him a star.

He was great but he was paired with the wrong actress. Clara is supposed to be plain looking and Betsy Blair wasn't.

31 posted on 05/25/2015 1:15:39 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: clive bitterman

Thank you for that quote! I saw it just recently on the web. I’m guessing it was due to a freeper thread - but perhaps not. I thought it was an enjoyable movie.


32 posted on 05/25/2015 1:17:55 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: RobbyS

Rod told me he didn’t accept the movie role because they wanted him to sign a five year contract with the studio and he said he would never sign a contract that long with anyone. The role went to Ernest Borgnine.


33 posted on 05/25/2015 1:25:36 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'm very sad for my country. Personally, I've never been happier.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

He had a great career anyway,


34 posted on 05/25/2015 8:53:32 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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