Posted on 12/11/2010 6:32:50 PM PST by Krankor
I say Lee Marvin hands down. He was just cool and never thought he had to prove it.
yes, this!!! robert mitchum, very cool, very tough, very, very sexy. two thumbs waaaay up.
"they come along and take 'em and civilize and make 'em a place where no civilized person would go"
Steve McQueen had a whole lot of cool but Lee Marvin was cool before it was cool to be cool.
“Death Hunt” was a good movie.
Bronson and Marvin.
“Marvin, he made the best WWII movie ever, Sam Fuller’s “The Big Red One”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sz1PSMLzEY";
Great line at the end of that movie after he stabs the German soldier at the end of the war.
“You’re going to live if I have to blow your brains out!” or words to that effect.
His scene with the little Jewish boy rescued from the death camp was very powerful.
The Mustang is definitely the coolest!
From what I hear, Lee Marvin was a decorated hero Marine.
I liked the movie because the unit was the 16th regiment of the Big Red One. I had served with the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry in the “Big Red One” in Vietnam. So I had a couple reasons to like the movie.
Agree the Marine sniper wins.
Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster,can’t get much cooler than these guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW1f97K2gS4
And then there is Bob Mitchum in Out of the Past with the beautiful Jane Greer
Marvin was born in New York City, the son of Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute and his wife Courtenay Washington Davidge, a fashion writer and beauty consultant.[2] He was named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed.[3] His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin, Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635 and helped found Hartford, Connecticut.[2]
Marvin studied violin when he was young.[4] As a teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades."[5] He attended St. Leo Preparatory College in St. Leo, Florida after being expelled from several schools for bad behavior.[6]
Marvin left school to join the United States Marine Corps, serving as a Scout Sniper in the 4th Marine Division.[7] He was wounded in action during the WWII Battle of Saipan, during which most of his platoon were killed. Marvin's wound (in the buttocks) was from machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve.[8] He was awarded the Purple Heart and was given a medical discharge with the rank of Private First Class.[9] Contrary to rumors, Marvin did not serve with Bob Keeshan during World War II.[9]
From Wikipedia:
Steve McQueen
After McQueen left Chino, he returned to Julian, now living in Greenwich Village, but almost immediately left again. He then met two sailors from the Merchant Marine and volunteered to serve on a ship bound for the Dominican Republic.[6] Once there, he abandoned his new post, eventually making his way to Texas, and drifted from job to job. He worked as a janitor in a brothel, as an oil rigger, as a trinket salesman in a carnival, and as a lumberjack. [edit]Military service
In 1947, McQueen joined the United States Marine Corps and was quickly promoted to Private First Class and assigned to an armored unit.[6] Initially, he reverted to his prior rebelliousness, and as a result was demoted to private seven times. He went UA (unauthorized absence) by failing to return after a weekend pass had expired. He instead stayed away with a girlfriend for two weeks, until the shore patrol caught him. He resisted arrest and as a result spent 41 days in the brig.[6]
After this, McQueen resolved to focus his energies on self-improvement and embraced the Marines' discipline. He saved the lives of five other Marines during an Arctic exercise, pulling them from a tank before it broke through ice into the sea.[6] He was also assigned to an honor guard responsible for guarding then-U.S. President Harry Truman's yacht.[6] McQueen served until 1950 when he was honorably discharged.
In the mid 70”s i was on the Queen Mary in Long Beach with a woman I was dating. When we boarded the ticket taker told us one of the decks was closed that day for “maintenance” and we could not go there. I had noticed that there were several large bob tail trucks parked at the gangway. Being naturally inquisitive I tried to get on that deck and ran into a security guard who said it was closed for maintenance. So we toured the ship and I purposefly worked my back to the stern and got onto the deck in question. Worked our way up to the place where it was blocked off by what was clearly movie making. We were standing there watching and wondering if there was some big star inside the cabin when we heard the director yell “cut”. A few seconds later Mitchum came out of the cabin and headed straight for us. When he pulled up he looked at me and said “Got a light?” I said “sure” and lit his smoke. I then held my hand out and said “Wow, Robert Mitchum, I always wanted to meet you!”, He shook my hand and said “What is your name?” I replied and he said “Wow Mad, I always wanted to meet you!”. Turned and went back into the cabin, left me laughing my a$$ off at how cool that was.
Yep, Bronson.
It’s a draw.
Thats is one cool story.....
I don’t either...I’ve been boycotting hollywood for years now. When I had to give up cable, the hardest thing was losing the Turner (too bad it has his name) Classic Movie channel.
yeah, that and AMC
If I analyze the question, I say Steve McQueen, but my instantaneous reaction to the question was Lee Marvin. I’ll go with my first reaction :-)
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