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Glenn Ford, longtime leading man in scores of films, dies at 90
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| 8/31/06
| Puppage
Posted on 08/31/2006 5:27:53 AM PDT by Puppage
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R.I.P.
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:27:54 AM PDT
by
Puppage
To: Puppage
One of America's best actors.
I think he personified the late-era cowboy of the early 1900s. And he never failed to impress in comedic roles.
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:29:46 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: SJSAMPLE
And he never failed to impress in comedic rolesAbsolutely. And, to look at him, you'd never think so.
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:35:00 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SJSAMPLE
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:35:51 AM PDT
by
SuperSonic
(Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
To: Puppage
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:35:55 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: SJSAMPLE
He was great in that early 80's miniseries "The Sacketts" with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott.
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:38:04 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Where did I leave my matches?)
To: Puppage
Excellent actor, and a very handsome sexy man.
To: Puppage
After serving with the Marines during World War II, Ford starred in 1946 as a small-time gambler in "Gilda," opposite Rita Hayworth.
It doesn't get any better than that. Semper Fi ...
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:40:56 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Puppage
Not to mention Superman's earth father.
To: Tijeras_Slim
I just mentioned in an online post the other day his role in a 1970 TV-movie potboiler,
The Brotherhood of the Bell, with Will Geer and Rosemary Forsyth and Dean Jagger as the heavy, which depicted a college fraternity that resembled Yale's Skull and Bones.
Amazing how many people remember that chestnut. Must have, um, "rung a bell" with people.
To: Puppage
The Brotherhood of the Bell, one of the best made for tv conspiracy movies ever, and Cowboy with Jack Lemmon, one of the best tenderfoot becomes a cowboy movies ever made. And any WW2 movie he starred in. His low key competence is surely lacking in Hollywood today.
RIP ...
To: Puppage
Was a Lt. Commander in WW II AND in Vietnam, as part of the reserves, as I recall.
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:12:55 AM PDT
by
LS
To: Waverunner
Brotherhood of the Bell is not too far from reality. Great movie that depicts how the powerful can really control things.
RIP Glen Ford.
To: Puppage
And most importantly he served as a Marine in WWII during the height of his career. A patriot indeed.
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:28:19 AM PDT
by
gramho12
To: YellowRoseofTx
Excellent actor, and a very handsome sexy man. The last of the really handsome and manly men of that era. I miss them all, there is really no one today that exemplifies masculinity and grace at the same time as the great leading men of the golden days of film.
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:31:31 AM PDT
by
gramho12
To: LS
Very correct; he retired with the rank of CAPTAIN - USNR.
Sorry to see that the article failed to reflect his very honorable service to our country.
Mike
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:36:49 AM PDT
by
Vineyard
To: Puppage
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:50:01 AM PDT
by
lakeman
(when a marine kills the only thing he feels is the recoil of his rifle)
To: Puppage
"Hollywood's historic Grauman's Egyptian Theatre"
I thought that was 'Grauman's Chinese Theatre'??!!!!!
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:53:29 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: lakeman
Motion Picture Pioneer = John Ford, Metal of Freedom
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:55:37 AM PDT
by
Broker
(a patriot)
To: Bigh4u2
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posted on
08/31/2006 7:04:26 AM PDT
by
dighton
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