[RipSawyer]

"I'd just as soon stay home and watch reruns...."


In the past movies about heroes were made by stars who, in many cases, actually were real life heroes, Glenn Ford for instance. Nowadays movies about heroes are mostly made by stars you wouldn't want to share space with.

[7thson]

I do not know if they could be called heroes or whatnot but the Hollywood actors and actresses of yesteryear actually did something before becoming stars. Kirk Douglas and Ernest Borgnine were in the Navy. Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman were in the Marines. I think Clint Eastwood was in the Navy. Robert Mitchum was a roustabout. I liked what he said when placed in jail for grass years ago - the people in jail had better morals than those in Hollywood. Plus, most of these guys knew that they were just entertainers and nobody cared about their politics. It was great watching them on the talk show circuit back in the 60's and 70's - they come on and yak about their movie, give it a plug, tell a couple good stories about other actors or themselves.

I remember when Kirk Douglas - being interviewed by Cavett - said he was in a hotel that had a convention. Some guy gets on the elevator and says, gosh, you're Kirk Douglas. Kirk sees the guys name sticker on his suit coast and calls out, Joe, how's it going. The guy - star struck and drunk - can't figure out how Douglas knew his name. Douglas says he is disappointed that Joe doesn't remember their time together.

Now, all you hear about is their politics and hatred for conservative values.