tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185673993339880805.post2956511232471997769..comments2023-09-20T21:22:38.514-07:00Comments on The Surreal Movies and TV Blog!: Thursday Movie Picks #34: Great Final Films of Actors/Actresses Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02726780110325765858noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185673993339880805.post-42621028121514964852020-05-22T16:20:08.896-07:002020-05-22T16:20:08.896-07:00I agree. I still can't believe that such a you...I agree. I still can't believe that such a young girl was murdered.Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02726780110325765858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185673993339880805.post-88226324659447148522020-05-22T06:08:51.424-07:002020-05-22T06:08:51.424-07:00I've seen all three of your picks!
Judith Bar...I've seen all three of your picks!<br /><br />Judith Barsi's murder has made me look at All Dogs Go To Heaven and The Land Before Time differently every since. It's so unfair. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185673993339880805.post-40082546250672800012020-05-21T20:19:55.527-07:002020-05-21T20:19:55.527-07:00Hmmmm...I haven't heard of any of these films,...Hmmmm...I haven't heard of any of these films, but they all sound interesting, especially the Iceman Cometh!Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02726780110325765858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185673993339880805.post-17864753438241232252020-05-21T20:05:30.249-07:002020-05-21T20:05:30.249-07:00Intriguing choices.
I've only seen bits of a...Intriguing choices. <br /><br />I've only seen bits of all three of these but I do love Vincent Price. Ledger's end was terrible but brought on by his own foolishness but Judith Barsi's story is one of the saddest ones there is. <br /><br />It was a bit of a challenge finding great final films. Most stars swan songs are usually disappointing but once I found my first found a way to interconnect them all and all four are quality films. <br /><br />To Be or Not To Be (1942)-In German occupied Warsaw during World War II a Polish theatrical troupe headed by husband and wife stars Joseph & Maria Tura (Jack Benny & Carole Lombard) set out to prevent a German spy from revealing key members of the Polish underground to the Nazis by means both desperate and humorous. <br /><br />Ernst Lubitsch directed masterpiece was Lombard’s final film. America entered the war just before the film’s premiere and Carole was the first star to go on a bond tour (to her native Indiana) and perished in a plane crash, along with her mother, on the return journey. A line her character spoke “What can happen in a plane?” was excised before the film debuted. <br /><br />The Misfits (1961)-In Reno for a divorce Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe) meets aging cowboy Gay Langland (Clark Gable), WWII aviator Guido Racanelli (Eli Wallach) and broken down rodeo rider Perce Howland (Montgomery Clift). Lonely and feeling lost Roslyn accepts Guido's invitation to stay at his desert home with the trio and the four wrestle with life’s questions.<br /> <br />Directed by John Huston and written for Marilyn by her then husband Arthur Miller this somber film was the final one for both Gable and Monroe. Gable, who performed some of his own stunt work died 12 days after the film wrapped. Marilyn started the trouble plagued “Something’s Gotta Give” but died before its completion and the picture scrapped. <br /><br />The Iceman Cometh (1973)-In 1912 New York’s Last Chance Saloon a group of chronic alcoholics are momentarily shaken from their hopeless ennui by the arrival of Hickey (Lee Marvin) one of their number now sober urging them to abandon their pipe dreams and face reality. It does not go well. Powerful with a powerhouse cast (beside Marvin-Jeff Bridges, Robert Ryan, Fredric March, Moses Gunn, Bradford Dillman among others) full book adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play couldn't be better presented (it’s directed by John Frankenheimer) but it's so long (four hours!) and full of doom and gloom it’s a hard one to embrace. <br /><br />This was the last film for both Robert Ryan (who died before the film’s premiere) and Fredric March who retired on the film’s completion and passed away shortly afterwards. <br /><br />Advise & Consent (1962)-Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) is being investigated by a Senate committee headed by Senator Brig Anderson (Don Murray) before his appointment. When serious allegations are leveled against Leffingwell engineered by Senior Senator Seab Cooley (Charles Laughton) pressure is applied to Anderson in the form of exposure of a long hidden secret to influence the outcome. Otto Preminger directed, star-studded (Gene Tierney, Walter Pidgeon, Lew Ayres, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Betty White etc.) political drama is still timely.<br /><br />This was Charles Laughton final feature (passing away within six months of completion), by happenstance he co-starred with each of the other stars excepting Ryan in one of their films (Lombard-They Knew What They Wanted, Gable-Mutiny on the Bounty, Fredric March-Les Miserables and Monroe-O Henry’s Full House).joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com