Sheila posted the following comment but, due to some strange vagary of Google/Blogger, I can't approve it for publication. Anyway, here's what Sheila wrote...
Thanks for these clips, Brian. I'm sure we're not the only people planning to watch the film this weekend.
You know, I considered writing about Curtis' breadth as an actor: playing in dramas - Sweet Smell of Success; The Defiant Ones (which earned him an Oscar nomination); Spartacus ("I'm Spartacus!"); The Outsider and The Boston Strangler - whilst being just as much at ease in comedies such as Sex and the Single Girl, The Great Race and, of course, Some Like it Hot. In the end, I decided that showing a couple of clips from the latter film with Tony looking - if not always sounding - quite sexy in drag and playing Junior with his Cary Grant accent was all that needed to be said...
Sheila posted the following comment but, due to some strange vagary of Google/Blogger, I can't approve it for publication. Anyway, here's what Sheila wrote...
ReplyDeleteThanks for these clips, Brian. I'm sure we're not the only people planning to watch the film this weekend.
You know, I considered writing about Curtis' breadth as an actor: playing in dramas - Sweet Smell of Success; The Defiant Ones (which earned him an Oscar nomination); Spartacus ("I'm Spartacus!"); The Outsider and The Boston Strangler - whilst being just as much at ease in comedies such as Sex and the Single Girl, The Great Race and, of course, Some Like it Hot. In the end, I decided that showing a couple of clips from the latter film with Tony looking - if not always sounding - quite sexy in drag and playing Junior with his Cary Grant accent was all that needed to be said...
Some Like it Hot is a standout, but two of my favourites are The Vikings and The Great Race.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fantastic body of work and what a performer. With the Flintstones anniversary, I couldn't help but remember his Stony Curtis fondly too.
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