Beulah Bondi went on to play George Bailey’s (i . e., James Stewart) mother in “It’s a Wonderful Life” in 1946, as well as Martha Corrine Walton on “The Waltons.”
The story as I've read it on IMDB was that she was told by a label - that she *had* talent, but was too similar to a singer already on their label for them to be interested- and that's who she ended up playing years later :)
Martin sheen such a cool actor there's a quote in badlands one officer in the car says to his other officer he sure likes James dean and Martin sheen has a big smile with the comment he hears😊😉👍
Martin Sheen OWNS every part he plays. He's a remarkable actor. I've been a fan since I first saw him in The Execution of Private Slovak. His portrayal of Private Slovak brought me to tears. I've been a fan ever since. He's a great narrator, too. I always recognize his voice!
Make Way For Tomorrow - 1937, is definitely an emotionally shattering masterpiece that hits too hard too close to home. Too close to the truth about revealing something most everyone of us will eventually and inevitably have to face, growing old, while seeing and hearing youth live faster and faster around us lost in delusional denial and thats exactly why this profound film was not and still isnt really popular with the general public. Suddenly forced to see the looming future that most people dont or wont even think about. While for reasons mostly unknown, the extremely too similar Japanese movie Tokyo Story - 1953, continues receiving all the cinematic praise and media attention world wide.
McCarey has a number of strikes against him in the eyes of liberal critics, then and now. He was a devout Catholic conservative who became an anti-communist crusader, though without Capra's fascistic leanings in the 1930s. And he specialized in comedy, which has never won plaudits as easily as drama. MWFT is somewhat out of the run of his work, and when it came out reviewers did not know how to take this sometimes wry but ultimately somber picture from the director of Laurel and Hardy and 'Duck Soup'. As Bogdanovich says, movie comedians are more flexible. This is bc they tend to be more rooted: they see more of the world's incongruity and poignancy than straight actors, who are often imprisoned in the solipsism of their glamor and good looks. Of course some comics are monsters of egotism, but more are natural character actors and team players. Victor Moore was an old ham who had just come from playing Fred Astaire's pal in 'Swing Time' and trading cracks with Helen Broderick. He usually played flustered, put-upon types. It was not a big stretch to be the husband in MWFT, docile and acceptant of his kids' insensitivities like Ryu Chishu in 'Tokyo Story'. This performance is Moore's Great Exception, like Jack Benny's in 'To Be or Not to Be' or Jackie Gleason's in 'The Hustler'- but Moore goes further beyond his accustomed range.
I wil say this they never said Kit killed a dog thats the best I can say but again love the actors Martin is adorable and Sissy is still gorgeous she may not be typical gorgeous she is special
The music, the performances, everything contributed, but especially the cinematography, the colors and shadows, carried the Sister Ruth sequence into full-blown horror film. It was a remarkable transformation, leaving the audience who've been watching nuns wrestle with their vows in a state of horror greater than any deliberate horror film. Sister Ruth in her red lipstick is a classic movie monster.
The greatest role for the greatest actors. Fabulous. I can see it over and over. Both were so natural in their roles. 1973 was a good year but Badlands made it so better. At any angle Martin was gorgeous and still is. And Sissy has always been to this day the most beautiful woman. I wish I could thank them for their acting skills because they took a role that the story line was horrific and yet you are so mesmerized by them that you cannot look away.
I am somewhat of a film buff yet these Archers films are a relatively new discovery for me. It embarrasses me to admit that! The first time I made the connection was when I watched "The Red Shoes." I couldn't take my eyes off it. I was totally swept up to the point where I was unaware of time passing. When I came across "Black Narcissus" and saw the opening Archers credit with the archery target, I remembered "The Red Shoes" and decided to watch it. From the very first scene, I was hooked. One would never suspect this was not shot on location. Talent like this exists? After that, I made it a point to seek out other Archers films: "A Matter of Life and Death," "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," and others. Each unique in their theme but also each a literal work of art to the highest degree. Powell and Pressburger is one of those chance pairings in life from which humanity itself garners so much benefit. Thanks for posting this.
@@fede018 Blu-ray 2009 right? "Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today, a 2009 interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about the career of director Leo McCarey and Make Way for Tomorrow"
