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Post by Snoogans4Jay on Sept 4, 2010 12:45:28 GMT -5
.......that didn't get a fair shake. We have all seen them. You go to (or rent) a movie that you think is the BEST thing you have ever sat through but no one else in the popular majority seems to notice it. You watch a FANTASTIC TV show that is canceled after the first season (or soon thereafter) and nobody else seems to have seen it. You listen to a band that you just can not BELIEVE is that damn good. But nobody you know has heard of them or even can name one song. You have a favorite actor that never gets his/her fair shake in the industry and no one else seems to care how good they are/were. Well HERE is the place to vent that frustration and (who knows) maybe even claim a new fan or two. Please participate if you have ever had this problem  |
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Post by Snoogans4Jay on Sept 4, 2010 12:54:30 GMT -5
For ME this is the TV show that should have lasted more than one fucking season.  The Devil and the cop |
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Post by johnnysgirl on Sept 4, 2010 13:43:53 GMT -5
Peter Lorre is an actor that didn´t get the reward he decerved in the movies.. he didn´t eve get an oscar *sigh* and he gave some of the best performances in Hollywood still the movie moguls oput in in mediocre roles but Peter made the best of those roles... *sigh*
GO PETER!!! YOU ARE MY LEADING MAN!!!
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Post by Snoogans4Jay on Sept 4, 2010 13:47:24 GMT -5
Peter Lorre is an actor that didn´t get the reward he decerved in the movies.. he didn´t eve get an oscar *sigh* and he gave some of the best performances in Hollywood still the movie moguls oput in in mediocre roles but Peter made the best of those roles... *sigh* GO PETER!!! YOU ARE MY LEADING MAN!!! I thought you might stand up for Peter, how about adding a picture and a bit of bio/best known films Mrs. Lorre. To educate the masses. |
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Post by johnnysgirl on Sept 4, 2010 15:00:26 GMT -5
Oops sorry I forgot to add a little information about Mr. Peter Lorre. Peter Lorre was more known for playing sinister roles on various Hollywood films around the mid 30s and the 1940s (not counting his famous role as the japanese detective Mr. Moto) althought he didn´t always play sinister roles because he got to play some romatic-type character he could never get to be the leading character in a major film Here´s a picture of him:  That picture was taking in 1935, Peter is at Columbia Pictures make up department getting ready for his role as Roderick Raskolnikov in "Crime and punishment" (an adaptation form the novel by Fyodor Dovstoyesky) Peter Lorre shortly after getting his contract to Columbia pictures in 1934 (after his arrival to Los Angeles from London) I love this portrait... His most famous movie: "M" A little bit of information about Peter: He was born in a town called Rozahegy in the old austro-hungarian empire (now Rosemberg, Slovaquia) on june 26th in 1904. Although he was referred to as an hungarian actor, he lived with his family mostly in Vienna. But before he became a movie actor (his movie debut was as a the child killer in "M") he was a theater actor and far from playing the roles that would characterize him later in his Hollywood days (the sinister types) he would play adolescent-type roles, comic roles and such because of his looks he couldplay any type of roles... Before Hollywood and after he made his debut playing the role of Hans Beckert (in "M") in 1931 he continued appearing on several german movies until he left Germany as an exile in 1933. It was in 1934 where he was cast by Alfred Hitchcock to play the role of Abbot (the leader of an anachist group) in the movie "The man who knew too much" and later on in 1936, he was cast by Hitchcock again to play "The General" in his other movie "Secret Agent"... Still, and to shorten it a little bit, Peter was more known for his sinisterr roles in Hollywood, his most notosious roles were "mad Love (MGM, 1935), "Crime and punishment" (Columbia pictures, 1935), "Mr. Moto" series (20th Century Fox, 1937-1939), "Island of doomed men" (Columbia Pictures, 1940), "The Face behind the mask" (Columbia Pictures, 1941), "The Maltese Falcon" (Warner Bros, 1941), "Casablanca" (Warner Bros, 1943), "Three Strangers" (Warner Bros, 1945) and a few more around that time... He also directed his own movie in Germany (after he had returned to the country during the post war) which was called "Der Verlorene" and it was premiered in 1951 but the sad thing is that it was a flop and it made Peter very depressed reazon why he would gain weight around that period and it cointinued to the day of his death on march 23th in 1964. He continued making films and some tv appearances during his late years including some films together with Boris Karloff, Vincent Prize and basil Rathbone in the early 1960s before his death in 1964... And to finally add, he was also a friend of Humphrey Bogart druing his years at Warner Brothers... Sorry if I missed some parts but I´m not good at resuming a story and I don´t want to bore you either but if you want to know more, just ask me  |
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Post by Snoogans4Jay on Sept 4, 2010 15:06:54 GMT -5
Thank you for the additional information Mrs. Lorre. I had never seen that first picture before. I knew Peter Lorre only as the sinister actor in Casablanca, Maltese Falcon (the first film I saw him in) and a few radio broadcasts as well as cartoons. It should also be mentioned that though the voice of the cereal character Boobury is NOT done by Peter Lorre it IS a caricature of him and his persona (which he sued to protect).
Definitely an actor whose life works are worth checking out!
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Post by johnnysgirl on Sept 4, 2010 15:16:49 GMT -5
I had foorgotten about that you mentioned Liz, thanks fo adding it... I guess that the voice given in that cereal comercial was done by a man who claimed to be the son of Peter Lorre and who went under the name of Peter Lorie Jr... Hell it pissed me off how that man tried to cash in on dear Peter Lorre´s memory |
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Post by lizardcat on Sept 6, 2010 20:47:31 GMT -5
How about Alfred Molina? He's a British actor who's been spectacular in everything I've seen that he's done--"Letter to Brezhnev," "Prick Up Your Ears," "Boogie Nights," etc. He was never a matinee idol type, which is the only reason I can imagine he's not well known in America. Really amazing talent, though.
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Post by lizardcat on Sept 6, 2010 20:54:43 GMT -5
Kind of goofy, but...I really liked the TV series "Popular," which ran for a couple seasons about 10 years ago. Apparently the guy who created it also created "Glee" (which I've never seen). I generally don't like "hyperreality" stuff, but this show was done very cleverly. Spot-on when depicting how fluid high school society can be--geeks can have their moments (before they're shoved down to the bottom of the pack again) and popular kids can fall in an instant. It's worth checking out on Netflix if you missed it the first time around; the second season was much darker than the first, which probably led to its abrupt cancellation.
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Post by lizardcat on Sept 6, 2010 21:00:59 GMT -5
The movie "3 Women," a Robert Altman film from '77. I saw it only once on late-night cable and was blown away. Even Altman says he's not sure what it's about, so I won't try to describe it here, other than to say Shelley Duvall is absolutely incredible (as is a young Sissy Spacek). I know it wasn't available on video many years, but I just checked into it and apparently it's finally been released to DVD! Anyone else see this film?
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Post by Snoogans4Jay on Sept 8, 2010 2:57:45 GMT -5
Kind of goofy, but...I really liked the TV series "Popular," which ran for a couple seasons about 10 years ago. Apparently the guy who created it also created "Glee" (which I've never seen). I generally don't like "hyperreality" stuff, but this show was done very cleverly. Spot-on when depicting how fluid high school society can be--geeks can have their moments (before they're shoved down to the bottom of the pack again) and popular kids can fall in an instant. It's worth checking out on Netflix if you missed it the first time around; the second season was much darker than the first, which probably led to its abrupt cancellation. I haven't seen Glee either, but this show (Popular) sounds like something I would really like, the way you described it. I may be checking it out soon. |
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Post by Snoogans4Jay on Sept 8, 2010 2:59:36 GMT -5
How about Alfred Molina? He's a British actor who's been spectacular in everything I've seen that he's done--"Letter to Brezhnev," "Prick Up Your Ears," "Boogie Nights," etc. He was never a matinee idol type, which is the only reason I can imagine he's not well known in America. Really amazing talent, though. I have a good friend who is a real film buff and I have a feeling she might know about this guy or have seen some of this work. I will have to ask her about him. Regrettably I have not personally seen any of the mentioned films. |
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