#Gladys George

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Flamingo Road (Michael Curtiz, 1949)

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Remembering Alma Kruger and Gladys George. Both would have celebrated birthdays today #botd

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The Roaring Twenties (1939) Raoul Walsh

August 25th 2024

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Here are 10 things you should know about Gladys George, born 121 years ago today. Born into a theatrical family, she was a trouper from the age of three.

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Gladys George

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Flamingo Road

When Warner Bros. reunited the director and stars of MILDRED PIERCE (1945) for Michael Curtiz’s FLAMINGO ROAD (1949, TCM, YouTube), they created a masterful piece of sheer hokum. Of course, the same could be said about the earlier film, but at least Crawford was well cast in that one. It’s not that she’s bad as a carnival dancer stranded in a small Southern town where she falls for the deputy sheriff (Scott), thereby earning sheriff Sydney Greenstreet’s eternal enmity. Her line readings are expert, she knows how to use her body, and for once she keeps the nostril flaring and heavy breathing to a minimum. It’s just that the early scenes ring false. Even though she’s been working in the butt-end of show business, the character has a degree of innocence and naivete, and however well Crawford reads the lines, that late Crawford face — those insistent lips and eyebrows — plays against them. And though it’s a period thing, it’s rather grating to hear everybody referring to her as a “girl.” She’s a much better fit for the role when she marries political boss David Brian and gets some class and sophistication. It’s a pity the writers didn’t think to put a time lapse in. It would have made her transformation more believable. It also would have helped the plot. On Greenstreet’s orders, Scott dumps Crawford to marry a banker’s daughter so he can serve as a state senator. But within only a few months, Greenstreet is pushing him to the political machine as a gubernatorial candidate. Without his moustache, Scott does well as a weakling, and Greenstreet, despite a Southern accent that sounds more Bostonian, does a bang-up job as the corrupt boss. Crawford doesn’t stand a chance in their scenes together. Three great character types enliven the supporting cast, with Gertrude Michael as a waitress working with Crawford early on, Iris Adrian as her jail mate when Greenstreet frames her for prostitution and Gladys George, magnificent as ever, as the feisty roadhouse owner who’s the only person who can put Greenstreet in his place. Working with cinematographer Ted McCord, Curtiz uses a cluttered mise-en-scene, shadows and composition in depth to put the picture somewhere on the dividing line between Southern gothic and film noir.

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2023: Ryan O’Neal, Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal, è stato un attore statunitense figlio di Charles O’Neal, scrittore e sceneggiatore di origini irlandesi, e dell’attrice Patricia Ruth. O’Neal si fece conoscere al grande pubblico recitando nella soap opera Peyton Place (dal 1964 al 1969). Ottenne la fama mondiale grazie all’interpretazione di Oliver Barrett IV nel film Love Story (1970). Fu sposato…

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The Roaring Twenties, 1939

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THE GILDED AGE (2022–)

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Gladys George circa 1935

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The Hard Way (1943) Vincent Sherman

January 28th 2024

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— THE RUSSELL FAMILY in The Gilded Age, 2x08, "In Terms of Winning and Losing" (2023)

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THE GILDED AGE (2022-)

2.08 — In Terms of Winning and Losing