#ralph bellamy

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The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) R-1948

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Ralph Bellamy, William Shatner, Steve McQueen, Martin Balsam, and Dolores Sutton in "The Defender,” a 1957 episode of “Studio One.”

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A scene from State of the Union, a comedy with political significance by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse that opened on Broadway on November 14, 1945. This scene was photographed on November 13, 1945. From left, Ralph Bellamy, as Grant Matthews, a fighting, liberal industrialist; Myron McCormick, as Spike McManus, a newspaperman; and Ruth Hussey, Matthews' wife, Mary, in a scene from the new comedy. When adapted to film, it became a vehicle for Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

Photo: Associated Press

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For the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers fans: another image from the filming of Carefree where Fred and Ginger are holding hands out of character. Also featuring the director Mark Sandrich and co-star Ralph Bellamy.

A small addition to this discussion thread (and this)

Apologies for the poor quality - blame the original source!

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Trading Places (1983) John Landis

December 4th 2024

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Modern Screen magazine, October 1935

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The Wolfman (1941)

I saw The Wolfman for the first time last year, but it gets even better on a rewatch, what sets it apart from the other Universal monster movies is that all the characters are functional, likable and you can relate to them. I like how human Talbot is. His flaws mesh pretty well with his affliction.

I think the film does a good job in presenting mass hysteria/schizophrenia/primal drives as possible explanations if the viewer were to take the lycanthropy to be more symbolic than literal. 

The Wolfman is also unmatched by anything else in the studio's genre roster, in terms of its cast, tragic protagonist, exterior sets and fog-drenched atmosphere. It’s just great. It’s officially one of my favorites now.

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Roman Polanski and Mia Farrow on set of Rosemary's Baby (1968)

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Ralph Bellamy

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Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940)

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The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

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Horror Movie of the day 2: The Wolfman (1941)

Larry Talbot(Lon Chaney Jr.) comes back to his family castle in England, to the delight of his estranged father(Claude Rains). Looking to mend their relationship after the death of his brother John, he finds himself falling in love with Gwen(Evelyn Ankers), whose father owns an antique shop from which he ends up buying a curious cane with a silver wolf head; this prompts her to mention the legend of the werewolf, whose symbol is a pentagram. The night after this meeting, Larry and Gwen along with her friend Jenny(Fay Helm) go to a wandering Roma fortune teller called Bela(Bela Lugosi)... who sees a pentagram in Jenny's hand.

Later that night, she's attacked by a beast. And when Larry comes to her aid, he ends up being bitten. Except the wound isn't visible the next morning, and Bela has been found dead. Worse yet... a pentagram appears where the bite mark should be.

Directed by George Waggner, THIS is the movie that codified werewolves for decades. It's not remotely hard to see why this film overshadows Werewolf of London, unfair as that may be: the pacing is terrific and the plotting a lot more complex, with quite intricate relationships between the cast, who show a lot of chemistry. It also lends uniqueness to the werewolf mythos by making silver their weakness.

Then, there's the photography: this one is a looker, baked in deep shadows and atmospheric fog to a terrific effect, with some very intelligent framing that makes a lot of shots pop. Chaney's make up(once again by Jack Pierce) is a lot more animalistic, which befits the deeper exploration of man's duality.

It's unfortunate that this movie's plot is at it's core dependant on stereotypes of Roma people (even if they're portrayed in quite the morally nuanced light), because otherwise the thematic backbone of the film is actually quite elegant for a monster movie of this time. Keep that caveat in mind, but otherwise this is an absolute MUST watch.

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Remembering Ralph Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991)

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One day in Hollywood, I read a script in which the character was described as "charming but dull—a typical Ralph Bellamy type." I promptly headed for New York to find a part with guts.

State of the Union, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, opened on November 14, 1945 at the Hudson Theater. Starring were Kay Johnson, Myron McCormick, and Ralph Bellamy (shown above), Ruth Hussey, and Minor Watson. The play was a hit, running 765 performances and winning the Pulitzer for drama. Bellamy's character, an industrialist who becomes a surprise Republican candidate for president, was said to have been inspired by Wendell Willkie.

Three years later the play was adapted for the screen as a vehicle for Spencer Tracy (in Bellamy's role) and Katharine Hepburn.

Photo: Associated Press

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1955 Gary Cooper like the air force more than the navy..so he is on trial