I have been thinking that the Film Section 2 deserves to move to Film Section 3 ... up to 187 comments and it is getting too long and I thought to make it easier for those of us who particularly enjoy putting up comments there ... which brings me to what stirred me into action. I was watching on TV the Inn of the Sixth Happiness with the wonderful Ingrid Bergman playing Gladys Alyward, a tiny missionary I once met at the Queen's Hall in Newtownards where she was addressing an evangelical meeting and I had been sent along by my editor who thought I needed saving. Anyway, while watching Ingrid and Curt Jurgen doing their thing a character suddenly appeared playing a Mandarin and I couldn't quite believe my eyes ... isn't that Robert Donat I asked? Robert Donat ... Thirty Nine Steps. I had forgotten that he was a versatile character actor with an illustrious career and playing Wang Cheng would not be a problem for a man who had run halfway across the Scottish Highland. Anyway, it got me to wondering about lesser roles that famous actors and actresses have played after their moment of glory ... so I am hoping for some suggestions ...
Died March 24 208
Best line from "Some Like It Hot". Marilyn Monroe to Tony Curtis in the Yacht Scene. "Oh, do you play water polo?"
Curtis, (in his Cary Grant voice) "I'll say. I've had two ponies drowned under me."