2017
Search results
May 15, 2022 · Master thespian Laurence Olivier once deemed the cinema was beneath him, thus taking the great Vivien Leigh away from movies during her peak years. Then later he decided he needed cash for his kids with Joan Plowright so took every offer that came his way, including terrible movies like The Betsy, The Jazz Singer, and Inchon. There's also this ...
May 26, 2019 · Olivier had the respect but his career in films was on the downswing, later to be revived by The Entertainer in 1960. He needed her for box office success more than she needed him for "respectability". Her production company was making the film and Olivier was a hired director, an employee. She was the executive producer in charge of this venture.
Jan 14, 2022 · Don’t know if Pete was senile, or his greedy handler’s wanted to squeeze every last dime out of his cadaverous quiddity, but to see this ( and fortunately no one has), humiliation is utterly heartbreaking…. To see Laurence Olivier’s unwatchable performance as General MacArthur in Inchon is pitiful, distressing, and appallingly pathetic.
Nov 8, 2021 · Laurence Olivier stepped down from the directorship of the National Theatre in 1973 and became severely ill in 1974. From then on , Larry became of no use to his opportunistic cold wife Joan Plowright. She basically abandoned and mentally abused him (along with her son Richard) . He was not useful to her anymore, only a heavy burden.
Sep 25, 2024 · Laurence Oliver also played Othello on film--in blackface. By your reasoning, then, since Laurence Olivier set the precedent, it's therefore fine for all future Othellos to be white men in blackface.
Aug 2, 2024 · My Choices: Henry Fonda And Warren Beatty....They matured into pretty handsome menMy Choices who did not: Tyrone Power and Laurence Olivier. Their pretty boy looks hit the wall by the time they were ...
Jan 25, 2022 · I believe he is a severely underrated actor who does not get as much recognition as his contemporaries- Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Michael Redgrave, Rex Harrison, John Mills, etc. Richardson was a very shy and quiet man who many in the industry called distant and aloof.
6 days ago · I’ll start with a recent one-Hugo Weaving’s attempt at an American accent in Slow Horses. My god, it’s awful. The way he pronounced the word “offer” alone almost made my ears bleed. An example of a golden oldie horrible attempt at an American accent was Laurence Olivier’s in The Betsy. The man should never have been allowed to bray ...
Jun 23, 2021 · June 23, 2021 6:45 PM. After a little thought, James Mason was not as controversial as his peers either. James was boring. Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton were married to crazy women, Vivien Leigh and Elizabeth Taylor, respectively. Their personal lives were in the papers more than their movies. John Gielgud hid his homosexuality, but ...
Sep 19, 2024 · A musical score by Richard Rodney Bennett; and. An all star cast: Sarah Miles, Richard Chamberlain, Jon Finch, John Mills, Margaret Leighton, Pamela Brown, Ralph Richardson, Peter Bull, and Laurence Olivier.
