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Speed_Gibson · 04-18-2004, 04:42 PM

0) -> Harry Lime - AKA The Third Man as Portrayed by Orson Welles in the 1950 film. The character was fleshed out some in the superb radio show in '52 also starring George Orson Welles.
1) -> Bette Davis in The Little Foxes; excellent portrayal of the negative effects of someone placing high-profile business (the family in the film was at least $400K in 1900 if memory serves) before everything else including family. Excellent prequel as well set during the war between the states showing how the only daughter of the family gained control.
2) -> Charlie Chaplin in his numerous portrayals of 'The Tramp' character
3) -> W.C. Fields playing the lovable usually drunk scoundrel/petty crook (pretty much all of his films)
4) -> Brigitte Helm playing the robot in the oft-copied groundbreaking Fritz Lang masterpiece Metropolis
5) -> Archibald "Cary Grant" Leach playing Mortimer Brewster in the timeless Arsenic and Old Lace - he showcases his full incredibly flexible range (and Priscilla Lane is damn fine too).
6) -> Humphrey Bogart setting the standard for the Film Noir genre with movies like The Maltese Falcon and the The Big Sleep
7) -> Barbara Stanwyck playing the treacherous vixen and using Fred McMurray as the dupe in Double Indemnity

might think of more later, those are just off the top of my head, and I did try to think of someone later than 1950.
edit: thought of some more. might try to do a list of characters after 1950 or so but most of my focus musically and in films is <1955.

04-18-2004, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Speed_Gibson Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Location: right here of course	0) -> Harry Lime - AKA The Third Man as Portrayed by Orson Welles in the 1950 film. The character was fleshed out some in the superb radio show in '52 also starring George Orson Welles. 1) -> Bette Davis in The Little Foxes; excellent portrayal of the negative effects of someone placing high-profile business (the family in the film was at least $400K in 1900 if memory serves) before everything else including family. Excellent prequel as well set during the war between the states showing how the only daughter of the family gained control. 2) -> Charlie Chaplin in his numerous portrayals of 'The Tramp' character 3) -> W.C. Fields playing the lovable usually drunk scoundrel/petty crook (pretty much all of his films) 4) -> Brigitte Helm playing the robot in the oft-copied groundbreaking Fritz Lang masterpiece Metropolis 5) -> Archibald "Cary Grant" Leach playing Mortimer Brewster in the timeless Arsenic and Old Lace - he showcases his full incredibly flexible range (and Priscilla Lane is damn fine too). 6) -> Humphrey Bogart setting the standard for the Film Noir genre with movies like The Maltese Falcon and the The Big Sleep 7) -> Barbara Stanwyck playing the treacherous vixen and using Fred McMurray as the dupe in Double Indemnity might think of more later, those are just off the top of my head, and I did try to think of someone later than 1950. edit: thought of some more. might try to do a list of characters after 1950 or so but most of my focus musically and in films is <1955. __________________ Started talking to yourself I see. Yes, it's the only way I can be certain of an intelligent conversation. Black Adder Last edited by Speed_Gibson; 04-18-2004 at 04:51 PM..