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Originally Posted by FordBronco1967
Did Errol Flynn do much other than play the swashbuckler? I mean, wasn't he just about as typecast as, say, Boris Karloff was in horror movies?
Yes, he was...and taking roles 'out of type' never seemed to work for him.
Case in point: His turn as Soames Forsyte in That Forsyte Woman. Those who have read The Forsyte Saga know Soames to be a selfish, grasping bully who repulses his wife and becomes a cuckold. I actually thought Flynn gave a good performance, but who's gonna buy into him playing such a character? His sexual charisma bled right through the screen. What's more, why would Greer Garson throw Flynn over for goody two-shoes Robert Young? I didn't buy it; I doubt audiences did, either.
But there are actors like, I don't know, Cate Blanchett or Toni Collette or even DiCaprio, who disappear into their characters. As opposed to Jack Nicholson, who is Jack Nicholson in every movie.
Odd, because both Cate Blanchett and Leo are 2 actors I thought of as essentially playing themselves, despite the character.
The list is extremely subjective and biased. Box office hits do not equate neither popularity of individual actors or talent. What about Gary Cooper, who was consistently popular, even beloved, from the 1930 to the 1950s? And with a considerable talent in front of the movie camera. And Tyrone Power who was the biggest box office draw in his day? And who did have a versatility that Flynn may not have had--watch the original Nightmare Alley!
Aside from the list being really weird, Flynn was of course a major feature in Golden Age Hollywood, and his range actually shows in The Sun Also Rises, a cynical, sad, great performance.
The list is extremely subjective and biased. Box office hits do not equate neither popularity of individual actors or talent. What about Gary Cooper, who was consistently popular, even beloved, from the 1930 to the 1950s? And with a considerable talent in front of the movie camera. And Tyrone Power who was the biggest box office draw in his day? And who did have a versatility that Flynn may not have had--watch the original Nightmare Alley!
Aside from the list being really weird, Flynn was of course a major feature in Golden Age Hollywood, and his range actually shows in The Sun Also Rises, a cynical, sad, great performance.
Talking about Cooper and Power...didnt they both look much older than their ages when they died... as did Flynn...Cooper died age 60.... Flynn 50 and Tyrone Power..a very young 44...
Talking about Cooper and Power...didnt they both look much older than their ages when they died... as did Flynn...Cooper died age 60.... Flynn 50 and Tyrone Power..a very young 44...
Like they say, It isn't the years, it's the miles...Isn't that actually a movie quote?
The list is extremely subjective and biased. Box office hits do not equate neither popularity of individual actors or talent. What about Gary Cooper, who was consistently popular, even beloved, from the 1930 to the 1950s? And with a considerable talent in front of the movie camera. And Tyrone Power who was the biggest box office draw in his day? And who did have a versatility that Flynn may not have had--watch the original Nightmare Alley!
Aside from the list being really weird, Flynn was of course a major feature in Golden Age Hollywood, and his range actually shows in The Sun Also Rises, a cynical, sad, great performance.
Yes, in fact I just bought a DVD of "Nightmare Alley" -- a superb performance by Tyrone Power.
I bet you'll agree that pretty much all analyses of categories like best movie, best actor, best actress are, at best, highly "subjective and biased".
I remember the international furor that erupted over a World War II film he starred in called Operation Burma. It centered on an American commando unit deployed to Japanese controlled Burma to destroy a radar installation. The British banned the film saying it underplayed their own role as a combat force in Burma.
Flynn had a son named Sean who was a freelance combat reporter during the Vietnam War. He was stationed in Saigon. A good looking guy who inherited his Dads good looks and charisma. Like his Dad he was a charming guy who attracted the ladies. In this case the local bar girls. Sean went out on a motorcycle to cover a combat operation in Cambodia and disappeared. To this day it remains a mystery.
Sean Flynn's mother was French born actress Lili Damita. She was Errol Flynn's first wife.
After Sean and a fellow journalist went missing in Cambodia in 1970, Damita spent a large amount of money searching for her son. He was never found and she had Sean declared legally dead in the mid 1980s.
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