ollie

Thank you sir! for pointing out my inadequacy shall i fetch the slipper ?

cheers Ollie.

"Bullseye !!"

Steve Crook

Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?

Steve

smudge

Dare I say it ? I dare....

"Why, in the dog of course !"

SMUDGE

Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will...

Marky B

I agree - though he was goood in Phonebooth. I think Alexander has probably proved his limitations,likewise its director Oliver Stone. He should stick to films like Platoon,JFK.
Ta Ta
Marky B

I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

tonewheel

I watched Colin Farrell in Alexander and he was lamentable, he sounded awful and looked a total fool.

Steve Crook

Well it's not exactly a surprise that 'enry 'iggins is an MCP. He did give a few indications towards piggery throughout the story.

But yes, Freddy's song "On the Street Where You Live" must be one of the great songs about unrequited love. Ignore the "humourous" opening. When he starts singing it's luverly.

Steve

samkydd

I am always critical of soapsters, especially ones who leave the series that made them household names , then some idiot producer thinks they're 'flavour of the month' and comes up with ".......a vehicle especially written for them!" This invariably turns out to be an ill-conceived pile of dogs*it lacking all credibility, designed purely to cash-in on the soapster's famous name and con gullible viewers into watching it! The only vehicle I can think of that would be suitable for most of them would be a dustcart!

Having said that, I am never critical of anyone, even soapsters, who try their best! Some who have started out fairly ropey and self conscious have put in the effort and surprised everybody with their improving talent! I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some out there somewhere!

I never criticise live stage performers though because having had a go myself I know it's bloody hard work (well it was the way I used to do it)! Those first few moments when you get on stage and you having got a f***in' clue what you're doing up there, you're totally bewildered and can't remember your own name let alone any words, and you wonder what on earth possessed you to put yourself through this hell-on-earth in the first place!

Sometimes you get sweat trickling down the inside of your legs (I hope it was sweat), and then one leg suddenly develops an uncontrolable shaking spasm, and your mouth is as dry as a Temperence Society New Year's Eve party. Once you get going though it starts to feel quite good, then you lose concentration momentarily and suddenly develop totally amnesia and then just as quickly it all comes back to you. Afterwards you're so overwhelmed with a feeling of adrenalin induced euphoria you can't relax, you feel like partying all night and you can't wait to do it all over again! You usually end up going home alone and you're so hungry, and the only places open late in London seem to be the dodgy kebab takeaways where you have to wait at least 15 minutes for the chips to cook, but they're still not as warm as the salad garnish!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

cal. burton

Hugh Grant may be poor but still a million times better than Liz Hurley.That thing where she was the devil should be buried at sea. As for bond its not the past but the future that worries me. Daniel Craig as 007. Just carnt see it myself.

samkydd

samkydd: "Right ladies and gentlemen, eyes down for a full house. Key of the door, twenty one, Kelly's Eye number one, six and two clickety duck..........................! "

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Johnjackgilbert

Rex Harrison. I dislike him intensely. A very boring actor. One face, one voice - neither very appealing. He is tiresome in Major Barbara, annoying in Blithe Spirit (but still a great film!) and insufferable in My Fair Lady - and as crap the film in Dr Doolittle.

My Fair Lady is nothing compared to the excellent Pygmailion, Leslie Howard plays the MCP but Shaw's essence remains in place - it IS a feminist play - and with Wendy Hiller as Eliza would could doubt it! By the end you KNOW Eliza will always give as good as she gets because (dare I say it) Henry Higgins has brought out the strength and indominable spirit that he longs for in her. However, it was Eliza who took the initiative and sought out Higgins after their initial meeting and she who did all the hard work.

Yes, a top film and NO REX HARRISON!

Tweedy

I could never see the point of old Rex either, but I think he's perfect for The Rake's Progress. The part fits him only too well. I can't think of anyone who would have been better suited... Dennis Price, maybe.

~Tweedy

Marky B

Ah,but was it his voice?
Ta Ta
Marky B

I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

Ascoyne D'Ascoyne

Apparently Dennis Price was considered for the Wilfrid Hyde_White role in "My Fair Lady"
I saw Rex Harrison on the stage many years ago in Pirandello's Henry iv..can't remember anything about it apart from one scene where he was hiding, for some reason, in a cupboard!

plasticjock

I was never particularly enamoured of him as an actor, even tho' he was a Scouser, but I really enjoyed his performance in 'The Ghost and Mrs Muir' with the beautifully fragile Gene Tierney.