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He'll always be "Twitchy Phillip" to me. (Hitchcock's Rope). Fine actor.
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Mar 29, 2011 - 9:39 AM
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manderley
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Granger and Stewart---the photo obviously taken during a rehearsal for "Dancing With The Stars".
Looks like they're going to do an angry Apache Dance this week. 
Several of my favorite Granger appearances not mentioned here (or in the obituaries), are in Goldwyn's ENCHANTMENT and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, and in the lovely Vincente Minnelli "Mademoiselle" sequence with Ethel Barrymore and Leslie Caron in THE STORY OF THREE LOVES. It should also be noted that many of Granger's films had the benefit of fine scores from the likes of Friedhofer, Tiomkin, Rozsa and others.
The interstitial interviews that Granger did for TCM, which occasionally play at random times, are also very thoughtful and interesting. His early years of the 1940s were spent playing earnest young men, much like Montgomery Clift, and, perhaps, Robert Arthur, until that type was ultimately supplanted by more angry young men like James Dean and Marlon Brando and Nick Adams in the '50s. Granger never really reached the peak of stardom and fame, I'd say, but he had a very longlived and ultimately rewarding career in various media until late in life, unlike some of his contemporaries.
And he had great stories about his filmmaking days---that he told very well on camera.
An interesting actor and personality.....but yet another from the Golden Age is gone.
RIP, Farley Granger.
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That's really sad news! Coincidentally, I've been thinking about Granger since the beginning of the week (without knowing about his passing until now). I was just about to post a thread about Miklos Rozsa's score to "Story Of Three Loves" and particularly about the Caron-Granger sequence. The "Nocturne" is pure magic...
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DavidinBerkley,
If you're a fan (my mom is, holy cow, she loved the guy), you owe it to yourself to check out his autobioigraphy if you haven't already. Very interesting and straightforward, and he seemed to have enjoyed his life and the ups and downs of his career. I only knew him from a couple of movies and had no interest in reading it, but I think I read it in one evening. After his star faded somewhat he became a 'working actor' (not that he didn't work before but you know what I mean) and seemed to have a decent life.
Thank you for the reminder, JS. I need to see if it is in the library yet.
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best performance: GET SMART
as a mad scientist plotting to destroy Washington in "one big dissolve"
camp acting at it's finest!
rip
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I downloaded his book, INCLUDE ME OUT, onto my Nook a few months ago. It's a fascinating read, well worth your time.
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DavidinBerkley,
If you're a fan (my mom is, holy cow, she loved the guy), you owe it to yourself to check out his autobioigraphy if you haven't already. Very interesting and straightforward, and he seemed to have enjoyed his life and the ups and downs of his career. I only knew him from a couple of movies and had no interest in reading it, but I think I read it in one evening. After his star faded somewhat he became a 'working actor' (not that he didn't work before but you know what I mean) and seemed to have a decent life.
Thank you for the reminder, JS. I need to see if it is in the library yet.
I just read it.
It turns out he was good friends with Alex North. THE Alex North. Awesome.
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It turns out he was good friends with Alex North. THE Alex North. Awesome.
Awesome indeed! That is like Harvey Corman being best buds with Jerry Goldsmith. Headly Lamarre and Jerry. Now that is Uber awesome.
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I'm just a reflection of what they are. Decadent, corrupt, lost in the myriad facades of a dying city.
Translation, please!
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Where are the usual 300 posts by Bob Dimucci with all the movie posters, reviews, etc. that the deceased was in?
Yeah.
I mean he's STILL posting Robert Forster obscurities and straight to d
Video titles!
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DavidinBerkley,
If you're a fan (my mom is, holy cow, she loved the guy), you owe it to yourself to check out his autobioigraphy if you haven't already. Very interesting and straightforward, and he seemed to have enjoyed his life and the ups and downs of his career. I only knew him from a couple of movies and had no interest in reading it, but I think I read it in one evening. After his star faded somewhat he became a 'working actor' (not that he didn't work before but you know what I mean) and seemed to have a decent life.
Thank you for the reminder, JS. I need to see if it is in the library yet.
I just read it.
It turns out he was good friends with Alex North. THE Alex North. Awesome.
Are you sure it wasn't ' thee' Alex NORTH?
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