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Post by topbilled on Jul 24, 2024 13:49:59 GMT
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Post by I Love Melvin on Jul 24, 2024 19:23:15 GMT
These two had an interesting dynamic, with Bette more the one calling the shots and expecting him to follow her lead. Even though that's really a description of the characters they were playing, they were probably cast in those roles because they were uniquely suited to them. Whereas someone like George Brent could stand up to Bette, Marshall would cave. Bette excelled at strong women and Marshall excelled at more passive or compromised men, so between them they turned the usual male - female formula on its head, or at least sideways.
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Post by topbilled on Jul 25, 2024 0:08:21 GMT
These two had an interesting dynamic, with Bette more the one calling the shots and expecting him to follow her lead. Even though that's really a description of the characters they were playing, they were probably cast in those roles because they were uniquely suited to them. Whereas someone like George Brent could stand up to Bette, Marshall would cave. Bette excelled at strong women and Marshall excelled at more passive or compromised men, so between them they turned the usual male - female formula on its head, or at least sideways. |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jul 25, 2024 18:55:20 GMT
Bette Davis and her best male scene partner on screen really got me thinking. Now I would select Leslie Howard since I really enjoy the 3 films they made together, Of Human Bondage, The Petrified Forest, and Its Love I'm After, but I never considered who would be next.
Herbert Marshall could be that actor. He gives a solid performance in all of their 3 films together.
Claude Rains should be considered, but in many of the films, Rains wasn't the leading actor but instead a supporting character. Either way, in most cases Rains and Davis had great chemistry.
George Brent filled a role for Warner Bros. in all the Bette Davis movies he was in, and his somewhat limited abilities were well matched with the role WB casted him in. AND, WB producers didn't insist that if Davis was loaned out to another studio, that studio has to also case Brent in the film. (e.g. Brent in the Marshall role in The Little Foxes, when Davis was loaned out to Goldwyn).
PS: Errol Flynn deserves consideration, especially for his performance in The Sisters.
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