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Post by topbilled on Nov 3, 2022 4:15:24 GMT
I'm watching THIS GUN FOR HIRE tonight on the Criterion Channel. Veronica Lake and Robert Preston have above-the-title billing. At the end of the cast credits at the beginning of the movie it says 'and Introducing Alan Ladd as Raven.'
Anyone know when this practice started in Hollywood?
Any other notable examples...?
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 3, 2022 11:06:17 GMT
Fun idea for a thread. I know I've seen "Introducing..." in many credits of classic-era films, but embarrassingly, I can't think of one specific example. Going forward, I'll keep an eye out for examples to post here.
Equally interesting to the actors who were introduced with fanfare and, then, went on to big careers are the ones who didn't, of which I know I've seen several, but I also can't remember any specific examples of those films/actors.
This should be a fun thread for us to build out over time.
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Post by topbilled on Nov 3, 2022 15:07:43 GMT
David Selznick gave Ingrid Bergman this credit in her first Hollywood film, INTERMEZZO: A LOVE STORY (1939).
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Post by briannh2ok on Nov 3, 2022 19:53:53 GMT
The "Caine Mutiny" just started with Introducing credits not only for Robert Francis, but also for May Wynn.
How many films start the motion picture careers of two people at the same time? What I remember of Francis is that he died quite young. Wynn, I think had a short career and then went on to other things.
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Post by CinemaInternational on Nov 7, 2022 20:00:25 GMT
Notable examples:
The Trouble with Harry --- Shirley MacLaine
The Anderson Tapes -- Christopher Walken
The Color Purple -- Whoopi Goldberg
White Nights -- Isabella Rossellini (although she had a small role in her mother's 1976 film A Matter of Time)
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Post by BunnyWhit on Nov 8, 2022 5:35:51 GMT
An American in Paris (1951) -- Leslie Caron
The Silver Chalice (1952) -- Paul Newman
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