Tony Curtis, a wonderful American actor, whose formal schooling included mostly the "school of hard knocks," left us on September 29, at the age of 85, on the heels of Arthur Penn's passing the day before...
Debbie Reynolds told Larry King that Curtis "loved life" and that, what made him a great star is, "he had the 'it' thing... he had 'it'." http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/01/tony.curtis.memorial.service/index.html
Ironically, Jamie Lee Curtis spoke with Joy Behar about her father three weeks before his death. She said while he didn't raise her, that was no strike against him -- it's how it was done in those years after a couple separated. Her mother Janet Leigh and her father divorced, in 1962, when she was 3. And, before that he was away making one film after another. But, she said, "we've repaired it and we're good." http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/09/30/behar.jamie.lee.curtis.on.dad.hln
Right now, Turner Classic Movies is airing The Defiant Ones, a rare treat in which his serious, dramatic side was on full display... one of Tony's many films which TCM has been airing today in this moving 24 hour memorial tribute to him...
Until I get around to writing more about Tony, as a placeholder, here's the IMDb bio http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0000348/bio ... as well as the New York Times summary of his remarkable life... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html ...
and some video clips of his most memorable films such as Some Like It Hot, Sweet Smell of Success, The Defiant Ones, and on the list goes... http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/tony-curtis-on-screen/?ref=movies
And, now, time to get down to the serious business of watching The Defiant Ones, which I never had the pleasure of seeing...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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