Marsha Hunt Discusses Anthony Dexter
In his blog, Allan Ellenberger speaks with Marsha Hunt about Anthony Dexter, who played Rudolph Valentino in the 1951 biopic Valentino (right), and with whom Hunt co-starred in a stage production of The King and I.
Here are a couple of quotes:
"Of course I remember Valentino. By the age of eight I had already seen The Sheik and his films with Vilma Banky. Valentino smoldered, didn’t he? That was fine with me. I got his message loud and clear, even at a young age."
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"One of the first things that struck me about Tony Dexter was – and I don’t mean that it was obtrusive – but he didn’t have an ego. And I was amazed during rehearsals, this [...]
by Andre Soares | August 12, 2009
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Tags: Alice Terry, Allan Ellenberger, Anthony Dexter, Classic Movies, Columbia, Marsha Hunt, Rudolph Valentino, Valentino
IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA d: Robert Gordon
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Direction: Robert Gordon
Screenplay: George Worthing Yates and Hal Smith
Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr, Harry Lauter, Chuck Griffiths, Richard W. Peterson
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
I looked through one of my DVD sets, Columbia Pictures’ "The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen, Legendary Science Fiction Series," and plucked an old fave of mine to rewatch: the 78-minute, black-and-white, 1955 classic It Came from Beneath the Sea. While not one of the more hyped Ray Harryhausen productions, this sci-fi effort is still a cut above the usual drive-in fare of that era. As a plus — drum roll — it stars Faith [...]
by Dan Schneider | May 28, 2009
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Tags: 20 Million Miles to Earth, Charles Schneer, Chuck Griffiths, Classic Movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia, Dean Maddox Jr, Donald Curtis, Faith Domergue, Film Reviews, George Worthing Yates, Hal Smith, Harry Lauter, Henry Freulich, Horror Movies, Ian Keith, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Kenneth Tobey, Leonard Nimoy, Mischa Bakeleinikoff, Monster Movies, Mysterious Island, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Richard W. Peterson, Robert Gordon, Science Fiction Movies, The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen, The Harryhausen Chronicles
