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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 09:26:05
Hi Acc fans
I'm trying to put together a commemoration of those stars with huge and instant screen potential whose untimely deaths cut short a legendary career and turned them merely into legends. I'm talking about those who only starred in a handful of films before they died.
So far I've got
Robert Williams [a comic genius of the 1930s]
James Dean [of course]
River Phoenix [of double course]
Can anyone think of more ... I'm hoping to include some women, too.
Remember, these are people whose reputations are still valued and whose careers were stopped by death and not because they gave up [e.g. Carole Lynley].
PS If you've never seen the brilliance of Robert Williams try to get hold of Capra's Platinum Blond also starring Jean Harlow. He's like a combo of Gable and Cary Grant with a boy-next-door face.
BIG THANKS in advance for any help.
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| damalc |
Posted - 06/19/2007 : 03:05:04
quote:
Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
Not sure how great his potential was, but Brandon Lee?
Cheese_Ed scooped me, naming Bruce's seed. as a matter of fact, Bruce only starred in a few features. how 'bout Robin Harris and Tupac Shakur.
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| Rovark |
Posted - 06/18/2007 : 16:52:38
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
You can't close the topic before you have added Anna Nicole Smith! 
Not eligible, she couldn't have got much bigger  |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/18/2007 : 08:05:14
Anna who?
 
[as if]
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 06/18/2007 : 07:13:48
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
You can't close the topic before you have added Anna Nicole Smith!
Oh, yes she CAN!
(And I hope she does, too.)
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| thefoxboy |
Posted - 06/17/2007 : 22:56:35
You can't close the topic before you have added Anna Nicole Smith! |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 18:46:11
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
Can't agree with John Candy. From Silent Partner, his first significant role, to Wagons East is 16 years-- a longer movie career than Judy Holliday. He was also a major TV star, at least here in his home town where the best of Second City was produced.
Yup, you and CheeseEd are right ... sorry, duh ... tomorrow I will re-evaluate the list, taking into account some of CE's.
Thanks guys!
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| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 18:36:19
Even if it's too late - here are some others who died young. Whether they had bigger, better things in the future isn't always clear:
Bruce Lee
Dominique Dunne
Jean Harlow
Sharon Tate
Jayne Mansfield
Freddie Prinze
Andy Kaufman
Bobby Darin
Rudolph Valentino
I have to agree about John Candy having already peaked. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 18:14:06
Can't agree with John Candy. From Silent Partner, his first significant role, to Wagons East is 16 years-- a longer movie career than Judy Holliday. He was also a major TV star, at least here in his home town where the best of Second City was produced. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 16:04:34
quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
Judy Holliday.
Sorry, Lem ... much as I absolutely adore her ... her career spanned over too long a period and she'd already achieved major star status ... though, I agree, she'd probably have gone on to ...
you know, I was going to say she'd have gone on to a rich and varied film career into her old age ... but then I thought of people like Barbara Bel Geddes, or even Lauren Bacall ... so what she probably would have gone on to would have been as a running character in a sit com .... or, heaven forfend, as a comedy turn in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
Sigh .... 
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| lemmycaution |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 15:41:11
Judy Holliday. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 15:20:16
Okay, folks ...and with HUGE thanks to the ACC TEAM FWFR here's the line-up:
John Belushi
John Candy
John Cazale
James Dean
Brandon de Wilde
Francoise Dorleac
Jeanne Eagels
Chris Farley
Mario Lanza
Brandon Lee
River Phoenix
Gilda Radner
Edie Sedgwick
Olive Thomas
Robert Williams
I think I'll close the book on this, or it'll get tooooooooo unwieldy!
Be on the look-out for a bizarre trophy ... I will post it up when ready 
PS Thanks, duh ... ya just sneaked that one in on me ... very welcome, though!
And, Sal -- thanks again ... got a couple from that 2nd list.
OK -- enough now. Big hugs
BB |
| duh |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 15:20:10
Here's a great one for you: John Candy. I still miss him! Which reminds me...John Belushi. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 15:12:19
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
What about me? 
How could I forget?!!!
Many thanks, Foxy ... he'll do nicely
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 15:09:22
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Both MM & Sal Mineo worked at or near the top over several decades. [funnily enough -namedrop alert - I met them both  ]
Now we know what finished them off.
Well, you've met me, so ya better watch yer step!
In that case I better try to put my affairs in order.
Now, let's see, was Mary before Jane or was it the other way around? 
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 14:55:33
quote:
Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
Not sure how great his potential was, but Brandon Lee?
Thanks, Cheesy ... in he goes! Lots of buzz at the time, I recall, about his untapped potential, and he certainly had the kind of screen appeal that would have made him a cross-over to mainstream cinema.
Many thanks!
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