What's my Line? Joseph Cotton

[gottamatch]

@weightfeather1 Thanks for that :) since that comment I've read lots about Ms Francis, but it's still hard to understand 'radio' personalities in this day and age... I'd have loved to see her in more motion pictures. She's just grand, isn't she!

[63utuber]

The caption says "Dinner at Eight", but Dorothy says the play is "Once More with Feeling"

[doc1917]

@63utuber it said co-star on b-way not dinner at eight

[notredamehesamighty]

What an under rated gem. This man could ACT. Total class. Never saw him in a film that wasn't brilliant. And he never won an Oscar?

[pepsibookcat]

That was goofy fun!

I think it would've been a privilege to work with Arlene Francis.

[Aidooosh]

SO SEXY

[joychris154]

awesome southern gentleman joseph cotten born in petersburg,va.!!

[GEVMM]

He's so sexy...

I love his smile at 3:54....

[inkenyo]

Yay Joe Cott! XD Could he write his name any bigger??? XD XD XD He's so damn funny!

[Gnillob802]

Who knew Joseph Cotton was such a wacky comic.

[Muffy2314]

You summed Joe Cotten up very well. great comment.

[Muffy2314]

Great actor. this was great.

[PatinPDXOR]

Oh, this was priceless! Wonderful vocal disguise by Mr. Cotten (Not "Cotton"). Loved how it totally threw Arlene off. Thank you for posting this.

[keeneko]

I looooooooooved him in the Third Man

[Barnstormer1969]

This may be hard to believe, but Joe Cotton appeared in a Japanese science fiction movie called 'Latitude Zero' where he played a submarine captain from an underwater utopia. Cesar Romero (Joker from 'Batman') co-starred as the villan in this movie.

[gottamatch]

I haven't seen alot of his work but Joseph Cotton was brilliant in "I'll Be Seeing You" with Ginger Rogers. It's a great romantic drama.

I can't believe Dick Powell was on the panel, what was that about?! I'd love to see the entire show!

So, Arlene was an actress but not motion picture, more stage? I get Dorothy, she's like a reporter / columnest but I still don't really understand what Arlene does (besides WML) - and she's my favourite panelist!

Thank you so much for posting!!

[LindaSetonCase]

She was in some movies: Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three and The Thrill of It All come to mind. But mainly stage and radio. And she hosted a morning television program for NBC and later a long running radio interview show.

[robertwilki]

I agree that Cotton definitely deserved an Oscar. Citizen Kane, The Third Man and Shadow of a Doubt are amongst the greatest films ever made.

[chalomirof63]

Oh Lord: Eben Adams in "Portrait of Jenny", one of my favorites, and UNCLE CHARLIE in Hitch's "Shadow of a Doubt!"

[HowardOfOz]

the Oscars, especially in the last 25 or so years have more political machinations than they really do have about movies. Especially when you look at the number of nominated films that no one saw or heard of or you look @ 'wins" like Hank Fonda for On Golden Pond. A good role but hardly the pinnacle of his career, given him more for the fact he was dying than anything else...

[soulierinvestments]

Someone should write a book about the ficklness of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. People no one remembers won Oscars for roles no one remembers, and yet Joseph Cotton never won an award. And the same could be said for Dick Powell.

[renofirvine]

well,years ago i read 2 books-one was called 'inside oscar'- can't remember the other title-both NOT authorized by the academy--lots of interesting stuff,like the 1960 campaign to get 'the alamo'nominated, shameless campaign, that is(vote for this or you're unamerican,was the underlying message)-and william goldman writes good articles about the oscars for premiere magazine(he and peter bogdanovich are about the only 2 who write honestly about Hollywood)

[terestoye]

i loved Frank sinatra's performance in From Here to Eternity but I read later that his Oscar was helped by Sinatra's heavy handed shameless campaigning. He did not have to- it was great acting.Back to Cotten,I loved him in a less known movie with Alida Valli where she plays a rich handicapped woman in a wheelchair and he is a reformed gangster in love with her. Can't remember the title but I remember Joseph dearly.

[gtfopaedophile]

@terestoye

That is Walk Softly Stranger, and I agree it is a wonderful film!