Errol Flynn will remain forever one of the most underrated and natural actors of all time and I bet he would have been brilliant in any era unlike some great actors who do not handle different periods. Lizabeth Scott remains one of my all time favourite stars and despite her limitations she always brought something special to her roles and made them memorable. Burt was a fine actor, who occasionally was badly cast, which often made him seem bad. Watch him in Separate Tables!!! He can act...
even in this scene look at how graceful he lights those cigarettes, his grace from working a trapeze showing there. The most coordinated actor ever, even more than Flynn, but Flynn, despite his reputation was a far more gifted , subtler actor. He reminds me of Paul Newman in that sense: both either tried too hard or usually just were not good enough. Look at how Newman looks foolish next to the rest of the actors in the Hustler: Gleason, Lancaster: Fredrick March??March makes him look bad.
Lancaster was a fairly bad actor: but Elmer gantry fit him like a glove. He was great in that and not much else: even in 7 days in may, the others make him look wooden and overacting. Oh, and Atlantic City he was just about right for that. Otherwise he didnt act, he WAS, and that was of his was a fantastic physical presence. Nobody ever ate up the screen with his hands like he
at the time this was done, but was already in his 30's, but a newcomer to screen. liz had already done a couple of movies and was more relaxed. Burt's body language didn't show his desire for Liz. He should have been facing her on a slant. But, you could see he knew how to speak dialogue.
Errol Flynn will remain forever one of the most underrated and natural actors of all time and I bet he would have been brilliant in any era unlike some great actors who do not handle different periods. Lizabeth Scott remains one of my all time favourite stars and despite her limitations she always brought something special to her roles and made them memorable. Burt was a fine actor, who occasionally was badly cast, which often made him seem bad. Watch him in Separate Tables!!! He can act...
svengali46 1 year ago
even in this scene look at how graceful he lights those cigarettes, his grace from working a trapeze showing there. The most coordinated actor ever, even more than Flynn, but Flynn, despite his reputation was a far more gifted , subtler actor. He reminds me of Paul Newman in that sense: both either tried too hard or usually just were not good enough. Look at how Newman looks foolish next to the rest of the actors in the Hustler: Gleason, Lancaster: Fredrick March??March makes him look bad.
doctornoooo 1 year ago
Lancaster was a fairly bad actor: but Elmer gantry fit him like a glove. He was great in that and not much else: even in 7 days in may, the others make him look wooden and overacting. Oh, and Atlantic City he was just about right for that. Otherwise he didnt act, he WAS, and that was of his was a fantastic physical presence. Nobody ever ate up the screen with his hands like he
doctornoooo 1 year ago
Burt Lancaster was a very bad actor
92af 1 year ago
@92af you have the right to think so, but the film birdman of alcatraz was very good with him in it, very good film
Dravenswraith 1 year ago
@92af he seems to act the sameway in every movie lol
MrZol 1 year ago
@92af Burt Lancaster was a very good actor
saintpistolsburg 1 year ago
Thanks....great to see the beautiful Lizabeth Scott
tsmithers 2 years ago
Oh, I love it! Burt was and always will be my favorite! Thanks for posting it. I always loved this movie.
maryjudithconklin 2 years ago
Nice touch when Burt is looking poitedly at HER, when he sez "she was a beautiful woman" Darn good test!
rhyfeddu 3 years ago
at the time this was done, but was already in his 30's, but a newcomer to screen. liz had already done a couple of movies and was more relaxed. Burt's body language didn't show his desire for Liz. He should have been facing her on a slant. But, you could see he knew how to speak dialogue.
bigred997 3 years ago
There was chemistry between them.
LauraAmiga 4 years ago
Lizabeth scoth is almost the twin of lauren bacall,looks like her a loooootttt
projectionman 4 years ago