Loving Ghosts - Classic Actors Tribute

[honeybeeisme]

Oh, and how about Herbert Marshall and his kissing technique........ nice!!!

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@honeybeeisme , show me a girl who wouldn't like to be kissed by Herbert Marshall and I call her a liar !

[honeybeeisme]

Oh, my good gracious!! This is one of my FAVORITE videos! I watch it once a day. Sometimes TWICE. Okay, honestly... sometimes 3 or 4 times a day! Wonderful! I LOVE your choice of actors. I adore Ronald Colman! SWOON! How amazing was he is "Tale?" AND gorgeous w/ or w/out that moustache of his! The beauty of Colman is that if you were sadly struck blind you'd still have that amazing voice of his! I have always had SUCH a soft spot for Robert Young too. Fredric March, lovely!

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@honeybeeisme , I'm deeply honored by such high praise - you made me really happy ! I adore Ronald Colman, too: in my opinion, his performance in A Tale of 2 Cities was one of the best works he ever done -it was sad, poignant, beautiful - perfectly fitted to his screen personality. And I always glad to meet people who share my great weakness for Fredric March&Robert Young who definitely have to be remembered by modern audience.

[msrhea57]

Yes, I have seen "Slightly Dangerous" - it's cute. Fox Movie Channel shows the "Claudia" movies periodically if you have access to that. Another really fun one is "Honolulu" with Eleanor Powell and George Burns/Gracie Allen. RY plays a dual role.

For a good share of the last 18 mos I have been collecting RY movies. As of today I have 77 out of 98 plus two "shorts" . (If you'd like to contact me offline I might be able to help you with any of these. use this name @verizon.net )

[msrhea57]

Alice, have you ever seen Robert Young in "They Won't Believe Me" ? You're in for quite a surprise. I felt a bit sorry for him in "The Mortal Storm", too. One of my favorite of his films is "Miracles for Sale" which is sort of a murder mystery that doesn't take itself too seriously. (My favorite RY movies are: The Enchanted Cottage; Claudia; Claudia & David; The Second Woman; and Miracles for Sale.)

Sorry to hear you've been ill. Hope you are much better now.

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@msrhea57 , thank you, I'm almost OK, but that's forbidden for me now to "swim" in Net by nights(need a rest)...

Alas, I cannot find those Claudia movies anywhere ! I'd love to see "not-too-serious" murder mystery film, I'll try to find it. Robert Young was such a brilliant comedian, like Melvyn Douglas or Robert Montgomery he could play romantic scene in such funny, but sweet way ! Have you seen "Slightly dangerous" ? it's terrific !

I've seen "They won't believe me" - yes, it was surprise !

[Jennytheshipper]

I love Herbert Marshall, Robert Donat and Frederic March. Colin Clive too...Sawwwwoooooooon. RONALD COLMAN!

What is the movie at 1:16?

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@Jennytheshipper , so wonderful to meet a person who shares my taste !

I apologize for such a late answer (I've been ill), the movie you asked of was called "Evenings for sale" (1932).

By the way, have you ever heard of woman who would feel nothing looking at Ronald Colman ?

[Jennytheshipper]

I love Herbert Marshall, Robert Donat and Frederic March.  Colin Clive too...Sawwwwoooooooon.

What is the movie at 1:16?

[msrhea57]

@AliceVon Frankenstein, sounds like we might be pals or soul-mates. I 'fell' for Herbert Marshall in that same Deanna Durbin movie. :-> I've loved Robert Young since I was four years old (don't tell anybody but that's almost 50 years!). My husband is a very understanding man. LOL

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@msrhea57 , sorry for this late reply (I've been ill) ! How sweet that you "fell" for Robert Young when you were a kid of four ! (I was about six when I've got crush on Fredric March who's my "first love" from classic Hollywood, but who died years before I was born)...

...Last week I watched "Mortal storm" and was surprised seeing Robert Young playing Nazi...but I felt sorry for his character especially in his finale scene...

[msrhea57]

That's lovely. It's nice to see someone else who appreciates Robert Young (and Herbert Marshall).

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@msrhea57 , thank you. First movie with Robert Young I saw was "The Enchanted cottage" and I was so impressed by his performance so couldn't figure why he was not mentioned among classic films fans as "one of the greats". As to Herbert Marshall - I "fell" for him after "Mad about music" and was surprised that Deanna's character didn't do the same...

[001Broadway]

Fredric March is a sex on a stick. Njami....I-I-I-I-I like it.

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@001Broadway , so I'm not the only one who gets "bad thoughts" looking at Fredric March ? Especially when I watch him playing such a decent-looking Henry Jekyll...

[kakadoodoo3000]

@AliceVonFrankenstein and this is why we have our N-club. :)

[kakadoodoo3000]

@001Broadway i'd like to order a dozen of those, please. :)

[kakadoodoo3000]

What a beautiful tribute to some of our favorite deads! So glad you put a lot of footage of my "new" love, Fredric March. (Don't tell our Dwight. :P) Thanks so much for sharing this, Alice...it moved me very much--made me sad...but that means it was effective. It's gorgeous! :) Brava!

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@kakadoodoo3000 , my dear N-Club fellow, sorry to hear that it's too sad for you, so it made me "awfully" (in "Journey's end" they all used this word so many times !) happy to hear that you liked this video ! As to your "new love" - I got another movie he starred, it's called "The affairs of Cellini". Guess what March was doing there ? Girls, girls and girls again... The explanation ? "I'm an artist, she's my model" - oh dear !

[kakadoodoo3000]

@AliceVonFrankenstein re: "our" fredric, what a cad he was. hehe :) how are you, my dear friend? hope to continue "our conversation" soon. :)

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@kakadoodoo3000 , for a change March played political refugee in "So ends our night", a victim of family curse in the comedy "I married a witch" and portrayed Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" (1935). But, yes, he could play such a "sweet monster" !

[kakadoodoo3000]

@AliceVonFrankenstein Hi my dear friend! :) I really must make a note of all these movies of "our" Fredric. I mentioned though, that I avoid "Les Miserables" like the plague, because it's too depressing...however maybe "our" Fredric might entice me to watch it. Yes, he could be a sweet monster...but so could all our beloved deads--and we members of our N-club as well. (Oh well, that was supposed to be a secret. HEHE :) )

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@kakadoodoo3000 , every secret society ought to be rumored - just a bit... Yes, "Les Miserables" is the quite depressing tale, but the movie which was made in 1935 was excellent (by the way, Javert was played by Charles Laughton). Better try to find "I married a witch", that's comedy.

[kakadoodoo3000]

@AliceVonFrankenstein Hi, my dear friend...well I think the only ones who care about our "secret society" are we three members. Poor us...the Masons, we aren't. :P Thanks for recommending "I Married a Witch." It's bad enough our Deads are indeed DEAD...I don't want to watch them dying onscreen and/or unhappy. :P

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

My dear N-club fellow, that's why I'd like to see "The Sheep" in distress, despair, unhappy, abused etc. I'm so kind , don't you agree ? It's not only because she spoiled a lot of good movies, it's also some sort of physical repulsion, just hate her look...

[kakadoodoo3000]

@AliceVonFrankenstein HAHA well she certainly wasn't pretty enough to be with your colin. maybe if you imagined her beside mashed potatoes, with mint jelly on her head, she'd be easier for you to tolerate? :)

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@kakadoodoo3000 , not sure of that ! I recently realized how great would be if Elizabeth would be played by one of "my girls'' - I prefer this angel of beauty from Texas, Ann Harding who had such a melodious gentle voice...but that's only a dream...or Frances Dee (have you seen "I walked with a zombie" ? Dee played that nurse)...or Elizabeth Allan...

[kakadoodoo3000]

@AliceVonFrankenstein hello again, dear friend. :) yes, i saw them, they're so beautiful...certainly not sheeplike. i do wonder if that puppeteer, shari, got the inspiration for her puppet, lamb chop, from mae clark? HAHA i might get haunted by any of the three (including the puppet), tonight. i'll have my camera ready--i would still be proud to have a picture with a famous person, dead or alive. ;) hope i can tell lambchop from mae clark. hehe

[djuma77]

You always make such nice videos. Some great classic actors there. Some of them have been forgotten by the general public, but not by lovers of these great films. Great clips of Herbert Marshall, Colin Clive, Colman, Donat, Atwill, Robert Young, Richard Barthelmess, Fredric March, and all their co-stars. Love the scene of Dietrich kissing Atwill in "Devil is a Woman." Also the scenes from "Three Comrades," Journey's End," and "A Tale of Two Cities." Colman at the guillotine is very moving.

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@djuma77 , thank you - and how wonderful to hear that there are many people who remember these particular actors ! Each of them was unique, alas, some of them (like Clive or Donat) made only a few films, my beloved Atwill was typecasted as "crazy doctor", March (one of the best actors Hollywood ever had) is rarely mentioned among old films fans here on YT... As to "A Tale of Two Cities" I regret that this version was the first one I saw - after Colman I cannot accept anyone else as Carton...

[sebasj1978]

Another beautiful and quite moving tribute, Alice! Thanks for sharing! You did a great job, as always.

Fran

[AliceVonFrankenstein]

@sebasj1978 , thank you, I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed this video !

I just recently figured that music of their own era doesn't fit any of those actors. How odd, isn't it ? Also I'd wish to make a similar tribute - but dedicated to some of my favorite character actors (like Donald Meek or Frank Morgan), but to find proper music - it will be not very easy...

[sebasj1978]

@AliceVonFrankenstein Yes, I know what you mean. It's hard to find suitable music for some of them, but I think the effort is totally worth it, and I think you always succeed when it comes to that work. I'm looking forward to your next tribute!

[kakadoodoo3000]

@sebasj1978 I agree...Alice's music choices always suit her tributes perfectly. Can't say it often enough, she's a genius!