tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post7743834988155551999..comments2024-03-27T10:44:12.502-04:00Comments on GREAT OLD MOVIES: HELL'S HALF ACREWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-82972584805546279362016-03-07T12:19:22.333-05:002016-03-07T12:19:22.333-05:00I think you're right about that, Gary, and Gar...I think you're right about that, Gary, and Garfield would have been excellent in the film version, just one of those might-have-beens ... Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-27655029051762898452016-03-06T18:26:50.942-05:002016-03-06T18:26:50.942-05:00If he had lived (and not been blacklisted), I'...If he had lived (and not been blacklisted), I've always thought that John Garfield would've likely played the lead in the film version of "The Big Knife," having starred in the original Broadway production a few years before. I imagine Clifford Odets wrote the play with Garfield, his good friend, in mind.Gary R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-67916002064524593862016-03-06T13:54:00.744-05:002016-03-06T13:54:00.744-05:00Yes, of course I meant Palance...I own the film, s...Yes, of course I meant Palance...I own the film, so I should know. Milland would have been interesting in The Big Knife, but I actually like Palance's performance as well...he is very macho but I felt he played the tortured matinee pretty interestingly, with all those Method actor touches!<br />angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-53537574185753575352016-03-05T12:33:43.902-05:002016-03-05T12:33:43.902-05:00Corey was also notable in "The File on Thelma...Corey was also notable in "The File on Thelma Jordan," not to mention "No Sad Songs for Me" and "Desert Fury." <br /><br />I think you mean Jack Palance instead of Ray Milland for "The Big Knife." I only wish it had been Ray Milland in "The Big Knife," as he could have gotten across the weakness and confusion and vulnerability of the character (as in "Lost Weekend") that the overly macho Jack Palance completely misses.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-70910759317539949862016-03-05T09:14:56.869-05:002016-03-05T09:14:56.869-05:00Wendell Corey is indeed an underrated actor--he...Wendell Corey is indeed an underrated actor--he's wonderful as Joan Crawford's husband in Harriet Craig, and even better as the evil PR hatchet man in The Big Knife, the Clifford Odets indictment of the film industry with Ray Milland. <br />Need to see this one too.<br />-Chrisangelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.com