Yeah just found out another screen icon has passed away. As a kind of tribute here, i’m wondering about your response to this sad news & asking what you consider his best movies to have been? I’m going to go with this…..this & this. Thank you & go right ahead.
I remember watching a lot of Tony Curtis movies when I was very young and not qualified to be a critic. I remember that I preferred seeing him in the comedies, and that I knew ahead of time that he was going to make me laugh. I clearly remember equating him with humor as a kid.
He was huge on film. He was handsome and charming and seemed to be a real nice guy who enjoyed life and was fun to be around. He took on challenging dramatic roles and did quite well on them. But he really shined on comedies and his performance in Some Like It Hot was phenomenal and rightly made him a big screen legend.. He had a second career as an artist of some acclaim and also put a lot of energy and money into charitable concerns. He was a gentleman whose contributions certainly enriched our lives (and he was, after all, at least partly responsible for producing the wonderful Jamie Lee Curtis).
See ya…..Gary/wtf
He lived 1925 to 2010. I have loved his daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis. I can see his comedic talent and personality in her. I always knew I would like a movie, if he was in it. . . .see the parallel with Clooney?
Without a doubt, his best role was in “The Sweet Smell of Success” as the smarmy PR guy, Sydney Falco. It’s an Oscar-worthy performance. Burt Lancaster is equally fine playing a Walter Winchell type columnist. If you’ve never seen this movie, rush to netflix now.