Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: Ray Milland Ruined Rosey Grier's Acting Career

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Ray Milland Ruined Rosey Grier's Acting Career

Rosey could have been BIG.

But the Man wouldn't let that happen.

12 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...: Rosey? What about poor old Ray Milland? Reduced to D crap like that in his old age.; September 4, 2013 at 9:36 PM
Kal said...: Hey, Ray has sold out LONG before this. Have you ever seen FROGS. And Rosie was an up and comer. This broke him. He was never the same knitter afterwards that he was before. Or did he do needle point. I can't remember.; September 4, 2013 at 10:01 PM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: Oh, you beat me to the "Frogs" reference Kal! Maybe just as well, I probably would have made some lame pun about how his career just croaked.; September 5, 2013 at 7:13 AM
DrGoat said...: I'm with Debra on this one. OK, so he got old, so what. Getting old sucks, I can attest to that. Maybe he should have retired earlier, but hey, everyone needs money right? Besides, he was great in the Lost Weekend and the Man with the X-ray Eyes.; September 5, 2013 at 7:36 AM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: I say Lost Weekend last year, great movie (though I say that about almost everything that Billy Wilder directed). I don't know how well it might play with more contemporary viewers since it seems like every PSA/Lifetime drama about "Addiction to X ruined my life" is just a pale imitation of that great performance.

I didn't know he was in the Man with X-Ray Eyes, that may move it up on my to-see list.; September 5, 2013 at 7:48 AM
DrGoat said...: I admit that Ray M. takes some getting used to in a part, not like say, William Holden, who is just obviously cool and awesome right off the bat. X-Ray eyes is a quirky movie, but Ray M. fits in pretty good.; September 5, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Kal said...: William Holden always played a guy you could root for. Milland usually played asshole corporate types or asshole rich guys or asshole criminal masterminds.; September 5, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: I remember William Holden from two other Billie Wilder films "Sabrina" and "Stalag 17". Seeing those back to back, I knew he'd made my "Will Watch in Anything" actors list.; September 5, 2013 at 11:47 AM
DrGoat said...: Stalag 17. A really great classic. Also Sunset Boulevard. Could watch those anytime!; September 5, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Kal said...: Two other great films. Holden had one hell of a career.; September 5, 2013 at 1:59 PM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: I enjoyed Sunset Boulevard, but it had the same problem as Blue Brothers, were the disc was so scratched up, I keep hitting snags were I had to flip the disc over from widescreen to fullscreen and then back again to finish the movie! Fortunately both flicks were good enough that this process seemed painless, and it was better than the first time I rented "Die Hard" which as so damaged you couldn't even bring up the title menu.; September 5, 2013 at 2:07 PM
DrGoat said...: Sounds like a DVD nightmare. I've gotten dvds from netflix that were actually cracked in half.
PS I really like the dialog in Sunset Boulevard. There's one scene with the dead chimp and the old organ wheezing in the backround. I really like the old voice-over narration by the main character.; September 5, 2013 at 4:22 PM

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