Lawrence P. "Yogi" Berra
Participated in the Normandy invasion as a gunner's mate on D-Day
Posted on 12/18/2004 7:14:21 PM PST by Slyfox
If you look at movies or pictures of Stewart before the war and then compare them to those immediately following the war, you'll see a huge difference. He looks 10 or 15 years older. His once smooth face is now lined and there's a certain hardness in his eyes. This is just something I've noticed--he's one of my favorite actors.
All true points. Being a guy, I'm not a Hugh Grant fan, with the exception of About a Boy, which was a nice dramady. I just didn't think that he deserved to be lumped with people like Cruise. No big deal though.
I only attended one taping of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It was back in 1987. Jimmy Stewart was the guest that night.
Cool list. Some of my favorites.
OMG!!! That's a riot!
Out of curiousity, did they talk about his affair with Shirley MacLaine in the book. I saw an interview with her on AMC the other day and she made it clear that he was the big "love of her life." I was surprised, don't know why.
uhhhh, no. They would have been tarred and feathered. There were hollywonks back then, too. Difference was back then a traitor WAS a traitor. And... McCarthy was right.
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Yeah, she was a big part of the book. IIRC, they finally broke up because Mitchum couldn't leave his wife for her. Shirley was devastated. Soon after she got all weird and mystical. The two events are probably related.
Lawrence P. "Yogi" Berra
Participated in the Normandy invasion as a gunner's mate on D-Day
I read a about Rod Serling. While on patrol in the Phillipines, a US cargo plane got its directions screwed up and dropped a crate on one of his buddies--ouch!
Near war's end, Mitchum was drafted into the Army but spent most of his eight-month service career promoting "G.I. Joe." Friends said he was bitterly disappointed when he failed to win the supporting actor Oscar, although Mitchum said he didn't care.
I have to say this about MacLaine, she's so nutty, but so talented and so interesting. The interview was captivating. It made me want to go now and read her autobiography. They just don't make them like that anymore.
She used to be a real babe. She was great in The Apartment.
Todays Hollywood = Pussies
BWAAAAHAAAAA! And spoiled rotten. As much as they swear to leave America, they seldom do. This is the source of all their comfort.
She's great in everything she's in.
One I'm surprised didn't get on this list was Robert Taylor! He was one of a bunch of actors like J.Stewart, and Charlton Heston, and etc., who were in the service at that time. He played soldier parts in a number of films. One of them was as a general of an ancient Roman army in "Quo Vadis?".
I was hoping that other Hollywood heroes would be identified. Again, Freepers come to the rescue.
To add to it, he was initially rejected for being underweight. He did everything he could to quickly bulk up.
Sterling Hayden did some dangerous work for the O.S.S., but he was a communist. He supposedly disavowed the CP in his later years, though.
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