They had a nice interview with him on Turner Classic Movies. Catch it if they have it again.
Movies that he was in that I liked: 1952 Flesh and Fury 1953 Houdini 1956 Trapeze 1957 Sweet Smell of Success 1958 The Defiant Ones 1960 Spartacus 1961 The Great Impostor 1962 Taras Bulba 1965 The Great Race 1968 The Boston Strangler ________________________________ From: Dave Rosen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 10:43:13 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] TONY CURTIS Always liked him. He was at his best as Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success, one of my all-time favorite films... RIP, Tony aka Bernie. Dave ----- Original Message ----- >From: Kirby McDaniel >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:23 AM >Subject: [MOPO] TONY CURTIS > >Breaking News Alert >The New York Times >Thu, September 30, 2010 -- 6:31 AM ET >----- > >Tony Curtis, Hollywood Icon, Dies at 85, The A.P. Reports > >Tony Curtis, a classically handsome movie star who earned an >Oscar nomination as an escaped convict in Stanley Kramer's >1958 movie "The Defiant Ones," but whose public preferred him >in comic roles in films like "Some Like It Hot" (1959) and >"The Great Race" (1965), died Wednesday of a cardiac arrest >in his Las Vegas area home. He was 85. > >His death was confirmed by the Clark County coroner, The >Associated Press reported. > >As a performer, Mr. Curtis drew first and foremost on his >startlingly good looks. With his dark, curly hair, worn in a >sculptural style later imitated by Elvis Presley, and plucked >eyebrows framing pale blue eyes and wide, full lips, Mr. >Curtis embodied a new kind of feminized male beauty that came >into vogue in the early 1950s. > >Read More: >http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na > > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
