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Susan
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Date Posted: 11:28:35 09/17/02 Tue
In reply to:
Michelle
's message, "Poison Pen" on 03:07:17 09/17/02 Tue
Thanks for posting your review! I'd been hoping he'd be in it a bit more judging by the second billing, but that's not always an indicator (as in Snowbound and Odd Man Out, for example). Sometimes it seems like they're just cashing in on his name.
The lack of screen time is pretty typical for that stage of his film career. You've been lucky to see a lot of his lead (or near lead) performances. Jamaica Inn is really an exception (thanks, in part, I'm sure, to his friend Charles Laughton) ... and he has a fairly good-sized supporting role in Laughton's other Mayflower venture, Vessel of Wrath, as well as The Squeaker. His part in the Green Cockatoo is fairly substantial--but (like The Squeaker) only for part of the film. I think he might have a decent-sized role in Hell's Cargo from what I've read about it, but I've never seen the movie. The others (that I've seen) are almost cameos. It seems to me that his scene-stealing performance in Major Barbara (1941), which got great reviews, was what led to his getting more juicy roles. He's good as a romantic lead, of course, but all it really takes is a pretty face to play those roles. I think Major Barbara finally gave him a chance to show how versatile he was.
Now, if you *really* want to be disappointed, check out Gaslight. If you round up to the nearest minute, I think his scenes might total about two minutes! And don't blink, cuz you might miss him. I was bored to death by the rest of the film, when I wasn't being annoyed by the main characters.
Then again, we're probably biased ... Unless he's in every scene, there's never enough Bobby for us, is there? ;-)
Did you recognize what kind of accent he was speaking in?
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