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Written by James M. Tate / 2/24/2024 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , harry bellaver , james francsiscus , jeanette nolan , john mcintire , kent smith , lawrence tierney , TV

LAWRENCE TIERNEY VILLAINIZES 'NAKED CITY: ONE TO GET LOST'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChIATj1cBKqk0FKdmJBg1XyqhC03M-mEhmUEeGOufq-bc_IxYD9X7qEyeU_jVQD5wgjBFBFXx_1DNmnbudliKXmC2QXNMurmMSODoRYSTFlGe9wj2Xa2DSrPh2L6t7Foq5UCj1T9V9XDn0HRKi_5VGuX8XRg3FIh9kMtqDG0_owNu-go3NU1OdO1BRMVy/s2058/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-29%20at%205.05.08%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChIATj1cBKqk0FKdmJBg1XyqhC03M-mEhmUEeGOufq-bc_IxYD9X7qEyeU_jVQD5wgjBFBFXx_1DNmnbudliKXmC2QXNMurmMSODoRYSTFlGe9wj2Xa2DSrPh2L6t7Foq5UCj1T9V9XDn0HRKi_5VGuX8XRg3FIh9kMtqDG0_owNu-go3NU1OdO1BRMVy/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-29%20at%205.05.08%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lawrence Tierney in Naked City: One To Get Lost Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the late 1950's, Lawrence Tierney, who was an RKO leading man ten years earlier, turned up mostly on television... and it was in-between his infamous drunken brawls that had ruined his career and, ironically, made those villainous small-screen guest spots a reality...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But he's always good, like this episode of NAKED CITY titled ONE TO GET LOST in which mild-mannered businessman (and another former RKO contract actor) Kent Smith has cheated on his wife with a loose lover who turns up dead and, hours before, said admitted to be dating an elevator operator...</p><p><span></span></p>

fifties, film noir or melodrama, harry bellaver, james francsiscus, jeanette nolan, john mcintire, kent smith, lawrence tierney, TV

LAWRENCE TIERNEY VILLAINIZES 'NAKED CITY: ONE TO GET LOST'

Lawrence Tierney in Naked City: One To Get Lost Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2 By the late 1950's, Lawrence Tierney, who was an RKO leading m...

QUICK REVIEW & YAPHET KOTTO REFLECTION OF 'BLUE COLLAR'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVVTpzZPrz1-cr8um7NmJTRQuBUucWJqChXsWD75S1Dro07mqXYr5Klxlz--hRO3MF9LkcrqglUfJQT-ACYgUodFHZpBb3OLmGmszsyJ5s52aBZnutI6uXxko20TZ8TCSVFlq_H_jbi-zLv2c5r6Edd3nvXP-w9ycmofnHARKiwAy6FZMOGOxZJmg0w/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202020-06-04%20at%2010.23.22%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVVTpzZPrz1-cr8um7NmJTRQuBUucWJqChXsWD75S1Dro07mqXYr5Klxlz--hRO3MF9LkcrqglUfJQT-ACYgUodFHZpBb3OLmGmszsyJ5s52aBZnutI6uXxko20TZ8TCSVFlq_H_jbi-zLv2c5r6Edd3nvXP-w9ycmofnHARKiwAy6FZMOGOxZJmg0w/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202020-06-04%20at%2010.23.22%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Yaphet Kotto with Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel in Paul Schrader's BLUE COLLAR Year: 1978 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table>"The whole thing," shares iconic black actor Yaphet Kotto of BLUE COLLAR, "had become one improvisation after another... But if my memory serves me correct, director Paul Schrader told me, Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor to improvise because he said we were 'Director Proof' actors and to 'improvise when you feel it’s necessary'; yet when we did as directed, I’m told he was annoyed — but he was lucky to have had us: The movie is a classic."<br>
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And after writing Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER, it's Paul Schrader's directorial debut: An underrated gem caught between the end of blaxploitation and the beginning of the end for the drug culture during the gloriously gritty 1970's: also the "Renaissance Period" of directors having complete control — and yet <i>the lack of</i> control is what really works...<br>

caper, cliff deyoung, dark comedy, drama, drugs, ed begley jr., harry bellaver, harry northup, harvey keitel, heist, interview, paul schrader, richard pryor, seventies, union, yaphet kotto

QUICK REVIEW & YAPHET KOTTO REFLECTION OF 'BLUE COLLAR'

Yaphet Kotto with Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel in Paul Schrader's BLUE COLLAR Year: 1978 Rating: **** "The whole thing," s...

JOHN RITTER IN HERO AT LARGE (W/ TAXI DRIVER CONNECTION)

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1980 cast: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convey, Harry Bellaver, Kevin Bacon rating: ***</td></tr>
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John Ritter plays a struggling yet optimistic actor living in New York City. Beginning at a crowded intersection, we slowly zoom in on Ritter’s Steve Nichols arguing with a lady we won't see again...<br />
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Oh well, Anne Archer’s a whole lot cuter. How ironic she was up for Lois Lane in SUPERMAN… Now she’s the Girl Friday of another superhero… but not really...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harry Bellaver watched John Ritter standing up to a non-famous Kevin Bacon (with other kid Neill Barry)</td></tr>
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He's only an actor having to dress up like one, standing outside a theater to promote a film called CAPTAIN AVENGER, a low-paying gig he really likes since, after all, pleasing crowds is Steve’s business…<br />
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The plot begins when Steve, stopping at a liquor store, thwarts a robbery – still wearing the superhero costume. This ignites the rabid media, having no clue of the masked man's identity…<br />
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Much of the film has Steve flirting with, and eventually romancing, his gorgeous neighbor, Archer’s J. Marsh, while ignoring media hype spouting from television – the news, and the incumbent mayor’s determined assistant, wants the hero revealed...<br />
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By the time Steve dons the garb and ventures downtown, the ride's almost over… It might have been interesting seeing a completely inept guy fighting crime – instead there’s a ton of whining and so much reluctance to take action, perhaps the AT LARGE should have been AT HOME…<br />
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Ritter makes for a likable romantic lead while Archer’s great to look at, as usual, but the idealistic conclusion is preachy and bulwarks the fun that should have been had along the way. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first homage to TAXI DRIVER... alright, maybe this wasn't intentional...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But the casting of Leonard Harris doing the same gesture is an obvious TAXI DRIVER nod... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You decide... Here's Leonard Harris reaching out as Senator Palantine in TAXI DRIVER</td></tr>
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anne archer, eighties, harry bellaver, john ritter, kevin bacon, kevin mccarthy, romantic comedy

JOHN RITTER IN HERO AT LARGE (W/ TAXI DRIVER CONNECTION)

year: 1980 cast: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convey, Harry Bellaver, Kevin Bacon rating: *** John Ritter plays a struggling yet optim...

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