tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post8097957046709780889..comments2024-03-07T13:03:54.082+00:00Comments on Back to Golden Days: Film Friday: «The Defiant Ones» (1958)Back to Golden Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10611559846549739163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-50360361359104128442019-03-17T16:05:02.842+00:002019-03-17T16:05:02.842+00:00Pretty absurd that Niven that year beat out both C...Pretty absurd that Niven that year beat out both Curtis and Pottier for best actor Oscar.<br />As for Mitchum, I don’t dismiss the possibility of making a comment like that to a drinking buddy, but I somehow doubt that he actually said the words as paraphrased.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653071705972795420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-51784514300293937652017-07-11T23:58:40.667+01:002017-07-11T23:58:40.667+01:00i am thunderstruck by all the actors i admire that...i am thunderstruck by all the actors i admire that were not eager to work with sidney poitier and who in retrospect never worked with sidney poitier since being approached to do the defiant ones. i'm not surprised about robert mitchum's reaction to working with poitier. perhaps i should admire him for his honesty. peck, sinatra, lancaster, and douglas maybe did not invoke the n-word, but maybe they felt exactly the same way as mitchum. that sentiment would certainly be ironic for peck considering his role in to kill a mockingbird. i am bemused by the fact colonel parker was fine with elvis assailing sammy davis, jr. with the n-word, but he just didn't want the audience to think in the end that he could be friends with a man of color. that speaks volumes.petercox97https://www.blogger.com/profile/05818754297522029991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-27736164016757610172016-06-04T18:45:51.438+01:002016-06-04T18:45:51.438+01:00Thanks for all the historical context! It's a ...Thanks for all the historical context! It's a shame Elvis didn't get to do the movie, when he wanted to so bad, but I wouldn't want anyone but Poitier and Curtis in it (I wondered why Curtis looked different in the movie! It was the nose!). It's a shame he never got an award either. I love watching the clip of Poitier getting his Oscar. I tear up every time :)Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com