My favorite actor is Burt Lancaster

[Navy1960]

I have to say that I loved Lancaster. Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart... all of them were good.

But there is a series of films that I just acquired on DVD. Been looking for them forever. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the Sherlock Holmes series. Filmed in the late 30's and the early 40's. I really do like those movies. There are 14 in the series. Might be labeled "B" movies now, but I just love them.

Hey Air Force, have you ever heard of a movie called Strategic Air Command, it's one of those sappy movies Stewart made during the 50's where he was a B-47 commander, I think I'm one of the few people who actually call that one of my favorites. LOL

Damn right I've seen that movie. Stewart was supposed to be a major league baseball pitcher and he gets called up when SAC is created. He starts out flying B-29's, then goes to B-36's, then onto B-47's. Remember when he crashes in Greenland trying to land at Thule in a crippled B-36?

By the way, my brother, who was a lifer, was a crew chief on B-36's in Puerto Rico. Then when the B-47 came out, he became a crew chief on B-47's.

It was one hell of a sappy movie. But I like it too.

Was in San Antonio several years ago and happened to see a cargo version of the B-36 parked in front of Kelly AFB but it looked to be in pretty bad shape. I know since that time Kelly has closed down so would be interesting to see if they ever restored the thing or not. Theres a real nice B-36 up at Wright-Pat at the USAF Museum and yes I do remember.

Never got a chance to see a B-36 in action was a wee bit before my time, however have seen several B47's in my time, had a little fun with those Air Force types in my day, brings back a lot of memories. If you ever have the chance we have a nice little Museum here down in Tucson near Davis Monthan AFB called the Pima Air and Space Museum its worth the trip for any anyone interested in aviation old or young, if they are like me they gte a bit nostalgic and feel their age when they go there LOL

 

[Dabs]

My second most favorite actor is Clark Gable (underrated) and after that Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, Bogart and Spencer Tracey.

My favorite actrreses are Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford.

Cripes!
How old are you??
I don't believe I have even heard of Burt Lancaster, if I have, I have no clue what he has played in ~LoL~
And these other people you mentioned....they are old fogies. Not calling you one.....but I watch none of them......with the excpetion of Jimmy Stewart, and I only saw him in It's A Wonderful Life.

Shenandoah was my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, you ought to check that one out. And if you like John Wayne, and please tell me you've heard of him, the movie he and Stewart made together "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was really really good.

Nope, never heard of Shenandoah either......like I said, the only movie I ever saw Jimmy Stewart in, was the Christmas classic.
I do not like John Wayne movies, nor have I ever really watched one. Yes I have heard of Wayne, but only because he was one of my Dad's favorites and I had to sit and watch Dad watch John Wayne, I grew up hating the Duke and all westerns ~LoL~
Seriously.
I loathe old timey movies, movies that are black & white and any western crappus.
My life has never been normal to say the least, so thus the reason I hadn't been privy to most of these people mentioned...even tho I too...am old *sniff*

 

[Navy1960]

My second most favorite actor is Clark Gable (underrated) and after that Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, Bogart and Spencer Tracey.

My favorite actrreses are Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford.

Cripes!
How old are you??
I don't believe I have even heard of Burt Lancaster, if I have, I have no clue what he has played in ~LoL~
And these other people you mentioned....they are old fogies. Not calling you one.....but I watch none of them......with the excpetion of Jimmy Stewart, and I only saw him in It's A Wonderful Life.

Shenandoah was my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, you ought to check that one out. And if you like John Wayne, and please tell me you've heard of him, the movie he and Stewart made together "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was really really good.

Two favortie one's John Wayne made were True Grit and Sands of Iwo Jima although the character he played in in True Grit will always be associated with him.

 

[Againsheila]

Cripes!
How old are you??
I don't believe I have even heard of Burt Lancaster, if I have, I have no clue what he has played in ~LoL~
And these other people you mentioned....they are old fogies. Not calling you one.....but I watch none of them......with the excpetion of Jimmy Stewart, and I only saw him in It's A Wonderful Life.

Shenandoah was my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, you ought to check that one out. And if you like John Wayne, and please tell me you've heard of him, the movie he and Stewart made together "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was really really good.

Nope, never heard of Shenandoah either......like I said, the only movie I ever saw Jimmy Stewart in, was the Christmas classic.
I do not like John Wayne movies, nor have I ever really watched one. Yes I have heard of Wayne, but only because he was one of my Dad's favorites and I had to sit and watch Dad watch John Wayne, I grew up hating the Duke and all westerns ~LoL~
Seriously.
I loathe old timey movies, movies that are black & white and any western crappus.
My life has never been normal to say the least, so thus the reason I hadn't been privy to most of these people mentioned...even tho I too...am old *sniff*

You can't have seen very many good ones. BTW, Shenandoah was in color.

 

[Againsheila]

Cripes!
How old are you??
I don't believe I have even heard of Burt Lancaster, if I have, I have no clue what he has played in ~LoL~
And these other people you mentioned....they are old fogies. Not calling you one.....but I watch none of them......with the excpetion of Jimmy Stewart, and I only saw him in It's A Wonderful Life.

Shenandoah was my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, you ought to check that one out. And if you like John Wayne, and please tell me you've heard of him, the movie he and Stewart made together "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was really really good.

Two favortie one's John Wayne made were True Grit and Sands of Iwo Jima although the character he played in in True Grit will always be associated with him.

True Grit was a good one, I hated the new one, although it did follow the book more closely.

Chisom was another good John Wayne movie as was "The Searchers" well, there really are too many to mention and most of the ones I remember are in color.

 

[Dabs]

Shenandoah was my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, you ought to check that one out. And if you like John Wayne, and please tell me you've heard of him, the movie he and Stewart made together "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was really really good.

Nope, never heard of Shenandoah either......like I said, the only movie I ever saw Jimmy Stewart in, was the Christmas classic.
I do not like John Wayne movies, nor have I ever really watched one. Yes I have heard of Wayne, but only because he was one of my Dad's favorites and I had to sit and watch Dad watch John Wayne, I grew up hating the Duke and all westerns ~LoL~
Seriously.
I loathe old timey movies, movies that are black & white and any western crappus.
My life has never been normal to say the least, so thus the reason I hadn't been privy to most of these people mentioned...even tho I too...am old *sniff*

You can't have seen very many good ones. BTW, Shenandoah was in color.

See?? Told ya I hadn't watched much of this stuff.....and yeah, I have probably missed a few I MIGHT like. But, I can't hardly sit still long enough to watch a 2 hour movie anyway~

 

[Truthmatters]

Here is someone else Truth, that some may not know about,

Charles Durning;
Durning served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Drafted at age 21, he was first assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, and later served overseas with the 3rd Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion. For his valor and the wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Heart medals.[2]

Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was among the first troops to land at Omaha Beach. Some sources state that he was with the 1st Infantry Division at the time, but it is unclear if he served as a rifleman or as a member of one of the division's artillery battalions.[citation needed]

Durning was wounded by a German “S” Mine on June 15, 1944, at Les Mare des Mares, France. He was transported by the 499th Medical Collection Company to the 24th Evacuation Hospital. By June 17 he was back in England at the 217th General Hospital. Although severely wounded by shrapnel in the left and right thighs, the right hand, the frontal region of the head, and the anterior left chest wall, Durning recovered quickly and was determined to be fit for duty on December 6, 1944. He arrived back at the front in time to take part in the Battle of the Bulge, the German counter-offensive through the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg in December 194
Charles Durning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stewart was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party[86] and actively campaigned for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He was a "hawk" on the Vietnam War. Following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, Stewart, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck issued a statement calling for support of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968.

I don't know about that Truth I would call Stewart more of a Eisenhower type Republican or moderate based on todays standards. I know the type well as I tend to fall into that catagory more these day's than often.

I stand corrected I thought he was a liberal.


I guess I have zuzu's petals on my brain

 

[Navy1960]

Here is someone else Truth, that some may not know about,

Charles Durning;
Durning served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Drafted at age 21, he was first assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, and later served overseas with the 3rd Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion. For his valor and the wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Heart medals.[2]

Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was among the first troops to land at Omaha Beach. Some sources state that he was with the 1st Infantry Division at the time, but it is unclear if he served as a rifleman or as a member of one of the division's artillery battalions.[citation needed]

Durning was wounded by a German “S” Mine on June 15, 1944, at Les Mare des Mares, France. He was transported by the 499th Medical Collection Company to the 24th Evacuation Hospital. By June 17 he was back in England at the 217th General Hospital. Although severely wounded by shrapnel in the left and right thighs, the right hand, the frontal region of the head, and the anterior left chest wall, Durning recovered quickly and was determined to be fit for duty on December 6, 1944. He arrived back at the front in time to take part in the Battle of the Bulge, the German counter-offensive through the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg in December 194
Charles Durning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stewart was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party[86] and actively campaigned for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He was a "hawk" on the Vietnam War. Following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, Stewart, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck issued a statement calling for support of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968.

I don't know about that Truth I would call Stewart more of a Eisenhower type Republican or moderate based on todays standards. I know the type well as I tend to fall into that catagory more these day's than often.

I stand corrected I thought he was a liberal.


I guess I have zuzu's petals on my brain

Not a problem Truth, I tend to think most of the Republicans like Stewart of the Eisenhower mold would most likely considered by some to be liberal by todays standards, but in fact they were long time Republicans.

 

[Navy1960]

Shenandoah was my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, you ought to check that one out. And if you like John Wayne, and please tell me you've heard of him, the movie he and Stewart made together "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was really really good.

Two favortie one's John Wayne made were True Grit and Sands of Iwo Jima although the character he played in in True Grit will always be associated with him.

True Grit was a good one, I hated the new one, although it did follow the book more closely.

Chisom was another good John Wayne movie as was "The Searchers" well, there really are too many to mention and most of the ones I remember are in color.

Me too, my daughter came running into the house one day and knew how much I loved the movie so she had me watch the new one, which if it were not for the acting skills of the girl who played the Maddie Ross Character would have been terrible.

 

[The Infidel]

He also was a big time liberal, along with lancaster.

You think he was against voters showing some sort of ID in order to vote ?

Just askin'

 

[ginscpy]

There were no Hollywood liberals during WW2 - after all- Russia was on our side.

After the war - some of them showed their true colors.

 

[whitehall]

"From Here to Eternity". 1st Sgt Milt Warden was Lancaster in his prime at his best.