http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3728 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:52:00 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3728 Great article on a fave actor of mine.  Surprised you didn't
mention his nicely subtle, low-key turn in Hitchcock's
Notorious.  But I agree with your assessment on most of the other
films you discuss.  I suspect if The Asphalt Jungle hadn't been
such a strong ensemble, he might've gotten his Best Actor nod for
that instead of The Magnificent Yankee.  Plus the showier role
usually has the edge with the Academy.  Now I've got to dig out
my copy of Devil's Doorway and finally give it a look.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3727 Tue, 06 May 2008 22:51:50 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3727 Slight typo: you have Louis Calhern travelling backwards in time,
being born in 1995 in the first paragraph!(Feel free to delete
this comment once a correction has been made.)

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3729 Sun, 04 May 2008 14:56:29 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3729 Louis Calhern is one of those actors who took a while to make an
impression on me – and I can't tell you why, as he's top drawer
in everything.  Coincidentally, I recently caught him in both
THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE and HIGH SOCIETY
on TCM recently and he was good company, even when playing a
pompous ass you'd cross the street to avoid.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3726 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:59:11 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/louis-calhern-whats-worth-while/#comment-3726 Thank you for this fascinating information about one of our great
character actors. I couldn?t help thinking though, it?s something
Natalie Schafer (if she were still alive) would have hated! Natalie, Mr.
Calhern?s third wife who you picture in the article, was 62 when she
joined the cast of Gilligan?s Island ? a fact that no one on the show
knew. She was more than 10-years older than Mr. Howell (Jim Backus) and
she kept her age top secret. So, I don?t think she would have
appreciated seeing a picture of herself lunching with hubby in the
1930s! Thanks again for the great post!

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