What do these two guys have in common?
On Friday Dave and I saw two movies. In the afternoon we went to the Enzian to see the new 2012 film "Arbitrage" with the yummy Richard Gere.
As Col. Potter used to say on MASH, "there aren't enough o's in the word smooth" to describe Mr. Gere.
That same night we went to bed and watched the 1950 version of "Born Yesterday" staring the excellent but always scruffy actor Broderick Crawford. And also staring Judy Holliday who won an Academy Award that year for this film. It's one of my favorites.
In "Born Yesterday" Crawford plays an uncouth international junk dealing tycoon who yells at, threatens,and slaps people around. Including Judy Holliday. His favorite phrase is "Do what I'm tellin' ya!"
In "Arbitrage" Gere plays a smooth as glass, gentile but troubled hedge fund magnet. He never raises his voice. But he also expects all of the people around him to do exactly what he tells them to do. And while I'm sure he'd never hit a woman, he does kill one.
Interesting to see these two movies (on the same day) with these two actors playing two sides of the same coin.
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On Friday Dave and I saw two movies. In the afternoon we went to the Enzian to see the new 2012 film "Arbitrage" with the yummy Richard Gere.As Col. Potter used to say on MASH, "there aren't enough o's in the word smooth" to describe Mr. Gere.
That same night we went to bed and watched the 1950 version of "Born Yesterday" staring the excellent but always scruffy actor Broderick Crawford. And also staring Judy Holliday who won an Academy Award that year for this film. It's one of my favorites.
In "Born Yesterday" Crawford plays an uncouth international junk dealing tycoon who yells at, threatens,and slaps people around. Including Judy Holliday. His favorite phrase is "Do what I'm tellin' ya!"
In "Arbitrage" Gere plays a smooth as glass, gentile but troubled hedge fund magnet. He never raises his voice. But he also expects all of the people around him to do exactly what he tells them to do. And while I'm sure he'd never hit a woman, he does kill one.
Interesting to see these two movies (on the same day) with these two actors playing two sides of the same coin.
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