I remember the Brando "Mutiny on the Bounty" as being a disappointment -- but then I remember the Brando "Island of Doctor Moreau" as being a disappointment, and pretty much anything else I've seen him in :-( "Streetcar Named Desire" was all right, I suppose, but he's not supposed to be an attractive/admirable character in that and it's very much a supporting role. His isn't the part you remember.
I found the famous "From Here to Eternity" a bit disappointing as well, although Sinatra is unexpectedly good in his 'straight' role. I'd definitely recommend keeping an eye out for Burt Lancaster elsewhere. He did some pretty good gangster/noir films at the start of his career before anybody put him in swashbucklers, for one thing -- and have you seen his swansong role as the Phantom's father (yes, really!) in the Yeston/Kopit "Phantom"? It's a peach of a part, excellently played, and you'd never know he was to die so soon afterwards... :-(
I'd recommend looking out for Leslie Howard (probably easier to find on this side of the Atlantic) and Edward G. Robinson films as well; when I started watching old movies I didn't know anything about anyone, but I started noticing certain actors repeatedly, and ended up actively making a point of watching films with them in when they came on TV. Fandom, you might say ;-)
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I remember the Brando "Mutiny on the Bounty" as being a disappointment -- but then I remember the Brando "Island of Doctor Moreau" as being a disappointment, and pretty much anything else I've seen him in :-(
"Streetcar Named Desire" was all right, I suppose, but he's not supposed to be an attractive/admirable character in that and it's very much a supporting role. His isn't the part you remember.
I found the famous "From Here to Eternity" a bit disappointing as well, although Sinatra is unexpectedly good in his 'straight' role. I'd definitely recommend keeping an eye out for Burt Lancaster elsewhere. He did some pretty good gangster/noir films at the start of his career before anybody put him in swashbucklers, for one thing -- and have you seen his swansong role as the Phantom's father (yes, really!) in the Yeston/Kopit "Phantom"? It's a peach of a part, excellently played, and you'd never know he was to die so soon afterwards... :-(
I'd recommend looking out for Leslie Howard (probably easier to find on this side of the Atlantic) and Edward G. Robinson films as well; when I started watching old movies I didn't know anything about anyone, but I started noticing certain actors repeatedly, and ended up actively making a point of watching films with them in when they came on TV. Fandom, you might say ;-)