Not Even Nominated - DiLeo, John

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Résumé :
Most books about screen acting, including one of the author's (100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON'T), concentrate on major stars and major roles. THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS focuses on the wonders achieved by performers in brief roles, sometimes mere cameos. To watch an actor's complete delineation of a character in a few minutes is to marvel at his/her talent, concentration, and invention. Each of the 100 performances spotlighted in the book aims to evoke not just each actor's individual impact but how he/she's imaginative gifts invigorated (and sometimes even stole) their films. From 1935 to 2019, the text surveys great artists who mastered playing for the camera, seizing moviegoers' attentions and deserving places of honor for their contributions...

Biographie:
John DiLeo is the author of seven other books about classic movies: And You Thought YouKnew Classic Movies, 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember-But ProbablyDon't, Screen Savers: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery, Tennessee Williams andCompany: His Essential Screen Actors, Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies,Ten Movies at a Time: A 350-Film Journey Through Hollywood and America 1930-1970, andThere Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances with Screen Time of 10Minutes or Less.He has been an annual participant in the Black Bear Film Festival (Milford, PA),conducting onstage interviews with such notables as Farley Granger, Arlene Dahl, MargeChampion, Keir Dullea, Jane Powell, Rex Reed, Tab Hunter, Lorna Luft, and JaneAlexander.Born in Brooklyn, he currently resides in Milford, PA, where he can be found most Sundayafternoons introducing classic movies on the big screen at the historic Milford Theater.DiLeo is present on social media in the usual places, including Facebook and Instagram(john.dileo.12). His website is johndileo.com....

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ContentsIntroduction 9Charles Farrell in 7th Heaven (1927) 11George O'Brien in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 19Chester Morris in The Divorcee (1930) 25Miriam Hopkins in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 31Freddie Bartholomew in Captains Courageous (1937) 37Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story (1940) 45Joel McCrea in The More the Merrier (1943) 53Dorothy McGuire in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) 61Myrna Loy in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 69Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 77Edward G. Robinson in Key Largo (1948) 85Broderick Crawford in Born Yesterday (1950) 91Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953) 99Gladys Cooper in Separate Tables (1958) 107Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur (1959) 115Jean Simmons in Elmer Gantry (1960) 123Maggie Smith in The V.I.P.s (1963) 131David Tomlinson in Mary Poppins (1964) 139Dirk Bogarde in Darling (1965) 147Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967) 155Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968) 163Kim Darby in True Grit (1969) 171...