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Topic: Tony Curtis Dies At 85 RIP
Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 09/30/10 05:11 AM
Tony Curtis, a classically handsome movie star who earned an Oscar nomination as an escaped convict in Stanley Kramer’s 1958 movie “The Defiant Ones,” but whose public preferred him in comic roles in films like “Some Like It Hot” (1959) and “The Great Race” (1965), died Wednesday of a cardiac arrest in his Las Vegas area home. He was 85. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html

Gossipmpm Joined Tue 03/03/09 Posts: 19414	Thu 09/30/10 05:23 AM
RIP

RainbowTrout Joined Fri 04/06/07 Posts: 13869	Thu 09/30/10 06:04 AM
He was a good actor. Wasn't Jamie Curtis his daughter?

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 09/30/10 06:07 AM
He was a good actor. Wasn't Jamie Curtis his daughter? Yes, she was the daughter of Tony and Janet Leigh.

RainbowTrout Joined Fri 04/06/07 Posts: 13869	Thu 09/30/10 06:11 AM Edited by RainbowTrout on Thu 09/30/10 06:16 AM
Do you remember that movie he played in where his arm was cut off by the king? The king said for him put out the arm of his that offended him. I am sorry it was his hand that was cut off. It was like one of those gladiator movies.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 09/30/10 06:16 AM
Do you remember that movie he played in where his arm was cut off by the king? The king said for him put out the arm of his that offended him. Was it Spartacus?

RainbowTrout Joined Fri 04/06/07 Posts: 13869	Thu 09/30/10 06:17 AM Edited by RainbowTrout on Thu 09/30/10 06:18 AM
That may be it. I liked the one where he dressed up like a woman, too. My memory isn't what it used to be.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 09/30/10 06:22 AM
That may be it. I liked the one where he dressed up like a woman, too. My memory isn't what it used to be. Some Like It Hot, that's excellent. Him and Jack Lemmon were good together. I also like them in The Great Race.

CeriseRose Joined Mon 08/02/10 Posts: 6220	Thu 09/30/10 07:46 AM
Tony Curtis as Harry Houdini...excellent! Touching story!

CeriseRose Joined Mon 08/02/10 Posts: 6220	Thu 09/30/10 08:03 AM
Tony Curtis as Harry Houdini...excellent! Touching story! He said in an interview that Cary Grant was his inspiration... whom he modeled himself after in distinctive mannerisms.

IndnPrncs Joined Sun 11/04/07 Posts: 58420	Thu 09/30/10 08:25 AM
Awwwwwww

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 09/30/10 08:29 AM
the odd couple... one of my faves

beachdog50 Joined Sun 04/15/07 Posts: 832	Thu 09/30/10 08:37 AM
when asked what was it like. he said kissing marilyn monroe was like kissing hitler! stupid questions deserve stupid answers.

pmarco41 Joined Wed 04/30/08 Posts: 2163	Thu 09/30/10 08:39 AM
another great one gone...all we get it mediocrity...hollywood sure has lowered the bar...

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 09/30/10 08:52 AM
Lobsterman From Mars In his autobiography, Tony Curtis says that he worked on the movie because they paid him $100,000, and he needed to make child support payments. He also mentions that during the production, he never saw the scenes of the movie that his character was reacting to.

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 09/30/10 08:54 AM
That may be it. I liked the one where he dressed up like a woman, too. My memory isn't what it used to be. Some Like It Hot, that's excellent. Him and Jack Lemmon were good together. I also like them in The Great Race. Some Like it Hot is one of my favorite movies.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 09/30/10 08:59 AM
Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood(The Great Race)