ACTUALLY, IT'S RAY MILLAND, NOT MILLARD--WHO I ALWAY REMEMBER AS "THE GUY THAT LOOKS AND SOUNDS A LOT LIKE CARY GRANT, BUT ISN'T.) MY ADVICE AND DEVICE I USE IS THIS FORMULA: IF IT LOOKS LIKE CARY GRANT, AND SOUNDS LIKE CARY GRANT, BUT YOU JUST HAVE THIS INKLING OF DOUBT, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH BET THAT IT'S RAY MILLAND, WHO IS A TRULY FINE ACTOR IN HIS OWN RIGHT. THE BEST EXAMPLE THAT COMES TO MIND IS 1945's: THE LOST WEEKEND--TRULY THE FIRST HOLLYWOOD FILM TO DEAL REALLY, AND I MEAN REALLY, WITH THE RAVAGES OF TRUE ALCOHOLISM, DELERIUM TREMENS, SHAKES, SEIZURES, BLACKOUTS, ABOUND AND THIS IS NOT ONE FOR THE SQUEAMISH, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALISM HERE: MILLAND'S CHARACTER'S WITHDRAWAL IS UTTERLY HORRIFYING, YET YOU HAVE TO WATCH. . . IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU TURN AWAY, OR GO TO THE RESTROOM, YOU'LL MISS THE MINDSET AND CONTINUITY THAT BILLY WILDER HAS UNLEASHED UPON YOU--AND IN THE END YOU KNOW AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL, NOT ONLY THAT IT GOT PASSED THE CENSOR'S BOARD, BUT THAT BILLY WILDER HAD THE GUTS TO CRAM THIS MUCH NEEDED "MEDICINE" DOWN THE VIEWERS' COLLECTIVE THROAT, SAYING IN EFFECT: THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY . . . EVEN THE BEST PEOPLE OF SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEEN REJECTED FOR SLAVING AWAY AT THEIR ART OR SKILL TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD GONE WRONG . . . IN FACT THE MAJORITY OF ALCOHOLICS AND CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PEOPLE ARE KIND GENTLE SOULS ON THE INSIDE, THAT JUST COULDN'T OR DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH THE CRUELTY THEY SAW IN THE WORLD. Milland:best actor/best pic
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