Fred MacMurray shirtless is just plain wrong, and kind of skeevy. Same with Ronald Reagan.
shareI didn't mind that, and I thought the line that Claudette used when he was shirtless was absolutely brilliant. I made a note of it and will use that line whenever I get into a flame war with a brainless, doofus male. :)
"You are living proof that men can exist without mentality."
Oh, I disagree. I know it's hard to get Fred-as-the-father-on-My-Three-Sons out of one's head, but he was a big handsome goof - especially when he was younger - and he had a very nice body in this film. Note especially the big thick arms . . .
shareI have always had a question about shirtless classic stars but don't know how to introduce it.
Using modern fitness standards there seems to be few men who should have gone on screen without a shirt, and IMO 'the others' doing it, sometimes ruins the romantic angle at least a bit....
How many Amish does it take to screw in a light bulb????
Maybe you have impossibly high standards in male physique. ;)
shareBut don't you think modern standards are a bit ridiculous? No one really looks like that. They must spend hours a day training, often taking drugs and/or having surgery to complete the look. FM was a rancher, farmer and sportsman with the moderately muscular build of an active man. Give me a normal body any day!
shareThey DO spend hours training to get their bodies ready to look shirtless. And dieting. They don't try to hide that from the public.
shareI just watched this movie and never recall seeing him as a fit, muscle-man type before. I even wondered if Fred MacMurray did some bulking up before the shoot. He did have very nice arms. I didn't think it was creepy...it even opened my eyes a bit!
shareI agree.
People need to get over the idea that actors who played father or mother figures in later life were always middle-aged family sitcom or Disney stars, or that they are creepy because you'd hate to see your parents in scenes like that. I was a bit shocked when I first saw Fred in Double Indemnity. :) But I got over it.
Nope, Fred was gorgeous.
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