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I just love Charles Coburn!

posted 8 years ago by lolarites-68701
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I just love this man. I try to see as many films of his as I can. Tonight is Charles Coburn night and we are getting The More the Merrier, the Green Years and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I think my favorite of all time is The Lady Eve. I guess it's Preston Sturges' magic that makes him so wonderful. Other good ones are The Paradine Case, B. F.'s Daughter and In this Our Life. I wish we had someone like him around today, but not the older on gets, they are made to walk the plank.

[–] bobd64 8 years ago

I love him too. He is so funny, and charming, and plays a great underhanded scoundrel. I love him in "The Devil and Miss Jones". It's an endearing love story that is fun. Always try to catch his films on TCM.

[–] mdonln 8 years ago

I have to agree. I think Charles Coburn was an excellent actor. I was surprised to learn that he didn't start acting, at least in movies, until an advanced age and basically after his wife died.

I've seen and enjoyed him in so many movies, I always thought he was just one of those actors who played older than his actual years. He's been in a lot of good movies. I suspect the fact he was in them helped make those movies what they were.

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