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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 10:01 AM
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Olivier's WORST roll?
"49th Parallel"

He plays a French Canadian trapper in a 1941 war propaganda film about nazis landing in Canada.
On TCM now.
Pee-Yew.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033627/
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 10:59 AM
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1. I'm going to say his worst roll was a kaiser roll...
or maybe a sesame roll.

As for his worse role, I can't say I've seen many of his movies, but I do know his preference for baked goods.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 11:01 AM
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2. I've never seen him rolling in a movie
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 11:20 AM
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3. Not even close.
"Inchon."

Moonie-financed POS movie about the Korean war.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084132/

Olivier played Douglas MacArthur.
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 06:04 PM
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11. Absolutely
Edited on Mon Feb-26-07 06:04 PM by Arkham House
"Inchon" is quite possibly the worst movie ever made, and nothing can excuse Olivier's participation in it. There really are some things you do not do for money--and this was one of them...
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 01:32 PM
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4. Not even close...ever see a movie called "The Betsy"?
Typical Harold Robbins tripe. And Laurence Olivier is in it. Ugh.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077228/
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 02:39 PM
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8. UGH!
That is an AWFUL movie.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 02:30 PM
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5. You really mustn't forget The Jazz Singer.
The image of L.O. clapping along to "Coming to America" is something that still makes me squirm.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 02:34 PM
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6. Zeus......
Clash of the Titans......
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 02:39 PM
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7. Wasn't he in "The Betsy?"
I heard that he was pretty stink-a-fied in that.

Heck, Clash of the Titans wasn't high art, either, but I guess that his performance was entertaining, at least.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 04:16 PM
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9. The Betsy, or maybe Sky Captain. n/t
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 04:45 PM
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10. The cousin on the Brady Bunch.

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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 06:16 PM
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12. In the last ten or fifteen years of his life he did a lot of "rubbish" just for the paycheck
Edited on Mon Feb-26-07 06:16 PM by WI_DEM
he was getting old, in frail health and wanted to leave some money for his family. The stage doesn't pay all that well and so he began doing some films for the paychecks of up to a million dollars just so some films could get his name and prestige. So he did films like "The Betsy", "The Jazz Singer", "Inchon", "Jigsaw Man" and "Wild Geese II."
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 06:53 PM
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13. Remember when he did a Polaroid camera commercial? You are correct,
he knew he was dying and wanted to leave his family well off (and his children by Joan Plowright were still somewhat young). Before that, he had put much of his money into starting the National Theater in Britain.
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