Acting Gods | 5 breathtaking scenes from the 1950's

the 1950's started a new era in the style of acting that would become common place. James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor were central to this transition. Here are five jaw-dropping (spell checked) scenes that are as emotional and breathtaking now as they ever were.
0:01: East of Eden - James Dean
2:19: A Place in the Sun
3:19 A Street Car Named Desire
6:17 A Roman holiday
8:25 Cat on the Hot Tin Roof
#elizabethtaylor #audreyhepburn #marlonbrando #jamesdean #acting #actorsstudio

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  • @AnnNunnally
    @AnnNunnally4 ай бұрын

    The actor named in each scene owes part of their performance to the person they are acting with.

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    Agree and in the next episode we will be naming both actors. Thank you for pointing this out.

  • @kieranng1172

    @kieranng1172

    4 ай бұрын

    Great one!

  • @nicolebykoff3749

    @nicolebykoff3749

    4 ай бұрын

    Very True ann

  • @shubhamshrestha3227

    @shubhamshrestha3227

    4 ай бұрын

    Precisely

  • @CRosa-ry2ki

    @CRosa-ry2ki

    4 ай бұрын

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @dianecourtney2724
    @dianecourtney27243 ай бұрын

    Everyone talks about Brando in that scene but Vivien Leigh made me nervous and jumpy… she was awesome

  • @1goldenratiopolitics

    @1goldenratiopolitics

    2 ай бұрын

    They both enhanced the other's performance.

  • @Manolios806

    @Manolios806

    Ай бұрын

    Marlon brando

  • @redcanvasltd3267

    @redcanvasltd3267

    21 күн бұрын

    shes great and she is very much showing us the classic and soon to be dated style of acting as she works opposite Brando, who's here changing the entire concept of what great acting is forever.

  • @laural1784

    @laural1784

    21 күн бұрын

    Vivien was amazing.

  • @howardkoor9365

    @howardkoor9365

    16 күн бұрын

    Both were amazing

  • @martijnkeisers5900
    @martijnkeisers59005 ай бұрын

    Brando is unbelievable..

  • @zantigar

    @zantigar

    4 ай бұрын

    There's a reason he's called the king!

  • @treehugger47

    @treehugger47

    4 ай бұрын

    And crazy handsome

  • @Tassie85

    @Tassie85

    4 ай бұрын

    Blindingly gorgeous and immensely talented. Singular.

  • @robinfereday6562

    @robinfereday6562

    4 ай бұрын

    The greatest actor ever

  • @sheilamacdougal4874

    @sheilamacdougal4874

    4 ай бұрын

    Worth watching: The Young Lions 1958, where Brando brilliantly performs in a German accent and is quite convincing as a German ski instructor, not very political but following the crowd in thinking maybe Hitler will reinvigorate Germany or some such thing. Gets drafted into the army, and we follow his evolution in war. Also Montgomery Clift as a Jewish draftee who experiences antisemitism in the US army, and Dean Martin, his unmotivated friend trying to dodge the draft.

  • @timothymeehan181
    @timothymeehan1812 ай бұрын

    Newman tells a great story about rehearsing Cat with Taylor, and feeling that she simply “wasn’t there, not doing anything, not giving him anything, etc”, such that he went to the director(Elia Kazan) to voice his concerns, and Kazan simply smiled and said “don’t worry, she will be”. Then when they began filming, Newman said she came alive like a thousand watt bulb, and he realized he’d better find his “A game” very quickly. A true film star, Taylor was….and a great actress….🙏🎭❤️

  • @juliestannard5538

    @juliestannard5538

    28 күн бұрын

    I remember see in an interview with Richard Burton and he said the same. He said when they were filming her it looked like she was doing nothing, but viewing the actual footage she was doing everything.

  • @TreeFrogWillow
    @TreeFrogWillow3 ай бұрын

    Ah…Gregory Peck .. wonderful actor and such a handsome man

  • @suesmith4289

    @suesmith4289

    3 ай бұрын

    Gregory Peck, was handsome and also an absolute gentleman.💖

  • @MMartin-pt9yv

    @MMartin-pt9yv

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed - I think he is part of the reason I watch Ari Melber.......

  • @tulelazule6914

    @tulelazule6914

    5 сағат бұрын

    Yes indeed. Atticus. He's so handsome, so intellectually appealing as well. Yummy voice.

  • @Ron-pe8zt
    @Ron-pe8zt3 ай бұрын

    Brando was smoldering

  • @LittleTimmyO

    @LittleTimmyO

    3 ай бұрын

    Incredible acting. I have no idea what he’s doing but he makes every word come alive and seductive

  • @susanalexander6721

    @susanalexander6721

    3 ай бұрын

    The scene with him screaming STELLA has been on my liked list for years.

  • @mekylieme

    @mekylieme

    9 күн бұрын

    No doubt. I remember seeing "A Streetcar Named Desire" back in high school and man oh man....those boys in school were nothin' after seeing Brando.

  • @stevenmcwilliam6945
    @stevenmcwilliam69454 ай бұрын

    Jimmy Stewart at the bar , praying to god in “Its a wonderful life” He’s magical.

  • @carolynsteele1027

    @carolynsteele1027

    4 ай бұрын

    Absolutely stunning. Best. Acting. Ever.

  • @tulelazule6914

    @tulelazule6914

    5 сағат бұрын

    Oh, I can't STAND Jimmy Stewart though. HIs ugly voice, honking like a goose and his "American" persona just not attractive to me. They made us watch it in 7th grade for an assembly.

  • @samuelzins5089
    @samuelzins50894 ай бұрын

    Brando is exactly what an actor should be. Dont get me wrong, i appreciate over the top performances but he is believable while also being able to utliize nuance and over the top if needed

  • @tulelazule6914

    @tulelazule6914

    5 сағат бұрын

    Method actor. Scratching himself and stuff like that. It's so subtle and sensual.

  • @tateandemmy
    @tateandemmy4 ай бұрын

    Vivien Leigh is complete acting perfection as Blanche Dubois.

  • @normadesmond6017

    @normadesmond6017

    4 ай бұрын

    it is said that Blanche Dubois is for actrices what Hamlet is for actors...

  • @bluemoon472

    @bluemoon472

    4 ай бұрын

    Absolutely!!

  • @poetcomic1

    @poetcomic1

    4 ай бұрын

    @@normadesmond6017 Claire Bloom was trying to get a handle on the character of Blanche for a London production of Streetcar. She asked Tennessee what he thought happened to Blanche after being taken away. Without a moment's hesitation he said "She slept with some of the young doctors at the asylum and went on to run a chic little shop in the French Quarter.

  • @oliviaperufan5050

    @oliviaperufan5050

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@poetcomic1so......Tennesse Williams! Brilliant!

  • @oliviaperufan5050

    @oliviaperufan5050

    4 ай бұрын

    It's commonly said Vivian Leigh's Blanche Dubois is for female acting what Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet is for male acting.....

  • @worldobserver3515
    @worldobserver35152 ай бұрын

    Liz Taylor was breathtaking.

  • @KimBouchard

    @KimBouchard

    Күн бұрын

    And that kid gave a face-smacking performance!

  • @user-de8mu8xh9j
    @user-de8mu8xh9j3 ай бұрын

    Streetcar wins the prize for best acting of all time. Stunning performances by both.

  • @catmatism
    @catmatism4 ай бұрын

    I didn't know James Dean is such a great actor. That was heart wrenching

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    A lot going on in that scene

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    Wr removed the toilet guy - a bit too rude

  • @sheilamacdougal4874

    @sheilamacdougal4874

    4 ай бұрын

    Cringe overacting.

  • @eddihaskell

    @eddihaskell

    4 ай бұрын

    See him in Giant.

  • @pawelzabicki7785

    @pawelzabicki7785

    4 ай бұрын

    Nope, that’s the beauty of his performances, he could easily cross the line, and made them cringy, over the top, etc., but instead there is something originally, and specifically authentic in them. Absolutely unique actor.

  • @jacquiwirz3495
    @jacquiwirz34954 ай бұрын

    Marlon Brando is outstanding.

  • @zantigar

    @zantigar

    4 ай бұрын

    Impossible to take your eyes off him!!!

  • @Fragrantbeard

    @Fragrantbeard

    4 ай бұрын

    Unreal. I've never bothered to watch him before. I need to correct that.

  • @ittybittykittymama7582

    @ittybittykittymama7582

    3 ай бұрын

    Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando made each other great!

  • @charlesmarshall1309

    @charlesmarshall1309

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Fragrantbeard Try “On the Waterfront”. Simply brilliant.

  • @blu48
    @blu48Ай бұрын

    The way that James Dean stammers his speech and how he trembles. REAL.

  • @matimus100

    @matimus100

    Ай бұрын

    Ok primate

  • @Annie-ez4ol

    @Annie-ez4ol

    Ай бұрын

    The over acting was chronic and embarrassing to watch.

  • @pdgf
    @pdgf4 ай бұрын

    No-Neck Monsters! 😂 that white plunging dress of Elizabeth Taylor is divine and iconic!

  • @auapplemac2441

    @auapplemac2441

    4 ай бұрын

    That dress became a staple for many women. I had one like it when I was 19.

  • @BlueBeeMCMLXI

    @BlueBeeMCMLXI

    4 ай бұрын

    It's neither divine nor iconic. Leave language be.

  • @user-gx2yy1df6f

    @user-gx2yy1df6f

    2 ай бұрын

    check out suddenly last summer, she's in a white one piece bathing suit and comes out of the water, another movie about gay men , but she's too friggin beautiful!

  • @sharonviale8423
    @sharonviale84234 ай бұрын

    Elizabeth Taylor and Monty were sooooooooo.....gorgeous and had such great chemistry between them.My favorites.

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    Agree

  • @eytonshalomsandiego

    @eytonshalomsandiego

    2 ай бұрын

    truly. i only knew her as an overweight and kind of ridiculous middle aged person w/too much makeup. but here..!

  • @CharliesDaughter

    @CharliesDaughter

    2 ай бұрын

    He was the great love of Liz Taylor's life but was gay, which she knew, and in those days protected him and his image...and helped him forever after he was disfigured in that terrible accident

  • @Jan_Mac

    @Jan_Mac

    2 ай бұрын

    His car crash was after leaving Taylor's house. She was 1st person to reach him, as he was choking on his teeth she got into his mouth and pulled them all out. I don't know if the story is true but it's lasted. She's not just a beautiful actress she's a truly brave and caring woman. She started fighting for Aids/HIV charity as another good friend Rock Hudson was dying. She's a spectacular woman. I could only dream of being as brave as her. Monty Cliff's face was supposedly messed badly. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe." She's brilliant. All dowdy and nasty. Lots underestimated her as an actress because of her beauty. More fools them. But running into that mangled car to help her friend is why I think she's an amazing human.

  • @sandrahammond5566
    @sandrahammond55664 ай бұрын

    East of Eden..one of my favorites!

  • @Michael-us5qx

    @Michael-us5qx

    Күн бұрын

    kazan.. wow

  • @plane-crashes-aussie-stories
    @plane-crashes-aussie-stories2 ай бұрын

    No need for special effects, car explosions, digital enhancements. It's call acting and great writing.

  • @marshalcutler2382

    @marshalcutler2382

    Ай бұрын

    Wish we had more of both today.

  • @Michael-us5qx

    @Michael-us5qx

    Күн бұрын

    ain't on the page, ain't on the stage

  • @NudePostingConspiracyTheories
    @NudePostingConspiracyTheories4 ай бұрын

    I’ve never taken notice of Jimmy Dean. Im 62. All I recall was his epic car crash and that he was a heart throb. But this scene tore into my stomach. Never feeling good enough and the draining desire fir it into adulthood. Brilliant . Thanks

  • @amyslingsby6947

    @amyslingsby6947

    4 ай бұрын

    East of Eden is remarkable.

  • @susanmcdonald-timms3202

    @susanmcdonald-timms3202

    4 ай бұрын

    @@amyslingsby6947Thanks heaps Amy. I might go hire it on Google Play

  • @poetcomic1

    @poetcomic1

    4 ай бұрын

    Raymond Massey as his father was almost AFRAID of Dean and his raw power. The actor's uptightness and classic theater training itself works to make him unreachable by his son..

  • @susanmcdonald-timms3202

    @susanmcdonald-timms3202

    4 ай бұрын

    @@poetcomic1 Oh that’s fascinating. Now i DO have to watch it. Maybe that’s part of it yes.: Real life personalities interacting on the screen is why we get to feel the scene more. What a lucky coincidence. Thanks for telling me that

  • @carlodave9

    @carlodave9

    4 ай бұрын

    He’s so good that I don’t think the other actor had to act. He seemed genuinely repulsed at how far Dean was cranking up the cringe.

  • @dingo8babym20
    @dingo8babym204 ай бұрын

    19 year old Elizabeth Taylor. Oh dear God!

  • @auapplemac2441

    @auapplemac2441

    4 ай бұрын

    I believe she was 22 when doing Cat. She was gorgeous at any age. While there were other really beautiful actresses, she glowed. Something very special.

  • @dingo8babym20

    @dingo8babym20

    4 ай бұрын

    I was referring to the scene, with Montgomery Clift, from A Place in the Sun. she was 19 then.@@auapplemac2441

  • @BlueBeeMCMLXI

    @BlueBeeMCMLXI

    4 ай бұрын

    WHAT!? You said nothing.

  • @sylviacarlson3561

    @sylviacarlson3561

    3 ай бұрын

    @@auapplemac2441 Maybe she was 19 when she did "A place in the sun?"

  • @margueriterezoagli240

    @margueriterezoagli240

    3 ай бұрын

    She was 26 when she played Maggie the Cat.

  • @mehitabel6564
    @mehitabel65644 ай бұрын

    My favourite Brando scene is his Mark Anthony speech to the forum in 'Julius Caesar'. He brings humanity and passion to the role, quite mesmerising. As good as Brando is in A Streetcar Named Desire, Vivien Leigh easily matches him and I can't take my eyes off her Blanche Dubois.

  • @robinfereday6562

    @robinfereday6562

    4 ай бұрын

    Gotta be on the waterfront I could of been a contender

  • @jthepickle7

    @jthepickle7

    4 ай бұрын

    See: GUYS AND DOLLS

  • @oliviafontaine8470

    @oliviafontaine8470

    3 ай бұрын

    Is Vivien Leigh Scarlet O'Hara or Blanche Dubois ?

  • @saamraajyavardhan1867

    @saamraajyavardhan1867

    2 ай бұрын

    @@oliviafontaine8470 Gr8 question and observation! It's Both.YET there's a Thin -Red- Grey Line separting them both. And that's the Piece de Resistance of Vivien's Fine Art ! Her inner suffering and demons dancing on her deeply sad and saddening face is unbearable in this scene.

  • @HeronCoyote1234
    @HeronCoyote12344 ай бұрын

    Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) was filled with remarkable performances, incredible writing, just memorable all around.

  • @susanmcdonald-timms3202

    @susanmcdonald-timms3202

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes! When I replied to the lady above, the other movie that I had in mind was that one. So magnificent that it told of the horror of things without ever having to SHOW those awful events - (ie: the truth of the events (the pedophilia, the murdering, poor Elizabeth’s perilous existence in family, and Katherine Hepburns experience where she was forced to get out of her fantasy world and see the tougher side of life)- because you got it in your guts how bad those things are by the actresses melodramatically showing how those things affected them emotionally. That was how they managed to give you everything without showing evil acts directly. Which, when you think about it, is a better deal than just showing vicious acts. Apart from the majesty of actors and actresses who are given such a task

  • @theseeingeye454

    @theseeingeye454

    4 ай бұрын

    @@susanmcdonald-timms3202 That's Audry

  • @user-gx2yy1df6f

    @user-gx2yy1df6f

    2 ай бұрын

    and that white bathing suit, she's so gawjiz it hurts !

  • @alexbuchholz7072
    @alexbuchholz70725 ай бұрын

    I love Monty Clift, Paul Newman, James Dean and Marlon Brando

  • @dabreu

    @dabreu

    4 ай бұрын

    And also I love ...Elizabeth Taylor.

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    So glad the list was to your liking! :)

  • @dineartist

    @dineartist

    Ай бұрын

    Me too.

  • @ErnestPiffel
    @ErnestPiffel4 ай бұрын

    Brando as Stanley was sex on steroids

  • @rosanna5515

    @rosanna5515

    3 ай бұрын

    Talent🎉

  • @jofoster1596
    @jofoster15964 ай бұрын

    Paul Newman deserves a mention too here

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    We’re releasing 1970’s scenes on Thursday, the hustler will be included! Thanks for pointing this out/ pls tune in and comment on video when it’s up.

  • @Lori-lp6uc

    @Lori-lp6uc

    4 ай бұрын

    And Anthony Perkins

  • @ascensionvaldes1412

    @ascensionvaldes1412

    3 ай бұрын

    his best performance❤

  • @jaybee9269

    @jaybee9269

    3 ай бұрын

    Check out his last performance in “Road to Perdition,” his last film.

  • @robinfereday6562
    @robinfereday65624 ай бұрын

    Elizabeth Taylor has to be one of the most beautiful women ever❤

  • @user-gx2yy1df6f

    @user-gx2yy1df6f

    2 ай бұрын

    It's a law !

  • @nbenefiel

    @nbenefiel

    29 күн бұрын

    With Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, and Olivia Hussey.

  • @Viajealduende
    @Viajealduende3 ай бұрын

    I love them all but Brando is above and beyond and they all knew it.

  • @charlesmarshall1309

    @charlesmarshall1309

    2 ай бұрын

    Years ago, Jack Nicholson said “When Marlon dies, all the rest of us move up a notch.”

  • @artkidolee2162

    @artkidolee2162

    Ай бұрын

    Agree!

  • @artkidolee2162

    @artkidolee2162

    Ай бұрын

    He became the person he was playing, while the others were acting

  • @WilliamTheMovieFan
    @WilliamTheMovieFan4 ай бұрын

    1957 film, A Face in the Crowd. Andy Griffith’s first dramatic movie role. Man, he was fantastic in that film!!

  • @chacallachaise

    @chacallachaise

    3 ай бұрын

    Absolutely.

  • @laurelmalinowski1676
    @laurelmalinowski16764 ай бұрын

    I was mesmerized more by Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn than their counterparts.

  • @Britgirl58

    @Britgirl58

    3 ай бұрын

    And Elizabeth Taylor!

  • @oab1598
    @oab1598Ай бұрын

    Nothing beats Montgomery Clifts introspection, intensity, and subtle emotional depth

  • @sheilabloom6735
    @sheilabloom67355 ай бұрын

    Vivian Leigh was a great actress. Audrey Hepburn had charism with every actor she costarredwith.

  • @spoly8139
    @spoly8139Ай бұрын

    Brando...wow what magnetism!

  • @minash6066
    @minash60664 ай бұрын

    Marlon Brando was fabulous

  • @jaredvlogs8891
    @jaredvlogs88914 ай бұрын

    jimmy dean in east of eden makes me grab my chest and scream. he's so good.

  • @christianwolf7726
    @christianwolf77264 ай бұрын

    James Mason "Odd men out" Marlon Brando "On the waterfront" Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster "The rose tattoo"

  • @paolamura3497
    @paolamura34974 ай бұрын

    I mean...the way Marlon Brando looks Vivien Leigh up and down...he wasn't acting...that was his real self...

  • @sylviacarlson3561

    @sylviacarlson3561

    3 ай бұрын

    He was a player....I imagine he was hard to resist.

  • @alanFconrad

    @alanFconrad

    3 ай бұрын

    lol....I was thinking the same thing

  • @lucillejerome5511

    @lucillejerome5511

    3 ай бұрын

    Bu did you notice Vivian Leigh going from somewhat calm/collected to frazzled as she eyed him and recalled her bad memory. Superb!. @@sylviacarlson3561

  • @bbdc1977-sg8dc
    @bbdc1977-sg8dc4 ай бұрын

    I was 10 years old when JAMES DEAN died. I saw all of his films and was awestruck. He would have even surpassed BRANDO as a God, I think. He never had the time. CLIFT was a God. He was also a new breed of actor. One that could actually change from character to character. Unlike say a John Wayne who was always the same in everything he did. All he ever did was change costumes. BRANDO was also the new breed of actor. He could adapt to any character. These talents were rarified. This level of acting was unheard of until they appeared on the screen. PECK and NEWMAN were great. To me, BURTON, O'TOOLE and HOPKINS are again another breed. No one can outdo them.

  • @annamack5823

    @annamack5823

    3 ай бұрын

    Hopkins is the most appalling old ham.

  • @fob1xxl

    @fob1xxl

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@annamack5823Still, a great actor.

  • @annamack5823

    @annamack5823

    3 ай бұрын

    @@fob1xxl When he was young. Not now. Fallen for his own publicity. Painful to watch now with the grotesque over-acting.

  • @mE-zx7pt

    @mE-zx7pt

    3 ай бұрын

    Anthony Hopkins?

  • @annamack5823

    @annamack5823

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mE-zx7pt Gammon of the worst sort.

  • @nelliethursday1812
    @nelliethursday18124 ай бұрын

    The Heiress movie ending Olivia de Haviland just wow 😮😮😮😮

  • @Kay100Jay

    @Kay100Jay

    3 ай бұрын

    Clift desperately banging on the door as she ascends the stairs...

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee3 ай бұрын

    This play is brilliant - absolutely unique. Vivian Leigh inhabits Blanch. She’s like delicate lace, so fragile. A beautiful portrayal. Brando is Brando - you can’t separate himself from the part he’s playing, but he is the character he’s become - even in Apocalypse Now. (Of course, Coppola and his cinematographer did an incredible, artful scene in how they lighted and shot the scene, but Brando makes the scene.) James Dean - no words. . . One of my most treasured films. It stands by itself - can’t compare it. 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏽‍♂️ Everyone was superb in this - Julie Harris, one of the most talented actresses ever (like Lili Taylor, who is brilliant). 🌼🌷🌱 Paul Newman was a really good actor. He was the character in this with no flourishes, but he’s definitely a presence. And Elizabeth Taylor was herself - an actress so brilliant. It’s hard to judge her as an actress because she also is such a presence, so herself, but also the part. I wonder if she ever played a quiet, shy, dowdy character? Thank you so, so much. When movies were cinema - just the characters, the actors - no incredible scenery, no car chases - just the play. And the films shot in black & white work so well. (Metropolis would be ruined by color, as would the German Dracula and Dr. Caligari’s Cabinet.) Great scenes - thanks again. 🎬🎭🌷🌱

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting ❤️

  • @Jan_Mac

    @Jan_Mac

    2 ай бұрын

    Someone knows good acting. 💐

  • @user-gx2yy1df6f

    @user-gx2yy1df6f

    2 ай бұрын

    i suppose "Who.s afraid of virgina wolfe" but even then she was gawjiz ! course i'm biased , my late wife looked just like her.

  • @Alexander-tj2dn
    @Alexander-tj2dn22 күн бұрын

    Audreys smile in the last scene from Roman Hollyday is so awesome and better than the hole Star Wars and Mad Max sagas combined.

  • @cynthiaschultheis1660
    @cynthiaschultheis16605 ай бұрын

    E!IZABETH TAYLOR IS STILL ONE OF MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!!!💋💋💋💋💋

  • @lizardas

    @lizardas

    4 ай бұрын

    She died 13 years ago.

  • @zantigar

    @zantigar

    4 ай бұрын

    Ah, but she still lives... on celluloid!@@lizardas

  • @heliotropezzz333

    @heliotropezzz333

    3 ай бұрын

    Women not woman (when comparing to others)

  • @dianagibson6840
    @dianagibson68404 ай бұрын

    James Dean was such a Great actor , One of the best in his time .

  • @saritamullins8294

    @saritamullins8294

    2 ай бұрын

    He only made three films in his short life. Can't imagine what he could have achieved had he lived a normal lifespan. I think we missed so much great acting that Dean never had a chance to perform.

  • @chriswilliams5982
    @chriswilliams5982Ай бұрын

    My favorite line from cat on a hot tin roof. Maggie’s says at the end of a scene “ I feel like a cat on a hot tin roof!” Bick looks at her and says “then jump Maggie! You know cats do jump! So why don’t you jump! Jump Maggie jump!”. Tennessee Williams was an amazing play writer.

  • @symbolic9558
    @symbolic95584 ай бұрын

    My favorite acting performance is in Seven Samurai. Toshiro Mifune is wild as Kikuchiyo.

  • @VirgoD-pf5wv
    @VirgoD-pf5wv4 ай бұрын

    😍 Marlon Brando 😍

  • @GB-ez6ge
    @GB-ez6ge4 ай бұрын

    Cat is my favorite. Great acting (and the absent Burl Ives). No one since Shakespeare could write theater like Tennessee.

  • @sylviacarlson3561

    @sylviacarlson3561

    3 ай бұрын

    You know he would be in the audience and would be the only one laughing. He had an odd sense of humor. He called himself Blanche. I'm not sure he thought that much of women overall.

  • @chemicalbrother7613
    @chemicalbrother76132 ай бұрын

    The good times when things like "the actor" and "the star" used to coincide: Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. Great actors, bigger than life personalities.

  • @donatord
    @donatord4 ай бұрын

    One of the most intense movies from the 1950s is “the bad seed”. When the mother discovers the little girl has been murdering people and murdered a little boy and she said “you hit him with your shoes didn’t you, hit him with your shoes” too intense for words. And then later, on, when the little girl is telling the gardener, “give me back my shoes”. You know, right then his days were numbered. That is such an incredibly intense movie. When someone from Hollywood went to Broadway and saw the play, they knew that no one else would be as good so they just hired the whole cast and filmed the play as a movie with just some slight changes. Even today, many people regard Rhoda as the most evil of all evil screen children.

  • @sylviacarlson3561

    @sylviacarlson3561

    3 ай бұрын

    "The Bad Seed" is a cult classic. Patty McCormack was terrific as Rhoda. Eileen Heckart as Hortense Daigel was amazing. She had to quit the play on Broadway after awhile because it became too emotional for her.

  • @mE-zx7pt

    @mE-zx7pt

    3 ай бұрын

    My dad was lucky enough to see the play with the original actors. 👍🏻

  • @lucillejerome5511

    @lucillejerome5511

    3 ай бұрын

    Scared the heck out of me. @@sylviacarlson3561

  • @Tcb0835
    @Tcb08352 ай бұрын

    Brando was just on another level. His mere presence on stage or screen must have seemed earth-shattering back in the 50s. Between him and Elvis, the world was changed forever.

  • @johngalvin3124
    @johngalvin31244 ай бұрын

    James Dene was heartbreaking in that scene

  • @lucillejerome5511

    @lucillejerome5511

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes - and its James Dean

  • @johngalvin3124

    @johngalvin3124

    3 ай бұрын

    @lucillejerome5511 It's it's, not its. Now how do you feel?

  • @lucillejerome5511

    @lucillejerome5511

    3 ай бұрын

    @@johngalvin3124We're even. Have a great day.

  • @bh5606
    @bh56064 ай бұрын

    Audrey Hepburn….terrific.

  • @jeannietapner5016
    @jeannietapner501628 күн бұрын

    Oh my , 3.09 Marlon appears looking like Tom hardy with a slight touch of Elvis . Great actor , handsome and thoughtful with principles . Thanks for this vid

  • @Peekay9
    @Peekay93 ай бұрын

    Excellent scenes. True masters of their craft.

  • @vistulacooper6802
    @vistulacooper68023 ай бұрын

    Dean was only in his Twenties being this GIFTED!

  • @Annie-ez4ol

    @Annie-ez4ol

    Ай бұрын

    Seriously?

  • @Kay100Jay
    @Kay100Jay3 ай бұрын

    All fantastic performances. Had to watch it twice to catch them all as you miss the female leads when dazzeled by the initial focus on the male leaads. Blance's desire and confusion when confronted by Brando, Taylor's wonderful reactions while Clift's on the phone and Hepburn charmingly learning about pyjamas! Last summer I was lucky enough to see Roman Holiday in glowing black and white in Bologna's Piazza Maggiore. Just magic. Of the male leads Clift is still sublime. I need to revisit some old movies. The Big Sleep first!

  • @nicopolis7377
    @nicopolis73773 ай бұрын

    His acting in Street Car is over the top , but Last Tango in Paris is Sacred and Profane . It blew my mind when he started talking to his wife with the open casket scene .

  • @tilsit8875

    @tilsit8875

    3 ай бұрын

    Except that in that film he raped a young actress who wasn't told what was going to happen for the sake of realism, I imagine .... a crime !

  • @user-gx2yy1df6f

    @user-gx2yy1df6f

    2 ай бұрын

    ikr, the insults, jeez i thought he was gonna profess his love . but i love the line he had later at the club, "excuse me miss but i am so struck by your beauty that i'd like to buy you a glass of champange" i' used it when i was a young man.

  • @cicerodiello1
    @cicerodiello1Ай бұрын

    Brando and Leigh were a couple of acting powerhouses in Streetcar. He really should have won an Oscar because perhaps James Mason might have scored one in 1954/55.

  • @S0ngsyngr
    @S0ngsyngr5 ай бұрын

    East of Eden

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    Corrected, many thanks

  • @joshuakatzman4560
    @joshuakatzman45604 ай бұрын

    Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and James Dean. All you need to know about the best acting in 1950's American films, baby.

  • @MrInterestingthings
    @MrInterestingthings3 ай бұрын

    I can't believe James Dean . What a force. Its difficult watching him ! Unbelievable like Brando !

  • @Annie-ez4ol

    @Annie-ez4ol

    Ай бұрын

    Overacting!

  • @makeit2927
    @makeit2927Ай бұрын

    IMHO, the roman holiday and streetcar scenes are excellent; the others (especially Dean’s) border on the embarrassing.

  • @shirleybowers7251
    @shirleybowers72512 ай бұрын

    Loved all the actors in one of my favs "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". Reminds me a lot of of own childhood. Thanks for sharing these timeless, amazing clips. 👍

  • @mE-zx7pt
    @mE-zx7pt3 ай бұрын

    A great example of early acting was Lillian Gish in Broken Blossoms.

  • @oliviafontaine8470

    @oliviafontaine8470

    3 ай бұрын

    Excellent example. Love the silent era. I prefer the silent versions of films. Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Ben-Hur, Phantom of the Opera...

  • @lorraineevans681
    @lorraineevans6812 ай бұрын

    Thank you, thank you...these scenes are heart stopping...

  • @TickityBoo70
    @TickityBoo704 ай бұрын

    What an absolute treat for the eyes! Thank you so very much ❤

  • @eytonshalomsandiego
    @eytonshalomsandiego2 ай бұрын

    wow, i forgot how beautiful audrey hepburn was, and i have never seen her acting drunk! RIP AH.

  • @dragonflyflutterby2952
    @dragonflyflutterby29523 ай бұрын

    All great actors and all heartthrobs. 😁 It’s good to be reminded of these fantastic movies as well. I will be watching them all today too. Thank you for sharing this with us. 😊🎬 💙

  • @mortalclown3812
    @mortalclown38124 ай бұрын

    Terrific selection. Great to see these after so long. Still blows me arrest away seeing J.D.

  • @edwardwong654
    @edwardwong654Ай бұрын

    Vivian is special. My GF used to live near Kim Hunter, and every weekend, there would be the "Stella" crowd. Elizabeth Taylor was pretty good too.

  • @doraperricone4112
    @doraperricone41125 ай бұрын

    Muy buena eleccion de escenas!! Mi favorito es James Dean for ever!!

  • @GeneRogers-di6cl
    @GeneRogers-di6cl2 ай бұрын

    Love to watch Montgomery Cliff act. Though a short life he picked his movies carefully and he and Brando were actually good friends! 😊😊

  • @matimus100

    @matimus100

    Ай бұрын

    You love anything really easy we noticed

  • @kestrel09
    @kestrel094 ай бұрын

    Great performances. All American though. Missing Sir Lawrence Olivier, Sir Alec Guinness, Toshiro Mifune, Max Von Sydow. To name a few.

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    We will get on to that, great idea! Let’s not forget Michael Caine

  • @kdiesler

    @kdiesler

    3 ай бұрын

    Vivian Leigh and Liz Taylor were British. Audrey Hepburn came from Belgium

  • @user-gx2yy1df6f

    @user-gx2yy1df6f

    2 ай бұрын

    Orsen wells.

  • @kdiesler

    @kdiesler

    2 ай бұрын

    @@user-gx2yy1df6f Orson Welles was American

  • @TheStatchmo
    @TheStatchmo2 ай бұрын

    James Dean was doing Monty Clift but I didn't realize it because I saw JD first. When I finally saw Monty -- his films were harder to come by -- I realized how much Dean owed him. Brando always claimed Dean was imitating him, but I think the link between Dean and Clift is stronger. I think Monty might have been the most naturally gifted actor of the three; and the most tortured. Arguably the most breathtakingly handsome as well, although young Brando would be a close second. I loved Jimmy first, but Montgomery Clift had the greater range, I think. Maybe not fair to compare since Dean died so young and only completed 3 films. Gregory Peck is always great but had I thought a more traditional acting style. Hepburn too. Elizabeth Taylor's beauty often overshadowed her talent. But I always loved how she loved -- and was loved in return by -- both Clift and Dean. Neither of whom were particularly easy people to be around if you believe what you read in bios.

  • @Bailey2006a
    @Bailey2006a3 ай бұрын

    Audrey Hepburn gave the performance of her career in The Nun’s Story…😊

  • @fanorama1
    @fanorama15 ай бұрын

    great choices

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    5 ай бұрын

    thank you!

  • @trusoubotez3624
    @trusoubotez36243 ай бұрын

    Marlon Brando , un actor pentru eternitate ! In NASUL , a fost genial .Glorie eterna !!🎉🇷🇴🎉

  • @adamodeo9320
    @adamodeo93204 ай бұрын

    Elizabeth Taylor - the best of the best

  • @rajsingharora26
    @rajsingharora264 ай бұрын

    fab compilation

  • @belleepoque2544
    @belleepoque25444 ай бұрын

    I also love James Mason, Gene Kelly and Marilyn Monroe! All actors from golden age of cinema

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    Great choices! The golden age indeed - Our favourite scenes from the 60’s will go live on Thursday

  • @englishteadrinker736

    @englishteadrinker736

    4 ай бұрын

    I love James Mason ❤. His voice is my favourite ever.

  • @KermitHitler
    @KermitHitler4 ай бұрын

    Brando blows them all out of the water, the greatest

  • @matimus100

    @matimus100

    Ай бұрын

    Ok cartoon

  • @monicatry1583
    @monicatry158328 күн бұрын

    Two of my loves James Dean and Montgomery Clift.

  • @MsPea
    @MsPea19 күн бұрын

    Elizabeth Taylor is astonishingly beautiful.

  • @Daniela22022
    @Daniela220224 ай бұрын

    Brando!!! OMG

  • @Xfile1947
    @Xfile19474 ай бұрын

    Marlon Brando is so 🔥 sexy! 🥵

  • @northwestchorizo349
    @northwestchorizo34928 күн бұрын

    Powerful, from all sides. Man, superior acting from all.

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno4 ай бұрын

    STELLAAAAAAAAAAAA!😂

  • @12thDecember
    @12thDecember4 ай бұрын

    Audrey Hepburn was adorable in that scene. Of course, she was adorable in _every_ scene she ever played.

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    4 ай бұрын

    Bravo 👏

  • @lilspring1057
    @lilspring10574 ай бұрын

    Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh!!

  • @meropale
    @meropale4 ай бұрын

    One of these scenes is a real standout.

  • @jamesmurrell2306
    @jamesmurrell230618 күн бұрын

    All sensational and iconic always. Reminded though, that despite these two stages of her gorgeousness, Elizabeth Taylor never got beyond that screeching and/or chirpy voice.

  • @ackamack101
    @ackamack10125 күн бұрын

    I knew the East of Eden scene with the father was going to be one of them lol

  • @kirstymackenzie2437
    @kirstymackenzie24375 ай бұрын

    Wow!! Best scenes ever!! Best actors too!! Btw ever noticed how many times they were drinking? 😊

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    5 ай бұрын

    A correlation maybe?

  • @kirstymackenzie2437

    @kirstymackenzie2437

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Vortexfilmclub 🤣🤣🤣

  • @SLIDESPOT
    @SLIDESPOTАй бұрын

    As a kid my experience watching Brando was limited to Godfather, Apocalypse and Superman. For some reason i didn’t watch Streetcar until i was in my mid twenties…..he blew me away in that. Waterffront too but man that guy was on a different levrl.

  • @LeahElisheva
    @LeahElisheva3 ай бұрын

    James Dean was brilliant in East of Eden

  • @merewynyard5813
    @merewynyard581323 күн бұрын

    Elizabeth Taylor was grief stricken..after losing her husband Mike Todd..so her Performance was outstanding as Maggie❤

  • @jthepickle7
    @jthepickle74 ай бұрын

    Umm. - and why wasn't Paul Newman awarded Best Actor for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF?

  • @saamraajyavardhan1867
    @saamraajyavardhan18672 ай бұрын

    A fine excerpt from 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ' would be another fit candidate in this evocative demo roll!

  • @ajoybaksi3654
    @ajoybaksi36542 ай бұрын

    Saw four of them in my salad days, missing A place in the Sun. All great movies, and with excellent acting by the principals, as well as by supporting actors/actresses, e.g. Burl Ives. At age 82, I am most impressed with James Dean's performance . Overall not the greatest fan of his (e.g. Giant), but this movie, based on Steinbeck's book, was really good.

  • @Vortexfilmclub

    @Vortexfilmclub

    2 ай бұрын

    Lovely to hear from you and thank you for sharing your thoughts. Would you recommend the book? It does look like heavy going.

  • @Robertahausen
    @Robertahausen3 ай бұрын

    there's no actors like that anymore

  • @lewis83
    @lewis832 ай бұрын

    I've never understood the attraction to James Dean.