I'd be interested to see what Huston could have done with Quo Vadis?. I don't really remember being super impressed with LeRoy's effort, though to be fair, that may have had more to do with Robert Taylor's acting than anything else. But if I had to choose between a Huston-directed Quo Vadis? or The Asphalt Jungle, I'm picking The Asphalt Jungle. I think Dix would back me up on that one.
I'm not a fan of Quo Vadis, and Taylor rarely impresses me. (Camille is a major exception, but that's down to him stepping up his game to try to measure up to Garbo). However, I would be interested to see what the Huston script for the film looked like. But, yeah, I'll take Huston missing out on Quo Vadis to make the Asphalt Jungle any day of the week.
is an official full version, or just a very skillful job of editing the intro and outro of the movie together, but it's still as beautifully nostalgic.
Louis B. Mayer was raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, so I always consider him one of the Canadians who built Hollywood.
I'd be interested to see what Huston could have done with Quo Vadis?. I don't really remember being super impressed with LeRoy's effort, though to be fair, that may have had more to do with Robert Taylor's acting than anything else. But if I had to choose between a Huston-directed Quo Vadis? or The Asphalt Jungle, I'm picking The Asphalt Jungle. I think Dix would back me up on that one.
I'm not a fan of Quo Vadis, and Taylor rarely impresses me. (Camille is a major exception, but that's down to him stepping up his game to try to measure up to Garbo). However, I would be interested to see what the Huston script for the film looked like. But, yeah, I'll take Huston missing out on Quo Vadis to make the Asphalt Jungle any day of the week.
I adore "What Was" from The Late Show, too. I don't know if this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXhXm9qvP4w
is an official full version, or just a very skillful job of editing the intro and outro of the movie together, but it's still as beautifully nostalgic.
Thank you for this! This may be the only "full" version we'll ever get.
That film poster is just..wild. “This is the big one!”
It's very, um. . . suggestive. . .😂