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Post by kevinharrell on May 13, 2019 20:20:13 GMT -5
I got back on the grid faster than I thought, so here it is for this Monday. Who is more macho? Gary Cooper  Randolph Scott  |
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Post by SylvreKat on May 13, 2019 22:18:55 GMT -5
Hm. Don't think I've ever heard of Randolph Scott. But Gary Cooper, him I've heard of. So voting Gary.
But neither are half as macho as Chuck Connors' little pinky finger. Just sayin'.
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 13, 2019 22:55:00 GMT -5
I'm old enough to have enjoyed BOTH actors in theaters!
That said, they both were mighty macho in their time. Like Kat said, maybe not as macho as Chuck Connors, but he was from a different generation... Even TV got a lot rougher since Cooper and Scott's days. They were both pretty tough characters, but "under the surface"... Newer action actors like Connors, and ESPECIALLY Clint Eastwood were all-business, in yo' face "You wanna piece of me sucker?" in persona...
Thinking back though, I'd give Gary Cooper a slight edge over Randolf Scott in the Stone-Age Silver Screen era...
Go ahead, Gary, MAKE MY DAY... Even if that day was around 1948... LOL!
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Post by flyangler on May 14, 2019 3:40:11 GMT -5
I don't know which one was more macho but Cooper was the better actor so he's my pick, as far as Chuck Connors goes, he was the first NBA player to break a backboard while playing for the Celtics so yup more macho.
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Post by SylvreKat on May 14, 2019 7:33:56 GMT -5
Chuck Connors played pro-basketball? Really? I never knew that!
I just think he was perfect in Rifleman--loving his son, but tough when needed.
And one of my very fave movie-moments, helped by perfect camera angles--when little Arliss in Old Yeller is confronted by a VERY TALL Chuck Connors. They shot Connors from Arliss' view, pretty much from the ground looking up which made him towering. Then shot from Connors' view behind his shoulder looking down at the very small little boy. Even when he knelt, he still looked huge. Then of course he smiled which took away any intimidation. Great directing there!
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Post by flyangler on May 14, 2019 8:40:37 GMT -5
Kat he not only played pro basketball but he played pro baseball for the Dodgers and the Cubs .
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Post by wheelbender6 on May 14, 2019 20:59:24 GMT -5
"Don't think I've ever heard of Randolph Scott."
I don't think I would have known of him if the Statler Brothers hadn't recorded a tune about him.
Ted Turner's Superstation played a lot of vintage movies when I was coming up, but not many westerns from Randolf Scott's day.
Now that I live in Texas, there are plenty of local UHF channels playing old westerns all day, every day.
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 14, 2019 23:36:56 GMT -5
"Don't think I've ever heard of Randolph Scott." I don't think I would have known of him if the Statler Brothers hadn't recorded a tune about him. Ted Turner's Superstation played a lot of vintage movies when I was coming up, but not many westerns from Randolf Scott's day. Now that I live in Texas, there are plenty of local UHF channels playing old westerns all day, every day. Yup! Texas UHF has good old Randolph Scott flix on quite regularly. He was DIFFERENT, very "deep" in most of his characters (sorta like Glen Ford in some ways). He always was the poster-boy for the good-guy role-model... A little like John Wayne, but milder-tempered... ? |
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Post by kevinharrell on May 15, 2019 9:06:25 GMT -5
Most of what I know of Randolph Scott comes from this video.
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Post by SylvreKat on May 20, 2019 23:05:39 GMT -5
You know, kev, I never got that reference before. Always had wondered who Randolph Scott was. And since it's been quite a while since the last time I watched, I'd forgotten it. Thanks for reminding me. And now I get the joke.
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