BillyFalcon wrote:Merry Andrew, (The following comments are about acting and pertain to male actors and female actors)
John Wayne was a personality actor. Most of his roles were similar and called for similar movements and body language. They were very similar regardless of the role he played. His vocal acting, too, were very similar from role-to-similar-role. As were his vocal deliveries. Comstantine Stanislavski who founded ths Moscow Art theatre is considered the guru of acting in the 20th century. His first precept was: An actor's body and vocal abilities should be highly trained. Consider the approach to acting practiced by Laurence Olivier. He was said to have arrived at the first reheasal with the character's walk down pat and all his lines learned.
Regardless of my opinion, I think The Quiet Man is one hell of a movie and I like Wayne in it.
One of my favorite movies is "The Quiet Man."
And, he was a damn good personality actor, but limited in his ability to create distinct and different characters.
That's a good point, BillyFalcon. But Wayne's very personal acting style was in no way significantly different from the style of most male leading stars of his generation. The exact same thing could be said for such "beloved" stars as Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Clark Gable etc. etc. etc. Nobody villifies them as bad actors, however, because they were likeable off-screen as well as on.
I, too, loved
The Quiet Man. And, imo only, he did a fine job in
The Sands of Iwo Jima, an above average war movie.
