tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post3978488958301468671..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Tony Curtis 1925 - 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-33596745964804767072010-10-01T00:25:21.243-04:002010-10-01T00:25:21.243-04:00Here's the quote being attribute to Tony (over...Here's the quote being attribute to Tony (over at JMG---I assume it's from a memoir):<br /><br /><i>I was 22 when I arrived in Hollywood in 1948. I had more action than Mount Vesuvius - men, women, animals! I loved it too. I participated where I wanted to and didn't where I didn't. I've always been open about it.</i><br /><br />...yet at the same time, when <i>Brokeback Mountain</i> came out, he apparently found "seeing two men on screen" distasteful, and chose not see it.<br /><br />Complicated---like human beings so often are!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-67735210771729321442010-09-30T20:57:23.128-04:002010-09-30T20:57:23.128-04:00He was born Bernard Schwartzman in the Bronx. He ...He was born Bernard Schwartzman in the Bronx. He was the son of very poor Hungarian Jewish immigrants, and he apparently had a very tough childhood.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-59758332236113302742010-09-30T20:17:01.729-04:002010-09-30T20:17:01.729-04:00I agree w/ your 'dars (FWIW. Not much.)
(Feel...I agree w/ your 'dars (FWIW. Not much.)<br /><br />(Feeling too lazy to Google) What was Curtis's birthname? (Just know it was Jewish---don't know if he practiced)<br /><br />Shalom, Tony.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-70341179868465700712010-09-30T19:44:53.634-04:002010-09-30T19:44:53.634-04:00Don't know to what extent one's antennae w...Don't know to what extent one's antennae were thrown off by <i>Some Like it Hot</i> either. Don't think that that's the case.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-21275527176694738292010-09-30T17:36:13.486-04:002010-09-30T17:36:13.486-04:00He never struck me as entirely straight either, bu...He never struck me as entirely straight either, but I wonder if it's because there was really something there, or just wishful thinking on my part.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-56504808465434280812010-09-30T17:01:20.095-04:002010-09-30T17:01:20.095-04:00The rampantly heterosexual image notwithstanding, ...The rampantly heterosexual image notwithstanding, Curtis never came over to me as being altogether straight. Maybe I'm wrong. Guess we'll see.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-2009817301731210252010-09-30T12:41:55.503-04:002010-09-30T12:41:55.503-04:00Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory!Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-34892416959415386822010-09-30T12:30:43.263-04:002010-09-30T12:30:43.263-04:00He was a fabulous actor.He was a fabulous actor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.com