Push it Forward

Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar (1953, MGM)

Sean Connery, c. 1970

John Gavin in Spartacus (1960, Universal)

Poor Jean Peters

with Tyrone Power in Captain from Castile (1947, 20th Century Fox)

with Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata! (1952, 20th Century Fox)

with Jeffrey Hunter in Lure of the Wilderness (1952, 20th Century Fox)

with Rossano Brazzi in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954, 20th Century Fox)

with Robert Wagner in Broken Lance (1954, 20th Century Fox)

We always liked 20th Century Fox leading lady Jean Peters -- she was pert, peppery, and pretty; but, unfortunately, almost always paired with leading men who were prettier.

THANKS

He's Not a Rebel, No, No, No

Marlon Brando's screen test for Rebel Without a Cause (1955) recently surfaced. Had he won the role that forever immortalized Jimmy Dean (whom we find to be the most monumentally overhyped dead celebrity, ever), we probably would hold that overrated piece of teen angst in higher regard. We can only speculate that Brando lost the role because he was A) too old for the role (he and Dean were both 23 at the time, but Brando had already won acclaim as the very manly Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire [1951]), and B) far too gorgeous to be believable as a tormented teenager.

Ironically, in the finished film, Corey Allen plays Dean's drag-race nemesis, and bears more than a passing resemblance to Brando. And, frankly, we find him infinitely more appealing than Jimmy. Because, let's face it, darlings - we want our rebels to have a cause: beauty.

What Makes Stella Roar?

You could ask Jill, but she's too much of a lady to tell.

She's a woman, hear her Roar.

Random, Gratuitous Humpiness

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Once Upon a Time...

...Marlon was even prettier than Greer Garson and Deborah Kerr, combined.

A Thing of Beauty...

...alas, is not a Brando forever.

But, oh -- what Heaven while it lasted.


MARLON BRANDO
April 3, 1924 - July 1, 2000