tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post5091941668176964733..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: "Lee Marvin: Point Blank" - Dwayne Epstein's New Biography of The Merchant of MenaceRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-22776276986972638002013-02-22T14:18:39.133-05:002013-02-22T14:18:39.133-05:00Rick, I'm a huge fan of Lee Marvin and loved h...Rick, I'm a huge fan of Lee Marvin and loved his eccentric style of acting.<br /><br />What a great story Yvette!! I also, have a Lee Marvin story to share.. although, it is not as exciting as yours.:) He used to live in Tuscon and my husband was working with his son-in-law, on a construction job, at the time he lost his battle with cancer.<br /><br />I have driven by his modest home a couple of times, but.. our paths never crossed. When his home went up for sale, a couple years after his passing it made our local news. His wife at the time, wanted to move to New York.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421976438809816553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-85409619884964807822013-02-21T17:11:06.931-05:002013-02-21T17:11:06.931-05:00Yvette, I loved this story you shared with us!Yvette, I loved this story you shared with us!toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-77765730702506689042013-02-20T19:42:18.880-05:002013-02-20T19:42:18.880-05:00That's a great story, Yvette! Thanks so much f...That's a great story, Yvette! Thanks so much for sharing it here.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-29319118906475075032013-02-19T22:15:54.392-05:002013-02-19T22:15:54.392-05:00This sounds like a good read on a man with a compe...This sounds like a good read on a man with a compelling screen presence. Thanks for reviewing!Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-85569892192220318632013-02-19T21:12:46.992-05:002013-02-19T21:12:46.992-05:00Another terrific review, Rick. I love Lee Marvin a...Another terrific review, Rick. I love Lee Marvin although he usually played in violence-prone movies that I might have had a hard time sitting through. But my favorite role of his might have been in THE DIRTY DOZEN, no big surprise there. But he was such a charismatic screen presence. Nobody looked like him.<br /><br />I have a short Lee Marvin Story, Rick.<br />Once, years ago when I was young and attractive and heading home from work, I found myself on Broadway looking for a cab. I was newly married so I was not on the loose.<br /><br />But - a cab stopped and I got in and we start up the avenue and on the next corner I spot Lee Marvin standing in the street trying to hail a cab.<br /><br />The cab driver sort of recognized him and slowed a bit and I kind of half-hoped he'd stop though picking up secondary passengers is forbidden in NY. Or at least it used to be.<br /><br />Meanwhile, seeing the cab slow up Marvin looks in. We lock eyes. It was so funny.<br />He knew I recognized him and gave me the sweetest smile as if he knew everything that was going on in my mind before I did. He was SO handsome. <br /><br />Anyway, nothing happened, the cabdriver thought better of it, we drove on. I said to him, "Why didn't you stop? THAT was Lee Marvin!!"<br /><br />(Oh how I'd wished we'd given that man a lift. Ha!)<br /><br />The cab driver laughed and shook his head.<br /><br />I'll always remember the smile.<br /><br />Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-54552643093265603382013-02-19T16:50:49.510-05:002013-02-19T16:50:49.510-05:00Rick, this sounds like an interesting read. I thin...Rick, this sounds like an interesting read. I think one can learn a lot about a person from reading his letters so I liked hearing that Epstein took the time to read Lee Marvin's own words. Thanks for posting about this "enigmatic" actor.toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-32666706838898058552013-02-18T15:16:31.904-05:002013-02-18T15:16:31.904-05:00Sounds great. Can't wait to read it. Thanks fo...Sounds great. Can't wait to read it. Thanks for the heads up. Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-85699250695233462442013-02-18T13:06:36.747-05:002013-02-18T13:06:36.747-05:00Great review, Rick. Marvin's one of my favori...Great review, Rick. Marvin's one of my favorite "tough guy" actors, and also, I think, one of the most literate of that genre. And "Point Blank" is an absolute classic; for the violence he displays in that movie, it's the threat of violence that makes him most menacing.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.com