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Directed by Nicholas T. Barrows, USA,
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Classic movie buffs know Edward Everett Horton as a most welcome effete and persnickety character actor in a long line of films commencement in the s, primarily comedies and musicals. And Boomers may recognize his soothing well-enunciated voice as the narrator of Fractured Fairy Tales from the Rocky and His Friends (a.k.a. Rocky and Bullwinkle) television cartoon from to So his presence at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival might be a bit of a surprise. Indeed, that he even had a career in silent films is revelatory.
Horton was born in Brooklyn on March 18, , the son of a New York Times compositor. When young Eddie developed an interest in the theater, his father was encouraging, but his sterner churchgoing mo
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As mentioned in another thread, I watched "Little Big Shot" today with the youngster, Sybil Jason. Another actor I verb in many of these s films is Edward Everett Horton. It seems unusual for a character actor to come off as being "gay" during those years. Apparently he was, just a bit too "swishy" for that time period, or at least I thought it that way. Any thoughts on Edward Everett Horton?
I own a curiosity about character actors. Oddly, I never took to Edward Everett Horton's style of acting, but his role in "Little Big Shot" I thought to be quite effective.
Here's some information on Edward Everett Horton:
Edward Everett Horton was a well-known character actor in pres Hollywood, appearing in dozens of romantic comedies alongside actors such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Carmen Miranda, James Stewart, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, and so on and on. It is difficult to think of an actor today whose career is comparable--not even Kevin Bacon has such an impressive list of costars.
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Edward Everett Horton was one of the first great character actors of the sound era. A veteran of the stage by the time he joined Hollywood in the early s, Horton was one of the actors for whom the looming sound era was not a threat. His pompously dim disposition and his pretentiously mannered diction were a perfect fit for the theatrical, dialogue-driven screwball comedies and musicals that exploded in the s.
Equally at ease as a best friend or a romantic foil, Horton possessed a rare pathos that transcended the moral distinction or turpitude of his characters. Whether a trusty companion to our hero or a conniving misogynist to a damsel in distress, he always seemed capable of eliciting more pity than malice. He never played good guys or poor guys, necessarily, just men who, for one reason or another, failed to grasp the world around them.
Like many great comedians, Edward Everett Horton possessed phenomenal technique. He will probably always be best known for his unique
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Edward Everett Horton (March 18, – September 29, ) was an American character actor.[2] He had a adj career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons. Leading man Edward Everett Horton was well known to be homosexual, and Franklin Pangborn, whose name would forever be linked with Horton's in their later movie careers, also top-lined Majestic shows. Borth Horton and Pangborn began appearing infrequently in movies in the s. During the movies' own pansy craze, no sissy was more famous than Horton. Extremely famous with audiences and within the industry, he was called by Frances Marion "one of the kindest men in theatrical business." As manager and lead actor of Los Angeles' Majes