greta de groat wrote:Michael O'Regan wrote:I liked him in The Last Flight.
After years of ridiculing him for his hapless role in
Dracula, i realized i'm actually quite fond of him, to the point that i'll watch anything he's in. He did get stuck in lots of boring "love interest" parts, but he's good when he has the chance. I especially like him in
The Miracle Woman, and he looked like he was having a ball in
Crooner.
greta
Add me to the list of fans of Manners. I noticed a year or so ago that, physically, he resembles John Hamm. John Hamm's callow, youthful brother, perhaps, but still easy on the eyes.
In addition to the previously mentioned
Crooner and
The Miracle Woman, I enjoyed him in
Beauty & The Boss and
Man Wanted. Even in his most thankless outings, like
Roman Scandals, he's an amiable presence.
I'd be interested to see his
Edwin Drood and
Lucky Fugitives.
And while still hapless, he's in my favorite Universal horror of all,
The Black Cat.
I think that taking the first act away from him in
Dracula and giving it to Dwight Frye damned Manners to forever be a cinematic milquetoast.
Sadly, he was rarely asked to be anything more than pretty. But when you look like that ...
In those who haven't read it, here's an interesting two-part interview when he was a feisty old man:
http://www.rickmckay.com/Rick%20McKay%20-%20David%20Manners1.htmlhttp://www.rickmckay.com/Rick%20McKay%20-%20David%20Manners%20The%20Final%20Interview2.htm