tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post8161632812575106774..comments2023-06-16T06:51:34.769-04:00Comments on Bit Part Actors: Teahouse of the August MoonBit Part Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-2217147763707323952010-12-29T16:07:40.418-05:002010-12-29T16:07:40.418-05:00You may have to forgive Brando for stuttering thru...You may have to forgive Brando for stuttering thru a Japanese accent! I thought he was amazing as Sukini. It always sounds like Paul Ford is calling him zucchini. Maybe that was intentional by the writers.<br /><br />I can see John Forsythe as Capt. Fisby. He could pull that off. <br /><br />Brando shouldn't have taken all that so seriously, though. IT'S A COMEDY! I think his ego was always getting in the way.Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-66714377753201724592010-12-29T14:16:56.800-05:002010-12-29T14:16:56.800-05:00Interesting you mentioned the stuttering, Allen, s...Interesting you mentioned the stuttering, Allen, so did Marlon Brando! Considered it one of Glenn's flagrant "tricks"...<br />Brando had loved the play on Broadway, saw it several times - David Wayne had played his part and John Forsythe played Capt. Fisby. I suspect Brando might've wished Forsythe had done the fim...The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-24648210523807514622010-12-29T12:35:15.838-05:002010-12-29T12:35:15.838-05:00I can see that Glenn would try to steal a scene. ...I can see that Glenn would try to steal a scene. But look at the competition. I bet Brando came right back. <br /><br />I thought that Glenn was a bit to enthusiastic in this comedy role. He seemed to stutter a lot. In his dramatic roles he can be very stern, perhaps forceful. It just shows what he was capable of doing. Watch him in Cowboy (1958), a drama where Jack Lemmon gets the comic relief role.Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-81626597640406722052010-12-28T23:49:11.891-05:002010-12-28T23:49:11.891-05:00Harry Morgan is still alive! I wish him well, too ...Harry Morgan is still alive! I wish him well, too - great bit part actor...<br />In Marlon Brando's autobiography he told an amusing story about Glenn Ford who he thought "took scene stealing to Olympian heights" on TEAHOUSE. Eventually, when Glenn's trickery seemed it wouldn't end, Marlon fought back with a few tricks of his own.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.com