How Americans Look at Russia - Summary

[CINKHARS]

I thought that the man who played the pianist/protege in "My Man Godfrey"
was the same actor who played in horror movies such as Frankenstein later on
in his career.  I remember seeing a "behind the scenes" special about him on
AMC or A&E a couple of years ago.  The special about him may have aired
right before or after they showed "My Man Godfrey."

By the way, I saw "My Man Godfrey" on DVD the other day for $6.

Dave Brokaw
Project Administrator
Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project


----- Original Message -----
From: "Svetlana Grenier" <greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: How Americans Look at Russia - Summary


> I think the actor playing in "My Man Godfrey" was Mischa Auer, although I
am not
> 100% sure, but Auer also does an incredible job playing a pessimistic
Russian
> dance teacher ("I am from Omsk") in Frank Capra's 1938 film "You Can't
Take it
> With You" (with Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore).  Highly
> recommended!
> Svetlana Grenier
>
> LeJeune Decker wrote:
>
> > A comment from an 80 year old...what about Greta Garbo in "Ninotchka"?
And I
> > can't think of the name of the tall slim movie actor who was the
protogee of
> > the mother in "My Man Godfrey"? William Powell did a suberb job as the
> > butler as Carole Lombard's "protogee". She has picked him up from a
group of
> > men out of work during the depression.. I wish I could think of the name
of
> > the pianist. I think he was really Russian.
> >
> > How about Ouspanskaya(?) Was it Olga?  Sh didn't speak Russian in "The
> > Mortal Storm" staring Jimmy Stewart Margaret Sullivan and Robert Young,
but
> > she was in many films and always did a superb job and must have spolen
some
> > Russian. And remember Akim Tamaroff?
> > ljdecker1 at home.com
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jules Levin" <jflevin at UCRAC1.UCR.EDU>
> > To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: How Americans Look at Russia - Summary
> >
> > > At 10:38 AM 10/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >Thanks for sharing your film list.  I also wanted to add my two
kopeks -
> > > >how about _Reds_ (Warren Beattie, Diane Keaton)?  It's been years
since
> > > >I've seen it, but I seem to recall there was some Russian spoken in
it.
> > >
> > >  I hated the politics in it, but Reds was a very well-done film.   I
> > > actually saw it with a recent emigre couple, and we had no problems
with
> > > the Russian.  I don't remember the details, but some of the
revolutionary
> > > characters portrayed were not ethnic Russians, and probably spoke
accented
> > > Russian in reality.  What impressed me was that they got the color
"red"
> > > just right--I am an amateur painter and very aware of color shades.
There
> > > is or was a very specific "Soviet" red that doesn't correspond to the
> > > generic red color in the west.  Slightly washed out and very slightly
> > > orangeish.  The scene of the train pulling into Petrograd station,
evoking
> > > images of eternal Russia [tam Rus'yu paxnet...], brought tears to the
eyes
> > > of my emigre friend (to my astonishment!).  It was filmed in Finland I
> > > believe.
> > >
> > > >Also, consider the fact that, for many Americans of a particular age
> > > >group,  Boris's and Natasha's were the very first Russian accents
ever
> > > >encountered.  What does this say about our collective psyche?
> > >
> > > These characters recurred in "Crusader Rabbit"--sidekick was Rags the
> > > Tiger.  I don't think my psyche was adversely affected, although
Kukla,
> > > Fran, and Ollie certainly turned me into a fanatic hater of
middle-aged
> > > white women who talk to hand puppets...  I'm not even going to say
what
> > > Dudley Doright of the CNWMP did to my psyche...
> > >
> > > Jules Levin
> > >
> >
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