Month: January 2017

Happy Birthday: David Johansen

Every singer who’s worth his salt is an actor. You play different characters in different songs. Sometimes you’re a romantic lead, sometimes you’re this madcap party barbarian. You play all these roles, running through every aspect of emotion.
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE
1990
dir. by John Harrison
Stars:
Deborah Harry
Matthew Lawrence

moviesSCROOGED
1988
dir. Richard Donner
Starring:
Bill Murray
Karen Allen

Happy Birthday: Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989)

Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Bad guys have always been my bag . . . I look mean without even trying. Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part. Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren’t working. It’s much harder to find a good villain.