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I really like Joseph Cotten too. He was smooth and polished, yet he was masculine and had an edge.
haha, that is a good one. I think Sterling Hayden felt similarly about acting.J. M. Stovall said:Here's a neat quote from Cotten:
"I didn't care about the movies really. I was tall. I could talk. It was easy to do".
Twitch said:I think of him as not a star but a very solid character actor, and that's not a negative thing.
The Wolf said:What do Joseph Cotten, William Powell and Cary Grant have in common?
Besides being leading men of the Golden Era.
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They all three played the same role.
One in a movie the other two on radio.
The Wolf
Marc Chevalier said:Until last year, there was a thrift store in L.A. called the "Cinema Glamour Shop". Founded by actress Mary Pickford in the 1920s, its profits went to nursing homes for old actors. Golden Era movie stars used to donate their clothes to this store -- it was not uncommon to find dress shirts made for David Niven, or a tuxedo owned by Burt Lancaster.
About a year after Joseph Cotten passed away, back in the '90s, I went to the store and found a bespoke English suit made for Mr. Cotten himself. Turns out that the actor was a dandy: the blue pinstripe, worsted wool suit had a double-breasted waistcoat with peak lapels, and very high-waisted trousers (no belt loops) with inverted pleats and a fishtail back with a buckle strap (but no back pockets to "ruin the line"). The jacket was a two-button single-breasted, with notched lapels. Working buttonholes on the sleeve cuffs. All hand-tailored in London in 1980, though the style was pure 1930s. The size: about a 42 Long. Turns out that Joseph Cotten was tall.
The suit was too big for me, so I sold it at the Vintage Fashion Expo in Santa Monica, California, in 1998. Wish I'd taken photos of it!
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