My dad always referred to him as Jason Robards Jr., for indeed that's how he was always billed into the early '60s, as his father had been a popular character actor in film and theatre.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link
It makes the Long Day's Journey parallels all the more delicious.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpLLr6cUs34
― Entrepreneurial Jism Unshackler (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:39 (six years ago) link
No Max Dugan, no peace
― Entrepreneurial Jism Unshackler (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:48 (six years ago) link
yeah that was a late cut. sorry, didn't Neil Simon write it? gtfo
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:54 (six years ago) link
he did yeah
― Entrepreneurial Jism Unshackler (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:59 (six years ago) link
an awful Reagan-era fairytale but it warmed my heart at 13 yrs old
― Entrepreneurial Jism Unshackler (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 15 February 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link
I understand.
I first saw Robards when I was 10 or 11 in the TV play House Without a Christmas Tree, in which he plays an embittered rural widower and father as a huge wall of sadness. Indelible.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 February 2018 04:32 (six years ago) link
Bacall had a type, didn't she? He looked and even sounded a bit like Bogart.
LDJIN
― Brad C., Thursday, 15 February 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
Among the many reasons why Parenthood is the only better-than-good thing Ron Howard touched.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 February 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
True story: my brother Steve befriended Sam Robards (son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall) in elementary school, knowing nothing of his famous parents. One day Sam invited Steve over after school. "Sam, I want to meet your new friend" called Bacall from another room. They dutifully walked into that room, where she was lying in a bubble bath and extended a wet hand in greeting.
― Ρεμπετολογια, Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
did afterward she brew him a rich cup of grounds-heavy Maxwell House?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
Married to Lauren Bacall 1961-69, who he occasionally called "the Widow Bogart."
oof
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
OK I've spent the last 10 minutes watching every Bacall coffee commercial – her best acting ever.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
You Can't Take It With You (TV) sadly omitted. I'm torn between how much I love ATPM and how little I've seen of the rest of his work, including the O'Neills.
― Moo Vaughn, Thursday, 15 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
YCTIWY was a televised Broadway production he was in... I don't like to count those. Apparently the Lumet Iceman can be bought tho.
I like to imagine Jason and Betty having that coffee after throwing all the crockery at each other the night before. (Her '80s coffee-in-the-limo spot is the best.)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 February 2018 04:15 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 31 May 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
who is the Mr Sycamore voter?
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 May 2018 02:39 (six years ago) link