Lists of favorite things

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at verizon.net
Wed Aug 3 13:36:56 CDT 2011


I thought James Mason was also quite good as Humbert Humbert.

Who's your pick for Lolita?

Robin Hood?

Catherine Earnshaw?

Jane Eyre?

Elizabeth Benet?

P.

On 8/3/2011 2:15 PM, Elaine M.M. Bell wrote:
> */Best portrayals of (person) by (actor):/*
> */
> /*
> Jimmy Hoffa:  Robert Blake
> Queen Elizabeth:  Bette Davis
> Marilyn Monroe: Poppy Montgomery
> Fagin:  Timothy Spall
> Winston Churchill:  Timothy Spall
> Richard III:  Ian McKellan
> Humbert Humbert:  Jeremy Irons
> Heathcliff:  Tom Hardy
> Ann Darrow:  Fay Wray
> Al Capone:  Jason Robards
> King Lear: Laurence Olivier
> Romeo: Leslie Howard
> Juliet:  Olivia Hussey
> Lyndon Johnson:  James Cromwell
> Lucky Luciano:  Anthony LaPaglia
> Lord Byron:  Richard Chamberlain
> Sherlock Holmes:  Basil Rathbone
> Olive Chancellor:  Vanessa Redgrave
> Richard Nixon:  Frank Langella
> King Arthur:  Richard Harris
> Tesla:  David Bowie
> Elvis Presley:  Jonathan Rhys Meyers
> Buddy Holly:  Gary Busey
> Andy Warhol:  Guy Pearce
> Jesus Christ:  TIE--James Caviezel and Ted Neeley
> Satan:  Al Pacino
> God:  Alanis Morissette
>
> */Worst portrayal ever:/*
> Jackie Kennedy:  Katie Holmes
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net 
> <mailto:mackin.paul at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     Someone needs to cite some favorite books, movies, music lists to
>     reboot the p-list.
>
>     It works every time.
>
>     P
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
> 860.833.2625
> Have Laptop/Will Travel
> (but wicked good to be back in Massachusetts)

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