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When George Sanders killed himself — by downing a fatal mixture of Nembutal and vodka in a seaside resort hotel suite some 10 miles south of Barcelona, Spain — the world concluded that the 65-year-old actor known for the silky cynicism of the characters he played onscreen for nearly four decades simply tired of life, and decided to pack it in. […]
Hello everybody, classic movie guys Joe Morella and Frank Segers back with another of our several blogs covering the life and career of one of our favorite actors — George Sanders. Sanders was married four times, most famously to wife No. 2, Zsa Zsa Gabor from 1949 to 1954. (The actor was later married at wife No. 2’s urging to […]
Hollywood can be rough on sibling actors but those Sanders boys got on for the most part pretty well. No professional jealousy. For all their shortcoming, both felt the other was family, after all. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, continuing our series of periodic blogs on one of our favorite actors, […]
“You’re maudlin and full of self pity… You’re magnificent.” This, one of our all time favorite movie lines, was superbly delivered by George Sanders in 1950’s “All About Eve.” It is directed at Bette Davis as stage diva Margo Channing in the throes of an temperamental explosion encapsulized by the familiar line: “Fasten your seat […]