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One of cinema's greatest voices
publicado por rudely_murraySTAFFMOD el 19 de septiembre de 2019 a las 10:37
Ronald Colman is up there alongside James Mason, Vincent Price, George Sanders and Basil Rathbone as one of the greatest, smoothest male voices in cinema. I could listen to any of these gentlemen purring and exchanging barbed witticisms all day.
Colman acting opposite Price in Champagne for Caesar is about as aurally pleasant as movies can get.
Who else deserves to be on this list of velvet-voiced masters?
Contestado por QuitePleasant
el 19 de septiembre de 2019 a las 18:55
Hey, Rude. Good choices.
Contestado por rudely_murray
el 19 de septiembre de 2019 a las 21:02
Some terrific picks there QuitePleasant - and one or two I am not familiar with whom I must check out (Franklin Pangborn, Hugh Beaumont... the names are familiar but I couldn't place them, while Buck Taylor, I must admit, doesn't ring a bell at all).
Thanks for the reply!
Contestado por genplant29
el 19 de septiembre de 2019 a las 21:28
rudely, you may not know the name Franklin Pangborn, but I'm sure you have seen him in many '30s and '40s films. (He also was in numerous Silent, and some '50s, films.) Hilarious, and definitely memorable, actor.
Regarding great cinematic voices, I agree with all the ones mentioned (other than not being familiar with Buck Taylor). Some other great screen voices:
The names you mentioned, rudely, would be my definite Top Tier first choices.
As far as recent decades go, I feel that Jeremy Irons goes solidly onto the primo list of all-time greatest voices. Actually, his voice and Karloff's have a lot of similarity.
Contestado por rudely_murray
el 21 de septiembre de 2019 a las 20:03
Great picks! I can't believe I missed Rains, in particular, one of my favourite actors. And yes, the Irons/Karloff similarity is certainly quite distinct at times-- never more so than in Irons' role in Reversal of Fortune where he really seemed to be channelling Boris.
Contestado por barrymost
el 8 de octubre de 2019 a las 18:37
Yes, those are great picks, rudely! Ronald Colman is undoubtedly at the top of my list for great film voices, but I agree with all of them, save for James Mason, as I am not extremely familiar with his work. And yes, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to listen voices such as those all day.
I would say John Barrymore deserves to be on the list as well. He had a very smooth, eloquent, and seductively persuasive voice, especially in Grand Hotel (1932). And certainly Orson Welles, but gen beat me to it.