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gutridge	Tony Martin, 98 Years Old	Lead	[-]
Jul 30 12 2:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	http://www.latimes.com/ne...20120731,0,2576703.story Gutridge
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atenolol		#1	[-]
Jul 30 12 2:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was just thinking of Tony Martin recently. I was trying to think of any adult leading man from the 1930's who was still alive. The only one I came up with was Tony Martin who was the romantic lead in a 1939 movie. If I am correct, they are all gone now. Mickey Rooney was still an adolescent. As for Tony Martin, I guess he was the ultimate lounge singer of that era, with a big voice and a sophisticated presentation. That whole style went out with the old era nightclubs. Martin was a successful recording artist from the big band era of the late thirties to the rock era of the mid-fifties with close to 40 chartings and at least a couple of million sellers (To Each His Own, I Get Ideas). He was an okay presence in movies, but never got a good role. I thought off his appearance in the Show Boat segment of TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY that he would have made a better Ravenel than either Allan Jones or Howard Keel. One odd memory is Martin as a tough cowboy star in a mid-fifties western, the name escaping me. If I remember right, he was much better than one would have expected. RIP to the last of an era Last Edited By: atenolol Jul 30 12 2:36 PM. Edited 1 times.
clore103051		#2	[-]
Jul 30 12 2:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	atenolol wrote: One odd memory is Martin as a tough cowboy star in a mid-fifties western, the name escaping me. If I remember right, he was much better than one would have expected. RIP to the last of an era That was QUINCANNON, FRONTIER SCOUT.
Rick		#3	[-]
Jul 30 12 3:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	QUINCANNON was a lousy movie but Martin was, indeed, unexpectedly effective as a cowpoke. He was also very effective as Pepe Le Moko in CASBAH (which I think he may have produced as well). It's surprising that he comes off so well in the role considering it had already been claimed, very French-ly, by both Jean Gabin and Charles Boyer. Martin was a devilishly handsome fellow, with a strong crooner's voice, and an easy, likable onscreen persona. Also very much to his credit, he was married to the divine Cyd Charisse -- for about 60 years!! R.I.P.
Mora		#4	[-]
Jul 31 12 8:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's weord atenolo, I was doing exactly the same thing not a week ago and Tony Martin popped immediately to mind (as did Mickey Rooney but he didn't classify as an adult leading man). RIP Mr. Martin
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HalLane		#5	[-]
Jul 31 12 9:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When my dad was a teen, he snuck in the exit of a movie house where THE BIG STORE happened to be playing. Being a Depression kid, you never gave up somethin' for nuthin', so he wound up watching Tony Martin & The Marx Brothers probably more times than he really needed to. I don't think I've seen him in anything but THE BIG STORE myself. I do enjoy it, though. Rest in peace, Tony Martin.
hando88c		#6	[-]
Jul 31 12 4:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	At first thought it was the singer "Tony Martin" ex Black Sabbath!
blackbiped		#7	[-]
Aug 3 12 1:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got to see Tony and Cyd perform at the Holiday House in Pittsburgh back in the 70s and it was a real treat. I even liked him in THE BIG STORE. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Kosmo13		#8	[-]
Aug 5 12 5:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I recall when Mel Brooks was on Hollywood Squares, "Tony Martin" was his joke answer to many of the questions Brooks was asked.
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