I think the latter, like Shane, is a classic, and the former is so damned good that I will never understand why it didn't do better.
He gave two forceful but understated performances in his next two films (two that shine along with his first two) that in some ways were very similar, All Fall Down and Hud.
But did he have the chops, the sex appeal to make it as a young male star? Was it possible that his career as an adult would be short-circuited because of this? He was a good child actor, there was no doubt. For the first time, I saw deWilde as antiseptic, well-scrubbed, a bit fey, way too earnest, with a decided lack of virility. It was all played out a little too pat and blasé. Perhaps he and Lynley had the right looks of innocence but neither particularly struck me as horny or even eager. Of course, having seen it 10 years or so ago, I had to laugh at the sanitized thing before me. He was 17 when he joined Carol Lynley in what I surely thought at the time was some pretty hot stuff on teen pregnancy. While I grew up, so did deWilde and his participation in the teenage, highly-anticipated Blue Denim (1959) proved the little boy roles were long gone. Take a look at the film's iconic final scene: Brandon would cop an Academy Award best supporting actor nomination for his stellar work. Young Brandon more than held his own against the likes of Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur (in her final movie) and Jack Palance, who scared the Shredded Wheat out of me. And there was no doubt about the love he felt for a man who seemed to need the boy's love as much as the other way around. His face easily registered fear when he sat under the swinging door of a saloon watching a (glorious) fight. He was perfect for the part of the boy who idolizes a mysterious gunman who shows up at a homestead family's small ranch in time to help Joey's parents and others fight greedy neighbors. His most famous role was up next when George Stevens hired him for the showy part of Joey Starrett in one of the finest westerns ever made, Shane.
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In 1952, the actors repeated their roles for the Fred Zinnemann film and Brandon became a movie star. There was a part for the girl's younger cousin and after soothing over the parents' worries, seven-year old Brandon would win the part. Julie Harris would play the lead with Ethel Waters as the lady who watches over her. They were determined to provide their son with as normal an upbringing as they knew how.Įnter a family friend and Broadway producer who was mounting the 1949 play, A Member of the Wedding, about a dreamy-eyed tomboy longing to leave her dismal little hometown to go off with her newly-married brother. His father, Fritz, was a Broadway stage manager and mother Genie was a part-time actress. He was, as they say, born in a trunk, but his theatrical parents were not enthusiastic about bringing him into the business. All Rights Reserved MISSOURI TRAVELER, THE, Brandon de Wilde, 1958 BLUE DENIM, Brandon De Wilde, 1959.The kid who uttered those immortal lines was, of course, Brandon deWilde. All Rights Reserved BLUE DENIM, Carol Lynley, Brandon de Wilde, 1959, TM and Copyright ©20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved BLUE DENIM, Brandon de Wilde, Carol Lynley, 1959, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. THE DESERTER, Brandon De Wilde, 1971 SHANE, Alan Ladd, Brandon De Wilde, 1953 BLUE DENIM, Brandon de Wilde, Carol Lynley, 1959, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. THOSE CALLOWAYS, Brandon De Wilde, 1965 HUD, Patricia Neal, Paul Newman, Brandon de Wilde, 1963, TM & copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon de Wilde, 1952 ALL FALL DOWN, Brandon De Wilde, Warren Beatty, 1962 ALL FALL DOWN, Warren Beatty, Brandon De Wilde, 1962 HUD, Brandon de Wilde, 1963.
HUD, Brandon de Wilde, Melvyn Douglas, 1963. SHANE, Brandon De Wilde, 1953 NIGHT PASSAGE, Brandon De Wilde, 1957 THE MISSOURI TRAVELER, Brandon De Wilde, 1958 HUD, Paul Newman, Brandon de Wilde, 1963. In Harm's Way Photos GOOD-BYE, MY LADY, (aka GOODBYE, MY LADY), Brandon De Wilde, 1956 HUD, director Martin Ritt (seated left), Brandon De Wilde (seated center), Paul Newman (standing right) on set, 1963, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp.
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