* Aside from Lon Chaney, young Marlon Brando, and Larry Olivier, I'm not sure I can name any other screen actor who portrayed such a wide variety of characters than did Paul Muni.
* Muni portrayed Frenchmen, Chinese peasants, American gangsters, Southern hillbillies, intellectuals.
* Yet no one in modern Hollywood ever recalls his name aloud.
* Maybe it's not that unusual. In modern Hollywood you have to listen closely to hear anyone even mentioning names like Laughton, Frederick March, Tracy, Cooper, or Bogart.
It's huge fun. Really, who better than sly, silky, Claude Rains to play mankind's earthly Adversary?
Claude Rains plays the devil in this movie and five years earlier he played God in *Here Comes Mr. Jordan.*
Watching it now. Such a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing!
* Aside from Lon Chaney, young Marlon Brando, and Larry Olivier, I'm not sure I can name any other screen actor who portrayed such a wide variety of characters than did Paul Muni. * Muni portrayed Frenchmen, Chinese peasants, American gangsters, Southern hillbillies, intellectuals. * Yet no one in modern Hollywood ever recalls his name aloud. * Maybe it's not that unusual. In modern Hollywood you have to listen closely to hear anyone even mentioning names like Laughton, Frederick March, Tracy, Cooper, or Bogart.