Welcome to The Ronald Colman Guestbook Let's hear your comments, questions, and suggestions. [Add a message | return to Colman menu ] There are now 123 messages in the guestbook. [Previous] [ 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ] [Next] Viewing messages 86 to 90. Jack White | @ I have been a movie buff for over 60 years. I have always thrilled to the voice of Ronald Colman -- indeed, the finest movie voice in cinema history. The refinement and tenderness his voice conveyed touched me deeply. If only I could speak like that,I would think. But, alas, no. There is only one Colman. 23 February 2009 - Wilmington, Delaware Jeff Cullinan | @ Great Web site, and brought back many memories for me. Primarily the Radio show "Halls of Ivy" had great significance to me. I listened to it on the radio when I was a kid. Loved the show, and it typified an idyllic existence which we had in our small town "Broken Hill" the early to Mid fifties. All the best and thanks for the memories. 17 February 2009 - Australia Albert A. Annunziata | @ Saw A TALE OF TWO CITIES this morning (on the TCM channel) for the 2,785th time (well, that might be a slight exageration). And yes, once again, I was teary-eyed at the end! This is, in my humble opinion, the finest film Ronald COLMAN (readers and fans, please note that there is no "E" in COLMAN!)ever made. Notwithstanding that it is my favorite COLMAN film, I find it absolutely unbelievable and inexplicable that he was "passed up" for an Oscar nomination as Best Actor, even though the film was nominated for Best Picture. I have never seen any satisfactory explanation for this. The Producer, David O. Selznick, hints at "problems" with MGM's promotion of the film. By any acting standard--then or now--COLMAN would have at least been nominated for Best Actor. What adds to my puzzlement is that he was nominated TWICE for Best Actor in two films back in 1929: BULLDOG DRUMMOND and CONDEMNED.enjoyable but nowhere near the quality of A TALE OF TWO CITIES some six years later. So, I throw it out there for COLMAN fans worldwide. What happened? In a 1935 Hollywood Poll of female film fans (including many actresses of the time), COLMAN easily beat out Clark Gable as "The Handsomest Man on the Screen", with Fredric March polling a distant third. Was it MGM jealousy that COLMAN outpolled their star Gable? After all, COLMAN was free-lancing after leaving Samuel Goldwyn Pictures due to a dispute back in 1932-33. He was NOT an MGM star, so perhaps David Selznick's memos indicated a reluctance on MGM's part to "push" for Colman's nomination, especially if it might prove to be in competition with MGM stars at the time. All this is gone with the wind, so to speak. It has been nearly 75 years since A TALE OF TWO CITIES, and what does it all matter? Right? To paraphrase RONALD COLMAN as Francois Villon in IF I WERE KING: "They're all gone.the good, the bad, the foul, the fair.where are the stars of yesterday!" 10 February 2009 - Westchester County, New York Eric Ellison | @ The first time that I heard his voice,I became a fan. This happened while I was in high school in the late 50's. It was entrancing and still is. 9 February 2009 - Minden, NV Carson Gerald Long | @ I discovered Ronald Coleman many years ago when I was listening to tapes of the Jack Benny Program. On radio, Mr. Coleman and his wife Bonita were a perfect couple. His films: Random Harvest and Lost Horizon are among my favorite films. Bravo Mr. Coleman and happy birthday. your fan: C. G. Long 9 February 2009 - ashland, pa. 17921 [Previous] [ 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ] [Next]