Best_Duck9118 t1_iud5ehm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:58 PM

Since nobody has said the obvious I have to point to Erich von Stroheim in Jean Renoir’s The Grand Illusion and Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard.

ch1y9 t1_iud89jn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:23 PM

I was looking for this one

mywordswillgowithyou OP t1_iudhre8 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:38 PM

I have never seen The Grand Illusion. It’s been on my list for years. Lol. But love Sunset Boulevard. Wasn’t Cecil B Demille in it as well?

Best_Duck9118 t1_iugadx9 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:25 AM

Apparently Demille was in it. I just remember the famous line Gloria Swanson says. You should definitely check out The Grand Illusion. I really like that movie!

LikeCalvinForHobbes t1_iudt0cc wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:58 PM

I was gonna say this, but then I saw he actually started his career as an actor and has more acting credits than directing ones, so I don't know if it really counts. Anyway, I really liked him in Five Graves to Cairo too, really good minor Wilder film.