Just one of several stupendous Burl Ives performances from this year. Although this was not the one which earned him an Oscar.
Which is odd, since Big Daddy is a more prominent and more demanding role than that of the Big Country patriarch, and CAT was, I suspect, the more successful movie at the box office. And wouldn't MGM have provided more studio support than United Artists?
Just one of several stupendous Burl Ives performances from this year. Although this was not the one which earned him an Oscar.
Which is odd, since Big Daddy is a more prominent and more demanding role than that of the Big Country patriarch, and CAT was, I suspect, the more successful movie at the box office. And wouldn't MGM have provided more studio support than United Artists?
You'd think.
On the other hand, Hollywood was a bit more sedate in 1958. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was more prurient than "The Big Country". And Ives kicked ass in both...but he was more "acceptable" to the voting membership in "The Big Country".