[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Actors Guild

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Actors Guild
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   It's good having some time off. I watched some excellent acting,
   starting with Disk 2 of the AWA Wrestling DVD set I received for
   Christmas. This was about a dozen matches with many old denizens from
   the Sixth Street Menagerie as sportswriter Dick Cullum would refer to
   it. This was the old Dykeman Hotel, home of the offices of the
   Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club (i.e., Vern Gagne and Wally
   Karbo).
   Let me tell you something, Jack! There was plenty of footage of Jesse
   Ventura, getting mauled by Mad Dog Vachon and others, and always
   annoyed whenever he had to wrestle in Turkey Town.
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   I also took a chance on "Detective Story" from 1951 starring Kirk
   Douglas and a wonderful cast including Eleanor Parker before she
   played the Baroness on The Sound of Music (I can still here the
   audiences hissing). Cathy O'Donnell again plays the penultimate "girl
   next door" like she did in The Best Years of Our Lives as Wilma. I
   also spotted Dr. No, no not Phil Krinke, the real one - Joseph
   Wiseman. Plus for me, there are some familiar voices from old time
   radio, including William Bendix (The Life of Riley), Luis van Rooten
   (Nero Wolfe), and Gerald Mohr (Phillip Marlowe).
   In fact, there's a brief Kennedy-Nixon debate-like moment where Gerald
   Mohr confronts Kirk Douglas. On radio, no question Mohr would be
   judged the tougher, but on screen his baby face looks gave the
   chiseled Douglas the clear edge.
   Anyway, it's a solid, enjoyable adaptation of a good, adult Broadway
   play, portraying a day at a New York City police station.