Recently we saw the 1945 film of "The Weekend Lost" with Ray Malland. I viewed his accent as a possibly modified received pronunciation. Someone else equated it to a New Englander of Catherine Hepburn of the 30s and 40s and I can see his point.
The Lost Weekend was one of Billly Wilder's films who created some of the finest films ever created..
I know he was born in Wales and had a career in the Royal Household Guards in London, and that he did movies prior to this one, but did this movie make him famous and a star or did this movie make him famous and the parody by Jack Benny which immediately follow make him a star?
2007-10-05 15:38:06 · 4 answers · asked by rann_georgia 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Sorry, typo. in Malland rather than Milland. I'm picking the most best dipolmatic answer.
2007-10-06 03:45:08 · update #1
its the inflection on the last constanant on each word that throws you. its a hard thing to do to change your speaking voice. its easy to do an accent but to change your way of speaking takes some practise and strength. i never knew ray milland was welsh untill just now i never heard it in his voice. i've only liked him in two films "the man with x-ray eyes" and an episode of columbo.
2007-10-05 16:17:07 · answer #1 · answered by herr fugelmeister 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How did you get so many names wrong? Milland became a prominent star after Lost weekend. He had an enormously long and productive career which included some awful films such as the Incedible two-headed man. His dialect was a softened version of his native Welsh , possibly a cut glass British. Hepburn obviously had been trained in stage dialect, a version of Received Pronunciation taught to all stage actors until the late 30's. Do a web search of Ray Milland, his life and career are fascinating.
2007-10-05 15:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-03-13 07:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Ray Milland actually and this was an absolutely cracking film I watch spellbound everytime its on tv
Real Name Reginald Alfred Truscott Jones,Ray was actually told prior to this film that this film could ruin his career.he made it anyway and won an oscar for it along wih other awards at the Cannes film festival.
2007-10-05 22:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋