tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post575772557209698002..comments2023-10-09T04:23:42.233-05:00Comments on The Shelf: it was a wonderful lifeJ.C. Loopholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-33051540231677816862007-07-20T06:38:00.000-05:002007-07-20T06:38:00.000-05:00God bless character actors. Goodbye, Mr. Lane. G...God bless character actors. Goodbye, Mr. Lane. Goodbye, old friend.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-63383588556566600032007-07-11T16:19:00.000-05:002007-07-11T16:19:00.000-05:00Gonna miss ya, Charles! Though you always played m...Gonna miss ya, Charles! Though you always played mean, crotchety old farts, I knew that you were really a great guy. Wishing you a good road on your new journey, wherever it may take you . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-63140261390821851212007-07-11T14:55:00.000-05:002007-07-11T14:55:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comments Siren. I love character a...Thanks for your comments Siren. I love character actors, and in some cases, the movie is saved because of the rest of the cast. Sometimes the leads or the stars can be heavy handed or uneven, but as John Ford, Preston Sturgess, Frank Capra and other directors knew a solid company of professional talented actors could elevate hocum to new heights. <BR/>Charles Lane lived a long life and grew with the business. Imagine going from bits in silents to better parts in talks to working with some of the best, right up to being a familiar face that comforts TV audiences that they are in good hands...and all the way up to TV Land, cable and satellite. What he must have seen and experienced.., and what we have lost.J.C. Loopholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-2240774865259886042007-07-11T13:26:00.000-05:002007-07-11T13:26:00.000-05:00Thank you for this tribute. There was a time when ...Thank you for this tribute. There was a time when character actors were as dearly loved as the stars. I still watch certain movies anticipating Eve Arden or Eugene Pallette's entrance as much as anyone else's. I remember him in Wonderful Life, saying "one of these days this bright boy is going to ask George Bailey for a job!" He had that classic, nasal, bean-counting sort of voice to go with that rather hatchet-like face, but he was versatile. He could be city-bred conniving, homespun yokelish or ordinary-joe as the case demanded.The Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587505433284584391noreply@blogger.com