tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post8261367283779985570..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Well, I Guess I'll See You Nader!Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-86418987068973015202021-06-07T11:18:45.594-04:002021-06-07T11:18:45.594-04:00Unfortunately I didn't check back here in time...Unfortunately I didn't check back here in time and missed this epic! I did however catch his final movie "Beyond Atlantis" and I have to say it was kind of sad. Aside from being just a bad movie, he appeared to be just going through the motions in his silly role as a "King Neptune" type of character. The scene of him mourning his daughter was just embarrassingly bad acting. But with such great material to work with what are you gonna do? That movie can't make up its mind, it wants to be cheap drive-in exploitation junk but seems like a weird low-rent exotic undersea adventure. But natives with plastic goggles for eyes just doesn't cut it! Nader's body, I have to say, was formidable, slightly thickened and sexier with age and waxed with a glowing bronze. He had great genes. Also caught "The Unguarded Moment." I liked it, definitely a product of it's time and still affirms my opinion that his scenes with his leading ladies sometimes seem a little forced and one sided. But I still find him fascinating and fun to watch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09566269130578382806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-56054780526215367982021-05-17T19:05:54.063-04:002021-05-17T19:05:54.063-04:00I hope this finds you in time! Miss Robin Crusoe i...I hope this finds you in time! Miss Robin Crusoe is on TCM tomorrow morning! 11 o'clock Eastern daylight time.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-46191004027129604752021-05-10T15:45:36.433-04:002021-05-10T15:45:36.433-04:00I have not been able to find that one, but it'...I have not been able to find that one, but it's on my must-watch list hoping it pops up on You Tube or a streaming service someday. I have to admit I knew hardly anything about George Nader except for an appearance on The Andy Griffith Show as Mayberry's handsome new doctor. Another stand-out scene in "The Female Animal" shows him getting up from a chaise lounge to answer the door in a pair of exceptionally brief, snug boxer swim trunks that are almost the same shade as his skin. At a glance he literally looks almost nude from behind! What was all that fuss about censorship? I really like George Nader a lot, not just for his looks but even in his serious moments, he came across as a nice, personable guy, alright a hunky nice personable guy... and very stylish to boot! At a risk of sounding stoic, I think gay entertainers owe him a debt of gratitude for having navigated the difficult waters of 1950's-'60's Hollywood. I'm surprised there isn't more available on him. He shouldn't be forgotten.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09566269130578382806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-78199207631544366482021-05-10T11:08:55.484-04:002021-05-10T11:08:55.484-04:00"Unknown," thanks for your lengthy, insi..."Unknown," thanks for your lengthy, insightful and informative comment. I really hope that you've been able to bear witness to that hysterical campfest "Miss Robinson Crusoe" wherein George's body is on display to the max (and in color!) That's really the flick that finally woke me up to the charms of Mr. Nader. ;-) <br /><br />https://neptsdepths.blogspot.com/2013/01/castaway-kitty.htmlPoseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-89566803804384051302021-05-09T21:22:19.212-04:002021-05-09T21:22:19.212-04:00 Now that I’ve exhausted my preoccupation with Gra... Now that I’ve exhausted my preoccupation with Grant Williams, I have since moved on to my next B Movie fascination, George Nader.<br /> Having such an uneven movie career, it is difficult to find his movies, as they are literally “all over the place.” What I have been able to watch (or have interest in watching) are primarily his Universal-International output. Knowing what we all know about George Nader, I would have to say he did his best with what he was given, yet his acting style was very telling about the actor himself.<br /> Obviously his amazingly lean, muscled body (sometimes hairy, sometimes trimmed, sometimes waxed) was his and the studio’s commodity. Along with the most even tan that seemed to glow from within, sculpted features, and that deep, enunciated voice, you would expect him to be a perfect storm of cinematic masculinity. In my opinion, that wasn’t the case. All of those attributes don’t necessarily make a “man’s man.” He wasn’t Rock Hudson (playing a man’s man) or Jeff Chandler. George Nader was a little too light, too airy, a little too perfect for the hyper masculine roles that 50’s Hollywood called for. He was buffed to a high gloss when most actors needed just a enough tarnish here or there so as not to blind the audience. I’ll bet the studio scratched their collective heads to find the right roles, so they threw him the random leftovers, to see if anything stuck. Thus, his career was somewhat scatter shot and peaked rather late in life in German James Bond knock offs.<br /> While I admit that viewing “Robot Monster” is 66 minutes of my life I’ll never get back, it’s fun to watch Nader bounce his way through the ridiculousness. One wonders if he pulled off his strategically tattered t-shirt to distract from the lack of production values or, since it was filmed completely outdoors, to just beat the heat. One scene in particular stands out, where he tells bride-to-be Alice “Don’t waste any tears on me Honey, I live a charmed life.” If he had accentuated that line by putting his hand on his hip, I think poor Alice would have went running to Ro-Man as the better catch. It’s also amazing how well he photographed in such a poorly focused, low-rent, poverty production.<br /> In “The Female Animal” (another fun camp fest) his scenes with Jane Powell come across more like the club girl with her best gay boyfriend after a night out. While we’re supposed to believe there is sexual tension between the main characters, it comes across a bit disingenuous when hunky Chris Farley commands drunk Penny Windsor to “get out of that slip and anything else you’ve got on underneath” for the sole purpose of washing her dirty clothes. When she mentions her lack of a left hook to settle fights, once again, he interjects “Honey…you don’t need it!” “Honey” was a big word for George Nader, he used it a lot. I wonder if it was improvised or scripted?<br /> To put it plainly, George Nader’s gayness often came out in his acting. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! He appeared comfortable in his own glowing skin. It was as if he was subtly letting you in on the joke he’s known all along. He was a commendable actor who blended his affable good nature, meticulous good looks, with just enough shade to say I’m not taking this too seriously (especially in some of his lower tier movies) It may not have made him a big box-office star, but he was true to himself and his partner of 50+ years. George Nader is the guy who would be at the top of my guest list for my next big fabulous pool party, knowing he’d show up in his slim, snug boxer trunks with the ice and a tray of delicious hors d’oeuvres. If I were a young man in the mid ’50’s I would have wanted to be George Nader.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09566269130578382806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-19090888769149943562011-04-24T01:52:09.588-04:002011-04-24T01:52:09.588-04:00Very good points there Poseidon! Today's celeb...Very good points there Poseidon! Today's celebs get away with so much - but now its a total celebrity culture. I had to laugh seeing Russell Brand and Helen Mirren doing the talk show circuit bigging up the new version of Arthur! - I didnt even want to see the first version, but they are all pretending this new pice of rubbish is good and important! <br /><br />The Willson tome was eventually depressing - as one got tired of the sheer greed, venality and stupidity of them all - and the closeted lives they led. Hudson seemed a major jerk too (dismissing others as "having small dicks", the sham marriage etc. but as you say the studios and agents etc all went along with it, protecting their investment. Henry wouldn't let 2 guys even have a meal together in case it was seen as a "date" - there always had to be 3! - and as for 2 guys living together - no way ! How could people live like that. and Troy (much as I love him) being annoyed that Kazan would not see him for "Splendour in the Grass" - they could not see that the era of dumb hunks was over and the new guys like Hoffman were taking over ...Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-24070676630098463452011-04-23T12:45:47.501-04:002011-04-23T12:45:47.501-04:00MOS, I've read that book as well. It's a ...MOS, I've read that book as well. It's a juicy page-turner and fun in a way, but also REALLY trashy and, to my mind, a little bit embellished. Or maybe it's all true and it just takes a bit too much pleasure wallowing in the underside of things. It paints a very bad picture of Rock and someone as popular and beloved as he was by those who knew and worked with him all those years simply could not have been as dismissive, uncaring and callow as he's painted there. Someone would have exposed him long before he came out. Mixed review from me.<br /><br />Topaz, yes, I've heard that and it has been (falsely) attributed to Nader. False in that no story on him like that was ever written. There may have been threats or worry of such, though. In Rock's case, Rory Calhoun's past as a jailbird was given to Confidential magazine in exchange for laying off. Also, Tab Hunter's involvement in a (past) gay party was offered up. Both men were considered less important star investments than Hudson.<br /><br />The bigger question is, what really keeps the tabloids TODAY from spilling what they know?! Money? Pressure from large and monied organizations? Fear of litigation and long, expensive cases? Admiration for the personalities involved? Hmmm...Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-4683150693824077972011-04-23T09:53:50.180-04:002011-04-23T09:53:50.180-04:00I remember hearing about a gay actor who was outed...I remember hearing about a gay actor who was outed to a tabloid by the studio in exchange for the tabloid not publishing an expose of Rock Hudson. I always thought that was George Nader and that was why he had to leave Hollywood but I might be mistaken. Have you ever heard that story?<br /><br />Really cool that Nader and Miller stayed together for life. And so sad about Michael Nader and his troubles. He was so attractive on Dynasty.Topazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514508159702613771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-67931871359310401492011-04-23T03:45:10.924-04:002011-04-23T03:45:10.924-04:00Fascinating stuff as usual - I just finished the &...Fascinating stuff as usual - I just finished the "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson" yesterday ! - with its expose of the Henry Willson years, George isn't mentioned much, but we get a juicy bit on Guy Madison and Rory Calhoun! I caught "The Female Animal" a while back too, delirious trash, particularly with Jan Sterling in a ratty blond wig and fur coat, is on the prowl....Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.com