Cinematic villains come from all socioeconomic groups, but they usually have two things in common: (1) they’re powerful and (2) they’re rich. And if they’re not either, they’re working hard to be both. Today’s villains provide a good cross-section of these motivations in action.
Bloggers: If you’ve uploaded your entry, but it’s not included in today’s recap, never fear! We shall include it in tomorrow’s recap, hosted by Speakeasy.
Until then, we know you’ll enjoy today’s Featured Villains.
F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984)
Ricardo Montalban as Khan in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (1982)
Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington in All About Eve (1950)
Raymond Burr in three of his best Bad Guy roles
Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin J. Candie in Django Unchained (2012)
Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock (1947)
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Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig in The Black Cat (1934)
Keyser Söze in The Usual Suspects (1995)
Amrish Puri as Mogambo in Mr. India (1987)
Join Speakeasy tomorrow for Day 5 of The Great Villain Blogathon!
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My blog post on General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove is up at http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2017/04/general-jack-d-ripper-in-dr-strangelove.html
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Fabulous! I’ll let Kristina at Speakeasy know, and she’ll include it in tomorrow’s recap. Ripper is such a great Villain choice.
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My post for Golobulus and Cobra-La from GI Joe the movie is here http://www.oldschoolevil.com/2017/04/villain-retrospect-cobra-la.html
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Yay! Thanks for the link! I’ll let Kristina from Speakeasy know that you’re ready to go. She’ll include you in tonight’s recap post.
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Got our post on Sir Percy up and running : https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2017/04/sir-percy-ripping-good-scoundrel.html
It looks like a really good line-up of entries this year and I’m anxious to read them all!
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Awesome!! I’m looking forward to this! 🙂
Kristina will include you in tonight’s recap post.
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Hi Ruth. Are you going to have a wrap up post tomorrow? Because my article on “One Hour Photo” is going to be a day late.
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Yes, Kristina at Speakeasy will be doing a wrap-up post tomorrow, so just touch base with her when your post is ready. 🙂
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Reblogged this on I Found it at the Movies and commented:
Day 4 of the Blogathon! 🙂
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