Robert Walker: A Profile

[@hollywoodjoe123]

hello from Hollywood Joe

[@julietcunningham852]

I saw him when I was young, as Jerome Kern, in "Till the Clouds Roll By". He seems so young and sweet. I recently rewatched "Strangers on a Train" and was fascinated by his evil/unhinged character. I though it so very interesting that Farley Granger was a gay actor portraying a straight character, while Robert Walker appears to be a straight actor portraying a gay character. If he could do that back then, what would he have accomplished had he lived longer.

[@andromedastar4900]

His performance in Strangers on a Train was beyond superb! Yes, the character Bruno is a gay man, but there is more to Granger's character, Guy as well. Bruno was very openly homosexual while Guy had repressed homosexual attraction. Bruno and Guy are in a seductive tango throughout the film, the sexual tension palpable, as the dangerous and eccentric Bruno has an obvious desire for Guy, and becomes absolutely obsessed with him while part of Guy is trying to get away from him. But at the same time Guy is drawn into his seductive web, and there's a part of him that likes it. There's a lot of homoeroticism that is brimming right under the surface. I think it's clear that deep down, Guy liked Bruno's "chasing him", found it exciting and titillating. It's a love-hate relationship, which the book delved into more thoroughly. In the book, Guy sees Bruno as the other part of his soul basically. They gave such clever hints in the movie like the line from Miriam's sister "I think it's wonderful to have a man who loves you so much that he would kill for you". But yes, Robert Walker's death was tragic and the world missed out on such a great actor. Interestingly Farley Granger lived to be old, but his film career went downhill in the few years after this film, and while he was still around, doing acting work in one-offs on television shows and in theatres, he pretty much faded into obscurity as he was no longer a regular on the silver screen. Neither of them had the career you would have expected them to have after watching them in this film.

[@susanedrington4878]

Low sound.

[@annmacleod1099]

This is not a proper profile of them im not interested in any of them .robert walker was the best out of all of them .

[@carfonju1018]

good

[@virginiagobetz9084]

FIX YOUR AUDIO!!! I could barely hear you speak!

[@susanedrington4878]

No sound.

[@joenickell6323]

Died from drug abuse.....

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No. Wrong

[@chriswebb1679]

Got it. Masculinity is Bad. Got it. Thanks for enlightening me. Genius you are.

[@hogorina4924]

MORE STING OF TRUTH A good idea would be to drop this into journalism’s lap. Sure, a little repetitive, but life is one eternal round in battling the forces of the world, either with a sword or printed words. The truth must be spread one way or another. In a layman’s term not so easy. But then again, a word here and then will eventually grow from a mole hill into a mountain.