Hello, all.
It's more important for an actor to play a part well than to
be physically right for it. Mary Astor played Brigid's mood
swings well, from helpless, to hopeless, to devious. It
wasn't hard for me to believe that Spade fell for her
vulnerable side as well as her survivor's instincts.
If I recall, Spade is supposed to be six feet tall and blond,
yet Bogart made the character his own. Arthur Fonzarelli was
supposed to be tall, blonde, and Italian, but Henry Winkler
became him.
Gerald http://odo6140.homepage.com/
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