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Monday, August 18, 2008DVD: The Roundup 1 Comments:
Same haircut, same monotone delivery, same cheap shirts, only in 1925 Kansas City. I thought Webb’s plodding walk on Dragnet was an artistic choice speaking to the methodical nature of police work. Turns out that’s how he got around.
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Then who is the guy in The Men and Sunset Blvd. (both 1950)? I'm sorry, but if you've seen Webb in either of these two films he is positively buoyant and self-effacing. I've always believed that his later performances (the 1954 film version of Dragnet, Blues) resulted from the "Joe Friday" persona that he was just never able to shake off. Pete Kelly’s Hot 7 may be the toughest combo in history. I can accept Joe Friday. And Adam-12’s Martin Milner on drums, who also played a jazzman in Sweet Smell of Success. But Lee Marvin on clarinet? That’s pushing it, daddy-o. All the more reason for me to snap this puppy up. (Sounds like he got the whole Dragnet stock company to particpate: Marvin played various villains in the early black-and-white TV years while Milner can be heard on some of the radio broadcasts, particularly the transition period between Ben Romero/Ed Jacobs/Frank Smith.)
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