George Macready

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Paths of Glory (1957); Johnny Allegro.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Humphrey Cobb: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Paths of Glory (1957), which they acted in: Humphrey Cobb ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read). Paths of Glory is based on Cobb's novel, which Kubrick read in high school and never forgot.
    “Humphrey Cobb's novel pads of glory.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:33:38 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)

The Killing (1956): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through Paths of Glory (1957), which they acted in: The Killing ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read). Kirk Douglas saw The Killing and wanted that director for Paths of Glory.
    “And then didn't Kirk Douglas see this and went, oh, this is paths of glory.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:05:46 · Patton Oswalt (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

David Simon: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Paths of Glory (1957), which they acted in: Paths of Glory ⇒ David Simon (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly). The speaker calls Paths of Glory a Rosetta Stone for Simon's stories of institutions versus the people below.
    “this is the sort of Rosetta Stone, if you will, for him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Wire (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Paths of Glory (1957), which they acted in: Paths of Glory ⇒ The Wire (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly). David Simon reportedly cites Paths of Glory as the number one influence on The Wire: institutions chewing up the people on the ground.
    “David Simon cites this regularly as the number one influence on the wire?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:25:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (2) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): George Macready → Johnny Allegro. The speaker found a headshot of Macready from Johnny Allegro on Wikipedia.
    “He's in, it's a headshot from this movie called Johnny Allegro, which is a great movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:04:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): George Macready → Vincent Price. Macready and Vincent Price were best friends who ran an art gallery in Beverly Hills.
    “he and Vincent Price were best friends, and the 2 of them in Beverly Hills owned an art gallery”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:02:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about George Macready: The big dueling-style scar is real, from a college car accident, though the film enhanced it.
    “it is basically a real scar, that size that I think they made look a little more intense, that he got like driving in college”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:02:05 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about George Macready: Macready and Vincent Price co-owned a Beverly Hills art gallery that drew celebrities like Garbo.
    “Greta Garbo would come out of her cave that she was living in seclusion to look at the fucking paintings that McCready and Price had on display”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:03:04 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)