tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post8634147781636835762..comments2023-10-19T07:40:24.458-07:00Comments on Noir and Chick Flicks: Dead Ringer (1964)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-74431762864955961672013-05-29T05:44:00.223-07:002013-05-29T05:44:00.223-07:00I do remember Karl Malden, saying that is some of ...I do remember Karl Malden, saying that is some of his performances. Thank you for stopping by and sharing that info.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421976438809816553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-91456234441684626212013-05-28T08:28:25.736-07:002013-05-28T08:28:25.736-07:00I just watched "Dead Ringer" yesterday, ...I just watched "Dead Ringer" yesterday, and learned that Sekulovich is Karl Malden's real last name., and that he worked it into many of his roles over the years. From the Wikipedia entry on Malden:<br /><br />"Malden often found ways to say "Sekulovich" in films and television shows in which he appears. For example, as General Omar Bradley in Patton, as his troops slog their way through enemy fire in Sicily, Malden says "Hand me that helmet, Sekulovich" to another soldier. In Dead Ringer, as a police detective in the squad room, Malden tells another detective: "Sekulovich, gimme my hat." In Fear Strikes Out, Malden, playing Jimmy Piersall's father John, introduces Jimmy to a baseball scout named Sekulovich. In Birdman of Alcatraz, as a prison warden touring the cell block, Malden recites a list of inmates' names, including Sekulovich. (Malden's father was not pleased, as he told his son "Mladen, no Sekulovich has ever been in prison!") In On the Waterfront, in which Malden plays the priest, among the names of the officers of Local 374 called out in the courtroom scene is Mladen Sekulovich, Delegate. Perhaps the most notable usage of his real name, however, was in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. Malden's character in the program, Mike Stone, employed a legman (played by Art Metrano) with that name, who did various errands."jimakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682271683332770068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-32701511948822256972013-05-23T15:17:13.780-07:002013-05-23T15:17:13.780-07:00At one point Karl Malden is leaving the squad room...At one point Karl Malden is leaving the squad room and asks another officer to toss him his (Malden's) hat.<br />Guess which officer he asks.<br />Right - Sgt. Sekulovich!<br />Who followed him to the streets of SF.<br />(come to think of it, it was the same hat ...)Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-73005573506024096582013-05-21T10:33:10.083-07:002013-05-21T10:33:10.083-07:00I just watched Dead Ringer again the other day. Th...I just watched Dead Ringer again the other day. That poker scene shakes me to the core every time!<br /><br />As you mention, Peter Lawford plays Tony, Davis' dead twin's boyfriend. I've recently discovered that he also does the assuming-the-dead-twin's-identity storyline a few years later in one of his self-produced movies called One More Time(1970).<br /><br />Love this movie. I love Bette Davis' work!<br />- JavaJavaBeanRushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.com