It seems that some people, and I include myself, , look at what we term our so called A-list Actors that are on the Movie screens today, and compare them with those, who are no longer alive.
I know that this is wrong, as in the early years, studios were limited in what they could show, with the Hayes Commission restricting content, as far as Language, Violence and Nudity. So firstly writers were restricted on the scripts content, and the Actors by their talent, there was nothing in the way of Special effects, and CGI, was a long way off being invented.
I think about the actors that I admired from that era, the likes of James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall & Bette Davis, amongst others. Despite the regulations, they succeeded in pushing their acting skills to the threshold of eternal brilliance.
Today's Actors have a greater range of subject matter to use as the censorship laws compared to the years up to the 60's, have been released, some would say by too much. The directors such as the late Ken Russell and Stanley Kubrick who both in their time helmed controversial movies such as Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange', dealt with I think was totally offensive subject matter.
It is with some pleasure that now the actors I admire such as Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro & Anthony Hopkins although older are achieving high standards regularly, and the mantle I think will be passed on to the likes of George Clooney.
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