A couple of folks wrote to say they thought I should have been nicer or more respectful to Tony Curtis on this blog. I thought I was plenty respectful. I was just never as impressed with him as an actor as I was with him playing the role of movie star…and yes, I saw Sweet Smell of Success and Some Like It Hot. I also saw Houdini and The Great Race and The Defiant Ones and all or most of the rest. I think The Boston Strangler was his best performance…and not coincidentally, it was the film in which he was least like Tony Curtis.
Leonard Maltin shares a nice story about him on his blog and Esquire offers two must-reads. Cal Fussman has some great Tony Curtis quotes and Tom Junod recalls what it was like to profile Curtis.