'Hey, Mister Arnstein, Here I am!'
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| Funny Girl (1968) |
I have never seen Lawrence of Arabia, nor Doctor Zhivago. The only think I really knew about Omar Sharif was that he was a well known and respected actor. Last weekend though, I was finally introduced officially to his beautiful face, his sexy voice and... his talent.
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| With Julie Andrews in The Tamarind Seed (1974) |
Funny Girl airs all the time, once or twice a year on TCM, but I was never really that interested. I like Barbra Streisand and I think I even DVR'd it once, but never got beyond the first 10 minutes. I finally watched last weekend, and although I didn't love it, it was far too long, I did enjoy it, in particular my introduction to the sexy Sharif.
From the first time he walked into Fanny's life, I too was in lust in Mr. Arstein. Even when he began treating her badly, I still wanted them together. I of course googled Mr. Sharif and have some others I want to watch but started, with his one and only 'sort of' nude scene in Mackenna's Gold (1969). Sharif was a lot of fun, and a lot of sexy, in Gold with a nude scene that although tame today, seems like it might have been pushing the boundaries in 1969.
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| Mackenna's Gold (1969) |
And the good looks have been passed on down to his openly gay grandson Omar Sharif Jr.
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