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George Sanders: Professional Cad
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George Sanders was the smoothest of villains; a cool, dangerous cad who could outsneer Basil Rathbone and outpurr Vincent Price. He deployed irresistible charm with an edge of menace, qualified by a disconcerting sense of languid indifference. Given the quality of many of his films, this feeling of ennui was often justified.
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In truth, a biography was sorely needed to explain what made George Sanders tick. His autobiography "Memoirs of a Professional Cad" published in 1960 is more of an account of his observations of those around him rather than a work keen to blow his own trumpet. As expected, George writes in a very suave and witty manner with an aloofness and indifference to the inner workings of the film industry.
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The title of Sanders's autobiography, Memoirs of a Professional Cad (1960), sums up one of the character types Sanders perfected. His Addison De Witt, a powerful theater critic who knows all about Eve (hence the film's title), is no exception. The wickedly acerbic De Witt (his surname tells it all) was one of the best of the urbane, slightly sinister characters Sanders portrayed in such films as Rebecca (1940), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), and the animated The Jungle Book (1967), in which he provided the voice for the tiger Shere Khan. Although typecast as a cad in his best films, Sanders ... frequently starred as the suave British detective-hero in the popular Saint and Falcon film series; his real-life brother, actor Tom Conway, eventually took over the role of the Falcon. Sanders died from an overdose of sleeping pills; he left a note naming boredom as the main reason for his suicide.
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For the most part... Sanders appeared in mediocre films and only the force of his cultivated, cynical screen personality kept his roles interesting. In the 1960s he appeared mostly in European films. He was married four times. His second wife (1949-57) was Zsa Zsa Gabor; his third (1958-67), Benita Hume; and fourth (briefly in 1970) Zsa Zsa's sister, Magda Gabor. Autobiography: Memoirs of a Professional Cad (1960). In 1972 his body was found in a Barcelona hotel.
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Many thanks for posting this superbly written review of George Sanders by Greg Kamiya. So right, George Sanders personified the essence of The Cad, and played it well. When Sanders rendered a role, the audience remembered it. A sad and undeserved ending for this seemingly kind man.
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