Talk:Dan Duryea

Why does "Dapper Dan" redirect here?
Is there some good reason why a WP search for "dapper dan" redirects to Dan Duryea? "Dapper Dan" was the nickname of a 1920s gangster, the name of a club in Pittsburgh, of a Hasbro dress-up toy, and a fictional pomade brand in the Coen Brothers' film "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". What it has to do with Dan Duryea is a mystery to me. Bricology (talk) 04:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

How is "Duryea" pronounced?
Dur as in Burr -- the y and e are pronounced as long e and the a is flat  --- Dur ee a

Personal life, "film noir"
Duryea was interviewed by Hedda Hopper in the early 1950's and used the phrase "film noir?" I doubt it. The phrase wasn't in use among Americans that long ago. This needs a citation. I bet the quote was later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.207.244.4 (talk) 13:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I agree. The term film noir didn't become widely used till after 1960 and even then mostly among the more elite film critics who weren't known to the general public. For a mainstream actor like Dan Duryea to have used this term in an interview with,--of all people!--Hedda Hopper circa 1950 makes no sense. I can believe that Hopper would interview Duryea, and what the actor says sounds about right from what I know about the man but my sense is that this interview was edited and the words film noir substituted for,--I don't know what--crime picture, gangtser flick, thriller? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telegonus (talk • contribs) 17:22, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

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pianist?
Recently saw Duryea in Black Angel where he certainly seemed to know what he was doing with the black and whites. No mention of musical training here. Maybe it was a superlative acting job. 100.15.127.199 (talk) 21:33, 19 December 2020 (UTC)