Classic Hollywood Does Dallas

[Laurie Marr]

I note I omitted to mention poor old Ray: Steve McQueen.

 

[Laurie Marr]

I dunno. Hepburn seems too sharp somehow.

Hmmmm. She’s certainly not as maternal as BBG, but Hepburn could go all vulnerable when you least expected it. Her devotion to Tracy would also have been good training for dealing with Jock.......

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Miss Ellie: Ingrid Bergman?

 

[Laurie Marr]

Some supporting cast:

Katherine Wentworth: Ava Gardner
Donna Culver Krebbs: Eva Marie Saint
Kristin Shepherd: Natalie Wood (Again!!!)
Patricia Shepherd: Agnes Moorhead

 

[Laurie Marr]

Miss Ellie: Ingrid Bergman?

Very good choice. She was on my list, just not sure she would have been old enough in ‘59????

 

[Richard Channing]

I think it's only fitting that Katherine be played by Vivien Leigh.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Elvis Presley is BOBBY of course.

And Joan Collins as SUE ELLEN

 

[Richard Channing]

Elvis Presley is BOBBY of course

Yes!

And Joan Collins as SUE ELLEN

This is doing weird, confusing things to my brain....and I think I like it....

 

[Richard Channing]

James Dean as Mickey Trotter.

 

[Willie Oleson]

I also want Yvonne De Carlo to play someone...but she's a little too old for this and a little too young for that

 

[Kenny Coyote]

My Current Updated Cast

Jock: John Wayne (52)
Miss Ellie: Katherine Hepburn (52)
JR: Marlon Brando (35)
Sue Ellen: Lauren Bacall (35)
Bobby: James Garner (31)
Pam: Elizabeth Taylor (27)
Gary: Montgomery Clift (39)
Ray: Paul Newman (34)
Donna: Grace Kelly (30)
Cliff: Jack Lemmon (34)
Lucy: Faye Dunaway (18)
Digger: Orson Welles (44) - he looked a lot older though
Julie Grey: Lana Turner (38)
Kristin: Lee Remick (24)
Patricia Shepard: Joan Crawford (55)
Punk Anderson: Gary Cooper (58) - almost my choice to play Jock
Afton Cooper: Natalie Wood (21)
Mitch Cooper: Jack Nicholson (22)
Rebecca Wentworth: Viven Leigh (46)
Katherine Wentworth: Kim Novak (26)
Dusty Farlow: Steve McQueen (29)
Clayton Farlow: Laurence Oliver (52)
Mandy Winger: Brigitte Bardot (25)

@Laurie Marr I updated your cast for you by adding your additions so people could see it all in one place. I don't know who you replaced Natalie Wood with for Sue Ellen though. If Audrey Hepburn is your Pam, this is what your whole cast is now:

Jock - John Wayne
Miss Ellie - Katherine Hepburn
JR. - Paul Newman
Bobby - James Garner
Sue Ellen -
Pam - Audrey Hepburn
Gary - Montgomery Clift
Ray: Steve McQueen
Donna Culver Krebbs: Eva Marie Saint
Cliff - Jack Lemmon
Lucy - Sandy Dennis
Katherine Wentworth: Ava Gardner
Donna Culver Krebbs: Eva Marie Saint
Kristin Shepherd: Natalie Wood
Patricia Shepherd: Agnes Moorhead

 

[Willie Oleson]

Sandra Dee as LUCY

Sue Ellen could bitch-slap her into a Christmas tree!

 

[Richard Channing]

I dunno. Hepburn seems too sharp somehow.

Agreed. Actually I think Hepburn would be better as Rebecca Wentworth.

 

[Richard Channing]

I also want Yvonne De Carlo to play someone...but she's a little too old for this and a little too young for that

Holly Harwood??

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

God, this is much easier to do with DYNASTY.

 

[Kenny Coyote]

Mandy Winger

 

[Laurie Marr]

If I wanted to really mix it up : I would put my fingers in my ears and nervously watch what happened if Rod Steiger was unleashed in the role of JR Ewing.

 

[Kenny Coyote]

If I wanted to really mix it up : I would put my fingers in my ears and nervously watch what happened if Rod Steiger was unleashed in the role of JR Ewing.

That's very appropriate because the characters played by Rod Steiger and Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront were brothers. The best thing about this is it reminds of old movies I haven't watched yet, or want to see again.

I was talking to a friend and told her about this thread since she likes classic movies and Dallas too. I said "I cast Brigitte Bardot just based on her looks; I don't even know if she can act." My friend said B.B. was beautiful but could not act. I replied: "Then she's a perfect Mandy."

 

[southfork88]

Barbara Stanwyck as Ellie Southwork Ewing

 

[Richard Channing]

JR: Marlon Brando

Actually the more I think about it Marlon Brando could be a great JR. Good choice.