How Yul Brynner Made up His Own Legend with Lies and Mystery?

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  • @AgeOfVintage
    @AgeOfVintage  3 года назад +51

    Thank you all for your Support, you're all amazing! Hope you enjoyed the video.
    If you like my work, please consider becoming a patreon! click here: www.patreon.com/ageofvintage
    Thank you! 🙂

    • @alanstevenson-graham6268
      @alanstevenson-graham6268 3 года назад +1

      Also ya gotta love the movie The Magnificent Seven

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад

      @@alanstevenson-graham6268 yes! Chris Adams(Yul's role) was my favorite of all his roles. It's so hrad to pick just one though,isnt it.

    • @edwardpike3386
      @edwardpike3386 2 года назад

      Just caught your channel about a month ago and I've been binge watching it since. I don't know if someone has replied to you yet but Yul played Rameses II on "The 10 Commandments" or Rameses the Great. Seti was his father and Rameses I was his grandfather.

    • @tatianalyulkin410
      @tatianalyulkin410 Год назад

      How can you not mention TARAS BULBA ?

    • @V081WLBlue
      @V081WLBlue Год назад

      Piss off

  • @anthonyfitts2548
    @anthonyfitts2548 3 года назад +217

    I carried Mr. Brynner twice on flights I was working, he was traveling with his last wife. He could not have been more gracious, self deprecating and just wonderful. He wanted my name first of all and used it throughout the flights. Warned us with his distinctive but diminished voice about smoking. He carried his on Fresca soda's and had me put them on ice for him. Both occasions he was gentle, amusing and Wonderful which I already said, but I mean it. One of my greatest moments flying.

    • @roberthrsan1439
      @roberthrsan1439 3 года назад +4

      Anthony Fitts what is the cigarette brand he used to smoke?

    • @gojewla
      @gojewla 3 года назад +7

      He was hot. Would have welcomed him into the mile high club.

    • @hkleehk1
      @hkleehk1 Год назад

      He walked a mile for his Camel, no filter, lethal to his wellness, I guess.

  • @irefi64
    @irefi64 3 года назад +436

    An unusually attractive and charismatic man, especially in the Rameses role (and outfits). What a voice; what a gaze; what presence; what an actor. Unforgettable.

    • @andythompson6874
      @andythompson6874 3 года назад +22

      You are so right, as I always envied how great his legs looked as Ramses. No guy ever looked better in a skirt!

    • @marylamb7707
      @marylamb7707 3 года назад +14

      Saw him in person back in the early 80's, incredible

    • @doro8856
      @doro8856 3 года назад +6

      @@marylamb7707 Wow! Lucky you.

    • @marylamb7707
      @marylamb7707 3 года назад +9

      @@doro8856
      Yes. I consider it right up there as when I...
      That's about it, lol
      Well, we sat 2 rows down from Paul Newman at a race once. That was cool. But seeing Brenner perform in person!!
      My Aunt and mother were huge fans. We took them with us. Now THAT was the best. Watching THEM watch him.

    • @doro8856
      @doro8856 3 года назад +6

      @@marylamb7707 I'm glad you have such good memories of these events. Good for you. May you continue to have many more.

  • @samspade3227
    @samspade3227 3 года назад +190

    His heart felt interview about not smoking, knowing he was dying at the time convinced me to stop smoking. Thank you Yul. Always enjoyed his acting skill.

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 2 года назад +1

      I'm gonna finish this last pack and watch it. Thanks

  • @CityThatCannotBeCaptured
    @CityThatCannotBeCaptured 3 года назад +57

    He was fabulous; incredibly handsome, spoke impeccable French and other languages, amazingly talented and skilled.

  • @carlycharlesworth1497
    @carlycharlesworth1497 3 года назад +221

    I have had a crush on Yul Brynner since I first saw him in the film version of the King and I. I wept buckets when he died in the film. I have loved the look of a bald head ever since I saw his. He was fantastically sexy and incredibly handsome. I was just a mere child when he was at the height of his fame. Has any other mongolian/russian/hungarian every become such a superstar in history? I can't think of one person who has. He was incredible and it is such a shame he died the way he did. Such a sad ending to a truly amazing actor. They just don't make them like that any more. Rest in Peace Yul Brynner, you were incredible. What a loss.

    • @ettabeckner1144
      @ettabeckner1144 3 года назад +20

      I agree, Miss Carly. When it was broadcast on t.v. that Yul had passed, my ex-husband came into our bedroom, knelt beside the bed and, very gently told me. I cried off and on for days. My thoughts are with you and all of Mr. Brynner's fans.

    • @lindseycarribean5113
      @lindseycarribean5113 3 года назад +13

      Cigarettes...cancer.

    • @PungiFungi
      @PungiFungi 3 года назад +11

      @@lindseycarribean5113 he knew the smokes caused it and spent his last days doing public tv announcements warning of the dangers of smoking.

    • @misskim2058
      @misskim2058 3 года назад +11

      Leonard Nimoy, Russian. The Gabor sisters, Hungarian.

    • @jamesthefirst8790
      @jamesthefirst8790 3 года назад +8

      Tony Curtis Hungarian, Peter Falk Russian, Hungarian and Polish, William Shatner Russian/Hungarian born in Canada, Billy Crystal Russia/Austria,

  • @haddiewillsburg1453
    @haddiewillsburg1453 3 года назад +108

    I never smoked after being so impressed by his PSA. I am forever grateful to a man I never met!

    • @silverstuff182
      @silverstuff182 3 года назад +11

      I always had a ton of respect for the video he made about smoking when he was dying.

  • @marcpadilla1094
    @marcpadilla1094 3 года назад +87

    A close relative of my ex wife was his personal assistant for many years. He was very generous and very nice she said.

    • @propriusly
      @propriusly 3 года назад +13

      That nice to hear.

  • @robmcgowan4034
    @robmcgowan4034 3 года назад +95

    One of the most electrifying and mesmerizing actors ever. No films made today are worthy of his brilliance.

  • @mangoMango-ck3et
    @mangoMango-ck3et 3 года назад +41

    And there hasn't been an equal to Yul Brunner since.... a Great actor,and humanitarian.R.I.P.

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 3 года назад +101

    I saw YB on Broadway in the King And I. He was commanding in a great way. I was right down in front for the show. He was exactly as you described him in this wonderful look back at a Hollywood legend. Thanks.

    • @edihs7196
      @edihs7196 3 года назад +2

      HG ? Great bio on YB

    • @barbaraadams4751
      @barbaraadams4751 3 года назад +5

      I saw him in the King and l on the London stage I was mesmerised completely all the Audience where spell bound, very handsome and such a wonderful deep sexy voice.

    • @sheilagravely5621
      @sheilagravely5621 3 года назад +1

      Was he really bisexual??

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +1

      @@sheilagravely5621 Never heard that one.

  • @michelleelizabeth797
    @michelleelizabeth797 3 года назад +79

    Truly talented actor, very handsome and fascinating. Loved him in the Ten Commandments

  • @stilljocelyn_
    @stilljocelyn_ 3 года назад +67

    As a kid every Easter we’d watch 10 Commandments. YB was the first man I ever seen wear a skirt and fitted top and look so good. He played the hell out of Ramsey’s . ♥️❤️‍🔥

    • @NP-yh6nf
      @NP-yh6nf 3 года назад +3

      Every Easter!!! Even now!!

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +4

      I was little when Yul played Ramses,and I got my first crush.Then,he went on to absolutely cement that when I saw The King and I. THEN,..I saw Kings of the Sun,and I was even more lost.I was 9 then. In moccasins,fringed buckskin pants,and nothing else.He was just beautiful. Strutting as he always did.

    • @janedoe1404
      @janedoe1404 3 года назад +2

      Absolutely magnificent!

  • @Starshadow
    @Starshadow 3 года назад +6

    He was one of the very few men who could have tossed his shoes under my bed any old day.
    He was a terrific actor, too.

  • @machtschnell7452
    @machtschnell7452 3 года назад +121

    His PSA was dramatic and highly impactful. It should still be aired.

    • @doro8856
      @doro8856 3 года назад +8

      It really should, shouldn't it?

    • @NP-yh6nf
      @NP-yh6nf 3 года назад +9

      I agree, except the younger generation will have no idea who he is!! ☹

    • @edwardspruill8788
      @edwardspruill8788 3 года назад +6

      It got me to quit.

  • @williamcarey6592
    @williamcarey6592 3 года назад +52

    Saw him in his last run of The King and I when he was terminal . Still great

  • @gusmonster59
    @gusmonster59 3 года назад +45

    He shaved his head for the role of The King, and then kept it that way full time. He was 23 the first time he played The King. When he reprised the role for stage in the 70's, he was in his 50's. He said now he could now identify with the King better and give his performances more depth. I saw him live at the Pantages in Hollywood in the 70's. I will never, ever forget it.

  • @alancrisp1582
    @alancrisp1582 3 года назад +40

    I first came a cross Yul Brynner as a child on television in Anna And The King from 1972 , a short lived series that really deserved a much longer run. Remember this show fondly...

    • @vula4u958
      @vula4u958 3 года назад +4

      Magnificent seven too

  • @marionmuolo9321
    @marionmuolo9321 3 года назад +34

    I've been a fan of his since I was 16. That's over 60 years!

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 3 года назад +5

      Let me get that chair for you....

  • @Mountlougallops
    @Mountlougallops 3 года назад +22

    My grandfather came from the Czech Republic in what was then Bohemia and was named Julius. He went by Yula as a nickname especially with his Czech family and friends. He also went by Jules, Julian, Julie. When he finally retired he had to go back to the old country to get his baptismal record to prove who he was. He didn’t have a birth certificate which I guess was not unusual? My grandfather was an actor in Cleveland, Ohio and he was a bit of a con man/salesman for most of his life. His family came to the States in the early turn of the century and things were very different back then. You could invent yourself and bullshit yourself through a lot of things. It was a Bohemian gypsy life in a way. I wonder if he found Yule Brenner to be an “influencer”.
    Great channel. Love your work. Well researched. 🤍✌🏽🕊

    • @keetahbrough
      @keetahbrough 2 года назад

      people continue to invent themselves and bullshit their way through. Because people do this.. just willy nilly.. is your evidence to know that we live in an illusion. It's not reality.

    • @Mountlougallops
      @Mountlougallops 2 года назад

      @@keetahbrough yet, we can be identified through paper trails.

  • @brentonl2631
    @brentonl2631 3 года назад +33

    Just an amazing actor strong, versatile and accomplished. Certainly one of the all time greats, pretty much loved all his movies. Thanks so much for this excellent video really enjoyed learning more about Yul. Thanks Brenton 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

    • @AgeOfVintage
      @AgeOfVintage  3 года назад +1

      Thanks so much Brenton! 🙂

    • @paulis4278
      @paulis4278 3 года назад

      Back then there was a lots of great stars and actors.

  • @ginamitembe8935
    @ginamitembe8935 3 года назад +30

    Don't care where he came from, he was absolutely handsome beautiful sad eyes!! 💙🥰👍

  • @jamespenn5788
    @jamespenn5788 3 года назад +22

    He was well schooled by his upbringing to become the actor he was. Handsome, talented, well educated and charismatic. I wish I could watch all his movies again.

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +3

      Yul's mother took his elder sister, Vera (January 17, 1916 - December 13, 1967), and him to Harbin, China, where they attended a school run by the YMCA.

  • @timirish2563
    @timirish2563 3 года назад +56

    He was a gracious man and was courteously kind to those who were courteously kind to him. He was a remarkable artist in whichever field he chose. And it was he who taught Steve McQueen how to act on film (go for fewer lines and more expression).

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 3 года назад +15

    He was who he wanted to be,,his lies didn't make any difference in who really was,,,a wonderfully talented man who led an extraordinary life,,,

  • @cindybogart6062
    @cindybogart6062 3 года назад +11

    He was always one of my favorite actors. He was a kind & caring person. I just loved him. He was such an unusual & intelligent person. So talented ❣️

    • @paulis4278
      @paulis4278 3 года назад +1

      My favorite was charles bronson

  • @rabit818
    @rabit818 3 года назад +73

    Yul is one of those People Of Unknown Origin - like Anthony Quinn (Mexican) who can play, very well, just about any nationality.

    • @domls1317
      @domls1317 2 года назад +3

      Lou Diamond Philips as well.

    • @DarlinAkaDarlene
      @DarlinAkaDarlene 3 месяца назад +1

      Anthony Quinn was part Native American and some European per his autobiography if I'm not mistaken, read it a few months ago.

  • @HenriqueSilvanyar
    @HenriqueSilvanyar 3 года назад +23

    Amazing actor, and impressive personality.

  • @dianacooper-havlik9085
    @dianacooper-havlik9085 3 года назад +22

    Excellent info on this mysterious actor!⭐️

  • @burkinfaso
    @burkinfaso 3 года назад +45

    I was born in Vladivostok, their family home still stands till this day. And it’s so beautiful that as a child I thought it was a museum. 😊

    • @angiehooks8187
      @angiehooks8187 2 года назад

      Please enlighten me on the scene in The Journey where he eats the glass! Is that a Russian thing?

  • @b.b.finsclara3589
    @b.b.finsclara3589 3 года назад +2

    I loooved him. His presence......his gait.....his self-assurance A MAN'S MAN. When asked who would be in your wish list of.......Yul Brynner, Gregory Peck, Sean Connery and others i can quite recall now.....But Yul Brynner stole my heart during my childhood....in the 10 Commandments......and the subsequent films he made. I loooved him. What a personality!

  • @schallrd1
    @schallrd1 3 года назад +41

    Brynner made many great memorable movies with characters he played.

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 3 года назад +8

    He seems like a very nice person who thought of others I was very impressed how caring he was,,,nice man..

  • @ettabeckner1144
    @ettabeckner1144 3 года назад +40

    What a great video ... as always. I've ALWAYS thought that Yul Brynner was, and still is, THE SEXIEST man. It's been my great fortune to see him twice, on stage, in "The King And I." The second time I saw him, my seat was 6th row center. And there was a 20 minute standing ovation at the end. I have an autographed photo of him, as well. Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you for this episode of AOV!!!!!!!!!

  • @Cocoatreat
    @Cocoatreat 3 года назад +3

    Thank for this amazing biography of the life of YUl Brynner! As a child, he was one of my faves….I’ll always remember his role as Taras Bulba…..he had such a beautiful deep voice…..& he was gorgeous…..and he shocked me in “westworld”. …..he was eerily scary! What a heartthrob! There will never be another!

  • @MK-hh1vo
    @MK-hh1vo 3 года назад +29

    I click for Yul Bryner! Loved this! Subscribed.
    His made up life couldn't have been more varied and exotic than his actual life!
    He's the definition of "magnetism", he attracts *everyone* . As a child I was mesmerized by him! The King and I and Ten Commandments were TV events because of him. As a teen I loved The Gunslinger, pure Bryner genius. Liked your homage to his silent screen actor skills there. As a young adult I remember the Don't Smoke video...it was shocking and sad.
    I think he's at his young Bryner finest in Port of New York. It's jarring to see him with hair 😄 he really made bald sexy! Thanks for the memories!

  • @dalehall2067
    @dalehall2067 3 года назад +65

    Never forget when he said “don’t smoke”. Very impressive

    • @lanadellhatestheclock3325
      @lanadellhatestheclock3325 3 года назад +13

      Yeah. Spooky. He said "I'm gone now, don't smoke". Part of the reason I quit smoking.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 3 года назад +10

      See the very brief anti-smoking clip made in the '60s by the actor William Talman who was on the verge of dying from lung cancer. He had been a heavy smoker until it caught up with him.

    • @lindseycarribean5113
      @lindseycarribean5113 3 года назад +6

      I think people from that era didn't have hindsight enough to realize the consequences of smoking. ( Just like for drugs, it was the cool thing to do ).Just in the movies, they smoked like dragoons so in their private lives, I can't even imagine...🙄

    • @ohmeowzer1
      @ohmeowzer1 3 года назад +1

      Agree

    • @tompchromedome
      @tompchromedome 3 года назад +1

      @@lanadellhatestheclock3325 me too

  • @deborahzorniger1979
    @deborahzorniger1979 3 года назад +2

    I was fortunate enough to see Yul Brynner in The King and I on stage in Cincinnati Ohio before he passed away I had always loved this actor and was so happy to have this experience something i wiill always cherish.

  • @mattc3696
    @mattc3696 3 года назад +30

    Hard to compare his greatness to what we have now. When will the next truly great actor emerge? Perhaps when they make compelling stories again.

    • @susanchase7880
      @susanchase7880 3 года назад +4

      First you need a real author to write a bestseller. Then they make it into a good movie. I know writers still write, but the electronic age has changed all that. I miss reading a good book. So, you'll have to look to the "Indies" for compelling movies.

    • @mattc3696
      @mattc3696 3 года назад +1

      @@susanchase7880 Thank you!

    • @eddiemcgrath8536
      @eddiemcgrath8536 3 года назад +1

      Daniel Day Lewis stands head and shoulders above everyone these days but the golden age is sadly gone.

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +3

      @@eddiemcgrath8536 However,he lacks onew thing. Charisma. He's an awesome actor,but he doesnt have that Panache.Which Yul did,in spades.

    • @paulis4278
      @paulis4278 3 года назад

      @@susanchase7880 Dude back then there was a lots of charismatic big movie stars.

  • @christinec.2376
    @christinec.2376 3 года назад +11

    i've had a mad crush on him since childhood. he, i'm sure was very aware of how he looked walking away. :)

  • @325Bertie
    @325Bertie 3 года назад +6

    Totally unbelievably talented actor. Wish we had more like that.

  • @uglytothebone6253
    @uglytothebone6253 3 года назад +28

    Awsome in the magnificent seven a real dudes flix!

    • @eugenejcostello8647
      @eugenejcostello8647 3 года назад

      V

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад

      Umm,..It's my favorite film of Yul's. Chris Adams was awesome.With all those gorgeous men in it,it's pure eye candy for women. I'm just relieved that when they did the reboot they didnt use his name in it. Denzel is great,but he isnt Yul Brynner.

  • @hemoedmonds4354
    @hemoedmonds4354 3 года назад +6

    He was such a handsome man who commanded respect wherever he went..he had an unbelievable sexy voice that left you awestruck..an amazing actor and a sad loss to the film industry

  • @winnienguyen4420
    @winnienguyen4420 3 года назад +39

    Loved him in the Journey (1959). Very underrated movie also starring Deborah Kerr. I kinda feel like Yul picked up where Charles Boyer left off with the exotic leading man roles and the sexy, ambiguous accent and all. First thing I think of is Boyer playing a Japanese Naval Commander opposite Merle Oberon in Thunder From the East (1934) or Shanghai (1935) opposite Loretta Young who searches China for the half-Russian, half-Chinese industrialist played by Boyer whom she loves. I love these two guys.

    • @marilena7848
      @marilena7848 3 года назад +7

      VERY underrated.
      Brynner and Kerr had an amazing on-screen chemistry, both in The Journey and, of course, in The King and I.

    • @winnienguyen4420
      @winnienguyen4420 3 года назад +8

      @@marilena7848 indeed. I felt the same about Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in all the movies they did together.

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +1

      Oh my. Another one of the greats. Charles Boyer was in The Buccaneer (1958) as well, in which Brynner played Jean Lafitte; he co-starred with Heston and the film was produced by De Mille but directed by Anthony Quinn.

    • @winnienguyen4420
      @winnienguyen4420 3 года назад +1

      @@xScooterAZx the Buccaneer is another great underrated movie

  • @brober
    @brober 3 года назад +2

    No other actor could play the roles Yul Brynner played. The definition of a star.

  • @cathyaudette1060
    @cathyaudette1060 3 года назад +3

    I fell in love with Yul Brynner when he scared the hell out of me in Westworld. I was 16 years old in 1973 when that movie came out and this man dazzled me. After that I watched him in Anastasia, The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven and The King and I. Rest in Peace, thanks for everything.

    • @angiehooks8187
      @angiehooks8187 2 года назад

      Watch him in The Journey you will fall in love all over again! WOW! What a man!

  • @lauriefrancisco1084
    @lauriefrancisco1084 3 года назад +12

    Like a commenter below, I too fell in love with Yul Brynner when I saw the movie version of the King and I. His exotic good looks (from head to toe) and bearing made him such a breathtaking standout. I knew little about him, however, so this video was not only informative but, rather than detracting from his persona, explained it! Something that caught my I from all the still photographs in the video was the body hair on his arms, chest, and I assume legs. Never occurred to me that for parts like the King of Siam they/he needed to shave every body part that showed! And I've never seen Westworld, but now I want to see it because of your review of his performance. And, though I loved all those stills, the ones with Mr. Brynner holding a cigarette were a sad reminder of the ubiquitousness of cigarettes in those days. It's quite disturbing to look back at old movies, TV shows, JOHNNY CARSON, and see those damn cancer sticks between people's fingers or smoldering in an ashtray! Shocking that tobacco companies ever got away with that. And what a HORRIBLE thing to perpetrate on the public! We've lost far too many people prematurely because of that scourge of mankind! Change of subject and quick note: I've always been baffled by the kinds of things that men find erotic, most seemingly quite overt. Though I can't speak for all women, I think we're moved by subtler things. Case in point: King and I, "Shall We Dance" scene, when Anna is teaching the King to dance, and Mr. Brynner steps toward her and slowly slips his beautiful masculine hand around her waist -- takes my breath away every time!

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +3

      YesWhew! I always know when that scene is coming,and I wind up holding my breath,right up ill the moment his hand connects.. Such an innocent gesture,but he makes it so devistatingly sensual.

    • @irinaivanovic9792
      @irinaivanovic9792 3 года назад

      @@xScooterAZx I couldn't have said it better!

  • @lesliesmith5797
    @lesliesmith5797 3 года назад +17

    Always love your videos, with your relaxing voice. 🦋🦋

  • @catsoandahalf
    @catsoandahalf 2 года назад +2

    Yul was a fabulous actor and one-of-a-kind. Hollywood and the movie viewing public were lucky to have him.

  • @LB-px9td
    @LB-px9td 3 года назад +52

    It’s amazing, Yul Brynner looked sexier as a bald man than with hair

    • @attilio7
      @attilio7 3 года назад +4

      also the same goes for Telly Savalas

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 3 года назад +6

      Indeed. With hair he looked like an accountant.

  • @rohitkumar-wh2ig
    @rohitkumar-wh2ig 3 года назад +11

    He was a great actor

  • @darvennej4495
    @darvennej4495 3 года назад +19

    Yul smoked about 5-6 packs of cigarettes a day ? ,and during his work? A lot of cuts and breaks for him, though one would never know? Darn good actor ! and a great cowboy! MS 1&2 SPECTACULAR !

  • @fallenkilljoy5941
    @fallenkilljoy5941 2 года назад +1

    I'm a 17 year old girl from England but I love Yul so much, I first watched him in Magnificent Seven and it allllll went downhill from then. I now have a pillow, books, all his films (from dodgy Korean websites) and coasters. I even learnt Russian because of him. I absolutely adore him and his eccentricity

  • @damemarthafalker6738
    @damemarthafalker6738 3 года назад +2

    Yul will forever be indelibly linked with Cinema as a first rate example of the finest the craft had to offer. He has made an enduring impression. Also, it appears he was incapable of taking a bad photograph. What a remarkable thespian. Simply put, Yul was fabulous.

  • @vivmamallama1791
    @vivmamallama1791 3 года назад +13

    i was in love with him when i was a kid

  • @d.cypher2920
    @d.cypher2920 3 года назад +8

    I can very clearly remember seeing the PSA starring Ule Brenner and it was very powerful.
    I only later learned that it was actually just an excerpt of an interview from GMA.
    Legendary, he was.
    😎🇺🇸

  • @silverstuff182
    @silverstuff182 3 года назад +18

    There are only two movie men who could have rendered me helpless. One was Peter O'Toole. The other was Yul Brynner.

  • @kat66meow
    @kat66meow 3 года назад +3

    I always had a crush on him as a teenager when my parents and I watched his movies. He was so mysterious and alluring. Meow!!! 😻🖤

  • @robertjohnson4301
    @robertjohnson4301 3 года назад +2

    He told a different life story to everybody who asked. People soon realized he was goofing on them cause he had like 19 different stories from where he was born... his parents, his upbringing... And he was a master at single ski water skiing... his grace, fluidity, and elegance was simply amazing

  • @misolgit69
    @misolgit69 3 года назад +27

    He was an exotic foreigner of course he had to re-invent his history

  • @normak35
    @normak35 3 года назад +9

    If you've never seen The Buccaneer, give it a go! Not only is it another pairing of Brynner and Heston, but it is one of the rare instances where Yul has a full head of hair. The story is enjoyable to watch, the acting is excellent, and Brynner eats up the scenery as usual.

    • @garydeceder2181
      @garydeceder2181 2 года назад

      Do you think he wore a toupee in the film I absolutely love this picture

  • @RebekahCurielAlessi
    @RebekahCurielAlessi 3 года назад +3

    Thank you!!!! I loved watching this.... I can now see, much of my own father's charisma was in tandem with Mr Brynner's....an honor to both.

  • @doreennewman7182
    @doreennewman7182 3 года назад +3

    Loved the stage presence and the persona of this man !

  • @xScooterAZx
    @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +11

    people should read "Yul: The Man Who Would Be King : A Memoir of Father and Son",written by his son,Rock Brynner. It's an awesome read,and eye opener.

  • @sandugo856
    @sandugo856 3 года назад +54

    He would have made an interesting Professor X…

    • @PungiFungi
      @PungiFungi 3 года назад +5

      Born too soon. I wonder if he didn’t inspired Prof X’s look in the comics like Persis Khambatta did later with Moondragon .

    • @JohnWilliams-sq7cj
      @JohnWilliams-sq7cj 3 года назад +1

      @@PungiFungi Marvel's moondragon character was made years before Persis' Star Trek character

    • @PungiFungi
      @PungiFungi 3 года назад

      @@JohnWilliams-sq7cj but I think her later drawings, especially in The New Defenders, took inspiration from Khambatta.

    • @JohnWilliams-sq7cj
      @JohnWilliams-sq7cj 3 года назад

      @@PungiFungi fair enough

  • @curtisthomas2670
    @curtisthomas2670 3 года назад +3

    His brooding, smoldering and quietly menacing presence in Invitation To A Gunfighter was epic

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад

      Lord,she wanted him,but she knew better. Jules Gaspard d'Estaing was soo sexy.

  • @msrainerain
    @msrainerain 3 года назад +2

    😍 fine like wine 🍷💜

  • @dianabaker7919
    @dianabaker7919 3 года назад +2

    Such a Great actor. Loved all his movies. Such a great loss. ❤

  • @lindseycarribean5113
    @lindseycarribean5113 3 года назад +12

    Age, do you know Johnny Hallyday ? I'm in France and he was as big as Elvis in the US. He died a few years ago from cancer too, abusing him too of the cigarettes...a true rock star. He's very praised and loved since and he'll always be. Please do a video about him. He's a very interesting character, you'll see. Take notes please and thx you for your amazing work 😉😘

    • @africanprincess21
      @africanprincess21 3 года назад

      Johnny Halliday is indeed our Elvis. We love him dearly.

  • @bigdeal39
    @bigdeal39 3 года назад +3

    An amazing actor.......he was great in the Magnificent Seven !!

  • @Aprilforevergreen
    @Aprilforevergreen 3 года назад +4

    This was wonderful. I didn't know that Yul Brynner had such an interesting background.

    • @146agi122
      @146agi122 3 года назад +3

      At one time, he mentioned his SWISS and ROMA (Gypsey) background.He performed in bars and restaurants in Paris with his sister. He sang and played the balalayka while his sister danced.

  • @PaulWallis
    @PaulWallis 3 года назад +3

    Great analysis of a truly great performer. He created a unique zone and fully inhabited it. What an inspiration. Thank you for this.

  • @VAMPYBITES
    @VAMPYBITES 3 года назад +2

    I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HIM!!
    I'VE EVEN QUIT SMOKING
    DUE TO HIM!!(yet, feel back).
    HOWEVER, HE WILL BE IN MY
    HEART!!

  • @duchessstudioband7896
    @duchessstudioband7896 3 года назад +9

    Yul Brynner was one of a kind. There has never been another like him. My high school did the King and I, and he overshadowed the actor who played the King. He played the King as Yul did. He was amazing. One of a kind

    • @sifridbassoon
      @sifridbassoon 2 года назад

      Yul Brenner owned the King. No one else should ever try to play that role again. I feel the same about Kathryn Hepburn in Lion in Winter

  • @janetmillsrice
    @janetmillsrice 3 года назад +9

    wonderful icon. thank you for sharing.

  • @dj4123
    @dj4123 3 года назад +1

    I have seen other videos on this terrific actor but yours is much more complete and informative. Thank you for an excellent history/biography. I truly enjoyed it.

  • @alexisalexander9037
    @alexisalexander9037 3 года назад +2

    An interesting man and actor for sure!

  • @lizd.8655
    @lizd.8655 3 года назад +7

    Loved him as Ramases in the 10 Commandments. I truly consider him and Charlton Heston as co-leads in that one :-)

  • @patricianunez5423
    @patricianunez5423 3 года назад +15

    He was great in the movie "Anastasia" with Ingrid Bergman.

    • @ccmarcum
      @ccmarcum 3 года назад +3

      That was when I first saw him and I left the theatre stunned.

    • @patricianunez5423
      @patricianunez5423 3 года назад +2

      @@ccmarcum I'm going to ask the nearest theater that shows classic movies to have a Yul Brenner double feature with "Anastasia" and"The King and I" So handsome in the King and I!

    • @davidallen508
      @davidallen508 3 года назад +4

      ‘’Anastasia” is my favourite Ingrid Bergman film ; her opening scenes are haunting as are her scenes with Helen Hayes.
      Brynner is fine but is out-classed by the two women.

    • @patricianunez5423
      @patricianunez5423 3 года назад +4

      @@davidallen508 I agree about the two ladies. I also like Ingrid Bergman in "Gaslight." She really seemed....well...gaslighted in the film. Just a wonderful performance.

    • @ronross3410
      @ronross3410 3 года назад +1

      @@davidallen508 Mr.Allen.. They each were fine actors. and I sure drew admiration from audiences for various reasons but NOONE could Outclass Mr Brynner. He Defined It!!! He owned his niche in the industry!!

  • @michaelmullin3585
    @michaelmullin3585 3 года назад +19

    Sorry---I adored him. whatever his lies were, he was a MAN, not a soy boy with a man bun. Loved his acting.

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 3 года назад +19

    He was my favorite Hollywood actor.

  • @peterbellini6102
    @peterbellini6102 3 года назад +4

    I enjoyed and loved these two unknown movies: "Taras Bulba" with Tony Curtis and "The Journey" with Deborah Kerr. Highly recommend both !

  • @algeborusas1883
    @algeborusas1883 3 года назад +2

    There was no one like him before him or after him. The world's most interesting man.

  • @lindseycarribean5113
    @lindseycarribean5113 3 года назад +34

    Now another russian gem. Please do a video about Rudolph Nureyev. I ❤ him ❣

    • @joerod7526
      @joerod7526 3 года назад +2

      Please don't forget the must beautiful woman ever....
      Natalie Wood🇷🇺

    • @lindseycarribean5113
      @lindseycarribean5113 3 года назад

      @@joerod7526 not the most beautiful but definitely one of the most talented.

    • @what8562
      @what8562 3 года назад

      It never ceases to amaze me how Tatars, Buryats, Bashkirs are being erased in the West.

    • @marjoriegarner5369
      @marjoriegarner5369 3 года назад +1

      Rudolph N. was not a noble man like Yul. Rudolph was selfish.

  • @winnifredforbes1114
    @winnifredforbes1114 3 года назад +3

    What an excellent, thorough biography!

  • @LaserRanger15
    @LaserRanger15 3 года назад +2

    Very well done video. Thanks for actually narrating and not using a "robo voice" I've seen every one of the original Star Trek multiple times, and don't recall him in that show. I'd like to know more about that. He was an interesting guy and quite a life.

  • @terriemery5687
    @terriemery5687 3 года назад +11

    Regardless, he was a timeless talent

  • @marydonohoe8200
    @marydonohoe8200 3 года назад +2

    You’ve answered many questions I’ve had about him for decades! Thank you.

  • @toddhupp
    @toddhupp 3 года назад +3

    nice review. Yul really was a superb actor. Huge presence on film.Very masculine.

  • @autumninvirginia1229
    @autumninvirginia1229 3 года назад +6

    Who in Hollywood did not , they were often talented but all were fragile broken and often without any moral compass. So sad. Yul was a potent and exotically gorgeous man all the while deeply damaged.

  • @joanneyoung1081
    @joanneyoung1081 3 года назад +12

    He was an imposing figure on the screen, mysterious and charismatic and exotic. He was very popular regardless of shaven head and most people gathered he was foreign born.

    • @upthedown1
      @upthedown1 3 года назад +1

      Just so Joanne and all that was not lost on me who had such a crush on him. He is the only bald headed man that I ever found to be sexy.

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад

      @@upthedown1 Telly Savalas?

    • @upthedown1
      @upthedown1 3 года назад +1

      @@xScooterAZx Actually Telly Savalas was kinda sexy but the bald beaded look just doesn't do it for me.

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +2

      @@upthedown1 Bald headed? Only a few men can actually carry off baldness,in my opinion.

    • @upthedown1
      @upthedown1 3 года назад

      @@xScooterAZx I agree

  • @scronx
    @scronx 3 года назад +31

    Bravo -- terrific presentation! But don't tell us you don't adore his Pharoah role? Maybe you were quoting him about that headgear.
    May I recommend a now completely forgotten Brynner masterpiece -- 1963's Kings of the Sun? The entirely pre-Columbian story is profound, YB's role in it pivotal. Absorbing and totally unique!

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 года назад +12

      The video didn't mention his role in Anastasia with Ingrid Bergman, an often overlooked but great film.

    • @AgeOfVintage
      @AgeOfVintage  3 года назад +7

      Thank you Scronx! 🙂 Yes, it is hard to cover everything in such a short video. That is why I make sometimes more videos about one person.

    • @diannelavoie5385
      @diannelavoie5385 3 года назад +3

      Just watched Kings of the Sun about a month ago. George Chakiris was in it as well. Their characters of two tribal chiefs, one Indian and one Aztec? start as enemies but end as allies and friends. Sadly, Yul's character dies at the end.

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад +2

      One of my favorite films.

    • @luzvaldes1030
      @luzvaldes1030 3 года назад

      @@diannelavoie5385 Sorry, what do you mean by one Indian? Don’t you know that the Aztecs were native Americans also, except in Mexico?

  • @bernardsimon1631
    @bernardsimon1631 3 года назад +6

    Enjoyed greatly

  • @markbrisec3972
    @markbrisec3972 3 года назад +19

    Yul Brynner's jealousy towards Steve McQueen, during the filming of The Magnificent seven" is legendary. Although McQueen wasn't a superstar in 1960 when the film was made, it was already obvious who's the bold primadona and who'll become The King of cool. The thing that annoyed Yul the most was how Steve couldn't be provoked or get mad. He stayed, well, cool. Putting all that aside, The Magnificent seven turned out to be one of the best western movies in history.

  • @phoenixgal2278
    @phoenixgal2278 3 года назад

    Yul Brenner is and always will be on the top of my list of my favorite actors of all time. His movies "The King and I", "The Ten Commandments" and "The Magnificent Seven" will always be (for me) among the most watched of all his films. I learned a lot more about this Hollywood legend in this video--Thank you!

    • @xScooterAZx
      @xScooterAZx 3 года назад

      Yul Brynner is a one off. His roles just wont work if you try to put someone else in them. Ok,I take that back,for one movie. Ken Watanabi as the King,in "The King and I".A newer movie. I tried not to like him as the King,but I was totally won over. He played it so differently than Yul,and it didnt fel like a betrayal.

  • @laurice8056
    @laurice8056 3 года назад +2

    Yul Brynner’s roles as Nobles in “The King and I”, and in “The Ten Commandments” were my favorites by him. But his heartfelt role as a spokesman for the the American Cancer Society was the Most Noble and sadly most memorable. End of an Era.
    Etcetera,…etcetera,…etcetera!⭐️🎬

  • @okosuntom2808
    @okosuntom2808 3 года назад +3

    I mostly know him as Ramses in the Ten Commandments.He was awesome in that role.

    • @LuigiCotocea
      @LuigiCotocea 5 месяцев назад

      Yes that's he is sometimes called *Yul's Pharaoh* his grave is in france at this coordonates 47,0093032, 0,4858446

  • @csco72
    @csco72 3 года назад +3

    I freaking love Yul! 🤩 Started watching him as a kid, after my grandpa introduced me to his movies. Whenever I hear of “The Magnificent Seven”, first thing that comes to mind is Yul Brynner, then everybody else (and no, not that damn remake a few years ago either… please). During Easter weekend every year, I wait for “The Ten Commandments” - again, Yul, then Charlton Heston & everybody else. RIP LEGEND 🙌🏽

  • @chevalvivant
    @chevalvivant 3 года назад +2

    My favorite film of his is Anastasia, his relationship with a woman for profit of inventing her identity, they end up falling in love. His performance is magnificent

  • @thomaslawrence2731
    @thomaslawrence2731 3 года назад +27

    Too bad he was never a James Bond villian.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 года назад +13

      He would have stolen the show entirely

    • @cliffgaither
      @cliffgaither 3 года назад +2

      Thomas Lawrence :: You're right ! So is Bill Olsen.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 года назад +1

      @@cliffgaither ;-)

    • @lauvonfr9222
      @lauvonfr9222 3 года назад +2

      Thomas Lawrence - OMG, you:re right. He would have taken 007 to a whole nother level, his presence, sex appeal and physicality alone would have been insane.

    • @janedoe1404
      @janedoe1404 3 года назад +2

      He would have been awesome!