Nicknamed the "father knows best" trilogy and made in English and Mandarin, all three centre on cultural clashes involving the great Chinese actor, the dignified, charismatic Sihung Lung.
It's not that interesting, it turns out, to imagine Curtiz toiling on the Buñuel canon, although it might have been amusing to see him - as was his infamous habit - bawling at actors as dignified as Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey or Jeanne Moreau.
For the first few minutes of the first piece, Mr. Dana, an elegant older gentleman, sat silent and dignified as he was berated by the actor Iorgo Papoutsas.
She is restrained and dignified, and again Cotillard shows what a marvellous technical actor she is: every nuance and detail is readably present on her face.
John Newland, an actor and director best remembered as the dignified host on the "Alcoa Presents" television series, an early venture into programming about the paranormal, died Jan . 10in Los Angeles.
Hotel lore says actor John Barrymore suggested the cat needed a more "dignified" name, so the cat was renamed "Hamlet".
While the other actors keep things cool, classy and oh so dignified, Mr. Hoskins has some lowdown fun.
Many actors can do tough, romantic, scary, funny or dignified.
Conspicuously absent is Harry Carey, the early western star who had given the young Ford his first feature directing assignment with the 1917 "Straight Shooting," and whose dignified underplaying would remain a template for Ford in his direction of actors for decades to come.
As Shaw grew older, his reputation as a dramatic actor grew stronger, and he became known for a sharp intelligence and dignified style.
