George Burns, God & Devil
Correction, please!
In Chris Willman’s Aug. 27 article on Max Von Sydow and his latest film, “Needful Things” (“Von Sydow: Maxing at the Extremes”), Von Sydow is touted as being the first actor on record to play both God and Satan as a star for a major studio release.
Not so, according to my trivial pursuers.
George Burns has played God (not Son of God) in three films: “Oh, God!,” “Oh, God! Book II” and “Oh, God! You Devil.” In the latter film, Burns played both God and the devil, as he likes to say, “without makeup.”
In all three films, Burns had the starring role(s), and all three were made by a major studio, Warner Bros.
MARION FEIN
Los Angeles
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