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    Silent Theatre lands few punches in 'The Set-Up'

    Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:15:40

    Jack Johnson, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Great White


    Silent Theatre lands few punches in 'The Set-Up'

    When Robert Wise turned Joseph Moncure March's "The Set-Up" into a movie, back when narrative poems were a big enough deal to be made into movies, he hired a white actor (Robert Ryan) to play the role of the broken-down boxer, Pansy Jones. Wise's 1949 ...Full Story at Chicago Tribune »

    Tags: Jack Johnson, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Great White