Disenchantment followed Anthony Perkins (1932-1992) after the role he was most noted for- Psycho 's Norman Bates as well as a spate of psychological westerns presaging that,would instigate a nasty case of typecasting: Sure Perkins delivered some next level intensity in those iconoclastic roles he was seemingly effortless at achieving, he felt something was amiss and took to the other side of the puddle, namely his collaboration with Orson Welles in the criminally unsung screen telling of Kafka's The Trial
And though Perkins came replete with his own minefield of personal demons due to as he described in his own words a tortuous childhood, not dissimilar to that of James Dean, the very actor to be cited as Perkins predecessor, both were able to so seamlessly turn their travesties to triumphs once feet firmly entrenched on the stages, perhaps it was the greatest panacea of them all. Proving none of this was in any such vain.
With Fred Astaire, ‘On the Beach.’ : Recording in 1957.In fact Perkins was blessed with the Midas touch and was also a bit oF a chanticleer. in 1957, his 11 o'clock number Moonlight Swim was an overnight sensation and in fact would even be covered by Mr Presley himself four years down the road in Blue Hawaii. Elvis wasn't the only rocknroller inspired by this celluloid craftsman, Buddy Holly, a year before his demise confessed to his wife he longed to become a film star and was en route to secure that dream and cited Perkins was the reason for his remit.