Talk:Karl Malden

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Contents 1 English Grammar Being Corrected 2 English Grammar on This Page is Horrible 3 Chicago or Gary?? 4 Karl Malden is Serbo-Croatian origin by his father side 5 Original Surname 6 Many Mistakes

[edit] English Grammar Being Corrected

For the great 94 year-old Karl, I am (as warned) correcting the grammar on this page. I did the first paragraph today, more later. I changed nothing factually, just the grammar. Hey, Karl Malden fans, chip in. JamesMadison 07:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd love to help – I'm a huge Karl fan – and I will, but first I've got to do some reading on Karl's career using other sources, because I'm totally confused about the references to Patton and General Bradley:

"...on this film, he played an officer who had an injured brother, in real-life, which proved to be the blockbuster movie of 1970, after all the movies he starred in (A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront)."

Did General Bradley have an injured brother, or did Karl have an injured brother, or is this bit about the brother in reference to something else entirely? I've seen most of Karl's movies and I've seen Patton at least 100 times (probably more), but I'm completely lost here! Is it simply bad translation or am I missing something important about Patton and/or Karl's career and/or Omar Bradley and/or Tennessee Williams and/or 1970? - ddlamb 05:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English Grammar on This Page is Horrible

Karl Malden is a great American actor who has appeared in some of the greatest American films of the 20th century.

But parts of this page looks like they were translated from a foreign language by an internet translator program. It's that bad.

I will gladly clean it up. I'm just letting you know beforehand.

JamesMadison 08:12, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I was just thinking the same thing. On Karl's 94th birthday, he deserves better.

[edit] Chicago or Gary??

Hi, you write Karl Malden was born in Gary, Indiana. But that is incorrect. According to his autobiography he was born n Chicago. Best regards Martin

Gary, Indiana is a city near Chicago. His IMDB biography confirms this. Nikola 15:54, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Karl Malden is Serbo-Croatian origin by his father side

Mladen Sekulovic has always been Yugoslav but has always said his origin is Croatian. The Sekulovic family came to USA from a village which is Croatian in Hercegovina. I think he has some Serbian blood, perhaps his fathers mother, hence he soemtimes is said to be Serbo-Croatian or even mistaken as just Serbian origin. The Sekulovic last name is very popular all cross the Balkans but most will confirm the origin is Croatian and is from Hercegovina.

I remember watching Karl Malden in an hour-long interview on CBC with Pamela Wallin in late 1990s. He talked at length about his Serbian father, growing up in a community full of Serbs, and about visiting Belgrade which had just been through NATO bombing at the time. If he, himself says he's Serbian, that's good enough for me.65.94.139.154 04:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Sure you are 100% correct..Karl Malden is Serbian but the origin of his last name (ancesty) is Croatian. Its not important ...its just a note....after a while the sekulovich family living in the USA will be American so all this wount matter.....I was just talking about his origin....He is Serbs now. was Croat and will be American...if that makes any sence...........What someone is today is one thing and origin is another........Karl is Serb but of Croat origin is what i was getting at....the town of his father is Croatian in Bosnia.

You just stop talkin Shit. He was Serb of Serbian Origin and thats it. He never ever was of Croatian Origin neither from Hercegovina but from Serbia. And one thing: Hercegovina is not Croatian but Bosnian Land .. there are not "Croatian Villages" only .. but "Serbian" Villages and "Muslim-Bosnian" Villages too, thats because Bosna and Hercegovina is one Country, He was never a Croat nor will he ever be - Mladen Sekulovic (both Serbian Names) is of pure Serb Origin. And thats all about it.

Who cares about his origin. MK013 20:39, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original Surname

We now say that his family name was Sekulovi?, but in the next para it's spelled Sekulovich. How was it actually spelled? JackofOz 02:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

The original surname is spelled Sekulovi? but the actor might have been born as Sekulovich. Often when European immigrants first arrived to Ellis Island their surnames were often mis-spelled sometimes purposely and sometimes by accident. This probably happened to his father when he arrived to America from Herzegovina. Also, if this happened purposely it was mostly so that the surname would be easier to pronounce in the English language. - Zec 19:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, thanks. As I suspected, the spelling of the surname was changed before Mladen (Karl) was born. That means his name at birth was Sekulovich, not Sekulovi?. The fact that it used to be Sekulovi?, or anything else, is not relevant. JackofOz 01:20, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

It seems a bit questionable to categorize him in Category:People from Republika Srpska when he was born 80 years before its creation, in the United States. I know, his father is from someplace presently within his borders, but that seems stretching things quite a bit. --Saforrest 21:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

IT IS BEING WRITTEN SEKULOVIC AND SPELLED SEKULOVICHDzoni 15:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S.HE IS 100 PRECENT SERB,I MET HIM WHEN HE VISITED BELGRADEDzoni 15:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Many Mistakes

I am currently reading Karl Malden's autobiography, When Do I Start? and I am finding that much of the information on here is incorrect. For example, it said that he loved to play football and that is how he broke his nose. He did not enjoy football and actually broke his nose playing basketball. There are many other mistakes that I have fixed and others that I plan to once I read that far.

In my opinion it totally misses the gem of his career, which is having starred in the original run of A Streetcar Named Desire. I plan on adding to it later.

Does anyone know if he really had a nose job? That has not been mentioned in the book so far which it seems it would be, and it just does not seem to have been a likely thing to have happened considering his financial situation, community, and that it was the Depression. I think this is a rumor. If anyone "nose" please let me know or change it! :)

I agree that the grammar is horendous.