Agreed entirely. Ninety percent of today's stars would be lucky to get jobs as bit players in the Golden Age of movies.

I wouldn't say Natalie Wood goes Marilyn Monroe bad, but yea, she's an acquired taste, but was she deserving of all that recognition and nominations and what-have-you? I wouldn't think so, but the Hollywood of today still plays this game of overly promoting unworthy persons. Just check out any awards show for proof of that.

Bless you. Natalie Wood was aptly named because her acting style was about as wooden as you can get.
She had a charming personality, and she was lovely, and yes, a big star because she had tons of charisma. But her acting was so weak that if she was not given proper direction, ie in movies like Meteor, her acting goes from merely wooden to absolutely pathetically bad. Marilyn Monroe bad.

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Really? Last Married Couple isn't available? That really surprises me

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I don't know. I do know that she definitely did not know how to act. <<
Of course she didn't. That's how she had a decades-long career and was praised by so many.

I don't know. I do know that she definitely did not know how to act.

Natalie Woods' Russian was so good I had to come on here to verify that it was actually Natalie Woods and not some Russian actress who happened to resemble her. I didn't realize that Natalie Woods was Russian.
Also, while Brian Keith's Russian was noticeably worse than Natalie's, it was significantly better than Sean Connery's weak attempt in "The Hunt for Red October." Mr. Keith's dialog coach (and probably Ms. Woods herself) did a fine job helping him out.
Having said that, it's too bad they didn't just cast Yul Brynner and have two native Russian speakers in those roles. But maybe Brynner was too sick by then.

"Kak pazhybyyu druzhee"
Closer transliteration is "Kak pozhivyetye druzy"
Closer translation is "How are you friends?"
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That line in "The Great Race" was "Kak pazhybyyu druzhee" or "Hello good friends."
The dialogue coach did a fine job on Brian Keith's Russian lines.

She also speaks some Russian in "The Great Race"

Yes; Natalie Wood, who was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zahkarenko to Russian immigrant parents, spoke fluent Russian. Check out her bio on IMDB.