Bronxgirl48

Polly, I'm glad you asked this question because there is only one film where I find Pat actually sexy -- I don't remember the name but he plays a cop on the beat in New York. The title eludes me.

I know what you mean about Victor Mature. Blubbery type lips. An underrated actor imo and good in the noir films. I think my favorite is I WAKE UP SCREAMING. (Laird as a modern urban Javert type is great) Robert Mitchum has always creeped me out, even before I ever saw NOTH or CF. Very fine actor, great in noir. First time I watched HOLIDAY AFFAIR I was a bit afraid for Janet Leigh's character, lol.

Boris Karloff was also married six times, one more than even Bela. Boris looked like a mummy IRL so it doesn't surprise me how marvelously creepy he was as Ardeth Bay. And his justly famous speaking voice was never used more effectively imo.

You gotta get an eye patch and parrot.

I just read about Alan Baxter on imdb. Interestingly it says that he essentially was Alan Ladd before Alan Ladd became popular. I knew that's why I like him!

My favorite bad guy is Tom Tyler. Luke Plummer and the Mummy! (in fact, that's my handle on a certain classic horror film message board, lol) He was SO good-looking. (not as Kharis, however, which is as it should be, lol) I prefer thin-lipped men.

Yes, Lawrence! THANK YOU! Alan Baxter! Now let me just say that I don't find him attractive at all in that particular role, but in stalwart parts where he's on the other side of the law.

Jeepers! Charles Bronson and Captain Kangaroo -- the girls would not run away.

You know who also appeals to me? I can NEVER remember the actor's name. Scores of films but my old Baby Boomer memory fails me -- he was in the car with Robert Cummings, SABOTEUR, telling Bob how his mother loved to dress him up in girl's clothes and had his hair in ringlets as a child. (that said it all very chillingly about the character) I think the guy basically played upright types but can't be sure. Taciturn, low-key, let's just say limited range but I'm drawn to him, lol. Had a wooden way of talking, too.

Lawrence A, great shot of Edmond as the poet in HUNCHBACK. Thanks for uploading it for us. I tell you that I have always thought Troy Donahue looked like The Creature From The Black Lagoon. No, really. (fish lips and just a certain hybrid marine quality. Never more so than in MY BLOOD RUNS COLD. Troy actually has a scene in a sea cave!)

I love this description. Broderick Crawford. NO. Not even on a desert island.

LOL I exactly what you mean about Clark. And sometimes I also think he's rather ape-like in appearance. Georgie lost his looks for me right after THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT. He's a cutie-pie in SCARFACE.

Speedracer, the only Wally Cox type who isn't Wally Cox -- what about John Qualen? Scrawny of course but not without a certain everyman appeal.

Garfield is very sexy. Huge ears but I think I could get past that. Same thing with George Raft.

Hi, Lafitte! I think the only female attracted to Wally is Agnes the computer on that TZ episode. Then again, "she" seemed to fall in love with every guy who "worked" on her. La donna mobile!

Yes! He's normally not my type but you just know if Paul loved you, he'd give you the shirt off his back!

The 1939 HUNCHBACK will blow your mind. That's all. (my Miranda Priestly impersonation) It's actually not George Murphy in any musical sense that appeals to me, but a certain...how shall I say...fuddy-duddy authoritarian quality that really serves him well in TOM, DICK AND HARRY, CYNTHIA, and some others of that ilk I can't remember off the top of my head. Curiously, Rudy Vallee, while demonstrating superior comedic skills in THE PALM BEACH STORY, THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER and HTSIBWRT, also has that fuddy-duddy air about him. Same thing with another of my heartthrobs, Nelson Eddy! Guess I just prefer the goodie-goodies to those bad boys, lol. I like Bogart in a trenchcoat but must admit Alan Ladd looks much better in them. Yeah, those corny wolf whistles in D.O.A. What were they thinking?

I'll be back for replies -- watching JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS right now -- my recorder is on the fritz. Then -- ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT. Who can resist? See you later guys!

First things first, YOU MUST SEE THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME RIGHT NOW! DO YOU HEAR ME, RIGHT NOW!!! You will be rewarded immensely!!! Haven't seen every Edmond O'Brien film but D.O.A.is my fave so far. Oh my goodness, Ma, Cody and Verna....trying to get that image out of my mind, lol. I have a terrible confession to make: I've always been attracted to George Murphy. Even worse: Rudy Vallee. Go figure.

Edmund O'Brien was starting to pack on the pounds by then (another great talent, though, love him in D.O.A. but he never looked as good again as THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, lol) but I think I'd have to agree with you on preferring Fallon. (what if Cody had one of his headaches during an intimate moment? Eeek!) I'm actually partial to the fair-haired ones. Maybe because (whatever their height) they remind me of Prince Charming, lol. (Richard Denning comes to mind. I've always been jealous of Evelyn Ankers) JIMMY THE GENT, sorry but no thanks, lol. The more hair on Cagney the better as far as I'm concerned, ha! I know what you mean about Claude. Not so much the voice with me but just a general air of self-confidence I think. He was better looking (even cute) when younger -- is downright handsome when we see Griffin finally revealed at the end of THE INVISIBLE MAN. Also was rather handsome as Job in MR. SKEFFINGTON. (Too bad Fanny didn't appreciate him.....until the end) John Gielgud in his CR tribute said that all the girls had crushes on Claude when he was a drama teacher. I could see that.

Yes, Laird really wanted to be taken seriously not just in character roles but as a romantic leading man. I do think that was unrealistic of him. He went on that strenuous crash diet for HANGOVER SQUARE and it killed him. A great actor no matter what his weight was. Look at Charles Laughton, who did go up and down appearance wise but whose talent was always intact. That's how I feel about Cregar. You can lose the weight but not your innate talent. Actors always looked older back then. Every mother and father looked like their children's grandparents. (I'm thinking particularly of Lewis Stone as Mickey Rooney's dad in the Andy Hardy series)

I agree. They have to be muscular (but not overly so) -- and good-looking. Gene Kelly, oh YES PLEASE!! I wouldn't say "no" to James Cagney. Well, except in WHITE HEAT.

Cregar actually didn't look too bad Down There in HEAVEN CAN WAIT. I think he wore a goatee which in Laird's case can only be considered an artistic improvement...certainly more dapper than Old Scratch from THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER. Ye gods! Tough choices. I'll go with the anvil salesman, girly-girl. Nah, not really. Probably Preston as well, although in THE MUSIC MAN (one of my favorites too) he looked like Shirley's grandfather.

"Presto, chango, Alacazam!" But now think about this choice: Robert Preston or Laird Cregar? I'd probably have to kill myself.

I've always been rather partial to vertically challenged guys myself. (however, I do not include little Hans from FREAKS, mind you. Not that he wasn't good-looking in his own way, just incredibly bad-tempered) Raven did love the kitties. I fantasize about him stroking me like that. Gently of course.