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The legendary JOHN WAYNE has two, mainly Ford & the other Harry Carey, Sr Hence to famous grabbing of her arm at the finale of THE SEARCHERS, Carey was known for that back into the silent era
(P.S. Surprise a lot more didn't cite THE DUKE here yet I sound like and old man at just 55, but thesedays you run into people who never even heard of him or Bob Hope?
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TRACY since '80 was my A #1 & still is far and away my favorite actor, but within the last 22 yrs since his death THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: SINATRA is my personal idol of any male celebrity Was even in a marvelous fan club based down here in Lakeland typically though it folded?
If only 1961's ok (**1/2) Devil at 4 0'Clock coulda been better though
& on my list & I know tons hate her is MADONNA (Louise) CICCONE & she had several heroes/idols, bet you can't recognize one of them Martha Graham. David Bowie Rav Ashlag & somewhat Dietrich
I'm much more a fanatic due to her epic concerts-(11) then her vids though
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Although McQUEEN was far and away my hero as a kid until age 15, GUILTY_PLEASURE IS ALSO EVEL KNIEVEL My mom even bought me the action toys
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On 3/5/2020 at 10:28 PM, TopBilled said:
Last night I was thinking about revising my list of Favorite Actors.
I realized that I had ranked them by versatility and ability. And I think that's an adequate way to classify them.
But I could just as easily make a list of actors (and actresses) that I like a lot personally, even if they are not technically great performers. You know, people whose humanness or personality traits I admire...people I find charming, etc.
The word "idol" suggests worship to me, and I don't worship any performer.
Hey Top, how about just HERO then?
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INHERIT THE WIND
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On 3/4/2020 at 9:30 PM, Dargo said:
Okay, and now for another "movie idol" I've always kind'a thought of as one of mine...
Fredric March
(...and who as you may know spence, was often thought to be as great a film actor as your boy Tracy was back in the day)
Sadly to this era the two time Best Actor winner is forgotten?
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Just now, speedracer5 said:
By “crossing the line” do you mean idolizing a man if you’re a woman or vice versa?
I don’t know why the sex of a person would matter, we’re all human.
YEAH
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On 3/4/2020 at 5:28 PM, Bethluvsfilms said:
Big surprise there, hehe.
Though in all fairness I like the Duke too.
The one I admire though, in his personal life as well as his career, is Jack Lemmon. In addition to being a great actor, he was, in my view, a very humble and wonderful human being.
I understand he had been an alcoholic in real life at one time, but he was able to beat the habit and stayed sober for the rest of his life. I really admire him for that.
Lemmon was among only 13 to receive the UCLA SpencerTracy Award Ironically upon rec. that award (M. Freeman was the last to date) he called Tracy his own idol
It's a long story why UCLA stopped doing it though Think it's USC that awards a Bette Davis Award
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On 3/6/2020 at 3:30 AM, Bogie56 said:
And buy her a pair of red shoes.
RED RIVER
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3 minutes ago, TomJH said:
I bet Lupino wasn't revealing a lot of stuff after she was laid to rest.
QUESTION: who else thinks it's ok to cross the male female line in picking these, as I did?
& on that note of my own NATALIE'S was Vivien Leigh she even kept a lg panting of her in her living room
SINATRA'S Bogie in cinema
TRACY always idolized Lionel Barrymore the most & so on
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QUESTION: who else thinks it's ok to cross the male female line in picking these, as I did?
& on that note of my own NATALIE'S was Vivien Leigh she even kept a lg panting of her in her living room
SINATRA'S Bogie in cinema
TRACY always idolized Lionel Barrymore the most & so on
& slightly off the topic JOHN DILLINGER loved/idolized Myrna Loy so much he lost his life sneaking out to The Biograph Theatre in Chicago I believe to see MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (l934)
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On 3/4/2020 at 10:24 AM, laffite said:
I sympathize. Some keyboards are just terrible.
thank you
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On 3/6/2020 at 3:30 AM, Bogie56 said:
And buy her a pair of red shoes.
yes, and along with CHAPLIN arguably the most famous movie star of all-time (TRIVIA: He was Steve McQueen's own idol by the way & once got to meet him, man, were they loaded)
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20 hours ago, TomJH said:
Make that three in a row for Errol Flynn.
Before his self destructiveness got the best of him he had the guts to live his life to its fullest. He was an actor, a writer, a sailor, a real life adventurer who saw much of the world.
All always say that WALT DISNEY is interred closest to TRACY, bt FLYNN is even close-(same wall) & for some reason for yrs Ida Lupino hid the fact she's laid to rest right nxt to FLYNN, now it's easy to see
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10 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:23 hours ago, Bethluvsfilms said:
Me too.
I would have loved to have seen his swashbuckling in CAPTAIN BLOOD and especially in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD on the really big screen.
I'm with Sepia on this one, not the porno names LOL but so many. that I admire. For actresses these are some of my favorites although I could think of a dozen more.
Barbara Stanwyck
Myrna Loy
20 hours ago, TomJH said:Make that three in a row for Errol Flynn.
Before his self destructiveness got the best of him he had the guts to live his life to its fullest. He was an actor, a writer, a sailor, a real life adventurer who saw much of the world.
Doris Day
Olivia de Havilland
Katharine Hepburn
Bette Davis
Kay Francis
Ginger Rogers
and I admire Debbie Reynolds not just for the talent but as a person
I agree with with speedy and sage, Mary Tyler Moore in her Mary Richards role.
COOL
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Think it was my 2nd vacation to whats left of Hollywood in Nov.00, when most on the tour bus wanted to see where FLYNN's famed mansion was, but the treepeople blocked everybody out!
Of course on MULHOLLAND DR
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On 3/5/2020 at 9:56 PM, Gershwin fan said:
My pick - Jean Gabin
thanks
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And of course MY FAVORITE YEAR
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2 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
I saw The Adventures of Robin Hood in the theater, it was fantastic.
Osborne told A. Baldwin he thought the epitome of Adventure films
What did you think of Crowe's & Costner's?
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On 3/4/2020 at 9:27 AM, laffite said:
Not sure at the moment, but Harvey Keitel is in the running. Truly.
thanks for casting you pick
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Only posted this repeat de to misspelling of the real topic above THANX
(P.S. almost forgot another of mine for yrs was JAMES CAGNEY)
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Please excuse misspelling of title, darn keyboard again & you can cite as many as you like of course
Signed CURIOUS???
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Just pondering the great fans on here & what actors & or actresses are not only your personal favorite's, but which one's would you go so far as to rate your HEROES & IDOLS?
Before I was a bona fide movie buff around 1979 at the age of 15 it was THE KING F MOVIE COOL: STEVE McQUEEN
& then I wondered why the likes of Mike Douglas the tv talk show host & Tom Snyder would always say and THE GREAT: SPENCER TRACY whenever films came up & all, so I found out & he's been my A 1 since around '70 or l980
But overall if you can cross gender's my top 4 to 5 are now> NATALIE WOOD
MADONNA-(I know your laughing & it's not because of her 26 flix, long, long personal story)
FRANCIS (Albert) SINATRA
SPENCER TRACY
& THE GREAT ONE: JACKIE GLEASON-(The Real Mr. Television & not Berle)
So, if you like who are yours
THANK YOU
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I've posted this list before a few times but think it's perfect for your topic as well
In 06 AFI-(American Film Institute) had a rather quiet special & another survey on the top 25 all-time greatest scores It was held at The Hollywood Bowl & conducted by John Williams-(l932-)
(*-Indicates an Oscar winner) Only the top dozen out of 25 listed
Hope it adds to your topic
1st place Star wars (l977) (John Williams)*
2. Gone With the wind (l939) (Max Steiner)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (l962) (Maurice Jarre)*
4. The Godfather (l972) (Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota)
5th place Psycho (l960) (Bernhard Herrmann)
6. Laura (David Raksin_)
7. Jaws (l975) (John Williams)*
8. The Magnificent 7 (l960) (Elmer Bernstein)
9. Chinatown (l974) (Jerry Goldsmith)
10th place High Noon (l952) (Dimitri Tiomkin)*
11. The Adventures of Robin Hoof (l938) (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)*
12th Vertigo (l958) (B. Herrmann)
(P.S. my own favorite scores didn't make the cut though both Once Upon a Time in the west (l969) & America (l984) (Ennio Morricone)
But he was always taken for granted in his almost 92yrs of living
THANK YOU VERY MUCH to quote ELVIS
WHO IS YOUR MOVIE IDOL???
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& her sister is buried right next to her, virtually at FLYNN'S feet