spence Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Was kinda debating this one to post of here or not, it's rather large & thought it was on CBS-TV in June of 1999, many didn't pay as much attention to this American Film Institute special as the now famous 1998 100 Movies epic special-(NOTE: For which it had an even lesser known follow-up/sequel in 07) Actually had to get this sown & dusty too, from my walls-of-fame Unlike those & like AFI's 100yrs of Movie Music-(which I just posted) There's just 25 finalists as opposed to "100" (Rules: Each winner must have either started their career before or after 1950 to qualify & of course it's divided into male & female) Thought it started it's famous AFI Lifetime Achievement award it was founded in l967 Peck was the first chairman So here goes & hope some find fun in it-(I've long only posted to top ten, but not the 15 runners-up) (P.S. I personally enjoyed this special,etc over 100 movies) AFI's all-time actor: 1st place Humphrey Bogart (l899-l957) 5'8 2. Cary Grant (l904-l986) was 6'1 & 1/2-(& AFI never gave him it's annual award? Unlike Oscar recipient must accept in person & Cary likely would have) 3. James Stewart (l908-97) 6'3 & 1/2 4. Marlon Brando (l924-2004) 5'10 5th Fred Astaire (l899-l987) 5'9 6. Henry Fonda (l905-82) 6'2 & 1/2 7. Clark Gable (l90l-60) & was 6'1 8. James Cagney (l899-l987) 5'7 9. Spencer Tracy (l900-l967) 5'10 10th place in the voting was: Charles Chaplin (l889-l977) 5'5-(worst of all example of it's AFI snub) (The 15 runners-Up): 11th Gary Cooper (l90l-l96l) 6'3 12 Gregory Peck (l9l6-2003) 6'3 13 John Wayne (l907-79) 6'4 & 1/2-(to me this & Charlie are it's most despicable snubbing. I think PC had a hand in *"The Duke" being rated this low) 14 Laurence 0livier (l907-89) 5'10 15. Gene Kelly (l9l2-86) 5'7 16. 0rson Welles (l9l5-85) 6'1 & 1/2 17. Kirk Douglas (l9l6-) 5'9 18. James Dean (l931-55) & was 5'8 19. Burt Lancaster (l9l3-l994) 6'1 20th The Marx Brothers Groucho (l890-l977) Chico-(l886-l96l) & Harpo-(l888-l964) 21. Buster Keaton (l895-l966) 5'4 22. Sidney Poitier (l927-) 6'2 23 Robert Mitchum (l9l7-97) 6'1 & 1/2 24 Edward G. Robinson (l893-l973) 5'5 & 25th William Holden (l9l8-l98l) 5'11 & Now for THE LADIES 1st place Katharine Hepburn (l907-2003) 5'7 2. Bette Davis (l908-89) 5'3 3. Audrey Hepburn (l929-93) 5'7 4. Ingrid Bergman (l9l5-82) 5'9 & 1/2 5th Greta Garbo (l905-90) & 5'7 6. Marilyn Monroe (l926-62) 5'5 7. Liz Taylor (1932-20ll) 5'4 8. Judy Garland (l922-69) 4'11 9. Marlene Dietrich (l90l-l992) 5'5 10th place Joan Crawford (l904-77) 5'4 (15 runners-up): 11th place Barbara Stanwyck (l907-90) 5'5 12. Claudette Colbert (l903-96) 5'4 13. Grace Kelly (l929-l982) 5'6 14. Ginger Rogers (l9ll-95) 5'4 & 1/2 15. Mae West (l893-l980) 5'3 16. Vivien Leigh (l9l3-67) 5'3 17. Lillian Gish (l893-l993)5'5 18. Shirley Temple (l928-2014) 19. Rita Hayworth (l9l8-87) 5'6 20th Lauren Bacall (l924-2014) 5'7 21. Sophia Loren (l934-) 22. Jean Harlow (l911-l937) 5'2 23. Carole Lombard (l908-42) & 5'2 24. Mary Pickford-(l893-l973) 5'1 AFI's 25th all-time female movie star Ava Gardner (l922-1990) & stood 5'6 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT & OF COURSE YOUR OWN PIX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spence Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Very surprised nobody even replies to this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I'll come in with only one question..... WHAT do their HEIGHTS have to do with anything? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spence Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 I picked that up years ago rom a couple NP Guides & then in 2 TCM books as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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