JudyGarlandFan Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I'm new to this, so I don't know how recently you've had someone bring up their favorites. Doesn't matter, classic or characters in the now. My favorites are Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds, Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, and others. I also like Tom Hanks and Keira Knightley. Angie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondaluvsclassics Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Marilyn Monroe Bette Davis Sterling Hayden Paul Henried Claude Rains Clark Gable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Katharine Hepburn, Irenne Dunne, Joan Crawford Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, for the golden era. Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman,Meryl Streep for this generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Sorry, I left out the fellas for the "Now" generation........ They would be.....Colin Firth,George Clooney and Adrien Brody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 and the list goes on......... Mark Ruffalo is a good actor and he's extremely sexy!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfie Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 My list is always changing and evolving but here's the current: Favorite Actors & Actresses 1. Anne Francis http://annefrancis.net/ 2. Louise Brooks -Silent Film http://pandorasbox.com/ 3. Anita Louise -Thirties 4. Ginger Rogers 5. Betty Grable 6. Caroline Dhavernas - Wonderfalls 7. Jane Powell 8. Red Skelton 9. Fred Astaire 10. Jack Benny 11. Sid Caesar 12. Maureen O'Sullivan 13. Jane Wyman 14. Carole Lombard 15. Lucille Knoch -Red Skelton Show 16. Erin Sanders - Zoey 101 http://www.erinsanders.com/ 17. Madeline Kahn 18. Buster Keaton 19. Bruce Lee 20. Roscoe ?Fatty? Arbuckle 21. Betty Hutton 22. Rose Hobart 30?s 23. Reese Witherspoon 24. Gretchen Corbett -Rockford Files 25. Gale Storm -My Little Margie http://www.galestorm.tv/ 26. Jackie Gleason 27. Errol Flynn 28. Joan Crawford 29. Lindsay Lohan http://www.llrocks.com/ 30. Don Ameche 31. Jay Underwood 32. Elisabeth Harnois 33. Don Rickles 34. Virginia Mayo 35. Mel Blanc 36. Don Knotts 37. Jerome ?Curly? Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheExtraGirl Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Actresses- Norma Shearer Jean Arthur Marion Davies Myrna Loy Paulette Goddard Actors- Charlie Chaplin Jo Cotten Fred Astaire Orson Welles Bob Montgomery I don't follow the careers of any of today's actors, so I have no 'modern' favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msladysoul Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 My favorite actresses are Nina Mae McKinney Dorothy Van Engle Francine Everett Fredi Washington Mildred Washington Theresa Harris Ethel Moses Anita Page Joan Blondell Myrna Loy Kay Francis Nancy Carroll Dorothy Jordan Clara Bow Marsha Hunt Ann Sothern Mary Nolan Maureen O'Sullivan Alice White Constance Bennett Patsy Kelly Marion Davies Pert Kelton Ann Sheridan Billie Dove Barbara Stanwyck Leila Hyams Ona Munson Laura La Plante Constance Cummings Lila Lee Marie Provst Marian Nixon Sally Eilers Peggy Shannon Favorite Actors Dick Powell James Cagney Monte Hawley Alfred Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Short answer first-from this era-None(OK,MAYBE Kate Winslett,but it's still under consideration). Silent and classic era(in no particular order,except for the first one)- Norma Shearer! in anything! she was in a class by herself. Mary Pickford(all-around great actress,I believe she could have played a wider range of roles had she not felt trapped in her "Little Mary" image,and she was Hollywood's first,and still the best,businesswoman) Lillian Gish(what an artist! she almost froze to death doing the scene on the ice floes in "Way Down East") Alice Joyce(especially for "Our Dancing Mothers") Agnes Ayres(she was great in "The Sheik") Robert Montgomery Clark Gable Glenn Ford(for "Gilda",if nothing else) Rita Hayworth Hedy Lamarr Phyllis Thaxter(Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo) John Wayne(She Wore A Yellow Ribbon,Rooster Cogburn,The Shootist,The Quiet Man) Maureen O'Hara Joan Crawford(only in her flapper period) Constance Bennett(in pre-Codes) Gloria Swanson(in silents-loved her in "Male And Female") Richard Dix(great in "Broken Blossoms" and "Cimarron") Fred Astaire-what elegance! no one was so debonair Ginger Rogers(mainly in her Fred Astaire pictures) Humphrey Bogart(perfect in "Casablanca") Paul Lukas-I'm enjoying everything that I see him in,especially "Watch On The Rhine") Greta Garbo,in anything except her last film. Rudolph Valentino I'll stop here,but I know that I missed a few more that I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfie Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 > > Joan Crawford(only in her flapper period) The flapper years are why she made my list too. I didn't know about Dancing Mothers w/ Alice Joyce. Looks like a good movie (I looked it up at imdb). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 It really is a good movie(Clara Bow is in it also,she plays the daughter). Alice Joyce should be better known. She was quite a popular actress in her day. She had beautiful eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarboManiac Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 What a fascinating list! With qualifiers! Loved Norma was first! (didn't even see Kate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmovies Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I favor silents so my favorite silent era movie stars are Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, and Bebe Daniels. Of course, this isn't all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 That's OK, we can just ahead and cross Kate out for now-I take it back,LOL-there's no way that contemporary "stars" could ever touch even the hems of the Adrian gowns of the likes of Norma and Greta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfie Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Good Anita Page article and pictures this month over at http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfie Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Bebe Daniels article & pics from the April archive @ http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_greenbriarpictureshows_archive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgd Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I love actors in general, but I tend to favor blondes with unusual voices that are about 5'7''... My favorites are a) Marlon Brando- the acting! He brought the people of Rome to their knees; James Cagney- I will watch an entire movie just to see him tease a girl, and he is a fine actor; c) Bing Crosby- Louis Armstrong said that his voice was like "gold being poured out of a cup," and I can't argue; d) Doris Day- bright in every sense of the word. Like sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemabuff64 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 You know I never mentioned Doris Day before because I just figured that they were looking for more classic actors.I love DD and have quite a collection of her work.Her movies were always light and easy to both the eyes and ears. talk about all- American she would be my choice with Betty Grable coming in a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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