Whose your favorite Old Hollywood actor/actress?

by bety Posted February 28, 2010 01:39:04

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bety February 28, 2010 01:42:17

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Humprey Bogart and... well, I can't seem to have a favorite actress though there were so many
Even though smoking is kinda sick, he made it work with his talent and looks.
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Prairie Wind March 04, 2010 08:14:56 (edited)

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Popeye, Olive Oyl and Swee' Pea! They're cartoon characters, but heck... I like them.

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pierced.lola March 04, 2010 06:14:57

They are...

Susan Hayward

Lon Chaney

Rita Hayworth

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pierced... to pierced... March 04, 2010 06:18:28

and i forgot....... Frances Farmer

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Shadow's Companion March 04, 2010 05:31:16

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The women: Ingrid Bergman, Louise Brooks, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne, Greta Garbo, Paulette Goddard, Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Tierney.

The men: Marlon Brando, James Cagney, Lon Chaney, Sr., Charlie Chaplin, Montgomery Clift, John Garfield, Cary Grant, Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon, Fredric March, Paul Muni, Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, John Wayne.

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irishgurl639 March 03, 2010 16:10:58

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SABLE February 28, 2010 12:56:42

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Harrison Ford and Sandra Bullock

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jerrbear February 28, 2010 06:54:21 (edited)

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Lucy

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IndyLinda February 28, 2010 05:30:24

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Katharine Hepburn and Chester Morris (Boston Blackie)

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Shadow'... to IndyLinda March 04, 2010 05:26:09

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Chester Morris? Are you serious?! You officially rule.

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IndyLinda to Shadow'... March 04, 2010 06:53:37

I watched every one of the Boston Blackie movies on the Late Show when I was a kid. I'd pretend I was asleep, wait till Mom and Dad were asleep, sneak back out to the living room, turn on the TV and sit real close with the volume barely up. I *loved* the old movies. Chester Morris was seriously sexy.

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Shadow'... to IndyLinda March 04, 2010 06:58:07

You can see his rugged, mashed-nose good looks in someone today like Jason Statham, can't you?

As for me, I always associate Chester Morris with his days as a leading man at MGM, in such classics as The Big House, The Divorcee, Red-Headed Woman and Three Godfathers.

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⟢ℂas℮y⟣ February 28, 2010 04:34:09 (edited)

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John Wayne! He was my Grandpa's favorites, I use to watch all his movies with him. My favorite John Wayne movie is

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geena February 28, 2010 04:25:47 (edited)

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I love quite a few,but I'll name some,,,William Holden,Kim Novak,Bette Davis,Orson Welles.

Scene from "Picnic" (William Holden,Kim Novak)

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MsMoog February 28, 2010 04:03:36

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Among others; Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, I could go on. There were so many classy, talented, and high quality actors in those days. It makes a lot of what is passing for actors/actresses these days look like cheap, plastic farces.

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tammerz/zɹǝɯɯɐʇ February 28, 2010 03:02:06

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tooner259 February 28, 2010 02:42:48

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+1

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Melody February 28, 2010 02:16:25

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Shadow'... to Melody March 04, 2010 05:26:55

George Clooney is Old Hollywood? Dream on.

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Melody to Shadow'... March 04, 2010 07:04:05

lol yeah I know, after I posted that, and read the title and laughed. I should have put Clint Eastwood.

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Shadow'... to Melody March 04, 2010 07:25:18

I would argue that Clint himself isn't Old Hollywood. True, his career dates back to 1955 or so, but I don't believe that he was ever under contract to a studio the way they were in the era of the Studio System. What's more, he initially rose to stardom through the new medium of television, not the big screen. AND he made a very successful transition from film acting to directing. All of those were largely unheard of in Old Hollywood. In many ways, he's one of the first examples of the New Hollywood.

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bingo007 February 28, 2010 02:12:05 (edited)

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clint eastwood.

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Shadow'... to bingo007 March 04, 2010 05:27:15

Which part of "OLD Hollywood" do you not understand?

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bingo007 to Shadow'... March 14, 2010 02:41:31

oops.my bad.thanks for pointing it out though.

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Naui February 28, 2010 02:07:59
tooner259 to Naui February 28, 2010 02:44:23

Clara Bow,& Ingrid Bergman?

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Naui to tooner259 February 28, 2010 04:01:56
tooner259 to Naui February 28, 2010 04:03:30

Ah thanks.

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Naui to tooner259 February 28, 2010 04:06:10
tooner259 to Naui February 28, 2010 04:11:18

Not familiar with the silent era.Did she go on to a carreer in the talkies?????

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Naui to tooner259 February 28, 2010 04:20:38 (edited)
tooner259 to Naui February 28, 2010 04:23:43

Cool,I like finding things not in plain view.

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Naui to tooner259 February 28, 2010 04:27:59 (edited)
tooner259 to Naui February 28, 2010 04:41:50

that`s a shame,so much wasted talent.

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Shadow'... to Naui March 04, 2010 05:28:50

They had dialogue coaches then, but her voice never really took to film, and she had started to drink heavily by 1931/32. BTW, unless I'm sorely mistaken, Gary Cooper was NOT in the movie It (1927).

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Naui to Shadow'... March 04, 2010 05:52:35 (edited)
Shadow'... to Naui March 04, 2010 05:55:56

I figured he would be unbilled, since it was so early in his career. He didn't get his big break until 1928 or 1929.

BTW, how can you discuss Louise Brooks without mentioning her genuine screen triumphs, Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl? Those are the films for which she will always be remembered! Sadly, they were also the films that inspired her American studio boss to sabotage her career.

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Naui to Shadow'... March 04, 2010 05:59:41
Shadow'... to Naui March 04, 2010 05:29:24

Louise Brooks is a GODDESS.

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Naui to Shadow'... March 04, 2010 06:01:13 (edited)
Shadow'... to Naui March 04, 2010 06:03:03

I'm waiting for you to post Brooks' famous "pearls" photograph by Eugene Robert RIchee. :)

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