Who Are Some Of Your Favorite Stars...From Years Gone By

I love, love love older movies from the 1930's, 40's, 50's and 60's. I check them out from the library and I watch Turner Classic Movies frequently. I am just a big fan!

This month on Thursday evenings Kim Novak has been featured on TCM; I recently saw a current interview with her; she is 80 now and still a beauty! A very talented artist too.

Here is a photo of her at 30 .

Here is a photo of her as she looks now at 80.

Who are some of your favorite older stars? This is the (chat) forum...so lets chat about it!

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Well this thread went over like a lead balloon...oh well...life goes on!

I found this movie from old reminds me of world of warcraft




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Elizabeth Taylor

Cleopatra (1963 film)

Catherine Deneuve
Timeless beauty.

This scene from "The Hunger" where Cathrine seduces Susan Sarandon truly captures the romantic vampire ideal.
"Indochine" is another great performance.
She has appeared in over 100 films starting in 1957 when she was 14 years old. She currently has three films in post production. She will be 70 years old next month.

s&f because I love old movies too!

I love old "film noir" stuff.

and the Ealing comedies.

Proper films, they couldn't rely on cgi and special effects, they had to actually have a decent scrip with decent actors.

Alastair sim
Alec Guiness
Richard Attenbourough
Peter Sellers
Richard Burton

My list could go on foe a long time.

Favorite films..

The Third Man
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Strangers on a train
The spy who came in from the cold.
Angels with dirty faces.
Hobson's choice

Going back a little further I love Buster Keaton. The Great Stone Face. This is my favorite short of his; it's called "One Week" and it stars Keaton and Sybil Seely.

As verbal as comedy has become especially with standup since the seventies and improv since the nineties It's amazing to see such complete mastery of physical comedy (and for ye English and any Anglophiles among us Chaplin was a master as well )

Also my #1 favorite movie is The Ten Commandments (1956) - It's so great ( a little campy in a few places) but the spectacle is incredible and the acting, though theatrical, is awesome.

Also, "Submitted for your approval" I love The Twilight Zone and Rod Serling is the man. Because of him I never laugh at jokes about the Polish.

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Catherine was my first pick you beat me to it so I'll go with.

Claudia Cardinale

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John Candy



This guy made me laugh every time I saw his movies. Uncle Buck makes me laugh every time I watch it.
It has put a big dent in the comedy movie industry if you ask me, for me anyway.

I miss the guy. The films he would of been appearing in now if he were still alive, I miss them too.

Pure beauty, nothing else to add.

On the topic, i was thinking earlier if we didn't have any entertainers what would the world be like. Like no music, no movies, no plays, opera, ochistra, shows, none of that what so ever. That would be a weird world.

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Steve McQueen is rightly regarded as 'The King Of Cool' and he was a great actor.

Many dismiss him but John Wayne just had 'something' about him.
Sure he starred in some duds and at times appeared wooden and it can even be argued that he could only play one type of role - or even one person just in different circumstances - but who can deny his brilliance in films like The Quiet Man, Donovan's Reef, Rio Bravo etc?

Louise Brooks - a remarkable woman.

TheOutcast mentions Ealing comedy's - none better than Passport To Pimlico.

ETA

How could I have forgot another favourite of mine, the vastly underrated James Stewart.

1 - Vincent Price
2 - Abbot and Costello

ALL TIME FAVORITES -

1 - Al Pacino
2 - Robert Downey Jr.
3 - VIncent Price
4 - Abbot and Costello
5 - Tommy Lee Jones

The Hepburns, Katherine and Audry!
Gary Cooper
Peter O'Toole


I love old movies, so I could go on and on. Those are just the tip of the iceberg so to speak. Great idea for a thread.

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John Candy.....man....i wish he was still making movies.

Uncle Buck, that is kinda the way I am with my nieces.

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Elizabeth Taylor...I am a fan...this week I checked out from the library...(Butterfield 8)for this movie she won an academy award. For anyone who has not seen this movie...check it out!

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Catherine Deneuve ...such beauty and grace...I really like her in (The Hunger).

Man there are so many. There was such talent back then. Burt Lancaster, Boggie, etc. The one that jumps out to me is Spencer Tracy. He shares an achievement with Tom Hanks. Guess.

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You have named some wonderful actors! Richard Burton fascinates me; I have often wondered which one of the roles he played...was he the most like in real life.

My two favorite actors:

- Steve Buscemi

- Chris Walken


Not far flung "classics" by any stretch. For that role, only one man will do: Clint Eastwood.