Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
Who are your top five favorite actors?
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by
pktrekgirl »
April 18th, 2007, 5:25 pm
Of course, the companion thread to my thread about actresses!
Who are your top 5 favorite actors, and why?
Here are mine:
1. Gary Cooper - I just...
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Last post by inglis
July 27th, 2008, 9:08 pm
The break up off Charlie and Edna
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stuart.uk »
July 26th, 2008, 10:38 am
I think it shows on screen Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance had a deep affection for each other. They were for a while an item, but I think it...
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Last post by stuart.uk
July 26th, 2008, 2:33 pm
DOLORES DEL RIO
by feaito » July 23rd, 2008, 3:45 pm
Dolores del Río, just like Norma Shearer, has been one classic Hollywood female star (from the '20s and '30s) that has intrigued me and to whom I’ve...
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Last post by feaito
July 23rd, 2008, 3:45 pm
Sophia Loren This Month
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moira finnie »
June 2nd, 2008, 10:16 am
Sophia. Is a last name necessary? Any thoughts on the following films, which will be shown this month?
June 4th
Too Bad She's Bad
Yesterday,...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 9th, 2008, 1:54 pm
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Last post by traceyk
July 7th, 2008, 2:50 pm
Marcello Mastroianni
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charliechaplinfan »
June 25th, 2008, 1:36 pm
I've seen quite a few films featuring Marcello Mastroianni recently. I started with La Dolce Vita perhaps his best known film. It's very good and I...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 6th, 2008, 1:30 pm
Kylie Minogue OBE
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stuart.uk »
July 4th, 2008, 12:16 pm
Yesterday many in the UK, myself included were delighted to see 40-yr-old Aussie songbird Kylie Minogue recieve an OBE from Prince Charles, a couple...
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Last post by Synnove
July 4th, 2008, 3:45 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
July 3rd, 2008, 3:41 am
The Alan Bates Appreciation Thread
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moira finnie »
July 1st, 2008, 3:21 pm
Alan Bates with Hayley Mills in the gentle story written by her mother, Mary Bell, Whistle Down the Wind .
I've been wild about the late Alan Bates...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 2nd, 2008, 1:55 pm
Richard Harris' Big Four
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stuart.uk »
July 1st, 2008, 12:09 pm
I think Richard Harris admitted he was diaspointed he didn't make many good films. In fact I think there was only four of them he was proud off
This...
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Last post by stuart.uk
July 1st, 2008, 3:08 pm
Was 1940 the great Oscar robbery
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stuart.uk »
May 24th, 2008, 1:36 pm
in 1939 Robert Donat won the Oscar for best actor in Goodbye Mr.Chips, beating out Clark Gable for Gone With The Wind and James Stewart for Mr. Smith...
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Last post by srowley75
July 1st, 2008, 2:29 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 1st, 2008, 1:34 pm
What about Cary or Errol as Bond
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stuart.uk »
June 27th, 2008, 10:15 am
I read recently that Alfred Hitchcock was supposed to direct a 50s version of From Russia With Love with Cary Grant as James Bond, but that in their...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 27th, 2008, 1:08 pm
Sean seen in public supporting The SNP
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stuart.uk »
June 26th, 2008, 10:05 am
As far as I believe Sean Connery is now retired from film acting. However, recently he's made a public information film about Scotland, playing golf...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 26th, 2008, 1:58 pm
Cyd Charisse has died
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by
Lzcutter »
June 17th, 2008, 5:23 pm
A lovely, lovely lady. Many thought Tony Martin would go first as rumors of him being very ill have been swirling for quite some time.
From yahoo:...
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Last post by Vecchiolarry
June 22nd, 2008, 7:51 pm
Paulette Goddard
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charliechaplinfan »
June 21st, 2008, 4:34 pm
I've just watched An Ideal Husband starring the delightful Paulette Goddard. It's made me realise how little I've seen and know about the third Mrs...
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Last post by klondike
June 22nd, 2008, 8:58 am
Do Blondes have less luck in movies?
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mrsl »
June 19th, 2008, 6:03 pm
I've mentioned several blonds in the past few days, and often find myself regretting that they hadn't gotten farther in their careers.
Bette Davis,...
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Last post by mrsl
June 20th, 2008, 11:43 pm
John Gilbert
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by
silentscreen »
May 8th, 2008, 10:01 pm
I think you either adore or detest John Gilbert. I am among those who really like him. My favorite silent movie of his that I've seen, since he was...
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Last post by Gagman 66
June 16th, 2008, 3:02 am
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Last post by Synnove
June 12th, 2008, 6:49 am
Paul Newman, superstar
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by
knitwit45 »
June 10th, 2008, 9:03 am
I just found this on the TCM site:
the source is iffy, we can only hope and pray it isn't so.
Paul Newman has cancer
June 09, 2008 11:21am...
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Last post by moira finnie
June 11th, 2008, 4:56 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 3rd, 2008, 2:49 pm
Robert Newton
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stuart.uk »
May 31st, 2008, 8:37 am
I know that Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn and laterly Oliver Reed had serious drink problems, but i wonder if it effected their work more than it did...
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Last post by stuart.uk
June 2nd, 2008, 2:18 pm
Director Sydney Pollack has passed away
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by
Lzcutter »
May 26th, 2008, 8:15 pm
May 26, 2008
Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Dies at 73
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
LOS ANGELES — Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay as director, producer...
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Last post by Synnove
June 1st, 2008, 3:39 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
May 31st, 2008, 2:02 pm
The Academy to honor Jimmy Stewart
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Lzcutter »
May 28th, 2008, 4:47 pm
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is having a salute to James Jimmy Stewart next month to honor his centennial birthday.
If you live...
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Last post by moira finnie
May 30th, 2008, 9:28 am
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Last post by mrsl
May 26th, 2008, 3:30 pm
Personal traits and idiosyncracies
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by
mrsl »
July 4th, 2007, 10:25 pm
By this title I mean something I've noticed in all my years of watching westerns, is the way different people mount their horses. The tall guys like...
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Last post by traceyk
May 22nd, 2008, 3:58 pm
Lucille Ball
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by
Classic Redhead »
January 30th, 2008, 7:56 pm
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four...
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Last post by traceyk
May 22nd, 2008, 3:52 pm
Dick Van Dyke
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charliechaplinfan »
May 21st, 2008, 4:01 pm
Here I am starting a thread for my daughter. I had a month of endless repetitions of Mary Poppins . Next week her school are going to have Chitty...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 22nd, 2008, 2:11 pm
UTTERLY DEELIGHTFUL: FRANCES DEE
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by
CineMaven »
May 18th, 2008, 10:53 am
Forgive me if there was already a topic covering this wonderful unsung actress. But I just saw her in Blood Money on the Fox Movie Channel...and...
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Last post by The Ingenue
May 21st, 2008, 10:19 pm
Bill Travers
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stuart.uk »
May 15th, 2008, 12:17 pm
for a long time i believed Bill Travers was a fellow Scotsman, so convincing was he in The Bridal Path and potential Olympic hammer champion in the...
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Last post by CineMaven
May 18th, 2008, 11:31 pm
Forgotten Actresses of the 30's...
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Vecchiolarry »
August 11th, 2007, 8:25 pm
Hello Everyone,
My list of actresses, from the thirties, who have largely been forgotten. Forgotten by Hollywood and their movies are not shown...
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Last post by ken123
May 17th, 2008, 5:10 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 10th, 2008, 1:54 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 9th, 2008, 5:30 pm
Gordon Jackson
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stuart.uk »
May 9th, 2008, 1:19 pm
Though mainly known in America for his supporting roles like Mac in The Great Escape in the UK it's for two tv roles.
in the early 70s Gordon played...
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Last post by knitwit45
May 9th, 2008, 1:33 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 3rd, 2008, 1:56 pm
Were they the great loves of their lives
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stuart.uk »
April 29th, 2008, 11:14 am
There have been may famous romantic couples, but where they the great loves of their lives.
Douglas Fairbanks was married to Mary Pickford and were...
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Last post by ChiO
May 2nd, 2008, 9:42 am
Angela Lansbury meets Paul O'Grady
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stuart.uk »
April 30th, 2008, 12:33 pm
just watched a very special Paul O'Grady Show where he interviewed Angela Lansbury and Scot's tv presenter Kirsty Gallagher, the daughter of 1990s...
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Last post by stuart.uk
May 1st, 2008, 10:35 am
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Last post by Ollie
April 29th, 2008, 5:46 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 25th, 2008, 11:56 am
Aging Avenger Girl awesome in mini
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stuart.uk »
April 23rd, 2008, 11:39 am
I'm at this moment wathching the UK chat show The Paul O'Grady Show, though Scot's presenter Lorraine Kelly is hosting in place of the ill...
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 24th, 2008, 3:47 am
BETTE DAVIS 100 YEARS
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by
mongoII »
April 1st, 2008, 3:19 pm
New York Times - In celebration of Bette Davis' 100th year.
The Bold and the Bad and the Bumpy Nights
By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
Published: March 30,...
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Last post by movieman1957
April 21st, 2008, 9:17 am
Lars Hanson
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by
Jezebel38 »
March 22nd, 2008, 6:01 pm
As Synnove has recently joined our board, I thought I might like to ask her about Lars Hanson , and how he is regarded now in her country. I would be...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
April 20th, 2008, 1:54 pm
Jean Gabin - World's Coolest Movie Star?
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by jdb1 » April 17th, 2008, 12:02 pm
Have you seen the article on tcm.com touting a new book about Jean Gabin? The book is called World's Coolest Movie Star: The Complete 95 Films (and...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
April 20th, 2008, 1:52 pm
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Last post by movieman1957
April 18th, 2008, 12:32 pm
Who's the best Queen Victoria
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stuart.uk »
April 17th, 2008, 1:09 pm
Anna Neagle played Victoria twice Victoria The Great and much the same film, but in colour Sixty Glorious Years, both with Anton Walbrook as Albert...
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Last post by klondike
April 17th, 2008, 3:19 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 17th, 2008, 12:32 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 14th, 2008, 11:00 am
George Reeves - all suppositions aside
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Ollie »
April 6th, 2008, 8:09 am
Well, at least SOME suppositions aside...
I made a comment in another thread that made me wonder about Typecasting and its effects, costs and...
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Last post by ken123
April 8th, 2008, 1:23 pm
Jennifer Jones
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by
phil noir »
April 2nd, 2008, 10:14 am
Here she is in Portrait of Jennie (1948).
Anybody else an admirer of Ms Jones? I first became interested in her years ago when the British Film...
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Last post by Ann Harding
April 3rd, 2008, 3:17 am
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