Generations
Posted: April 21st, 2013, 1:51 am
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I was yammering as usual on another thread and mentioned my idea of generations and thought I would list them as I see them for anyone who has any interest or comment. This is for all genres except Western simply because there are just too many actors who have at one time or another tried their hand at westerns.
First Generation: These are the guys and dolls who kept at the game until they literally died, or just became too old to continue.
Cary Grant . . . . . . . . . . Clark Gable
Gary Cooper . . . . . . . . . Jimmie Stewart
Errol Flynn . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Tracy
Joel McCrea . . . . . . . . Robert Taylor . . . and those I've missed
As well as their wonderful leading ladies, Stanwyck, Davis, Crawford, Colbert,etc., etc., etc.,
The In-Betweeners who came along just before WWII, and throughout it.
Gregory Peck . . . . . . . . . .Richard Widmark
Robert Ryan . . . . . . . . . .Robert Mitchum
Second Generation: Some of them still working today at the 70/80 year mark - same work ethic as predecessors, came up after WWII:
Jim Garner . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Curtis . . . . . . . . . . Robert DeNiro
Paul Newman . . . . . . . . . Frank Sinatra . . . . . . . . Al Pacino
Robert Redford . . . . . . . . Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas . . . . . . . . . . Jack Lemmon
I know I missed a lot. You may want to add for me. However, these are the ones whose movies I never miss, and watch over and over. I know that with any one of them, I will have a good laugh, or cry. As far as I'm concerned, both DeNiro and Pacino are in a class by themselves. I haven't seen all of either of their movies, because some seem like they just would not be my kind, but I still acknowledge they are both great actors of our time.
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I was yammering as usual on another thread and mentioned my idea of generations and thought I would list them as I see them for anyone who has any interest or comment. This is for all genres except Western simply because there are just too many actors who have at one time or another tried their hand at westerns.
First Generation: These are the guys and dolls who kept at the game until they literally died, or just became too old to continue.
Cary Grant . . . . . . . . . . Clark Gable
Gary Cooper . . . . . . . . . Jimmie Stewart
Errol Flynn . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Tracy
Joel McCrea . . . . . . . . Robert Taylor . . . and those I've missed
As well as their wonderful leading ladies, Stanwyck, Davis, Crawford, Colbert,etc., etc., etc.,
The In-Betweeners who came along just before WWII, and throughout it.
Gregory Peck . . . . . . . . . .Richard Widmark
Robert Ryan . . . . . . . . . .Robert Mitchum
Second Generation: Some of them still working today at the 70/80 year mark - same work ethic as predecessors, came up after WWII:
Jim Garner . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Curtis . . . . . . . . . . Robert DeNiro
Paul Newman . . . . . . . . . Frank Sinatra . . . . . . . . Al Pacino
Robert Redford . . . . . . . . Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas . . . . . . . . . . Jack Lemmon
I know I missed a lot. You may want to add for me. However, these are the ones whose movies I never miss, and watch over and over. I know that with any one of them, I will have a good laugh, or cry. As far as I'm concerned, both DeNiro and Pacino are in a class by themselves. I haven't seen all of either of their movies, because some seem like they just would not be my kind, but I still acknowledge they are both great actors of our time.
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