Jun 5, 2005

10 favorite movie stars

Norm Geras is wants to know who your favorite movie stars are. You can pick 10, using whatever criteria you like, with a maximum of 7 for stars of either sex. My picks:

1. Cary Grant, 2. Clark Gable, 3. Gary Cooper: The holy trinity, the triumvirate. Each had his own distinctive style.

4. Audrey Hepburn. Sui generis, no one looked like her or wore clothes so well. When she's on screen, you don't notice anyone else.

5. Ingrid Bergman. Has anyone ever glowed the way Bergman did?

6. Myrna Loy. From the Thin Man movies to Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House to Airport 1975, for crying out loud. She worked forever and always delivered.

7. Jean Harlow. Sassy, sexy and spunky.

8. Humphrey Bogart. The one and only.

9. Russell Crowe, my favorite contemporary actor.

10. Montgomery Clift. Beautiful, brooding and doomed.

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