Thursday, January 22, 2009

Step aside Ladies, it's the Men's turn

My 20 favorite Actors




Frank Sinatra
*Best Film- "The Manchurian Candidate"


Jeffrey Lynn
*Best Film- "Four Daughters" and "Underground"





Tyrone Power
*Best Film-
"The Mark of Zorro" or "Witness for the Prosecution"




Sidney Poitier
*Best Film- "A Patch of Blue"


Richard Widmark
*Best film- "Kiss of Death"





Melvyn Douglas
*Best Film- "Ninotcka"


Montgomery Clift
*Best Film- "A Place in the Sun"


John Garfield
*Best Film- "The Postman Always Rings Twice"


Joseph Cotten
*Best Film- "Shadow of a Doubt"



James Cagney
*Best Film- "The Roaring Twenties"




Humphrey Bogart
*Best Film- "The Roaring Twenties" and "Casablanca"



Fred Astaire
*Best Film- "Top Hat"


Gene Kelly
*Best Film- "Singin' in the Rain"



Gary Cooper
*Best Film- "Pride of the Yankees" or "Meet John Doe"


Claude Rains
*Best Film- "Casablanca"



Dana Andrews
*Best Film- "The Best Years of Our Lives


Don Ameche
*Best Film- "Midnight"


Henry Fonda
*Best Film- "The Lady Eve" or "12 Angry Men"



James Dean
*Best Film- "Rebel without a Cause"



Cary Grant
*Best Film- "Notorious"


**Honorable Mentions- Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Peter Lawford, John Barrymore, James Stewart, Ronald Colman, William Powell, John Gilbert, Charles Boyer, Gregory Peck, Steve McQueen, Jack Lemmon, Paul Newman, Lionel Barrymore, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Cummings, Robert Mongtomery, Robert Taylor, Buster Keaton, The Marx Brothers, Marlon Brando, Paul Henried, + ohhh so many more. :)



I'll tag - Sarah, Genevieve, + Caitlin

6 comments:

Caitlin said...

Nice picks. I especially liked your choices in best film for Cary Grant, Joseph Cotten, and Fred Astaire.

Thanks for the tag! I'll get right on this meme, and I won't cheat this time. ;)

Sarah Mann said...

WOOT! Thanks for tagging me :D

Genevieve said...

Yay! Fabulous list. I'll have to get right on mine!

emme said...

Thanks so much for visiting my blog! It's always so nice to "meet" new people...especially when they have lovely vintage blogs!

Very nice list...though I would differ with you on some points. No Marlon Brando...Paul Newman??? *gasp* :D

~Emily

Carla said...

Ohhh! I love Cary Grant, James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, and Frank Sinatra! Their all fabulous. I wish there were more fans of James Dean. I am huge fan of his but don't find many people who are as well.

Coryn said...

oh, I just love all these actors! you've made a great list!