Picking favorites when it comes to classic films and stars is beyond difficult (at least for me) because there’s just so much to love! With that in mind, I picked my favorites based on how enamored I am with their acting ability, IT quality, personal preference, and whether I would watch a film solely because they were in it. I picked my favorite films in much the same manner: personal preference + whether it’s a film I could and have watched over and over.
Aside from the first 3 in each section, these lists are in no particular order…
25 Favorite Classic Actresses
Row 1: Katharine Hepburn – Joan Blondell – Carole Lombard – Bette Davis
Row 2: Natalie Wood – Gene Tierney -Thelma Ritter – Clara Bow
Row 3: Paulette Goddard – Jean Harlow – Betty Grable – Judy Garland
Row 4: Barbara Stanwyck – Joan Fontaine – Audrey Hepburn – Ingrid Bergman
Row 5: Rita Hayworth – Ava Gardner – Hayley Mills – Doris Day
Row 6: Rosalind Russell – Hedy Lamarr – Gail Patrick – Elizabeth Taylor
Row 7: Vivien Leigh
25 Favorite Classic Actors
Row 1: Vincent Price – Cary Grant – George Sanders – Jack Lemmon
Row 2: Jimmy Cagney – Marlon Brando – James Stewart – Peter Lorre
Row 3: Laurence Olivier – Raymond Burr – Gene Kelly – Errol Flynn
Row 4: Dana Andrews – Charles Boyer – Lew Ayres – Roland Young
Row 5: Gregory Peck – Van Johnson – Chester Morris – Edward Everett Horton
Row 6: Sessue Hayakawa – Walter Matthau – Sidney Poitier – Charlie Ruggles
Row 7: Glenn Ford
Top 50 Favorite Classic Films (before 1970)
**If I have reviewed the film, the photo will also be a link to the post**
Some Favorite Old Hollywood Links:
History by Year at ThePeopleHistory.com
Silent films ranked by Movies Silently
Hollywood Genes 
Some of your 50 fav classic films are mine too! Several of your fav classic actors and actress are my favs too. 🙂
I have a genealogical connection to a few that made your list:
Katharine Hepburn is my Leonard 8th cousin and she shares the same distant Royal ancestors as you and me and Vincent Price. 🙂
Carole Lombard and my Mother were direct 4th cousins! She is the closest relation that I share kinship with of all the classic film actors that I am related to. We share the same Meteer ancestors.
Bette Davis is my Wells 10th cousin. She also has the same distant Royal ancestors.
Joan Fontaine shares our same distant Royal ancestors.
Vincent Price is my Spencer cousin and shares distant Royal ancestors as well.
Marlon Brando is my Spencer cousin.
James Stewart shares our distant Royal ancestors.
🙂
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I was scrolling through your list of top movies, and I realized there are 5-6 I haven’t yet seen. Sheesh! Oh well – just means great viewing ahead, right?
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