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Filmy Favorites

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

Katharine-Hepburn.jpgย  Joan Blondell.jpgย  Carole Lombard.jpgย ย bette davis

natalie-wood-02ย  Gene Tierneyย  Thelma Ritterย ย  clara bow

paulette-goddard.jpg ย Jean Harlowย  Betty Grableย  Judy_Garland_1943_publicity_photo

stanwyck.jpgย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 2.15.49 PMย  220px-audrey_hepburn_1956.jpgย ย bergman-e1564856310807.jpg

screen-shot-2019-08-03-at-8.13.37-am.pngย  screen-shot-2019-08-03-at-8.14.24-am.pngย  hayley-mills.jpgย ย Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 8.30.34 AM

screen-shot-2019-08-03-at-8.34.21-am.pngย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 8.03.08 AMย  screen-shot-2019-08-03-at-8.11.59-am.pngย  Elizabeth_Taylor_on_set_of_Giant_Frank_Worth_1956_1024x1024

Vivien Leigh

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

Vincent Price.jpgย  Cary Grantย ย George Sanders.jpgย ย jack-lemmon.jpg

cagney-e1564857687909.jpgย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 2.48.06 PMย  Jimmy Stewartย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 3.18.16 PM

ย Laurence olivierย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 3.00.10 PMย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 3.03.56 PMย  Errol Flynn

Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 3.02.55 PMย  ย ย charles-boyerย  Lew Ayresย  Roland Young.jpg

Gregory Peckย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 3.17.46 PMย  MBDCORS EC003ย  Screen Shot 2019-08-03 at 3.13.40 PM.png

Sessue.jpgย  walter matthauย  Sidney Poitierย  ย ย Charles Ruggles.jpg

Screen Shot 2019-08-05 at 11.22.34 PM

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**

bringingupbaby.jpg desk-set.jpgย  AllAboutEveย  Dragonwyck

Lauraย ย PhiladelphiaStoryย  AdventuresofRobinHoodย  RomanceOn the High Seas

TheDivorceeย  3GuysNamedMikeย The Womenย  Sabrina

IntheGoodOldSummertimeย  Auntie Mameย  The ApartmentHoliday

HowToMarryAMillionaireย  Topper returnsย  ghostandmrsmuirย  Gaslight_-_1944_-_Movie_Poster_small_grande

SunsetBlvdย  charadeย  manwhoknewtoomuchย  the-palm-beach-story-movie-poster-1942-1000777951

my-man-godfrey-md-webย the great raceย  gentlemen prefer blondes.jpgย  belle de jour.jpg

the-graduate-poster.jpgย  key largo.jpgย ย night nurse.jpgย  troublewithangels.jpg

pollyanna.jpgย  insearchcastaways.jpgย  Mary Poppins.jpg Stage Door

AfricanQueen.jpg ย ย nowvoyager.jpgย  Rebecca redheadedwoman

MeetMeinStLouis.jpgย  WizardofOz.jpgย  PocketfulofMiracles.jpgย  ParentTrap.jpg

3 on a match.jpgย manwhocametodinner.jpgย  3faceseve.jpgย  Bell, Book, Candle.jpg

Femaleย  my-favorite-wife-movie-poster.jpg

 

Some Favorite Old Hollywood Links:

My Letterboxd account

History by Year at ThePeopleHistory.com

Silent films ranked by Movies Silently

www.immortalephemera.com

www.b-westerns.com

www.ultimatemovierankings.com

2 thoughts on “Filmy Favorites

  1. Some of your 50 fav classic films are mine too! Several of your fav classic actors and actress are my favs too. ๐Ÿ™‚

    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. ๐Ÿ™‚

    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.

    ๐Ÿ™‚

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