SOME OF THE GREATEST HOLLYWOOD ACTORS OF YESTER YEARS AND MORE RECENT TIMES..


Starting with the Greatest of them all.... MARLON BRANDO ( April 3 1924 - July 1 2004)
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Marlon Brando is celebrated to be the greatest actor of all time- a true legend.
An actor of immeasurable talent, he influenced several generations of actors including
his own.
His acting revolutionized film acting forever.
There can be one Marlon Brando - no actor can equal his acting skills...
His movies to name only a few,which make us sit in awe...with his sheer screen presence and craftmanship..

A Strretcar named desire(1951)
On the waterfront(1954)
Desiree(1954)
The young lions(1958)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
The Nightcomers(1971)
Apocalypse now(1979)
The chase(1966)
The last tango in Paris(1972)
The Godfather(1972)

His most memorable character in recent times has been as 'Don Vito Corlrone' in the "The Godfather"
He was married 6 times , has fathered 3 sons and 4 daughters..
He repeatedly turned down his Oscar- winning role as 'Don vito.. in THE GODFATHER for fear of
glorifying the Mafia...
Turned down the Oscar for THE GODFATHER in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans.
He lived for years as a recluse in his Hilltop home in Los Angeles, and despite his huge professional
success, was reportedly in serious debt when he died...

Reeth,

i am glad that you started this thread.

Brando was one of the best performers in Hollywood.
with Godfather, he proved that age hardly mattered to him when he wanted to steal the show.
Jack Nicholson was his neighbour and dear friend till his last breath and took great care of him when he was suffering in last days.

Jack is another great actor. perhaps the best imho.
i am looking forward to your post about him.

Thnk you august
I too firmly believe that Jack nicholson is one of the greatest actors ever, his movies are a treat to watch.
Hollywood greats wd b incomplete without him...

HUMPHREY BOGART ( December 25,1899 - January 14, 1957

Humphrey bogart is one of hollywoods most enduring legends and remains one of the most beloved
stars of all times.
While a major celebrity during his own lifetime,Bogart's appeal has grown in the years following his
death.
He has played the quintessential tough guy and his inimitable screen persona continues to appeal all.
Sensitive yet masculine , cynical yet romantic, hardbitten yet enigmatic...his various portrayls have
combined to create a larger than life image which remains the archtype of the contemporary Antihero.
He was respected as an actor by all his co stars.








With Lauren Bacall in " To have or have not" (1944)

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With Catherine Hepburn in the Oscar winning "African queen"(1952)
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With Ingrid Bergman in " Casablanca"

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with Ava Gardner in " Barefoot contessa"(1954)

Humphrey bogart played mostly thuggish gangsters in the 1930's.By the 40's Bogart had graduated to playing cynical, tough detectives, silent suffering romantic(casablanca) in many of his movies.
He won an oscar for his offbeat role as a drunken boat pilot in " THE AFRICAN QUEEN".

He had been a smoker and drinker for many years,had a cancerous growth in the esophegus which
was operated upon in 1956, however he died in 1957.

Bogart was married 4 times, the last of which was the happiest,to his co-star LAUREN BACALL in movies like
"To have or have not" and "The big sleep". She was 25 years his junior.

Some of his major movies:

The big sleep(1946)
The maltese falcon(1941)
Casablanca(1942)
Dark passage(1947)
To have or have not(1944)
Sabrina(1954)
The caine mutiny(1954)
The African queen(1951)
In a lonely place(1950)
The desperate hours(1955)

In all he acted in 75 feature films...
Humphrey Bogart had turned 57 when he died on January 14 1957, after falling into a coma.
Humphrey bogart is quite irreplaceable. There will never be another like him.

GRETA GARBO ( September 18,1905- April 15, 1990 )

She is one of the Greatest female legends of Hollywood.
She was breathtakingly beautiful, Charismatic and a Supremely talented actress , had a rich low voice.
She was one of the most glamorous and popular stars of the motion pictures of the 1920's and 1930's.
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Greta garbo was of Swedish origin. She acted in the first US fim, the silent " THE TORRENT " in 1925.
Then she acted in the title role of her first Talkie " ANNA CHRISTIE " in 1931.
The most exciting and seductive role of her career came in the same year 1931 in and as " MATA HARI ".
Gave her life time best Performance in " ANNA KARENINA " in 1935.
She made her last film " TWO FACED WOMAN " in 1941.


She moved to New York city and lived a jet setting life with some of the world's best know
personalities such as Aristotle Onasis among others...
Though she left Hollywood at the height of her fame, drifting in a self-created exile, she often
bitterly- though privately regretted it.

She was given a SPECIAL OSCAR for her past unforgettable performances in the year 1954.

She acted in about 36 odd films in 21 years of her career
Her most prominent films were:
Torrent (1926)
Wild Orchids(1929)
Mata Hari (1931)
As you desire me (1932)
Queen Christina (1933)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Camille (1937)
Ninotchka (1939)
Two Faced Woman (1941)

Garbo had, in the opinion of her Directors and critics, a perfect instinct for doing the right thing
before the camera.Her talent , her great beauty and her indifference to public opinion made her
career unique in the history of the Cinema.

On April 15 , 1990 Greta died of natural causes in New York and with it the " Garbo Mystique"
She was 84.

Greta garbo:

" Life would be so wonderful
if only we knew what to do with it"

Pity that GODFATHER was banned in India for twelve long years. Firoz Khan came up with a desi version in DHARMATMA in early seventies. As regards THE LAST TANGO IN PARIS I don't think it was released in India intact.

NASIR.

I have seen Dharmatma..not a bad movie by indian standards, of course not to be compared with the original...
I was not aware abt 'Last tango.. not being released here.........censor trouble??

Yes, Dharmatma was of course good. I liked it.
Regarding the Last Tango...this was a movie of pure carnal relationship between the lead actors. Defnitely, it couldn't pass the Censor Board. But having seen it on the video, I think it was a boring movie - as one critic exclaimed: Even with the butter it was a boring movie.


NASIR.

MARILYN MONROE 1 JUNE 1926 - 5 AUGUST 1962

Probably the most celebrated of all actresses in hollywood...
Born Norma Jean Mortensen coming from a poverty stricken background she made her debut in 'B'
grade movies as chorus singer....
She was an alluring beauty with vuluptuous curves yet had an apparent vulnerability and innocence
which endeared her to the public...




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After acting in small roles for several years she gradually went on to become one of the most popular stars of the 1950's
Got her major break in " All about Eve" and then with later movies alike "Niagara" and "Gentlemen prefer blondes" went on to become the greatest Superstar sex symbol ever in the history of cinema.

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Monroe was able to carry a big budget film and was signed up for many a big movies...
with the success of movies like 'Gentlemen prefer blondes' and ' How to marry a millionaire'
monroe became ' A ' listed and became one of the world's biggest stars.
Many of her films and comedy roles established her ' Dumb Blonde ' on-screen persona .
'The Seven year Itch' in 1955 , was one of her major hits......

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The classic shot from 'The Seven yesr Itch" ....dress blowing up around her legs as she stands
over a sub-way grating....with ' Tom Ewell', the leading man...

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She was linked with several hollywood men, ended up marrying 3 times....
She was a collector of books and had a collection several hundred books in her personal library..
Some of her prominent movies...

The asphault jungle
all about eve
Monkey business
Don't bother to knock
gentlemen prefer blondes
How to marry a millionaire
Niagara
river of no return
The seven year itch
The prince and the show girl
Some like it hot
River of no return
She acted in some 60 odd movies in a carer spanning 2 decades.....
On august 5 1962 she was found dead by her housekeeper.Her death was ruled as an overdose of sleeping
pills.Several conspiracy theories surfaced in the years after her death some involving President John F Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.
Marilyn monroe will be remembered as the Greatest sex symbol of hollywood and without doubt the most famous woman of the 20th century..

GREGORY PECK - ( April 5 1916 - June 12 2003 )
Among the celebrated pantheon of Hollywood Royalty, few are as well respected and universally adored as
Gregory peck.His career spanned more than 50 years..presenting audience compelling stories of srength and masculinity.He was good looking ,rugged and very attractive and had a great screen presence.
He was nominated for 5 Academy awards...went on to win it in 1948.
He made his debut in Broadway in 1942 as a leading man, and continued to act till 1944 when he entered
films in 1944 with " Days of Glory", and was dismissed initially by critics as a non actor,went on to win an
academy award...
Gregory peck was one of Hollywood's most popular stars of the 1940's- 1960's, but continued to play important
roles well into the 1990's.
He was of Armenian, British, Scottish and Irish Heritage.




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He went on to act in some Masterpieces and Classics like " The Keys of th e kingdom", " The Spellbound"
" The million pound note", " Roman Holiday' , " The Guns of navrone'," Mackenna's Gold".. to name a few..

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Some of his major movies were

Days of Glory ( 1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The spellbound ( 1945)
The macomber affair (1947)
The gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Million pound note(1953)
Roman Holidays (1953)
Moby Dick ( 1956)
Guns of navrone (1962)
To kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Stalking moon (1968)
Mackenna's Gold ( 1969)
The Omen (1976)
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Old Gringo (1989)
Cape fear ( 1991)
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With Audrey hepburn in " Roman Holidays"...

He received an Oscar in 1963 for his role in " To kill a mocking bird"..
He received many Golden Globe awards , in 1947 for The Yearling,in 1963 for " To kill a Mockingbird' and
for" Moby dick" in 1999.
Gregory peck was married twice and has 5 children.He was a close friend with French president Chirac.
On June 12 , 2003 Gregory peck died in his sleep of Cardiorespiratory arrest, and Bronchial PNuemonia
at the age of 87 in Los angeles...

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Dev Anand was considered to be the " Gregory peck " of India.It was rumoured that Dev anand used to imitate Peck's mannerisms since dev anand's beau during late forties and early ffties, Suraiyya was an
ardent fan of gregory Peck...

Great pictures of the Sex Goddess. She was definitely a stuff for male fantasy.
Unfortunately, I think I missed all her movies that time being underage. How I wished there was VCR or DVDs then.

NASIR.

Unfortunately Nasir,she was self destructive and by all accounts naive....quite incapable of handling her huge success and all else that came with it....She was the dumb blonde stereotype in real life too, which led to her personal problems and the final tragedy...her unnatural death.

YUL BRYNNER 11 JULY 1920 - 10 OCTOBER 1985

Yul Brynner with his exotic looks commanding presence and mysterious background was one of the most exciting hollywood stars....He was a brilliant actor famed as much for his bald looks as for his performances.
He was of Swiss- Mongoloid, Russian heritage which explained his exotic looks..
Started his career as a model and a trapeze artiste,graduating to the theatre and then films...

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As Rameses in " THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"

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After several years of acting in regional theatre he debuted in " PORT OF NEWYORK" in 1949.In 1951
on the strength of his theatre work for several years earlier,he was recommended for the role he would
always be known for, The King of Siam in the musical " THE KING AND I " which won him the Best Actor Oscar.
Then came Another Brilliant performance and casting in Cecil B. DeMille's " THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" as
Pharoah Rameses, an unforgettable role...
A string of movies followed " ANASTASIA" , " THE JOURNEY", "THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" ,"SOLOMON AND SHEBA" , " WESTWORLD "......

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With Deborah Kerr in " THE KING AND I"

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He co-stared with Marlon Brando in " Morituri" and appeared in Peter Seller's comedy " THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN"
In addition to his work as a performer Yul Brynner was an active photographer and wrote 2 books on
photography.
Yul bryner was married four times of which the first 3 ended in divorce.Had three children and adopted two.
Brynner also had a much publicised affair with Actress Marelene dietrich in the early 1950's....

Some of his prominent films
The port of Newyork
The king and I
Anastasia
The Buccaneer
The Journey
Surprise package
The Magnificent seven
The double man
The Long duel
Catlow
Fuzz
Death rage
Throughout his life Yul was always seen with a cigarette. The cause of his death was Lung Cancer brought
on by excessive smoking. He died at the age of 65..... Nine months before his death he expressed a desire to make a commercial on Anti-smoking..." Now that i'm gone , I tell you, Dont smoke' was released after his death...

For me, one of the greatest actors i have ever seen from the yester years is Paul NewMan for his diversified roles, the ease and panache with which he wud carry out his role was fabulous.
Some of his movies like Cool Handluke, The String,The Hustler were a treat to watch.
From the recent periods, i love Tom Hanks. He has really represented the diversity of an actor who can take up any challenging role and carry out in an emotional manner which lefts an indelible expression on one's mind.
Some of his worth watching movies are Philadelphia, Cast Away, The Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, Sleepless in Seattle.

I totally agree with you, Paul newman is one of hollywood's greats....

There are a number of Hollywood stars who've not been mentioned:

- Lee Marvin

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- Steve McQueen

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- Sir Alec Guinness

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- Sean Connery

Sure sure............i have many more to add ....... been busy... have'nt been able to devote more time here......

That's the picture of DAVID LEAN and not Sean Connery. Must be a typographical error for sure.

NASIR.

Thats right nasir............

REETH, thanks for your attempts at providing us the treat of nostalgia of the past chapters of Hollywood.

NASIR.

That's not David Lean but Sir Alec Guinness for sure. The pic is Guinness in army uniform during the filming of The Bridge On River Kwai(1957).

Nasir, you may check the following link for clarification:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DG

Most welcome Nasir..

Yes it is Alec Guinness.....David lean directed the film' The Bridge on...

You're right Reeth. I got mixed up between David Lean and David Niven. But the picture is that of Sir Alec Guinness as you stated.
I had seen this movie back in 1957 as a kid at the Regal Cinema, Bombay, and therefore the goofup. By the say this movie was a smash hit in Bombay and ran upto the Silver Jubilee week (all shows).

NASIR.

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AUDREY HEPBURN (May 4 1929 - January 20 1993)
Born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in Brusels , Belgium....
Audrey Hepburn was one of the biggest motion picture stars of the early 50's in Hollywood.She was also a major style icon,and one of the major box office attractions of hollywood...she was ranked as the third greatest female star of all times...
In her early years , she trained to become a Prima Ballerina, but not finding much success,she took to acting...

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Her early roles were in musical theater productions, after which she landed a role in a British film " One Wild Oat".....then came several minor roles in films such as " Laughter in Paradise"," The Lavender Hill Mob" and"Monte Carlo Baby" , after which she took to acting in Broadway plays....Her First significant film role was in the 1952 production " Secret People" in which she played a prodigy Ballerina, and did all of her own dancing scenes......Then came " Roman Holiday" with Gregory Peck which made her a star overnight...
There were rumors that the two were romantically involved.....which was denied by both the actors...however their bonding was firm and continued till her last days..
Audrey Hepburn went on to win the Academy award, Newyork film critc circle award and Golden Globe winner awrd for her work in ' Roman Holiday'....
She had everything to captivate the audience Charm, Innocence and Talent...

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Followed many successful films such as ' Sabrina" with Humphrey Bogarte...'War and Peace', 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' , ' The Nun's story ' all of which earned her an academy nomination....
Some of her memorable films were....
Roman Holiday with Gregory peck
Sabrina with Humphrey bogarte
Breakfast at Tifaany's with George peppard
Nun's story
My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison
Wait until Dark with Richrd Crenna
Charade with Cary Grant
Robin and Mariane with Sean Connery

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She was married twice and had a son with each...both of which ended in divorce.
In her last years she was involved with Robert Wolders , a handsome Dutch actor...
Her last film role was in Steven Spielbergs ' Always' filmed in 1988...
She was appointed a special Ambassador to the United Nation's Children's Fund( UNICEF)and she dedicated her life to helping impoverished children in poorer nations, travelling extensively to various countries...

Audrey Hepburn died of colon cancer on 20th January 1993,in Toolchenaz, Switzerland, at the age of 63.

Audrey Hepburn to this day is a Beauty and Fashion icon...contrary to her image, although she did enjoy being Fashionable, she did not place much importance on it...

AUDREY HEPBURN indeed had the physique of a ballerina. She seemed to be innocence personified. I had the opportunity of watching her in several movies out of which I remember only THE ROMAN HOLIDAY, WAIT UNTIL DARK, and MY FAIR LADY The last two named movies were releaased at EROS Cinema in Bombay. MY FAIR LADY ran over thirty weeks there.


NASIR.

P.S. By the way, wasn't it Audrey who made the citation for India's ace Director Satyajit Ray and presented him with an honorary Academy Award?

Thats right nasir , Satyajit Ray was given the Honarary Academy Award for Life Time achievement in 1992, i was not aware of Audrey Hepburn making the citation......Thank you for highlighting this.

Most welcome, Reeth!


Nasir.

GRACE KELLY (12 November 1929 - 14 December 1982)

Grace Kelly is one of the most admired women in the world.Even to this day, she is upheld as a standard of Beauty, Grace and Style....Both literally and metaphorically Grace Kelly was cinema's Fairy Tale Princess, Extremely Beautiful,Elegant and impossibly Glamorous, she transcended the limits of Hollywood
aristrocracy to attain the power & glory of true royalty....
Born November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, her father was a wealthy Industrialist...
While in her teens she began modelling and enroled for a course in The American Academy of Dramatic Arts,and began working in television and Broadway plays.....She was offered a bit role in 1949 in the film " Fourteen Hours" and was later signed up for what is considered a Classic now the Westeren " High Noon"...and then followed a series of successful films with MGM and Alfred Hitchcock....


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Her Talent and Persona influenced the Graet motion picture director Alfred Hitchcock so strongly that he attempted to make other actresses into her image, without success...
She made 3 brilliant classics with Alfred Hitchcock 'Dial M for Murder' 'Rear Window ' and 'To Catch a Thief' .
In 1955 Grace Kelly won the Academy award forBest Actress for her role in 'The Country Girl'..

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Her memorable films...
High Noon
Mogambo
Dial M for Murder
Rear window
To Catch a thief
High Society

During the filmimg of " To catch a Thief" with Cary Grant on the Riviera she met Prince Rainier of Monaco , followed a fairy tale romance and wedding....
They had three children Caroline, Albert and Stephanie...
The seeming fairy tale life came to an end on September 14, 1982, in an automobile
accident in the mountains of Monaco......


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Though she acted in just 11 films in a carrer spanning 6 years, she is never to be forgotten

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Reeth great pictures man.

Here is one from me

Thanks Really beautiful...

Thanks for the pictures and info on Grace Kelly.
Just like her, she was all grace.
I am reminded that DIAL M FOR MURDER was made in a Hindi version named AITBAR. Dimple Kapadia played the role of Grace Kelly.
The famous dialogue: MOGAMBO KHUSH HUA in Mr. India (Bollywood) seems to have been inspired the tile of Grace Kelly movie MOGAMBO.

NASIR.

Most welcome Nasir..

Have u seen Aitbaar?Is the movie worth watching or is it the usual hash they remake??

Reeth go for it buddy! Aitbaar was quite a well made movie!

Thanks HT..........i will try to watch it during the weekend......

Yes Reeth I've seen AITBAAR not one time but many many times on Video Cassette that I had.
And I'm surprised man. Wasn't it Mukuk Anand who directed the film? Amazing job he has done. I would still like to watch it again.

NASIR.

CARY GRANT ( January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986)

Cary Grant's name is synonymous with suave male sophistication.It conjures up the ultimate image of " Movie Star ".
He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time of American cinema by the american Film Institute.He was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, Handsome, Witty and Charming...
Archibald Alexander Leach , as he was called was British, born in a poor family,went on to become one of the most famous and admired men in the history of movies in a career that began in 1932 and continued right up until the end of 60's...

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He had a confused and an unhappy childhood ......was expelled from Grammar school in Bristol,joined a stage troupe and travelled to the United States in 1920...he gave stage performances and started acting in Broadway shows..He was successful in Broadway comedies,came to Hollywood in 1931, where he acquired the name Cary Grant...Paramount studios gave hima chance and in 1932 he made his feature debut
in This is the night...followed by a string of mediocre films...teamed up with Mae west, and finally came up with a major hit in The Awful Truth in 1937, from that point on he starred in a remarkable number of
well crafted films, featuring Hollywood's most talented Directors , actors and writers...He starred in some classical comedies Bringing up Baby with Katherine Hepburn, His Girl Friday with Rosalind Russel, the Philadelphia story again with Katherine Hepburn....
He made four films with Alfred Hitchcock....Suspicion,Notorious with Ingrid Bergman,To catch a Thief with Grace kelly, and North by Northwest, which went on to become one of the most celebrated films in history...

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In the mid-50's Cary grant formed his own production company and produced a number of movies such as
Indiscreet, That Touch of Mink,Father Goose...He was nominated for tw academy awards in the 1940's..Finally received a special Academy Award for Lifetime achievement in 1970.
He was married Five times ...throughout his time in Hollywood, Grant was rumored to be homosexual or bisexual, there have been references that he had a homosexual affair with Marlon Brando, which has been neither confirmed nor denied by Cary Grant...

Some of his memorable films

Sinners in the sun
The Woman accused
Thirty day Princess
Born to be Bad
Kiss and make up
Alice in Wonderland
Wings in the Dark
Suzy
The Awful Truth
Bringing up Baby
His Girl Friday
Gunga Din
Philadelphia Story
Suspicion
Arsenic and Old Lace
Notorious
To Catch a Thief
North by Northwest
Houseboat
An Affair to remember
Charade
In all he acted in 72 feature films...

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Ian Fleming stated that he had Cary Grant in mind whn he created his Sauve, Super spy James Bond. Sean Connery was selected for the first Janmes Bond movie because of his likeness to Cary Grant...
In 1981 Cary Grant married his Long time companion Barbara Harris, his fifth wife.They were together until he died of a stroke on November 29, 1986....
He has been voted as one of the Sexiest male stars ever and one of the greatest Star in the history of cinema..

Thanks Reeth for great info on Cary Grant.
Unfortunately I missed almost all his movies except for the one (I dont know which it is) where he is shown to have children and a new woman enter his life.

NASIR.

Reeth

Wonderful thread! Thank you all the lovely pics and the info on these dazzling stars. Love watching all these wonderful films esp of the forties and fifites.


Btw, did you know Sabrina was remade Bolllywood style in Chopra's "Yeh Dillagi" starring Kajol, Akshay and Saif. It is the story of two rich brothers, one is a playboy and the other is the dour one and naturally both fall for the girl (who is their driver's daughter).

Madhz, there've been so many Bollywood movies which are sadly, blatant copies of Hollywood movies...one movie which comes to my mind is the Chandrachur Singh-Arshad Warsi starrer Tere Mere Sapne (complete B.O failure) which was lifted from the 1983 comedy Trading Places starring Eddie Murphy & Dan Ackroyd...

I did see Aitbaar....really good,well made movie,good songs....and Dimple looks gorgeous....

I have hardly seen any of the later/new hindi films, in fact i have not seen many....it is only after i joined hf that i started taking an interest in hindi films and music, so my knowledge is limited......but i am learning....

You are most welcome nasir ....i just saw " to catch a thief" and it is very good,Grace kelly looks Beautiful....

My favorite is Vertigo, everytime I watch it I find something different in it. It is wierdly atmospheric, with Jimmy Stewart, one of Hitchcock's favorite lead heroes, imo, in one of his best roles. The stunning opening sequence sets the tone of the movie, fear, obsession, compulsion and destruction... (wow... I seem to have an "ion" complex... )...

If you have not seen it yet, watch it.... I would love to go back to the experience of watching it the first time...

Mujahid,

Have always intended to see it but never got around to it...Trading Places, I mean. I thought "Tere Mere Sapne" did pretty well at the BO considering it was a completely new cast, including the director. Wasn't this movie and "Maachis" the two movies that gave Chandrachur Singh a brief glimpse of fame? In fact the incredibly silly "Josh" which was a copy of the Holllywood classic "West Side Story", had the director trying to switch the "popular" pairs by casting Chandrachur against Aishwarya Rai and Shahrukh Khan(in a guest appearance?!!!) against Priya Gill or whatever her name was (in a non-existent appearance)... in what he must have imagined was a casting coupe...

I have seen Vertigo,and Imho it is one of Hitchcocks best movies ever.........'Rear window' with Grace Kelly is another movie of James Stewart's that i really liked....

Yesss,

Another of my favorites. Jimmy Stuart is so good and Grace K is such gorgeous nag in the movie.

By the way Woody Allen payed his tribute to this masterpiece in the "Manhattan Murder Mystery"(I love most of Woody Allen's movies too) ...check it out. And I don't know about you but I kind of like Brian de Palma's films too that are so heavily inspired by Hitchcock, despite the gore and excessive showmanship.