Bring back the brawn! Joan Collins laments the demise of the Hollywood hunk

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | March 23, 2010 | Joan Collins

[Stoat]

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Man's man: Paul Newman and Joan in Rally Round The Flag, Boys

 

[Stoat]

 

Strong silent type: Robert Mitchum with Joan in 1977's The Big Sleep

[Beowulf9]

hey, Joan. Aidan Quinn’s not so bad....

[Shimmer1]

Two words: Gerard Butler

[ari-freedom]

Paul newman????
here's a man's man:

[freedumb2003]

Joan nails it — and good for her!

Sadly, Joan, I am no longer available for films. But thanks for thinking of me...

[Stoat]

Agreed ;-) Perhaps Joan didn’t have the opportunity to get to know Ronald Reagan? She appears to be speaking mainly of people whom she had an opportunity to meet.

[skr]

I don’t think anyone questions Charlton Heston’s or John Wayne’s ratings on the masculinity meter.

[Parley Baer]

Interesting read. Thanks for the posting. This kind of reminds me of the excerpts from Robert Wagner’s book that I read. One I remember is Robert’s weekend fling with Barbara Stanwyck a woman at the time who was a “few” years older than him. Interesting reads.

[madamemayhem]

in the 50’s and 60’s Robert Mitchum was the very hottest of the hot. and no one out masculines John Wayne. i wish there were still leading men like that. i also wish there were leading ladies with the class of Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Maureen O’Hara.

[Stoat]

I don’t think anyone questions Charlton Heston’s or John Wayne’s ratings on the masculinity meter.

Agreed, and Joan Collins mentions Charlton Heston in the article.  Perhaps she didn't meet John Wayne?  It could also be that she has met so many stars that she couldn't really mention all of them in the article, and just took a few examples.

 

From the article:

Another huge, manly star graced Dynasty for one episode. When Charlton Heston walked onto the set, everyone kow-towed in deference. One of the handful of great leading men of the Fifties and Sixties, he received the respect he deserved

[Swede Girl]

Ronald Reagan was a hunk his whole life....from his teenage years to his retirement. A real man.

[Stoat]

Interesting read. Thanks for the posting.

You're quite welcome, and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile :-)

 

 This kind of reminds me of the excerpts from Robert Wagner’s book that I read. One I remember is Robert’s weekend fling with Barbara Stanwyck a woman at the time who was a “few” years older than him. Interesting reads.

 

 

[jellybean]

FReeper ladies love real men! Not metrosexualized nancy girls who would be apoplectic at the thought of getting their hands dirty.

[Stoat]

i also wish there were leading ladies with the class of Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Maureen O’Hara.

 

Audrey Hepburn

 

Grace Kelly

 

Maureen O'Hara

[Stoat]

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[advertising guy]

class ? Grace Kelly screwed everything not nailed down and
Audry was a bisexual who loved ruining marriages...could they act ? sure, they faked decency

[Quix]

I had a couple of friends at Univ in my BA program

. . . she had red hair below her knees.

He was often claiming they were going off to play

LADY GODIVA

AND HE WAS GOING TO BE THE HORSE.

[CAluvdubya]

I think Rowdy Yates was one of my first crushes

[jellybean]

Thanks for pinging me! :)

One of the manliest men...

...Sean Connery