Neanderthal: Joan Collins turned down Richard Burton while making Sea Wife
Posted on 03/22/2010 8:39:16 PM PDT by Stoat
What strikes me again and again about these movies is how hunky and masculine the majority of the male stars were.
Neanderthal: Joan Collins turned down Richard Burton while making Sea Wife
Boom Town was on recently, with the extremely macho co-stars Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable. Although Gable was by far the better looking and taller (he kept referring to Tracy as 'Shorty' in the film) Spencer Tracy was his equal in the he-man department.
The same goes for most of the male movie stars from the golden era of Hollywood: Anthony Quinn dancing the tango with Rita Hayworth in Blood And Sand oozed masculine sex appeal, as did his co- star Tyrone Power.
John Garfield, in The Postman Always Rings Twice with gorgeous Lana Turner, sizzled a great deal more than the pale remake with Jessica Lange and Jack Nicholson. John Garfield was a true man's man. Obviously something of a ladies man, too, as he died in bed with his mistress.
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Many of these actors had an aura of 'don't mess with me, kiddo'. I met Humphrey Bogart at a party soon after my arrival in Hollywood and he scared me to death. However, when I got to know him better he was a charming family man. There's a big difference between the male stars of bygone years and today's slightly metrosexual-looking actors. Johnny Depp, Leonardo Di Caprio and Sean Penn are all wonderful actors, but they are chameleon-like when it comes to their place on the masculinity meter.
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“Boom Town” ping.
#13...”Uh homina-homina....”
Thanks; I had never seen that one.
clive owen; karl urban
“Boom Town” ping.
Boom Town Trailer - Trailer Addict
#13...”Uh homina-homina....”
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
“OIL!”
Rrrrr....
Clive Owen has the looks, but he doesn’t have the attitude of a he male.
But Eomer!!!! swoon
For me it’s Powers Boothe and Bob Gunton.They are men who look and act like men!
Maureen O Hara was hot. A firey redhead. The women back then was sexy without dressing all slutty.
Actresses of that day didn’t all lead exemplary lives, but they attempted to keep their sordid lives private. Today, an actress doesn’t get famous unless she’s a tramp in public and on the screen.
Who's Audry?
>>We need tall men!>>
Even though he was a short man, Alan Ladd was a man’s man in Shane.
---John Wayne
They never let the lady appear to be taller than Alan Ladd. That's what I don't like. It's just such a Feminist lie to have these giant women towering over all the men in a movie. No romance there, and I miss romance.
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