It wasn’t the case in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Top Box Office for 1932. Top 3 names were female.
1.MARIE DRESSLER
2.JANET GAYNOR
3.JOAN CRAWFORD
4.CHARLES FARRELL
5.GRETA GARBO
6.NORMA SHEARER
7.WALLACE BEERY
8.CLARK GABLE
9.WILL ROGERS
10.JOE E. BROWN
I’m trying to remember the last movie I saw because of a female actress was staring in it.