My Favorite Gentlemen

Below are my favorite gentlemen and my favorite films they appeared in. In truth, there are so many Old Hollywood stars that I enjoy but these ten are tops for me.  They are in no specific order after Dick Van Dyke.

1. Gene Kelly

(Anchors Aweigh, Singin' in the Rain, Summer Stock)

2. Clark Gable

(It Happened One Night, Red Dust, Hold Your Man, Dancing Lady)

3. Cary Grant

(Bringing Up Baby, North by Northwest, The Philadelphia Story)

4. Humphrey Bogart

(Casablanca, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon)

5. James Stewart

(Rear Window, The Philadelphia Story, Its a Wonderful Life)

6. Frank Sinatra

(Anchors Aweigh, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Robin and the Seven Hoods)

7. Dick Van Dyke

(Marry Poppins, The Dick Van Dyke Show)

8. Fred Astaire

(Top Hat, You Were Never Lovelier, Royal Wedding)

9. Rock Hudson

(Giant, Lover Come Back, Pillow Talk)

10. Spencer Tracy

(Adam's Rib, Inherit the Wind, San Francisco)

My Favorite Ladies

Below are my favorite ladies and my favorite films they appeared in.  It was difficult to chose my top ten because there are so many wonderful actresses of this era.  All I know is K. Hepburn is my number one.

1. Katharine Hepburn

(Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib)

2. Lucille Ball

(I Love Lucy, Du Barry was a Lady, Without Love)

3. Julie Andrews

(Marry Poppins, Sound of Music, The Julie Andrews Show)

4. Jean Harlow

(Red Dust, Hold Your Man, Libeled Lady)

5. Judy Garland

(Summer Stock, The Wizard of OZ, For Me and My Gal)

6. Marilyn Monroe

(Some Like it Hot, Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

7. Rita Hayworth

(Gilda, Cover Girl, You Were Never Lovelier)

8. Doris Day

(Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, By the Light of the Silvery Moon)

9. Carole Lombard

(My Man Godfrey, No Man of Her Own, In Name Only)

10. Myrna Loy

(The Thin Man, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Wife vs. Secretary)

My Favorite Directors

Listed below are my favorite directors and my favorite films that they created.  They are in no particular order after Gene Kelly.

1. Alfred Hitchcock

(North by Northwest, Rear Window, Vertigo)

2. Frank Capra

(It Happened One Night, Its a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)

3. Vincente Minnelli

(An American in Paris, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Band Wagon)

4. Gene Kelly

(often teamed with Stanley Donen)

(Singin' in the Rain; On the Town; Hello, Dolly)

5. Billy Wilder

(Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, Double Indemnity)

6. Howard Hawks

(Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, His Girl Friday)

7. Michael Curtiz

(Casablanca, White Christmas, The Adventures of Robin Hood)

8. Buster Keaton

(The General; Sherlock, Jr.; The Navigator)

9. Victor Flemming

(Red Dust, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of OZ)

10. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

(Guys and Dolls, All About Eve, Cleopatra)