Movies & Celebrities During The Golden Era Of Hollywood.

[Hollywood Rock Chic]

I recently began watching TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and fell in love with motion pictures during the Golden Era of Hollywood (1920's-1950's); and the movie stars during this period. Is there a particular movie(s) or an actor or actress that you are very fond of during this time?

[Marvo301]

Humphry Bogart

[Shine]

Jimmy Stewart

Cary Grant

Grace Kelly

Ingrid Bergman

[Marvo301]

Buster Keaton

Harold Lloyd

Laurel and Hardy

The Marx Brothers

[comedyfreak]

I have many favorites from that era.

Lucille Ball
Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
Henry Fonda
Jimmy Stewart
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Abbott and Costello
John Wayne
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby

[treky]

Taura dear, it's TCM-TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. You said TMC-TURNER MOVIE CLASSICS.:)

Any way, I like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Loyd, Lon Chaney (I like to watch the silent movies on there sometimes)
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby, the Marx bros., Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant-and others I can't think of right now.
As for movies, "THE GOLD RUSH", "CITY LIGHTS", "WINGS", "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" (both the silent one and the sound one with Claude Rains), "BEN HUR" (both the silent and the sound versions), "THE GRADUATE", "SLEEPER", "SILVER STREAK". (and many others I'm too tired to think of right now)

[Stuck In The '70's]

John Wayne
Jimmy Stewart
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
Marilyn Monroe

[ponytail]

John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Pidgeon
Doris Day
Jimmy Stewart
Joel McCrea
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
James Cagney

[tv star collector]

I have way too many favorites from that era to mention all of them (why did
they call it "Hollywood's Golden Age"?). but a few standouts would include:

Abbott & Costello
Humphrey Bogart
Doris Day
Clark Gable
Judy Garland
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby
Boris Karloff
Grace Kelly
Laurel & Hardy
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Fred MacMurray
The Marx Brothers
Marilyn Monroe
Elvis Presley
Roy Rogers
Mickey Rooney
Frank Sinatra
Red Skelton
James Stewart
Shirley Temple
The Three Stooges
John Wayne

[Torgo]

Abbott and Costello
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin
Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Edmund Gwenn
Jeanne Crain
Arthur Lake(very underrated comedic actor)
Fred MacMurray
Bonita Granville
Myrna Loy
Clifton Webb


These Three ('36)
Arsenic and Old Lace ('44)
The Ghost Train ('41)
Rear Window ('54)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House ('48)
Little Fugitive ('53)
The Delicate Delinquent ('57)
The Trouble with Harry ('55)
Artists and Models ('55)
The Time of Their Lives ('46)
Things To Come ('36)
Vampyr ('32)
Nosferatu ('22)
The Night of the Hunter ('55)
The War of the Worlds ('53)
The Hitch-Hiker ('53)

...to name a few

[sunshinefizzy]

If you want to learn more about the stars and movies, go to wikipedia for the list of AFI 100 years...100 stars. Then go to youtube for clips of them. That's how I got really into it. Very interesting and fun stuff.

[Hollywood Rock Chic]

Taura dear, it's TCM-TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. You said TMC-TURNER MOVIE CLASSICS.:)

Any way, I like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Loyd, Lon Chaney (I like to watch the silent movies on there sometimes)
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby, the Marx bros., Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant-and others I can't think of right now.
As for movies, "THE GOLD RUSH", "CITY LIGHTS", "WINGS", "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" (both the silent one and the sound one with Claude Rains), "BEN HUR" (both the silent and the sound versions), "THE GRADUATE", "SLEEPER", "SILVER STREAK". (and many others I'm too tired to think of right now)
Ha, thanks for correcting me; this is what happens when you do not pay a lot of attention when you are creating a thread.:crazy:

[Stuck In The '70's]

John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Pidgeon
Doris Day
Jimmy Stewart
Joel McCrea
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
James Cagney
I love James Cagney too especially in Yankee Doodle Dandy, one of my favorite movies.

[Dusty's Fan]

Carole Lombard

Joe E. Brown (and practically all comedies for that matter!)

[Liza]

Oh so many... so, so many...


The leading men:
William Powell - you gotta respect a man who can down 30 martinis a 90 minute film.
Rex Harrison - he was the King of Siam, the ghost with Mrs. Muir, Doctor Dolittle, even Ceasar himself!
Gene Kelly - he sang, he danced, he acted, he directed, he choreographed... did I mention he was gorgeous?
Yul Brynner - The first bald guy in Hollywood under the age of 50
Robert Taylor - I'm such a sucker for that pencil-thin moustache!
Robert Walker - sadly he's nearly forgotten now, but an amazing talent
Cary Grant - so charming, so classy, so - Cary Grantish!
Dana Andrews - he was sadly under-rated during his lifetime.
Don Ameche - probably the most likable guy in Hollywood
Louis Jourdan - simply the best looking guy Hollywood ever imported!
James Dean - the guy died far too young, but what a legacy.
Errol Flynn - that man was so handsome you don't need a reason.
Tyrone Power - same reason

The leading ladies:
Jean Harlow - she looked like a goddess, and sounded like a waitress from New Jersey
Deborah Kerr - one classy lady - with a hair color I'd kill for!
Carole Lombard - taken far, far too young - but what a great life
Ingrid Bergman - do I really need to explain her?
Audrey Hepburn - or her?
Grace Kelly - our American princess
Judy Garland - the little girl with the great big voice and the big brown eyes
Doris Day - I can't help but love her - no other reason
Debbie Reynolds - I wanted her for my best friend in highschool
Marilyn Monroe - she had an aura around her that's impossible to explain
Bette Davis - this lady had Attitude (with a capital A)

[Liza]

Carole Lombard

Joe E. Brown (and practically all comedies for that matter!)

Oh I worship Carole Lombard. She was so beautiful and had (by all accounts) a wicked sense of humor. She was taken far too soon. I don't think Clark Gable ever got over her :(

My grandmother actually knew Joe E. Brown! I was so surprised to see him listed! Not exactly your typical leading man, but he was wonderful. Probably the only man to succesfully upstage Marilyn Monroe!

[Liza]

Buster Keaton

Personally, I always preferred him to Charlie Chaplin. He seemed so genuine - just a nice boy from Kansas, who happened to be made of rubber and could defy gravity ;)

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[tv star collector]

Personally, I always preferred him to Charlie Chaplin. He seemed so genuine - just a nice boy from Kansas, who happened to be made of rubber and could defy gravity ;)

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I always thought Chaplin was overrated. He may have been the first silent
screen comedian, but Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd make me laugh more.

[Schmoopie]

Well, it goes without saying that I am an Audrey Hepburn fanatic! I love TCM as well and wish I could get it at home, but I have to settle for watching it when I'm on vacation somewhere that carries it!

My other favorites are:
Katherine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Jack Lemmon
Shirley MaClaine-her older movies
Tony Curtis

There are so many others, but those are my favorites!

[Torgo]

I always thought Chaplin was overrated. He may have been the first silent
screen comedian, but Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd make me laugh more.

I'm not sure who is considered the first, but Max Linder, John Bunny, and Ford Sterling were making silent comedies years before Chaplin came along.