Found this little quiz-thingy over here and wanted to do it myself.
This or That
Joan Crawford or Bette Davies: Bette Davies
John Wayne or Gary Cooper: Gary Cooper, Wayne appears to be slightly retarded or something.
MGM or Paramount: Oh, impossible to say. I don't know really. MGM made bigger budget films I think, so MGM. And they made Tom & Jerry.
Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo: Garbo, but only because I'm Swedish.
Jean Harlow or Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn, no contest.
Ann Miller or Cyd Charisse: Cyd Charisse.
Silents or Talkies: Talkies. The only silent movie I truly love is La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc.
June Allyson or Debbie Reynolds: Debbie Reynolds.
Clark Gable or Cary Grant: Cary Grant, of course. The epitomy of male Hollywood glamour. And not many people know this, but Clark Gable actually played Dumbo in Disney's classic cartoon.
Ingrid Bergman or Hedy Lamarr: Bergman, but not because I'm Swedish.
William Powell or Robert Taylor: William 'The Thin Man' Powell. However ”The Thin Man” actually doesn't refer to Powell...
Black & White or Technicolor: Everyone and everything looks better in black & white. Except perhaps the French Riviera.
Carole Lombard or Rosalind Russell: Carole Lombard.
Joan Fontaine or Olivia de Havilland: Joan Fontaine.
Ava Gardner or Elizabeth Taylor: Tricky, but Ava wins by aging (a lot) more gracefully.
Julie Andrews or Barbra Streisand: Don't know... Neither?
Louise Brooks or Clara Bow: Louise Brooks.
Rudolph Valentino or Douglas Fairbanks: Douglas Fairbanks.
Robert Redford or Paul Newman: Paul Newman. When he died from cancer in his eighties, he still looked better than you do now.
Lana Turner or Rita Hayworth: After careful consideration I have dicided to slightly favour Rita.
Tony Curtis or Jack Lemmon: Tony bags Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot. Thus, Curtis.
Bob Hope or Bing Crosby: Crosby. I've got a soft spot for crooners.
Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin: The Chairman of the Board. Ol' Blue Eyes. Francis Albert Sinatra. Not even close.
Audrey Hepburn or Katharine Hepburn: Audrey. Who doesn't love her in Breakfast at Tiffany's or Roman Holiday or Charade or...
Eleanor Powell or Ginger Rogers: Ginger Rogers.
Judy Garland or Liza Minelli: Hmm... Garland was in Wizard of Oz so I guess her.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire: The eternal question. Kelly has made the greatest show film of all time with Singin' in the Rain so he gets my vote. But it's close.
Claudette Colbert or Myrna Loy: Myrna Loy.
Marlon Brando or Humphrey Bogart: Come on! That's like asking if you'd rather breathe or eat. Tie.
Greer Garson or Deborah Kerr: Deborah Kerr.
The Stars
3 Favourite Actors: Out of the big ones: Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart. Under the radar: I have always very much appreciated Edward G. Robinson. I mean look at his resumé; Double Indemnity, Key Largo, Scarlet Street, The Stranger and a pile of other quality pictures. Few, if any, actors apart from the really big stars have been in more astounding films.
3 Favourite Actresses: Based solely on looks and sex appeal: Gene Tierney, Veronica Lake and... There are too many. Monroe, to give a boring answer. And if there ever were a female counterpart to Robinson I'd say it was Thelma Ritter.
3 Overrated Actors: Charlie Chaplin – how is swinging a cane funny? Humor has thankfully evolved since the silent era. Newer ones: Definitely Cuba Gooding Jr. And I have to say that, even though he's done some of the greatest roles of all time, Al Pacino is somewhat overrated. It seems like anytime he's given a role he thinks; ”Should I play this with nuance and subtlety? No, I'll just shout out my lines.”
3 Overrated Actresses: I have actually never really seen much in Greta Garbo. Other than that, I don't know. Nicole Kidman, maybe, out of the newer ones.
Your Top 3
3 Most Quotable Movies: Casablanca – every scene has a couple of quotes. Anything by Monty Python and any scene with Groucho Marx.
3 Saddest Movies: Dead Poets Society, Bicycle Thieves and Romeo and Juliet.
3 Most Romantic Movies: Casablanca (again), Beauty and the Beast and Belle de Jour.
3 Guilty Pleasures: Hmm, guilty pleasures tend to be newer, but I guess The Fifth Element, A Summer in St. Tropez and
3 Movies You Loved as a Kid: The Land Before Time, Jurassic Park (I was a huge dinosaur geek) and anything by Disney or that had explosions and guns.
3 Movies You Never Talk About But Love: I don't talk about them, so how could I answer?
3 Musicals You Love: Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris and Funny Face. If you don't count The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
3 Need to Sees: Too many to mention, but Raging Bull and Metropolis are definitely two of my largest blind spots as of now.
PS. Hopefully the update tempo will be at a more acceptable rate in a few weeks. DS.
