Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era
by Frank Miller
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Tough, sophisticated, witty, and handsomefrom Rudolph Valentino to Buster Keaton, Cary Grant to Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart to Steve McQueen, each of the actors featured in this book brought a magnetic presence to the screen and made a powerful and enduring mark on film history. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this stylish and definitive guide as the inside scoop and off-the-record reveals of fifty unforgettable actors and is also the focus of an on-air film festival on the channel. show more The lives and accomplishments of each actor are celebrated in an insightful career overview, accompanied by an annotated list of essential films, filmographies, behind the scenes facts, Academy Award wins and nominations. Full of surprising trivia, film stills, posters, and stunning photos,Leading Men pays tribute to the most charismatic, enduring, and elegant actors of the silver screenan essential resource for movie buffs and pop-culture enthusiasts alike. show lessTags
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Books like this exist for one reason:
To assuage the debating need of classic film nerds like me.
Was Robert Taylor all that great? Why did Ronald Reagan not make the list and John Gilbert did? Paul Muni? Spencer Tracy? When a Google search for "classic films" brings up 80's and 90's films you know it will be pretty much impossible to find a living human being(even pre- or post-COVID) knowledgeable enough to have a decently exciting discussion on the topic. Hence, the existence of this book.
That being said, it's a pretty book and some of the tidbits added in are quite fun. As a human substitute it's not bad.
To assuage the debating need of classic film nerds like me.
Was Robert Taylor all that great? Why did Ronald Reagan not make the list and John Gilbert did? Paul Muni? Spencer Tracy? When a Google search for "classic films" brings up 80's and 90's films you know it will be pretty much impossible to find a living human being(even pre- or post-COVID) knowledgeable enough to have a decently exciting discussion on the topic. Hence, the existence of this book.
That being said, it's a pretty book and some of the tidbits added in are quite fun. As a human substitute it's not bad.
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- Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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- 791.43028092 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Standard subdivisions Acting and performance Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
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- PN1998.2 .M497 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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