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How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

post #1 of 52
4/7/08 at 2:09am
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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
Charlton Heston was probably the last of the great actors from the golden age of Hollywood. He will be greatly missed.

I think we'll give that to Kirk Douglas actually.
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post #2 of 52
4/7/08 at 2:51am

Re: Charlton Heston has died at 84!

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Originally Posted by 42nd Street Freak
I think we'll give that to Kirk Douglas actually.

Yeah.. him too...

does it really matter who's "last"?
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post #3 of 52
4/7/08 at 2:53am
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Re: Charlton Heston has died at 84!

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Yeah.. him too...

does it really matter who's "last"?

Nope. It matters who gets forgotten though.
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post #4 of 52
4/7/08 at 2:56am

Re: Charlton Heston has died at 84!

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Originally Posted by 42nd Street Freak
Nope. It matters who gets forgotten though.

True. I wonder though what it says that Douglas keeps getting forgotten and Heston is thought of as "the last of the great Hollywood stars"...
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post #5 of 52
4/7/08 at 3:07am
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Re: Charlton Heston has died at 84!

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
True. I wonder though what it says that Douglas keeps getting forgotten and Heston is thought of as "the last of the great Hollywood stars"...

He weeps! WEEPS!!

It's easily dome though. Mickey Rooney was mentiond and i forgot about him. perhaps not a great actor, but certainly a great star.

But those 2, Tony Curtis, Maureen O'Hara...Who's left?
Even the next generation are starting to rust...Both Eatswood and Hackman are about 79.
Christopher Lee is a whopping 86!

In 10 years or so the history of Hollywood will pretty well be just that. History.
The Silent stars have gone, the Golden Age stars are all but gone, the TV/rebellious age stars are pensioners..
Ah! Makes us all feel old.
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post #6 of 52
4/7/08 at 3:08am

Re: Charlton Heston has died at 84!

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
True. I wonder though what it says that Douglas keeps getting forgotten and Heston is thought of as "the last of the great Hollywood stars"...
Kirk Douglas is far from forgotten, but the number of male stars from that era is getting very small.





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post #7 of 52
4/7/08 at 3:09am

Re: Charlton Heston has died at 84!

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Originally Posted by 42nd Street Freak
He weeps! WEEPS!!

It's easily dome though. Mickey Rooney was mentiond and i forgot about him. perhaps not a great actor, but certainly a great star.

But those 2, Tony Curtis, Maureen O'Hara...Who's left?
Even the next generation are starting to rust...Both Eatswood and Hackman are about 79.
Christopher Lee is a whopping 86!

In 10 years or so the history of Hollywood will pretty well be just that. History.
The Silent stars have gone, the Golden Age stars are all but gone, the TV/rebellious age stars are pensioners..
Ah! Makes us all feel old.
Perhaps we should take this discussion to another thread since this is the Charlton Heston Tribute thread.
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post #8 of 52
4/7/08 at 3:14am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

I've started this thread so as to not detract from the tributes to Charlton Heston.

Let's not forget the female stars from that era that remain with us. There is Olivia and her sister Joan Fontaine. Also, Jane Russell and Elenor Parker are still alive.

Karl Malden might be older than Kirk Douglas is still with us.
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post #9 of 52
4/7/08 at 3:25am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

Esther Williams I believe is still alive.
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post #10 of 52
4/7/08 at 3:59am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

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Originally Posted by Bob_S.
Esther Williams I believe is still alive.
Yes she is. Also Van Johnson is still alive.
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post #11 of 52
4/7/08 at 4:11am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
I've started this thread so as to not detract from the tributes to Charlton Heston.

Robert, I just want to say that I'm not pleased with the way my early comments come across here. I originally said what I did about Kirk Douglas only because it was originally posted as part of the Charlton Heston Tribute Thread, and I too didn't feel it was the place to debate "who is the last great star". I just wanted to be clear on this, because it comes off a tad abrasive here on its own, in a separate thread. I certainly respect Kirk Douglas and have nothing against him. He IS one of the last living legends. Just wanted to make that clear.
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post #12 of 52
4/7/08 at 6:33am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

I believe that Ernest Borgnine is still around as well.
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post #13 of 52
4/7/08 at 6:48am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

Not many left.
Dead or Alive? - People Alive Over 85
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post #14 of 52
4/7/08 at 2:55pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

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Originally Posted by Joseph J.D
I believe that Ernest Borgnine is still around as well.
And still working at 91.
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post #15 of 52
4/7/08 at 4:27pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

2 time Academy Award Winner for Best Actress 1936 and 1937 ( "The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth) Luise Rainer is 98. I think the most senior of the Golden Age stars.
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post #16 of 52
4/7/08 at 4:58pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

Not that many people would remember her from the silent days, but "Baby Peggy" is still around! And let's not forget Anita "Broadway Melody" Page. And though not a film star, theatrical performer Doris Eaton Travis, whose movie credits range from THE VERY IDEA (1929) to MAN IN THE MOON (1999) is nearly 105 years old! And then there's Gloria Stuart, who must be around 97 by now.

Others I just thought of...Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Jackie Cooper, Dickie Moore, Gloria Jean, Deanna Durbin.
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post #17 of 52
4/7/08 at 5:24pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

What are the dates for the ‘Golden Age’?
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post #18 of 52
4/7/08 at 5:58pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

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Originally Posted by Lew Crippen
What are the dates for the ‘Golden Age’?
Depends on who you asked. From my perspective, I believe it was from the dawn of the sound films to 1959. In other words, from "The Jazz Singer" until 1959 when the studio system entered its final days before disappearing for good in the 1960s. If you ask somebody else they may say from the 30s thru the 40s.
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post #19 of 52
4/7/08 at 6:16pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

If one considers character actors some more names can be added. In today's birthday listing in the paper it listed R. G. Armstrong (who I didn't realize was still alive) as being 91 although he's more known for his work in the 60s/70s.

Kay Linaker who was in some Warners/Fox films in the 30s & 40s and later wrote The Blob is 94.

Jane Bryan who was in some Warners flicks in the 30s and gave up a promising career for marriage and later political involvement is in her 90s somewhere.

Barbara Hale was an RKO starlet before becoming Della Street and she is now 86.

There are surely some others.
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post #20 of 52
4/7/08 at 11:28pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

who are the last of these to appear in any films.
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post #21 of 52
4/8/08 at 4:33am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

Mickey Rooney
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post #22 of 52
4/8/08 at 5:52am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

We all have different ideas about "star" and "Golden Age".

All three of the early Lois Lane actors are still with us. Phyllis Coates (my favorite) is 81, Noel Neill is 87 and Joan Alexander will be 90 a week from tomorrow.
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post #23 of 52
4/8/08 at 6:02am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

Golden Age of Hollywood most likly started to end when the studios stopped signing the stars to long term contracts.
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post #24 of 52
4/8/08 at 10:37am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

I remember my Mom watching a ton of Doris Day films when I was young, and I see that she started in the late 1940's, but didn't last as long as I thought. Doubt she qualifies for this. Man I thought she was pretty hot though...
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post #25 of 52
4/8/08 at 11:10am

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

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Originally Posted by Brandon_T
I remember my Mom watching a ton of Doris Day films when I was young, and I see that she started in the late 1940's, but didn't last as long as I thought. Doubt she qualifies for this. Man I thought she was pretty hot though...
Doris Day was part of the Golden Age.
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post #26 of 52
4/8/08 at 12:07pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

of the stars of Hestons generation (born in the 20's, rose to fame in the 50s) Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Jerry Lewis, and Doris Day are still left. Also James Garner, though he'll likely always be seen more as a huge figure in the 'small screen' arena though he has some great classics on his resume. Every time their is a passing like this I think of who's left. After Widmark I thought immediately of Douglas and Heston. Sadly I think Paul Newman is in poor health now too and quite frail. Every generation will have 'classic' stars. Redford seemed impeachable when I was a kid, but to my grandmothers generation (who were in their 50s at the time) I'm sure he was looked at the way my generation looks at George Clooney (who I do think will engender the same kinds of musings when he passes...assuming he lives into his 80s).
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post #27 of 52
4/8/08 at 12:08pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

Definitely Doris Day.

There's also Jane Powell, Gloria DeHaven, Debbie Reynolds, Marsha Hunt...oh yeah, and Elizabeth Taylor!
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post #28 of 52
4/8/08 at 1:47pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

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Originally Posted by Paul_Scott
of the stars of Hestons generation (born in the 20's, rose to fame in the 50s) Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Jerry Lewis, and Doris Day are still left. Also James Garner, though he'll likely always be seen more as a huge figure in the 'small screen' arena though he has some great classics on his resume. Every time their is a passing like this I think of who's left. After Widmark I thought immediately of Douglas and Heston. Sadly I think Paul Newman is in poor health now too and quite frail. Every generation will have 'classic' stars. Redford seemed impeachable when I was a kid, but to my grandmothers generation (who were in their 50s at the time) I'm sure he was looked at the way my generation looks at George Clooney (who I do think will engender the same kinds of musings when he passes...assuming he lives into his 80s).
Paul Newman
Is reportedly visiting a top cancer specialist, throwing into doubt claims made by his publicists that he's receiving treatment for mild ailments. (March 14, 2008)
Will direct a stage version of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice And Men at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut in October. (February 2008
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post #29 of 52
4/8/08 at 3:27pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

are you saying Paul Newman is set to dir a play in Oct?
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post #30 of 52
4/8/08 at 4:36pm

Re: How many stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood remain with us?

I just copy and paste. I think it was from msn.
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