To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 60) Shirley Temple / Key film – Heidi A brief shoutout for some… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 56-60
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 65) Cate Blanchett / Key film – I’m Not There Cate Blanchett has… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 61-65
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 70) Charlize Theron / Key film – Bombshell An actress with genuinely fascinating… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 66-70
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 75) Johnny Depp / Key film – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 71-75
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 80) Olivia de Havilland / Key film – The Heiress She was born… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 76-80
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 85) Marilyn Monroe / Key film – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes A minor spoiler… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 81-85
Dir. John Ford. Starring Will Rogers, Stepin Fetchit, Henry B. Walthall Featured image links back here During the Civil War, Kentucky declared itself a neutral state, though in practice what that meant was that it stayed with the Union, choosing native son Abraham Lincoln over native son Jefferson Davis. Tens of thousands of men from… Read More Judge Priest (1934)
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 90) Kate Winslet / Key film – Titanic A somewhat difficult actress to… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 86-90
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 95) Whoopi Goldberg / Key film – Sister Act So it’s not the… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 91-95
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 100) Vivien Leigh / Key film – Gone with the Wind The chauvinists… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 96-100
