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60's Lee Marvin

Young Marlon Brando

Gene Kelly, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Harry Belafonte. Plus a bunch of back-ups ;-)

Belafonte is still alive yo. Nevertheless, I second it.

Late (no pun intended) to the party, as ever.

Steve McQueen (circa The Great Escape)
Cary Grant
Jimmy Stewart (both circa The Philadelphia Story)

And for the ladies? Rita Hayworth.

Ingrid Bergman, Jean Harlow, Adrienne Shelley, Ann Francis, Liz Taylor

Players to be named later: Lauren Bacall, Charlotte Rampling

I am shocked that neither Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor made this list. Top two, hands down, no question. Agreed on Ingrid Bergman though her and Lauren Bacall (assuming she is dead) tend to trade places as number 5 depending on the day. And coming in 3rd and 4th respectively, cause I am a good lesbian, we have Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.

As for the men, agreed on William Powell and Cary Grant. Would add Marlon Brando (if he's finally managed to die) and James Dean. And to round out the list, just cause he makes me laugh, Charlie Chaplin. Not only was he hilarious, but the impact he had, as still has, on comedy is immense.

My God, Robert Mitchum of course.

Mrs. Julien, you have impeccable taste.

Thank you. I know. Everyone thinks they do, but I REALLY do. Now if only I had the budget to show it properly...

Natalie Wood was so incredibly beautiful and what a tragedy. Newman & Gable all day for me. I've always had a girl crush on Gene Tierney too. The way she looks in those white glasses in "leave her to heaven!"

Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Cary Grant
Richard Burton
Spencer Tracy (I don't know; don't ask me)

Also? MADELINE KAHN.

Yes to your list and everybody elses, too.

Scatman Crothers

Ewwwww! excuse me but if I'm going to bone somebody, they had better have a picture of themselves in color.

Do you mean color as in color (i.e. not black & white) or colored (i.e. not white)? Or was it a double pun joke?

Here's some fun ones I'm not seeing on the list so far:
Basil Rathbone
Rex Harrison
Myrna Loy
Montgomery Clift
Laurence Olivier
Oliver Reed (I don't know. Just...I don't know)
David Niven

I'm not seeing any love for the rat pack. Can they count collectively as one of my 5? If not, Dean Martin can take one for the team.

Question about the rules? Cause if you mean bang them as they were at the TIME of death, I might have to alter my list a little. But I'm going to assume you mean, in their primal youth. Also: Oooo, Grace Kelly. Well played. Ima steal that one.

OK, then:

1. Grace Kelly

2. Marilyn, of course

3. Mae West

4. Cleopatra (the original or Elizabeth Taylor version), and if she's busy: Nefertiti will do

5 (tie -- and fuck yeah, I'm cheating up to 10) Lizzie Borden (So I banged an axe murderer)

Benazir Bhutto (too soon?)

Evita Peron

Janis Joplin

Joan of Arc

Mary Magdalene (I have some questions to ask afterward)

In their prime, , , whatever that means to you, i.e. Cary Grant in 1941.

That's what I figured. Just making sure, cause Mae was a little old even for me when she croaked.

Paul Newman, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Rock Hudson ( if I'm re-animating, he can come back straight), Elvis Presley

Stephen Boyd

I've had a lifelong girl-crush on Vivien Leigh, who I still think is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen

LESLIE HOWARD so hard. "The Petrified Forest" changed everything for me. I know he's not gone yet but as soon as Kirk Douglas passes the pearly gates he'll move to the top of the list.

I believe Mr. gregory Peck has a grandson who is acting now. He looks like this:

Oh--OH! Patrick from that ill-fated but fun MTV version of "10 things I hate about you"! Love. Love love.

1. Audrey Hepburn
2. Audrey Hepburn
3. Audrey Hepburn
4. Audrey Hepburn
5. Audrey Hepburn

So, Kate Hepburn?

No one said Pacey?

RIP Joshua Jackson. *sniff*

Judy Garland (take her back to her "A Star is Born" days).

Not because I would like to rigor her mortis, but just because awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I don't know if I'd bang her, but I'd hang out with Katherine Hepburn sooo hard! Who am I kidding, of course I'd bang her.

No Anthony Perkins?!? Norman Bates was hot, admit it!

I was the only kid in elementary school with a crush on William Powell after seeing My Man Godfrey. My parents were older than most and loved the old movies.

Jonathan Brandis
Corey Haim
River Phoenix
Brad Renfro
Heath Ledger

Brandis..so sad :(

Right? He was my tween dream guy.

Brad Renfro! Oh, Brad Renfro. My God, how depressing. He was the first actor I was irrevocably in love with. I was certain that if I wished hard enough we'd meet & we'd fall in love. His death was the first celeb death that really stunned me. (I cried like a baby when Warren Zevon died, but we knew it was coming).

Yeah, that was pretty sad. Renfro was such a talented guy, it was such a waste. Poor, tortured kid.

Jonathan Brandis was my first actor crush, and my tween bedroom walls were papered from floor to ceiling in some parts with Jonathan Brandis posters from Bop and Tiger Beat (in between the posters of Jonathan Taylor Thomas and the other dudes I mentioned in my original post).

I was 22 when Brandis killed himself, and I was still more upset than I reasonably should have been when I found out about it. Then I got all sad after typing this list and Netflixed a few episodes of Seaquest DSV over the weekend.

I had a strange dream the other day where James Dean hadn't been dead for 57 years, he'd just been living under my deck and hadn't aged a day.

Men:James Dean, Farley Granger, Gene Kelly, Sir Laurence Olivier (Wuthering Heights era), Rex Harrison.

Ladies: Sharon Tate, Natalie Wood, Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard, Marilyn Monroe.

Grace Kelley. Man, I'm so much in love with her I'd be ok with having an affair with her ghost or something.

You all are sick. Sick! And if...wait, Grace Kelley....

OK...where was I? Oh yes, just how twisted are you...wait...Cyd Charisse, oh Cyd...

Shit that sounds creepy.

50's Brando,monty clift even though he was gay i'd just like to stare at him, and of course paul newman

A big yes to Gene Kelly.

Also, Grapes of Wrath-era Henry Fonda. Peter Lawford. Montgomery Clift.

I can't believe this is the first mention of Henry Fonda. Gorgeous.

It's not the first mention, Fonda was mentioned not long after the post went up.

My apologies. I can only hope to be forgiven.

I can't believe no one has mentioned Sharon Tate. So achingly beautiful. I was so sad when I heard the news of her grotesque death.

Dixie Carter is also worth a mention, don't you think?

And I'm surprised that none of our Pajibettes (and some Pajibers, you know who you are) haven't said Elvis. He was the original hipster.

Elvis is so over-rated in my opinion. Also he was incredibly square & strikes me as an absolute bore.

A couple of million people would disagree, but that's why we make these lists. Fun for all!

Elvis made my list - just beautiful.

I stand corrected. My eyes were already glazing over by that point.

Sharon was such a beautiful lady. One of the most beautiful women to come out of the 60s. Such a shame.

I just can't forgive egregious cultural appropriation, though I can't deny that I'd bang Elvis into a coma.

Oh, and Dear Mrs. J - Watch Notorious, and you'll see it.

If you think I can watch Notorious and see anything other than Cary Grant or Claude Raines, you are very much mistaken.

Who? They're in that?

It seems we have variations on the same problem.

*reads article title*

*slowly sips drink, eyeing Mrs. Julien* Weeeeelp.

To be serious: the only person I could think of in this regard is Heath Ledger. Every other handsome dead man -- Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman -- is held on a pedestal to me. Heath Ledger is, too, in his own way, but he's the only one I'd enjoy who doesn't give me overt "I have daddy issues" vibes. YES, I'M A WET TOWEL TO THIS ARTICLE.

Truth be told, I refer to Cary Grant as the "Ming vase" when I'm at home. He's so perfect, he seems almost untouchable, and then I found this photo.

I saw that picture on Tumblr. This post actually makes me want to plug one of my favorite little blogs I read: http://classic-desires.tumblr.... It's home to the picture below.

Gene Kelly
Paul Newman
Heath Ledger
Young Marlon Brando
River Phoenix

Gregory Peck, Montgomery Clift, Paul Newman, young Elvis Presley, Patrick Swayze, Ricardo Montalban, Gregory Hines, always and forever River Phoenix.

Since Mel Gibson is dead to me now, can young Mel Gibson be on my list?

John Lennon. Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens all day and night.

Physical appeal is nice but genius, I can't resist.

Oh, Hitch . . . hell, yeah. Wit is SEXY, y'all.

I love your list Ms. J. but first, last, and forever on my list is John Garfield baby; Garfield all the way.

BTW, that Gene Kelly gif is mesmerizing. Look how smoothly his hips swivel to and fro, to and fro. ~le sigh~

Gene Kelly had the absolute best ass ever.

Gregory Peck ... le sigh. They're just not making them like Gregory Peck anymore.

I'd do Donald O'Connor (Singin' In The Rain, above) in a heartbeat. He's geeky-cute. And the man can move.

Donna Reed. So so bad.

1. Errol Flynn a million times yes.

2. Gary Cooper

3. Laurence Olivier

4. Marlon Brando

5. Robert Mitchum

Seriously, even Errol Flynn's feet were attractive.

http://www.gophoto.it/view.php...

If I had to go top 5 for both...

Cary Grant, Paul Newman, Yul Brenner, Dean Martin & River Phoenix

Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Ingrid Bergman & Jane Russell

Marry young Jimmy Stewart, screw young Marlon Brando, kill young Hitler. **drops mike, gets outta that bitch**

Montgomery Clift, River Phoenix, Brandon Lee, Richard Burton and James Dean ...there's probably someone I'm forgetting, but this is a good start! ;)

Brandon Lee, yes!

Yes, of course, to Paul Newman.

Young Orson Welles also - because I do love a big, arrogant, talented bastard.

and...dorky...Howard Keel. He can Kiss my Kate from here til forever. And I will bless his beautiful hide.

And probably Richard Burton. Oh, the voice.

I second your young Orson Welles.

Yeah, I think Ranylt was hitting it too. And kindly provided a picture. He was the first one I thought of.

Gregory Peck, circa Roman Holiday. I'd ride his Vespa all day.

I couldn't get a Roman Holiday photo the right size but I agree with you completely. I used to watch it with my students and they would hear me sighing, "good lord".

Marlon Brando from Wild One/ Streetcar
James Dean
Humphrey Bogart
Paul Newman
George Harrison

Yay for Bogey. I always thought he looked sad, in the sort of way that always made me want to cheer him up. And he SIZZLED with Lauren Bacall.

Funny, I feel that way about Louis CK.

Well, except for the Bacall part.

Exactly. They just don't make movie stars like they used too

Donna Reed ....*drops mic*...

Montgomery Clift.

Paul Newman, this isn't even a debate

Jayne Mansfield.

Omg..that bosom!!! Bitch also had a pink car and an all pink house which means we'd be best friends after lol

Rudolph Valentino

James Dean

Montgomery Clift

John Mills

William Holden

I would totally switch sides for Ava Gardner.

Isn't Gardner still leading Sinatra by the dick in the afterlife?

I think Monty Clift would only switch sides for Elizabeth Taylor.

Gardner probably has an entourage in the afterlife and Sinatra is top boy.
I think all my guys were switch hitters, but they're dead, so, yeah. I just love that look.

William Holden, Steve McQueen...I could go on, but these two make such a great start the rest would all be gravy.

Oh, honey. Steve McQueen makes me weak.

Just as long as he doesn't think YOU'RE weak, 'cause he'd be liable to slap the shit outta ya the way he did with Ali MacGraw THE GETAWAY...the way he did in real life, too, probably.

Sadly. He did have some issues later, didn't he?

He did. He once threw her over a balcony into the pool below. He beat his first wife too.