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1. Steve McQueen
2. James Dean
3. Clark Gable
4. Audrey Hepburn
5. Fred Astaire (he can dance, ok?)

Love this diversion!!! Wow, I will have a hard time keeping this to 5....

Gregory Peck
Jimmy Stewart
Donald O'Connor
Grace Kelly
Lana Turner

1) Gregory Peck. See Duel in the Sun.
2. James Stewart. Any movie from that period but at his sexiest in Harvey.
3. John Garfield, for his intensity.
4. William Holden, for his sexy world-weariness.
5. For the wild side, Lana (unnngghhh) Turner. Lawdy lawdy what a gorgeous human being.

I've always had the hots, big time, for Cary Grant. Love him funny (Arsenic & Old Lace) and romantic (An Affair to Remember). Speaking of that movie - add Deborah Kerr to my freebies list. She was stunning, intelligent and snarkily funny.

That's it for now. Perhaps more later when I can stop fantasizing about Cary Grant

5. Cary Grant- any Hitchcock movie, who cares if he was bi
4. Ava Gardner- in Barefoot Contessa, meowww
3. James Dean- as Giant character, naughty boy
2. Clark Gable- as Rhett Butler, naughty boy too
1. Yul Brynner- as the King of Siam, most naughty manly man of all

1. Rita Hayworth (that hair thing is still amazing)
2. Grace Kelly (holy smackerel)
3. Marilyn Monroe (Jell-O on springs, man)
4. Audrey Hepburn (though I'd feel bad about it, like I offended her)
5. Veronica Lake (because she scares me a little)

1. William Powell (I fell in love at My Man Godfrey and I'll never go back.)
2. Errol Flynn (I don't care how diseased he might be.)
3. Greta Garbo (Just. Wow.)
4. Leslie Howard (I love my milksop-y Englishmen)
5. Frank Sinatra (Because Valentino dies way before the cut-off year of 1941.)

1. Cary Grant
2. Frank Sinatra
3. James Stewart
4. Gregory Peck
5. Grace Kelly/Marlene Deitrich(tie)
Honorable mention: Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable

1. Paul Newman (mmmm, young Paul Newman)
2. Gene Kelly
3. Barbara Stanwyck
4. Marlene Dietrich

5. Bette Davis or Gregory Peck. Can I have both? They might be into each other. :)

I love me some Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, but I'm not sure they make my loins quiver. Ooo - but Rock Hudson was gorgeous. So was Montgomery Clift in his 'Red River' days . . .

I think I have some Netflixing to do . . .

1. James Dean
2. Cary Grant
3. Rock Hudson
4. Grace Kelly
5. Clark Gable

1. Gregory Peck
2. James Dean
3. Cary Grant
4. Katharine Hepburn
5. Marlon Brando

Nothing original but I'm OK with that.

Definitely Sir Laurence Olivier! The way he gazes at Greer Garson in Pride and Prejudice, makes my knees go all to jelly!

Rock Hudson. Yes he was gay, but please! Name someone more beautiful and charming? And funny too.

Gene Kelly. He's just gorgeous. Even as an older gentleman. I was watching Xanadu the other weekend and I thought *that lucky BITCH Olivia Newton John!* Don't remember ever thinking that re John Travolta.

James Garner. Like Rock Hudson-gorgeous, so I guess I sort of have a type.

Cary Grant. I loved him most in To Catch A Thief, with Grace Kelly.

My favourite women of the past would be Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner.

1. Cary Grant
2. Rock Hudson
3. Paul Newman
4. Katerine Hepburn
5. Gene Kelly

1. Gregory Peck
2. Cary Grant
3. Jack Palance
4. James Stewart
5. Fred McMurray

1. Paul Newman
2. Steve McQueen
3. Whoever played Lt. Cable in "South Pacific"
4. Marlon Brando
5. Ingrid Bergman

Carey Grant - A given, apparently.

Gregory Peck - circa Spellbound.

Ingrid Bergman - see above.

Orson Welles - Fell for him in Jane Eyre, never looked back...

Robert Ryan - Specifically from On Dangerous Ground; talk about noir.

1. Cary Grant -- No one does it better, before or since.
2. Gail Russell -- I've never seen a woman as beautiful as she was in Angel and the Bad Man -- just breathtaking.
3. Myrna Loy -- Great googly moo, where to begin: gorgeous, sharp-witted, and unconventionally wonderful in every way.
4. Deborah Kerr -- circa The Grass Is Greener; she just got better and better with age.
5. William Powell -- Oh, Thin Man, a few scotch-and-sodas, and I'll be counting ceiling tiles.

1. Cary Grant
2. Audrey Hepburn
3. Jimmy Stewart
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Patricia Neal

1. Robert Mitchum. MMMMMMM. Baad boy!
2. John Wayne. As long as we didn't discuss politics.
3. Cary Grant. Sexy genius. (and he was a tumbler once. bonus!)
4. Humphrey Bogart. Okay, and Lauren.
5. Carol Lombard. Okay, and William Powell. (me too, with My Man Godfrey).

1. Robert Mitchum. MMMMMMM. Baad boy!
2. John Wayne. As long as we didn't discuss politics.
3. Cary Grant. Sexy genius. (and he was a tumbler once. bonus!)
4. Humphrey Bogart. Okay, and Lauren.
5. Carol Lombard. Okay, and William Powell. (me too, with My Man Godfrey).

ERROL FLYNN!!!! - I've been in love with him since I was 8. I keep looking for a modern day equivalent, romantic hero, swashbuckler ... sigh. Haven't had any luck so far, sadly.

Basil Rathbone - Bad-guy equivilent to Errol. He was actually a better swordsman, but had to lose to Flynn in all the movies because, you know, the bad guy couldn't win

Katherine Hepburn - All the women of the era kind of run together for me, except for her. (and Bette Davis, but she bugs me)

Gene Kelly - There's something about a man who can dance like that....

James Stewart - He's just s'darn cute.

I was tempted to put Olivia de Havilland on here, most because of her proximity to Flynn. But then it hit me that she's kind of simpering and dull. Pretty though.

1. Frank Sinatra (why isn't there more Sinatra love? Talk about a voice...)
2. Peter O'Toole
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Cary Grant
5. Lauren Bacall

1. Groucho Marx
2. Marlon Brando
3. Clark Gable
4. Orson Welles (I love a sexy voice)
5. Steve McQueen

Oh no! I forgot Henry Fonda! I love Mister Roberts.

best comment thread ever. my ex-wife used to complain about how fixated i was on donna reed during reruns of it's a wonderful life. "she's dead, you know," she'd say. "yeah," i'd say, "but she was so fucking hot."

1. donna reed. number one with a bullet.
2. anne baxter (nefretiri in 'the ten commandments'). yum.
3. zizi jeanmaire (was in the 1956 version of 'anything goes'). a ballerina. and french.
4. julie andrews. style, grace, and a fab rack.
5. one of the hepburns. or both.

Oh my god, I just read everyone's comments and I must give a hells YES to those who mentioned Yul Brenner. His voice is a panty-shredder.

1. Gene Kelly
2. Cary Grant
3. Peter Lawford
4. Marlon Brando
5. Gregory Peck/Frank Sinatra

As for the ladies, there were some seriously gorgeous women in those days: Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly would be the tops for me.

Cary Grant
Montgomery Clift
Paul Newman
Lauren Bacall
Ava Gardner

1. Cary Grant
2. The Third Man-era Orson Welles.
3. Henry Fonda
4. Humphrey Bogart
5. It's a difficult toss-up between Lauren Bacall and Katherine Hepburn, here. Or maybe Barbara Stanwyck...

I do love my Jimmy Stewart and Audrey Hepburn, but I love them too much for them to be freebies.

Sadly, this is easier for me to narrow down than the contemporary list was, and I'm only 24 years old. Anyways, here they are:
1)Paul Newman (easily the hottest star ever)
2)Marlon Brando (ditto on the Streetcar hotness)
3)Orson Welles
4)Cary Grant
5)Warren Beatty

-Marilyn Monroe
-Ava Gardner
-Jayne Mansfield
-Grace Kelly
-Bettie Page

1. Cary Grant (maybe he's a given?)
2. Katherine Hepburn (my favorite actress of all time)
3. Humphrey Bogart (not traditionally handsome, but still smokin')
4. Gene Kelly (would love to have him singin' in the rain for me)
5. Fred Astaire (if he could dance like that, what else could he do?)

1. paul newman
2. tallulah bankhead
3. marilyn monroe
4. barbara stanwyck
5. and this spot totally would have gone to jimmy stewart except i just read a ton of horrible things about him in his imdb profile, so i'm giving it to steve mcqueen.

I'm not a huge buff of old movies, but I just remember that every movie we watched in my American Film: 1930-60 class had a hot guy in it. I was pleasantly surprised. So let's see...

Gene Kelly: That ass! Those moves!
Debbie Reynolds: I think the fact that Singin' in the Rain was her film debut makes her hotter for some reason. I dunno.
Montgomery Clift circa Red River.
I'm a year late for the cutoff with this one, but Anthony Perkins in Psycho. He was cute; what can I say?
And Marlon Brando. Damn.

1. Jimmy Stewart (My favorite is still him in The Philadelphia Story)
2. Katherine Hepburn (See above. She just seems like she'd be so... something. Something good.)
3. James Dean (Mmm...)
4. Marilyn Monroe (How can I not have her on the list?)
5. Danny Kaye (I have so much love for this man it's insane.)

This was harder than the modern one! I had to leave quite a few out...

1. Clark Gable (I'm with Karen - because he can show me how a man undresses)
2. Marlon Brando (not just Stanley Kowalski or Terry Malloy - but the way he kissed Jean Simmons in Guys and Dolls - YOWZA!)
3. Jimmy Stewart (remember the way he kissed Kate Hepburn in Philadelphia Story? I'm a sucker for a good kiss)
4. Paul Newman - old, young, whatever. The man is steadfastly gorgeous
5. Katherine Hepburn, since she'd be the most fun to have the post-coital cigarette with.

I'm with Lainie that Cary Grant is a given, so...
1. Montgomery Clift (even if he wasn't a super hottie, I would love him forever for naming L.A., Vomit USA and staying the hell away from it when it was the only place for an actor to live)
2. Gregory Peck (perfection in human form)
3. William Holden (100% man)
4. Paul Newman (he should give lessons on how to live with grace and style despite having every woman in the world swooning at the mere mention of his name. Modern Hollywood: take note)
5. Gene Kelly (so glad there are others with me on this one: the dancing, the singing, the twinkle in his eye, the torso.....)

Obviously, I'm with the crowd on most of these, but people, don't you know about William Holden? Why is he missing from so many lists?

1. Cary Grant
2. Audrey Hepburn
3. Gregory Peck
4. Paul Newman
5. Ingrid Bergman

They don't make 'em like they used to.

I don't care if I'm cheating; here's my list:

1. Rosalind Russell
2. Debbie Reynolds
3. Grace Kelly
4. An orgy with Marylin Monroe, James Dean and young Brando
5. Audrey Hepburn
6. Donna Reed

1.Grace Kelly (All-Time #1 they don't make 'em like they used to.)
2.Julie Newmar (Pre-Catwoman)
3.Julie Andrews
4.Audrey Hepburn
5.Veronica Lake

Maybe Cary should be off-limits? I mean, who WOULDN'T?! Here's a Cary-free list in no particular order:

Errol Flynn (how am I only the 3rd person to list him!? He is the only reason I wish time travel were real!)
Gregory Peck
Humphrey Bogart
Steve McQueen (thanks to "The Blob" for falling within the cutoff date)
Lee Marvin. What?

1. Clark Gable (although, fine, It Happened One Night was pre-Citizen Kane)
2. Cary Grant
3. James Garner (so manly!)
4. Gene Tierney

And the one that people never seem to get:

5. Jack Lemmon, circa 'It Should Happen to You' and 'My Sister Eileen.' I can't help it! He's just so...adorable. I wuv him.

Damn, there are a ton more...

Wow, this is a good one - I'm not gonna get away with 5 I guess...

The gents:
1. Monty Clift (where to begin? charisma, intellect, sensibility, humour AND looks - PaddyDog's absolutely right about LA, vomit CA ;-))

2. Cary Grant (as you said: a given)

3. Robert Mitchum (THE man, you couldn't possibly get any more masculine)

4. James Dean (sorry, can't deny that, crude oil seems to be a thing for many of us...)

5. Henry Fonda (well, he's Fonda, it's just him)

Ladies:
1. Myrna Loy (I just adore her, so different and unconventional, so great)

2. Liz Taylor (the eyes and that temper)

3. Katherine Hepburn (the brains, the attitude, the skirts-comment!)

4. Lauren Bacall (she reminds of someone...)

5. Greta Garbo (devine! though, she's a bit earlier, isn't she?)

Well ok, PLUS Brando - you can't seriously leave him out. McQueen was a bit later, right?
Pick one each and it'd be Clift and Garbo.

1) Lauren Becall

2) Lauren Becall

3) Lauren Becall

4) Lauren Becall

5) Rita Hayworth

Sorry, but I don't really feel gay toward any guys of this era, and the girls all run such a distance behind Becall they're hardly worth mentioning.

1. Ava Gardner

1) Jimmy Stewart (He's a war hero, dammit!)

2) Rex Harrison (Even if he sing-talks)

3) William Holden (I kinda envied crazy Norma)

4) Gary Cooper (Super-duper)

5) William Powell (I hope my marriage is like the Charles'. Well, sober-er.)

Just yesterday my friend and I were doing the "Famous people more than twice my age I'd still get it on with" list, which is not really related to this diversion, but maybe you guys can do a "Five Feebies - The 50+ edition" diversion. Anyways, on to the real list. Apologies to the ladies, choosing the men was hard enough.
1. Gene Kelly
2. Marlon Brando
3. Yul Brynner
4. Charlie Chaplin - Not in the "Little Tramp" costume. OK maybe in the costume. No just kidding, not in the costume.
5. Sessue Hayakawa - I know, sounds random, but I just watched The Cheat, and MY GOD was he hot.

Audrey Hepburn... 5 times.

Audrey Hepburn-...like a pair of aces.
Donna Reed-I'll let her smack me around a bit. I think she'd like it.
Vivian Leigh-just to mess with crazy one more time.
Lauren Bacall-we'd smoke a carton of fucking cigarettes.
Tallulah Bankhead-come on, seriously. Who wouldn't hit that?

1-Clark Gable-the ultimate man's man
2-Paul Newman-just take a look at him
3-Cary Grant-kind of has all the attractive bases covered
4-Rita Hayworth-nothing more gorgeous ever seen on screen, and she knew how to turn it on
5-Ingrid Bergman-ALMOST too radiant, but check the Spencer Tracy film Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

1. Cary Grant. It may be cliche, but it's because he was such a beautiful, beautiful man. I read some godawful biography that said his chin looked like a woman's ass, bent over in supplication to the beauty of his face.

2. Paul Newman. Especially in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

3. Grace Kelly. In one of the Hitchcock biographies (I swear I read literature, too), the author said that she was apparently quite bawdy, which makes this even better.

4. James Garner. Though he really got quite a bit hotter in the mid-sixties.

5. Katharine Hepburn. Sigh.

There may be prettier faces, but these people turn me on:

1. Humphrey Bogart - by far!
2. Natalie Wood - she was legal & HOT in the late 50's
3. Greta Garbo
4. James Dean
5. Sophia Loren - I would want her to teach me things!

If the time restrictions went further back, I would definitely include Louise Brooks!

Gene Kelly - The Three Musketeers was my favorite movies as a kid. Gene Kelly, as d'Artagnan, is charm personified.
John Hodiak - mostly when he's all scruffy in Lifeboat and making out with a character named Constance. It's just too perfect.
Jeremy Brett - Young or old, I think he's gorgeous.
Jack Lemmon - Cute + funny = Sexy
James Dean - He's so cool

1. Cary Grant
2. Danny Kaye
3. Gene Kelly
4. Errol Flynn
5. Gregory Peck

1. Anthony Perkins. Oh yes, Mister Perkins...
2. Bradford Dillman (Compulsion)
3. Dean Stockwell (see above)
4. Gary Cooper
5. Olivia De Havilland/Tuesday Weld/Ingrid Bergman

I cheated. But as long as Perkins is there, I don't care.

1. Sidney Portier--he moves like a cat, so he'd be great!
2. Marlon Brando--bad boy
3. Gene Kelly--yum!
4. Jimmy Stewart--so sweet
And here's one no one has mentioned, but...egad!
5. Jose Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny

1. Gene Kelly - glad to see so many others appreciate him! His body was amazing! whoo....
2. Brando - "On the Waterfront" first film I ever saw that made me cry because it was so beautiful! so was he!
3. Paul Newman - RRRROW!
4. Frank Sinatra - the voice of course.
5. Steve McQueen - such a badass!
I also totaly get the James Dean covered in oil thing...makes me all tingly thinking about it! :)

1) Vincent Price (he was super hot back then, okay?)
2) Cary Grant
3) Peter Cushing
4) Danny Kaye (funny, nice guy! and funny! and cute!)
5) Bing Crosby (omg, I love me some baritone and he's not bad looking in those Road To... movies, either)

awe i love this comment diversion. just the other day my friend made fun of me for drooling over gregory peck in "roman holiday." some people just don't understand...

1. gregory peck
2. jimmy stewart
3. humphrey bogart - i have a thing for his hound dog eyes.
4. richard burton
5. gordan macrae - his voice could loll me into a deep sleep.

1. Humphrey Bogart. 'Nuff effin' said.

2. Laurence Olivier. My favorite Mr. Darcy of all time.

3. Lauren Bacall (Does wanting to be her count as lusting after her?)

4. Paul Henreid. Now, Voyager was amazing.

5. Jeremy Brett. Ever since I saw the Sherlock Holmes series, I've been completely besotted with him.

Jimmy Stewart and Ingrid Bergman. I've basically felt this way since I was 5, so that's all I'd need.

1. Gene Kelly, no doubt
2. Rock Hudson, pre-HIV/AIDS of course
3. Fred Astaire, I'm a sucker for a man who can dance
4. Humphrey Bogart
5. Cary Grant

Holy hannah, I love that so many others chose Gene Kelly! I thought I'd have to defend that pick.

Young Anthony Quinn- can't be beat for hotness. Cooler than Cool-Whip and twice as smooth.

Cyd Charisse- like a doll, a mannequin, this perfectly formed, icy-looking statue of a woman who just might get really sweaty-hot and dirty with you.

A big hell yeah to the rest who chose The Third Man-era Orson Welles.

Gary Motherfucking Cooper. Period. End of sentence.

I'm coming in on this late but my five classic freebies are:

1) Gregory Peck
2) James Dean
3) William Holden
4) Marlon Brando
5) Fred Astaire

All obvious choices, I know, I know.

I can't believe I forgot him, and I know it is too late, but I feel like I have to add John Wayne, especially in The Quiet Man.

- Audrey Hepburn
- Rosalind Russell
- Veronica Lake
- Ava Gardner
- Marlene Dietrich

I've put way too much thought into this so here in no order are:

Yul Brenner - Even dead for decades he's still making the ladies swoon...the weird thing is I got into him through his photography...then I heard 'the voice' and was a devotee.

Robert Vaughn - Mmmm...'The Young Philadephians' then 'Magnificent Seven'...bestill my heart...he can do more with a shift of his eyes than anyone else I've seen on screen.

James Coburn - I really am a sucker for a great voice and even when he was old enough to my my granddaddy Coburns gave me chills.

Steve McQueen - Hmmm...any one else sensing a theme?? Anyone who needs to ask why must not have eyes or ears.

Gene Kelly - Wow...yeah...proof that not all male dancers were sissies like Fred Astaire.

Then the ladies:

Bettie Page - The woman was stunning...too bad about that born again thing later in life but she's still an idol of mine.

Mae West - Ok...sure she's a little earlier but I can't resist. She's my favorite.

Vivian Leigh - She was crazy as hell but just as beautiful...oh to have come between her and Olivier.

Rita Hayworth - As a redhead I have to look after my own.

Grace Kelly - I'm a Hitchcock fan...and he loved her almost as much as the camera.

Here are my five:

1. Elizabeth Taylor - it simply doesn't get any hotter than this. She is my #1 of all-time and I'd still hit it to this day, old or not.

2. Jane Russell - she captured me in Gentleman Prefer Blondes, which isn't easy starring opposite Marilyn. She is exceptionally sexy in His Kind of Woman.

3. Dorothy Malone - kind of unknown, but damn she was smoking. Her sexual exuberance was intoxicating in Written on the Wind. I was hers after that.

4. Grace Kelly - pure beauty.

5. (tie) Maureen O'Hara - gotta stick with my Irish gal. Daddy likey red hair.
(tie) Michele Mercier - watch Shoot the Piano Player and tell me she's not stunning.

Honorable mentions:

Gina Lollabrigida
Katy Jurado - seen High Noon? Yowser.
Anita Ekberg
Janet Leigh
Monica Vitti
Cyd Charisse - those legs, that flexibility.

I'm shocked by how many people chose Cary Grant. Sure, he's handsome, funny and stylish but I'm not sure about his overall sex appeal. Maybe it's just me. I don't really fancy George Clooney as much as I'd love to get drunk playing poker with him.

So without further ado:

Alternate - Steve McQueen
5 - Rita Hayworth/Elizabeth Taylor
4 - James Dean
3 - Montgomery Clift
2 - Marlon Brando
1 - Paul Newman

Seriously. Is any man living or dead half as sexy as Paul Newman? I think not.

Shit - I'm always late to the game on these!!!

1) Marlene Dietrich (she was on my top 5 of the same sex freebie anyways...)
2) Marilyn Monroe (do I really need to explain?)
3) Errol Flynn/Basil Rathbone sandwich (mmmmmmmmmm, tights and swords)
4) Robert Mitchum (I likes me some bad boyz...he was the best!)
5) Yul Brynner (please reference Amy's comment above, no more explanation needed)

1) Like everyone else, Cary Grant--loved him in Bringing up Baby, playing ultra goofy, loved him in Hitchcock, hell, even loved him in Father Goose....just....oooooh

2) Jimmy Stewart--it could be a wonderful life!!

3) Young Peter O'Toole---absolutely melted my panties in Lawrence of Arabia

4) Tim Hutton--goofy, sweet, adorable

5) Paul Newman---please, PLEASE ride me around on the front of that bike!

Same Sex:
1) Vivien Leigh

2) Rita Hayworth

3) Ingrid Bergman

4) Olivia DeHavilland

5) Katherine Hepburn

okay...direct and to the point....

1. Marlon Brando - STELLA!!!!!!! What I would have given...that tight tshirt with all the great body sweat....WOOOWEEE!!! I could die a very happy woman!

2. Paul Newman - those eyes...nuff said

3. Robert Mitchum - another tight tshirt and THAT LOOK....

4. Cary Grant - he is universal and deservedly so...

5. Yul Brenner - Rameses......I would like it..I know I would!!!!

1)Paul Newman
2)Marlon Brando
3)James Dean
4)Elizabeth Taylor
5)Rita Hayworth

oops, I mean JIM Hutton...although I've always like Tim, too, but Jim in The Horizontal Lieutenant is just too cute for words!

Can I squeeze Rosalind Russell on my same sex list? Or Hayley Mills?

Shit, I forgot about Gary (Motherfucking) Cooper, Rod Taylor and Burt Lancaster. Once you've seen Burt in THE CRIMSON PIRATE, there's no turning back.

I have so many more than five.

1. Marlon Brando--A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, The Wild One ?! Seriously? Hel-loooo Nurse!

2. Frank Sinatra--I know he's technically a singer, but hey, he acted! And I kinda like the scrawny cause he sorta reminds me of my granddad and... okay so Freud was right. Sue me. Oh! Remember the song in Guys and Dolls with the "Sue Me"? This is so not a feeling I'm having that's appropriate for work.

3. James Dean--Just freaking duh, already.

4. Paul Newman--I had a boyfriend that looked just like him. And sadly, now I can't watch his movies because I'm reminded of said boyfriend. But I can't even think of A Different Kind of Love without getting all scrunchy in my tummy over this guy. And yeah, even though he's really old and frail I'd still give him a toss.

5. Yul fucking Brynner--that scene in The King and I when he reaches for Deborah Kerr and you don't know if he's gonna fuck her right there on the floor or smack her into a Chinese New Year...Seriously folks, I short circuit.

Okay--honorable mentions go to five women because this was a time period in which I would have been a total jezabel devil woman in a blue dress disguise and half of Hollywood would have born my stamp of evil sexual excess.

1. Maureen O'Hara--I love her so much I want to crawl up inside her and look out her eyeballs. That was meant to be flattering, not scary.

2. Marilyn Monroe--'nuff said.

3. Ava Gardner--she Frank's soul mate, from my state, and just, just... damn. The cat's eyes. The sultriness. *sigh* I hate living in an age that's defined by the cold nakedness of technology and not the warmth of, well, misogyny, propaganda, strict morality, and... oh wait. No, I meant to say I want to be twenty something and living in the mid-century glam years.

4. Liz Taylor--before her marriage to Richard Burton she was more yummy and less crazy. I'm telling you, living with an alcoholic takes it's toll, man.

5. Three Way Tie--Vivian Leigh/Errol Flynn/Natalie Wood--Viv goes without saying, her best role was my namesake and she's just yummy. Errol, I feel, would appreciate being sandwiched between to lovely ladies as anybody who knows anything about him would agree, and Natty because she's just cute as mess.

Wow. I need a cigarette.

Kim Novak. She looks like she'd just as soon grind you beneath her heel as smile at you, but I'd take either.

I HAD to come back and agree with you on this. I can't believe that I forgot her! She's just stunned that Jimmy Stewart's got her panties in a twist in Bell Book and Candle.

Dang I did it too fast as usual. Forgot about Marlon Brando in guys and dolls...roar!
And I loved Howard Keel in 7 brides for 7 brothers and Franchot Tone and Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh. There are so many. I was really into the classics when I was a teen.

1. Jimmy Stewart. just absolutely amazing
2. Gregory Peck. I just might have a thing for atticus finch.
3. James Dean.
4. Robert Redford. He hadn't done a movie by 1959, but come on, its a 23-year-old Robert Redford.
5. Grace Kelly

I have read all through this list and I agree with almost all of them, except: Gene Tierney!!
Did anyone see Leave Her to Heaven or Laura??? She is one of the most beautiful women in history of movies!!!

I may be way late to the party, but I just had to chime in. These are in no particular order. Paul Newman (obviously)
Gene Kelly
Ray Milland (I can't believe he hasn't been mentioned! Am I really the only one?)
Clark Gable
Marlon Brando (as long as he promises not to sing!)
Like others, I left Mr. Leach off the list because it goes without saying.

and now for the ladies...Gene Tierney, Kathryn Hepburn, Eva Marie Saint, Jean Hagen (I just love Lena Lamont!)

1. Paul Newman (duh)
2. John Wayne (The Quiet Man, oh. my. god.)
3. Humphrey Bogart (obviously)
4. Peter O'Toole (he was in 1 movie prior to 1959, so he counts!)
5. Tie between Alec Guinness and Richard Burton (Look Back in Anger, what a movie and what a man)

No women, sorry.

1)James Dean(No duh)
2)Marlon Brando(Waay before what he was 10 years ago)
3)Rock Hudson(No Problemo here)
4)Clark Gable(Frankly my dear, I do give a damn!)
5)Russ Tamblyn(Always a Jet, always)

Marilyn Monroe (Gotta love blond, curvy women. Especially since I am one.)
Jimmy Stewart (Gotta love the skinny, nerdy men. Especially since I am not one.)
Humphrey Bogart (The voice. Or maybe the way he wore a hat. Just. Yum.)
Katharine Hepburn (Just 'cause she's made of awesome.)
Cary Grant (So handsome. So charming.)

It always strikes me how much smarter stars of yesteryear, even Marilyn Monroe, seem than current celebrities. That adds attraction for everyone on my list.

It's hard to think of any stars today who could hold a candle to the people we've all been listing. Here's my list in no particular order.

Women:
Sophia Loren
Grace Kelly
Ava Gardner
Dorothy Dandridge
Elizabeth Taylor

Men:
Steve McQueen
James Dean
Clark Gable
Sidney Poitier
Yul Brynner

I think my computer is starting to smoke from all the hotness here.

1. Cary Grant
2. Cary Grant
3. Cary Grant

Noticing a pattern here?

I've got to second Nate above on the threeway with Bogart and Bacall--that would be HOT!
so I'll count Bogie/Bacall as one and for the rest:

-Dorothy Dandridge

-young Paul Newman

-Ava Gardner

-young Marlon Brando

The incomparably pretty Montgomery Clift.

1. Paul Newman
2. Errol Flynn
3. Gene Kelley
4. Jack Lemmon

1. Cary Grant.
2. Paul Newman. Because I have eyes
3. Sidney Poitier
4. Gregory Peck
5. Grace Kelly.

I skimmed through everyone's answers and all I can say is Holy Shit! No Elvis Presley anywhere?

Ednewman...Elvis was on my list...

L

I have to change my #5. I do love Jean Arthur, but for a magically bisexual freebie with a star from the Golden Age, it would have to be Linda Darnell.

1. Gregory Peck--yeowwee, Atticus Finch was a hottie!
2. Paul Newman--what's not to love? That beautiful face, those eyes, and charitable! Swoon.
3. Cary Grant--he should be (and just about is) on everyone's list. George Clooney owes this man his career, since there hasn't been a suave mother fucker like Grant around in years...
4. George Peppard--how can he be left out? Granted, he wasn't really swoonworthy until Breakfast at Tiffany's which is 2 years after the deadline, but he was in plenty of other stuff before that....
5. Gene Kelly--okay, I may be twisted, but even thought he was attractive in Xanadu. I have issues, but the man had talent and charisma.

1. Rossano Brazzi (You have to see "Summertime" with he and K. Hepburn. Seriously, sex.)

2. Cary Grant

3. Paul Newman

4. Warren Beatty/Robert Reford for a young sandwich

5. And who shall I go gay with? Either Grace Kelly or Natalie Wood...

Cliff Robertson: Big Kahuna in "Gidget". I was seven years old the first time I saw it and knew even then that he was WAY hotter than freaking Moondoggie.

Humphrey Bogart
Cary Grant
Paul Newman
Paul Henreid

Newman-still as sexy as hell

Eastwood

Bogart

Marilyn Monroe

Sophia Loren

What about the Scotts? Zachary, Randolph and Lizabeth are all perfect in his/her own way.

1. Clark Gable!!
2. Humphrey Bogart
3. Jimmy Stewart
4. Marlon Brando
5. Ingrid Bergman

1. Marlon Brando
2. Sir Laurence Olivier
3. James Dean
4. Gregory Peck
5. Montgomery Clift, in the fantasyland in which Montgomery Clift was straight.

1.James Dean
2.James Dean
3.James Dean
4.James Dean
5.James Dean