Elderly movie stars still alive

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Vico said:
Normal Lloyd, age 100 (Dr. Auschlander in TV series St. Elsewhere)
Kirk Douglas, age 98 (Spartacus, 20 Thousand Leagues…)
Zsa Zsa Gabor, age 98 (about 20 movies and even more TV)
R. G. Armstrong, age 98 (Pruneface in Dick Tracy, and in other movies)
George Gaynes, age 97 (Police Acadamy, Punky Bruster)
June Foray, age 97 (the voice of Rocky the Squirrel, for one example)
Joan Fontaine, age 97 (movies Rebecca and Suspicion)
Janet Waldo, age 97 (the voice of Josie in Josie and the Pussycatsl, for one example)
Marjorie Lord, age 96 (Danny Thomas show)
Baby Peggy, age 96 (silent films)
Al Molinaro, age 96 (Happy Days, Odd Couple)
Alan Young, age 95 (friend of Mr. Ed)
Maureen O’Hara, age 94 (Miracle of 34th St. is one movie)
Nanette Fabray, age 94 (One Day at a Time)
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Thanks for the list! One correction: Joan Fontaine, sister of Olivia de Havilland, has passed away.
 
Don’t forget Betty White, who is still acting while in her 90’s.

And one of my favorite actors is Hal Holbrook, who I believe just turned 90. I remember his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln.
 
I must be the only person in the world who hates “Gone With the Wind”…I absolutely hated Scarlett O’Hara and couldn’t figure out how it was another character didn’t kill her off. She came across to me as a mean, rotten, nasty little rhymes-with-rich who didn’t care who she hurt (including her own sister) as long as she got what she wanted. Why exactly were we supposed to sympathize with her?
 
Indigo_Cardinal said:
I must be the only person in the world who hates “Gone With the Wind”…I absolutely hated Scarlett O’Hara and couldn’t figure out how it was another character didn’t kill her off. She came across to me as a mean, rotten, nasty little rhymes-with-rich who didn’t care who she hurt (including her own sister) as long as she got what she wanted. Why exactly were we supposed to sympathize with her?
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I don’t think sympathizing with her is the objective of the movie. The movie is a masterpiece in spanning the years before and after the Civil War and how it affected the characters involved.
It was the first movie entirely in color. 👍

We saw it in a theatre in the '70s and it lasted almost 4 hrs.
 
Indigo_Cardinal said:
I must be the only person in the world who hates “Gone With the Wind”…I absolutely hated Scarlett O’Hara and couldn’t figure out how it was another character didn’t kill her off. She came across to me as a mean, rotten, nasty little rhymes-with-rich who didn’t care who she hurt (including her own sister) as long as she got what she wanted. Why exactly were we supposed to sympathize with her?
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Yup. That’s her alright. 😃
Actually it was the ridiculous Ashley Wilkes that I didn’t like in the movie. I think people love to love a villain.

Hey!
@meltzerboy: That would be a great thread: Who is your all time favorite movie villain? 😉
 
Indigo_Cardinal said:
I must be the only person in the world who hates “Gone With the Wind”…I absolutely hated Scarlett O’Hara and couldn’t figure out how it was another character didn’t kill her off. She came across to me as a mean, rotten, nasty little rhymes-with-rich who didn’t care who she hurt (including her own sister) as long as she got what she wanted. Why exactly were we supposed to sympathize with her?
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Beats me. I actually forced myself one day to watch the whole thing. What ever the big deal was it went right over my head. When it was finished, it was like, okay, I did this, I am done. Next. I have even forgotten the story line. Whatever. 🤷

Now, the Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Planets of the Apes, Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor), the King and I (Yul Brynner), The Sound of Music - those I enjoyed. but, I think all those actors have passed away. Every ten or so years i watch these movies again…shh. 😊


I like spectacular movies with panoramic scenes. 🙂 Pm recos.
 
pianistclare said:
LOL

The most famous and fanciest is the one in Atlanta though. 😉
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weeeell, I don’t know about that. Do an internet search for “fox theater san francisco” and look at the images and compare them with the Fox Atlanta.
So where was it shown?
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It previewed at the Fox Theater in Riverside, CA. The picture had been anticipated for some time, and the film makers wanted to get the public’s reaction before the formal premier in Atlanta, so they loaded the film reels in the trunk of a car and drove from Hollywood to Riverside, about 60 miles from LA.

In those days, there was usually a double feature, and during the intermission between the “B” movie and main feature, the manager went out on stage and said something like, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are not showing the main feature this evening, but we have a special treat for you in its place, and I’m sure you will not be disappointed.”

With that, he left the stage, the lights dimmed, the curtain parted, and the title was splashed across the screen. The audience was ecstatic.

Back in 1989, for the 50th anniversary, a TV crew found some of the folks who were in that audience and did a story on their experience.
 
Abba said:
Beats me. I actually forced myself one day to watch the whole thing. What ever the big deal was it went right over my head. When it was finished, it was like, okay, I did this, I am done. Next. I have even forgotten the story line. Whatever. 🤷

Now, the Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Planets of the Apes, Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor), the King and I (Yul Brynner), The Sound of Music - those I enjoyed. but, I think all those actors have passed away. Every ten or so years i watch these movies again…shh. 😊

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I like spectacular movies with panoramic scenes. 🙂 Pm recos.
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Yul Brynner…sigh. I fell in love with that man when I was five years old. I think I’m still in love with him.

“The Sound of Music” cast is still alive–all who played Von Trapps are, at least. I just saw a ‘then and now’ picture of them this morning, in fact! 🙂
 
unstoppable_II said:
weeeell, I don’t know about that. Do an internet search for “fox theater san francisco” and look at the images and compare them with the Fox Atlanta.

It previewed at the Fox Theater in Riverside, CA. The picture had been anticipated for some time, and the film makers wanted to get the public’s reaction before the formal premier in Atlanta, so they loaded the film reels in the trunk of a car and drove from Hollywood to Riverside, about 60 miles from LA.

In those days, there was usually a double feature, and during the intermission between the “B” movie and main feature, the manager went out on stage and said something like, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are not showing the main feature this evening, but we have a special treat for you in its place, and I’m sure you will not be disappointed.”

With that, he left the stage, the lights dimmed, the curtain parted, and the title was splashed across the screen. The audience was ecstatic.

Back in 1989, for the 50th anniversary, a TV crew found some of the folks who were in that audience and did a story on their experience.
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Cool! :cool:
 
Indigo_Cardinal said:
…I absolutely hated Scarlett O’Hara and couldn’t figure out how it was another character didn’t kill her off. She came across to me as a mean, rotten, nasty little rhymes-with-rich who didn’t care who she hurt (including her own sister) as long as she got what she wanted. …
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Sounds like Vivien Leigh did a good job acting her part!
 
unstoppable_II said:
weeeell, I don’t know about that. Do an internet search for “fox theater san francisco” and look at the images and compare them with the Fox Atlanta.

It previewed at the Fox Theater in Riverside, CA. The picture had been anticipated for some time, and the film makers wanted to get the public’s reaction before the formal premier in Atlanta, so they loaded the film reels in the trunk of a car and drove from Hollywood to Riverside, about 60 miles from LA.

In those days, there was usually a double feature, and during the intermission between the “B” movie and main feature, the manager went out on stage and said something like, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are not showing the main feature this evening, but we have a special treat for you in its place, and I’m sure you will not be disappointed.”

With that, he left the stage, the lights dimmed, the curtain parted, and the title was splashed across the screen. The audience was ecstatic.

Back in 1989, for the 50th anniversary, a TV crew found some of the folks who were in that audience and did a story on their experience.
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I would have loved to have seen those interviews!!!
I wonder what the feature was that was not shown that night.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I would have loved to have seen those interviews!!!
I wonder what the feature was that was not shown that night.
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I don’t recall their mentioning it. In any event, it is gone with the wind. 😃
 
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