Is this the most stunning man who ever lived?

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I’ve just discovered an actor from the 1940s and 50s called Randolph Scott. He was super famous then - understandably - but seems to be much less well known now. Well suffice it to say my ‘Bobby socks’ are well and truly blown off! What do we all think?

I think you might have had a chance with Freddie. He occasionally swung both ways - and Mary Austin was the love of his life…

I will take that backhanded compliment as a win! 😁

Bob mitchum, Donald sutherland and gary oldman. Not all at once.

@upinaballoon yes I have seen the summer.

He's sensational in it and bravo to whoever r put him in that blue suit with the hat 😍😍❤️❤️

Not quite my type but then I'm a heterosexual male, sorry to be so boringly conventional.

I'm a 100% straight woman but this is my i Most Stunning Woman In The World

< Bit of a derail for your thread OP but you;ll make an exception for Grace Kelly I'm sure )

Not my type, but definitely a solid actor. I've seen him in several films. I think he was a sort of B-level star.

I thought I was the only one with a thing about forearms. I am with you there.

Forearms, hands and shoulders are the sexiest bit of a man.

I’ve been thinking about this and, sorry to get a bit wanky, I have realised that “acts of service” is my “love language”. I wonder if these things are related to my attraction to arms etc.

Def not, my great nan might have thought so.

Look mostly like the blokes serving in my local B&Q

He's no Gregory Peck, but he'll do ☺️

I can definitely get the Randolph Scott love, but for me the wow who is THIS moment was watching black and white films on a rainy Sunday, which introduced me to Louis Jourdan, especially in a period drama wearing a cape.

"Is this the most stunning man who ever lived?".

Er.....no.

Randolph Scott? Really? Stunning? 🤣
Sorry. Vaguely good looking, if you like that sort of thing, but definitely not "stunning"!

Louis Jordan as Count Dracula was my secret crush at one time! Lol!

He was a great Dracula! When I first read Interview with a Vampire I always saw Louis as Louis Jordan.

Yesterday I happily discovered Cary Grant and Randolph Scott in My Favourite Wife, and Paul Newman in Cat on a hot tin roof and The long hot summer - all conveniently on BBC i player. Lovely Sunday swoons 🥰

Cat on a hot tin roof with Paul Newman is a great film "the mendacity!", and you can also see why Elizabeth Taylor was so popular too, she beautiful but she's also a great actress "maggie the cat is alive!". Very interesting film, difficult subject matter for the time (they’re never really clear about Brick's homosexuality), but deals with it in a surprisingly progressive way.

I love Robert Mithcum personally, Holiday Affair is a good one if you get the chance to see it.

In Gregory Peck news look at him here!

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/16/powell-pressburger-masterpiece-behold-a-pale-horse

Gregory Peck wasn't just an excellent actor and incredibly handsome, he was also a really decent guy. Much like Jimmy Stewart, he was a genuinely good person, no one had a bad word to say about him. He was also a lifelong pacifist who was in favour of gun control.

Feel free to crush on Gregory Peck without guilt or embarrassment.

A shame he never ran for President, he would have been brilliant. We got Ronald Reagan instead.

Yes what a wonderful thing that would have been.

James Spader definitely did it for me. Then he got fat.

I did quite like him in White Palace. Good film too.