To not understand why Clark Gable was considered handsome? <trivial thread>

[Salmotrutta]

I mean, he wasnt really was he? Somewhat rubbery looking if you ask me

I'm sure I read somewhere he had terribly bad breath too ...

I shold explain I've been dipping in and out of Teacher's Pet on TV (Doris Day and Clark Gable)

Give me Yul Brynner/Steve McQueen/James Stewart etc. anyday!

shold??? "Should" of course!

Watch Gone With The Wind and then you'll have your answer.

I think it was, er, other attributes that women found attractive...

YANBU! a bit ratty featured I always thought.

Salmo !

Merry Christmas and all that me ol' mucker.

Have to say, I agree with Oliviablahblahblahblah.

YABU - he had a 'something'. In Gone With the Wind he was very sexy.

I've seen Gone With the Wind many a time - still not convinced!!
And, and, he doesn't deliver the "Frankly my dear ...." line with enough panache in my opinion

Oooh err wahwah

oh god, Yul Brynner

Oh hello Mrs DB!!

I look at Clark and swoon but he suffered with halitosis, Vivian Leah said in an interview, she almost vomited in the kiss scenes..so puts me off when i watch Gone With The Wind .

NO FIGHTING !

Salmo, I'm MrsChristmas atm.

DH is very busy, as you can imagine.

When I was young I thought he was gorgeous but now those cheekbones look too high.

I don't think Yul was handsome, but he has massive charisma; Jimmie Stewart isn't either but he's just such a sweetie (even when playing harder-edged roles)

Agree about Yul Brynner too.

See, I was right!!

Right about the bad breath that is - X-posts!

Oh NO! Why did I read that about Vivien Lee? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHYWHYYYYY??????

Gone With The Wind = RUINED FOR ME.

You bastards.

Gone With The Wind - the answereth is, he was more the dangerous bad boy type (thought the stars back then always seemed almost middle aged).

i agree

can not see the attraction with James Dean either

now Marlon Brando strutting around looking mean and moody in a tight tshirt in A Streetcar Named Disire is jsut about the sexiest thing ever on film

And he had a huge willy.

The actor of that era I couldn't understand anyone swooning over was Leslie Howard.

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis

Agree about the young Brando!

Who had a huge qwillt?

Brando in Streetcar is just...

Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

I think it was more about people's lives in those days.

He, along with the other movie stars, represented a fantasy life, lifting people away from drudgery.

On the other hand, if someone is described as beautiful often enough people start to beleive it.

There are quite a few contempory stars who really do not live up to their hype.

WILLY not qwillt - what?