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

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Salmotrutta · 21/12/2011 14:27

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) Grin

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

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Salmotrutta · 21/12/2011 16:21

Cagney was kind of "cute" looking though, in a way.

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sozzledchops · 21/12/2011 16:22

Seems David Niven was just an awful big fake. Common, not so bright and boorish.

GrimmaTheNome · 21/12/2011 16:24

Seems David Niven was just an awful big fake
Isn't that what actors are supposed to be?

sozzledchops · 21/12/2011 16:24

Connerys rape scene in Marnie was very disturbing considering he was the good guy (still love the movie). Clinton Eastwood always liked to get feisty with the ladies in his movies too, quite a few with him dragging them into stable or whatnot.

mrsjay · 21/12/2011 16:30

What do you mean jonny only sexy as a pirate please explain yourself MrsRhett jonny is sent from above . Grin

redpanda13 · 21/12/2011 16:48

I don't really find Clark Gable handsome.

Agree with Brando in his vest in A Streetcar Named Desire.

I like William Holden in Rachel and the Stranger, Steve McQueen in Love With The Proper Stranger and the young Oliver Reed too. Also quite like the young Henry Fonda.

FreudianSlipper · 21/12/2011 17:41

Steve McQueen was known for being violent towards the women in his life :( and had a terrible coke addiction

there is something very sexy and naughty about Oliver Read, he should have played Heathcliff he had the same wildness about him

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Salmotrutta · 21/12/2011 17:45

Oh, I didn't know that about Steve McQueen Sad

Paul Newman was delicious.

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stellarpunk · 21/12/2011 17:51

Now that's simply NOT true re GWTW/Rape!

Read the book, read the goddamn book I tells you!

AND even in the film she is singing with happiness the next day! Grin

KatieScarlettsCrackers · 21/12/2011 17:57

Sorry MrsR have been looking for the damn book Margaret wrote about us me

stellarpunk · 21/12/2011 18:05

Well katie Im reading it for the 100th time again

Shall I dig out the passage for us all to perv peruse over

Cos he does rape her you know, he doesn't HAVE to on account of him being damn hot.

stellarpunk · 21/12/2011 18:05

Cursus! He doesn't rape her, he doesn't rape her!

KatieScarlettsCrackers · 21/12/2011 18:07

Please do stellar

snuffaluffagus · 21/12/2011 18:13

Paul Newman was amazingly stunning, swooooooooon.

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=paul+newman&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=jDx5UWLh7ch7RM:&imgrefurl=paulnewman.tumblr.com/&docid=5KZNv35RWNqOkM&imgurl=29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0vddi9GZe1qbxep8o1_400.jpg&w=360&h=480&ei=WSHyTsm0PMan8gPsoLmwAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=283&vpy=117&dur=709&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=139&ty=127&sig=107419776139180301714&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=99&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&biw=1024&bih=629" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Newman

nativitywreck · 21/12/2011 18:14

Ooh, a young Paul Newman.

And Richard Burton-Have him washed and sent to my room.

Best of all: Han Solo. Not Harrison Ford, but Han Solo.

He has ruined me for all other men.

nativitywreck · 21/12/2011 18:18

joanofarcitrave With Richard Burton it's the voice. Oh lordy.

sozzledchops · 21/12/2011 18:18

I want Han Solo, Indiana Jones and John Book all sent to my room, please!

nativitywreck · 21/12/2011 18:19

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=han+solo&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=672&tbm=isch&tbnid=51TQyFtUflYTnM:&imgrefurl=www.badassoftheweek.com/solo.html&docid=UoJzzplnkswr5M&imgurl=www.badassoftheweek.com/solo.jpg&w=277&h=399&ei=9iLyTuKrD8Kv8QPc5rXQAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=437&vpy=160&dur=431&hovh=144&hovw=100&tx=102&ty=161&sig=110641463167592962673&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=100&start=0&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eye candy

sozzledchops · 21/12/2011 18:20

Richard Burton was hot, hot, hot and what a voice! Mean, moody and intense.

nativitywreck · 21/12/2011 18:20

I think when I saw Han Solo it was the first time I knew I was different from my brothers. Grin

nativitywreck · 21/12/2011 18:21

Well, two of them, anyway!

sozzledchops · 21/12/2011 18:22

Husband away tonight, time to look out a favourite movie to drool over for later and open a bottle of wine. Oh, the possibilities - what will I watch?

Malificence · 21/12/2011 18:28

The Hollywood studios in the 20's/30's/40's were corruption and debauchery personified, all the big names were drug taking, adultering, or violent egotists.
Rape and murder were commonplace and covered up by the studio bosses.
The golden age of Hollywood was anything but, I read a fantastic book about the excesses but unfortunately the name escapes me.

adamschic · 21/12/2011 18:29

My exh looked like Clarke Gable YANBU!

nativitywreck · 21/12/2011 18:38

Day of the Locusts?

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