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Posted on 5/27/14 at 3:07 pm to JinFL
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More current might be Tom Hanks or Harrison Ford?
hanks was definitely that guy in the 90s, but not any more. maybe harrison ford was huge in the 80s, but definitely not now. Leo will probably be up there by the time its all said and done.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 3:10 pm to Freauxzen
Honorable Mention: Marlon Brando
John Wayne? WTF?
ETA: and Jackie Gleason is clearly "The GREATEST"
John Wayne? WTF?
ETA: and Jackie Gleason is clearly "The GREATEST"
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 5/27/14 at 3:10 pm to DallasTiger11
I think that what makes a movie star is that the person is a cultural icon. I agree that Marilyn Monroe probably fits as one of the very biggest icons. John Wayne is also a good answer. Tom Hanks would be a more recent answer, but I think that he might nit have been as big as a symbol. Maybe Clint Eastwood fits up there.
To compare it to another industry, Elvis Presley could probably be argued to be the biggest cultural icon in American history. He was even in movies, so maybe in a slanted way he belongs in the above category too.
To compare it to another industry, Elvis Presley could probably be argued to be the biggest cultural icon in American history. He was even in movies, so maybe in a slanted way he belongs in the above category too.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 3:11 pm to Baloo
Top Box Office Stars by Year
Not sure how scientific that list is, but Bing Crosby and Burt Reynolds ruled for half a decade at a time.
Not sure how scientific that list is, but Bing Crosby and Burt Reynolds ruled for half a decade at a time.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 3:14 pm to 632627
Denzel
Posted on 5/27/14 at 3:15 pm to Freauxzen
quote:
Chaplin
Good answer.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 5:32 pm to 632627
quote:imo
jimmy stewart
Posted on 5/27/14 at 5:33 pm to SG_Geaux
quote:
As far as pure movie star... Tom Cruise has to rank up there.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:36 pm to CaptainPanic
John Wayne
Clint Eastwood
Paul Newman
Tom hanks
R deniro
Pacino
Cruise.
Clint Eastwood
Paul Newman
Tom hanks
R deniro
Pacino
Cruise.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:41 pm to CaptainPanic
No one said best actor. It said movie star and he has been huge for quite a while now.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:43 pm to HeadedToTheWoods
Tom Cruise? Are you all serious? Over Marilyn Monroe and/or John Wayne?
Honestly, the OP needs to be way more descriptive in what he's looking for. Box office star versus cultural icons versus most talented. There's different answers for each.
Honestly, the OP needs to be way more descriptive in what he's looking for. Box office star versus cultural icons versus most talented. There's different answers for each.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:46 pm to DallasTiger11
Cruise is without a doubt up there...it's 2014 and he's still in box office blockbusters. shite when there's a preview out no one even calls it by its name, just that Tom Cruise movie that's coming out.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 7:19 pm to LSUbacchus
Cruise is definitely near the top. 4 decades and will make it 5 decades in 5.5 more years of putting out big hits with several iconic movies in 3 of the 4 decades so far.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 7:23 pm to 632627
John Wayne would have to be #1. Jimmy Stewart would be 2nd.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 7:24 pm to SG_Geaux
Tom Cruise is a fricking joke 
Posted on 5/27/14 at 8:06 pm to Jcorye1
Tom Cruise pretty much owned Hollywood from like 1986 - 2005
I can't think of another movie star who has had a longer stretch of dominance
I can't think of another movie star who has had a longer stretch of dominance
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 5/27/14 at 8:34 pm to DallasTiger11
quote:
Box office star versus cultural icons versus most talented. There's different answers for each
The question definitely isn't asking who is the most talented actor of all time. Movie star doesn't have a specific definition or criteria. It's very subjective and everybody can have their own list of what defines someone as a movie star. For most its probably a mix of box office draw and being an icon.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 8:53 pm to 632627
quote:I lean toward cultural icons as a major factor:
Movie star doesn't have a specific definition or criteria. It's very subjective and everybody can have their own list of what defines someone as a movie star.
Spencer Tracy
Katherine Hepburn
John Wayne
Marilyn Monroe
Marlon Brando
Audrey Hepburn
Lionel Barrymore
Ingrid Bergman
Grace Kelly
Cary Grant
Jimmy Stewart
Charlie Chaplin
Robert De Niro
Humphrey Bogart
James Dean
Peter Sellers
Elizabeth Taylor
Shirley Temple
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