I've always felt like I should have grown up in the 30s and 40s... it's when they had the best movies, music, and style in my opinion...
These are some of my favorite actors and actresses back then:
Cary Grant- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, North By North West, Notorious, To Catch a Thief, Walk Don't Run, That Touch of Mink, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Philadephia Story, Holiday, Charade, and so many others...
Grace Kelly- High Society, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief
Bing Crosby-White Christmas, High Society, Anything Goes
Gene Kelly- An American in Paris, Cover Girl, On The Town, Brigadoon
Katherine Hepburn- Philadephia Story, Little Women, Holiday, African Queen, Woman of the Year, Pat and Mike, Stage Door
Audrey Hepburn- Roman Holiday, Charade, Sabrina, Funny Face
Lucille Ball- Your's Mine and Ours, Stage Door, The Long Long Trailer, Room Service
James Stewart- Candle, Book and Bell , Rear Window, You Can't Take It With You, Vivacious, Philadephia Story, The Shop Around the Corner, Vertigo
Humphrey Bogart- Sabrina, Casablanca, African Queen
Henry Fonda- Your's Mine and Ours, The Mad Miss Manton, The Lady Eve, How the West Was Won
Greer Garson- Pride and Prejudice, Random Harvest, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mrs. Parkington, Julia Misbehaves, Little Women
Barbra Stanwyck- Christmas in Connecticut, The Lady Eve, The Mad Miss Manton
Myrna Loy- Cheaper By The Dozen, Bells on Thier Toes, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, The Thin Man -series, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Ingrid Bergman- Casablanca, Notorious, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fred Astair- Daddy Long Legs, Royal Wedding, Funny Face, Shall We Dance, Easter Parade
Leslie Caron- Gigi, Daddy Long Legs, An American in Paris, Father Goose
Eleanor Parker- The Sound of Music, Scaramouche The Woman in White
Jane Powell- Royal Wedding, Small Town Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Janet Leigh- Little Women, Holiday Affair, Scaramouche, Bye Bye Birdie
Jeanne Crain- Cheaper By The Dozen, Bells on Thier Toes, State Afair, A Letter to Three Wives, People Will Talk
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These are some of my favorite music artists back then:
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Callaway, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Dooley Wilson, Fred Astair, Gene Kelly, Glenn Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Dorris Day, Ann Miller, Benny Goodman, Connie Frances, Rosemarry Clooney, Wayne Newton, Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr, Duke Ellington...