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Stars. The 1930s saw the rise of some of the best known performers in acting and film history. The aforementioned Dracula and Frankenstein films both launched the careers of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, respectively; the two men would spend much of the decade starring in Universal Horror films.
The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll were polls on determining the bankability of movie stars. They began quite early in the movie history. At first, they were popular polls and contests conducted in film magazines, where the readers would vote for their favorite stars, like the poll published in New York Morning Telegraph on 17 December 1911. [1]
100 Movies (Updated) 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10: ... 100 Stars is the American Film Institute's list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest ... (1930–1980 ...
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress.Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. [1]
Michael Robbins (1930–1992) Anton Rodgers (1933–2007) Patsy Rowlands (1931–2005) David Ryall (1935–2014) Andrew Sachs (1930–2016) Nadim Sawalha (born 1935) Prunella Scales (born 1932) Leslie Schofield (born 1938) Janette Scott (born 1938) Barbara Shelley (1932–2021) Carole Shelley (1939–2018) Derrick Sherwin (1936–2018) Joan ...
Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer.. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were ...
Jan. 30, 1942: Movie star Judy Garland is in Mineral Wells, Texas, to visit Camp Wolters and appear in a USO show. The famous “Wizard of Oz” actress poses with Brigadier General Emil F ...
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]