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audrey's 500 classic stars challenge

in 1999, AFI chose 50 total male and female stars who made an impact on classic American cinema from a pool of 500 actors. I will be watching one movie from the 20th century starring each nominee.

the actor is listed in the film's notes in alphabetical order, starting with the men, as presented on the Wikipedia page.

progress: 116/500

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  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

    1

  • The Lady in Question

    2

  • Slightly French

    3

  • The Green Pastures

    4

  • The Great Train Robbery

    5

  • Boomerang!

    6

  • Love

    7

  • The Millionaire

    8

  • A Man Called Adam

    9

  • Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    10

  • On the Beach

    11

  • Melody Ranch

    12

  • The Man

    13

  • Stablemates

    14

  • When a Man Loves

    15

  • A Family Affair

    16

  • The Dawn Patrol

    17

  • Listen, Darling

    18

  • The Prisoner of Shark Island

    19

  • The Mark of Zorro

    20

  • Johanna Enlists

    21

  • The Professionals

    22

  • Continental Divide

    23

  • Macao

    24

  • Who Was That Lady?

    25

  • I Remember Mama

    26

  • The Happening

    27

  • They Drive by Night

    28

  • April in Paris

    29

  • The Long Gray Line

    30

  • Border Patrol

    31

  • Algiers

    32

  • Too Many Girls

    33

  • Bedtime Story

    34

  • Who's Minding the Mint?

    35

  • Blown Away

    36

  • Sally

    37

  • Westworld

    38

  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    39

  • International House

    40

  • Villain

    41

  • The Marriage Clause

    42

  • Something to Sing About

    43

  • Forty Little Mothers

    44

  • The White Buffalo

    45

  • That Funny Feeling

    46

  • Princess O'Rourke

    47

  • Husbands

    48

  • The Unknown

    49

  • The Kid

    50

  • Fanny

    51

  • Lonelyhearts

    52

  • The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    53

  • Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

    54

  • The White Sister

    55

  • The Big Operator

    56

  • Meet John Doe

    57

  • Skippy

    58

  • September Affair

    59

  • Search for Beauty

    60

  • The Decks Ran Red

    61

  • The Beginning or the End

    62

  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    63

  • Beach Party

    64

  • Six Bridges to Cross

    65

  • I Can Get It for You Wholesale

    66

  • The Client

    67

  • One More Time

    68

  • Run Like a Thief

    69

  • Lust in the Dust

    70

  • The Ghost Ship

    71

  • The Magic Box

    72

  • Killer McCoy

    73

  • Greedy

    74

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    75

  • Speak Easily

    76

  • Attack

    77

  • Maytime

    78

  • The Thief of Bagdad

    79

  • Angels Over Broadway

    80

  • Good Dame

    81

  • Miss Sadie Thompson

    82

  • The Bank Dick

    83

  • The Legend of Lylah Clare

    84

  • How Green Was My Valley

    85

  • The Sun Also Rises

    86

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    87

  • Blackboard Jungle

    88

  • The Tall Men

    89

  • The Fallen Sparrow

    90

  • Lion of the Desert

    91

  • The Man Beneath

    92

  • Smokey and the Bandit

    93

  • The North Star

    94

  • Salome

    95

  • Thirty Day Princess

    96

  • Pillow to Post

    97

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    98

  • Lassie Come Home

    99

  • Alexander's Ragtime Band

    100