AFI's 100 Years, 100 Stars Movie Review 1999

This CBS special is a pleasant little stroll down memory lane, though the title is somewhat misleading. It's really about 50 favorite older stars (25 men and 25 women) from the "classic era" (as narrator Shirley Temple Black puts it) who are ranked according to their "popularity and historical context." Ava Gardner and William Holden come in at #25; Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn share #1. Clips of the 50 "classic" stars are introduced by 50 relative whippersnappers.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 135 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Film History, Filmmaking

Screenplay

Richard Schickel, Marty Farrell

Director

Gary Smith

Other

Shirley Temple