Hollywood

Biden at the Oscars

Vice President Joe Biden at the Academy Awards Ceremony

          It should come as no surprise that Vice President Joe Biden would be an active participant in the Academy Awards Ceremony this year. After all, the Socialist Party (formerly known as the Democratic Party) owns Hollywood or is it the other way around. It should also come as no surprise that Vice President Biden would have to make an impassioned plea for college ‘kids’ to stop sexually assaulting one another.

          This is exactly the kind of behavior you might expect from children who were encouraged to ‘act transgender’ in kindergarten and taught sex education throughout elementary school by the abortion promoters of Planned Parenthood. And it doesn’t help the moral fabric of our society when the American Academy of Pediatrics (once a respected medical association, now a political action committee) encourages health care providers to prescribe birth control pills and provide condoms to tweens and teens. This only legitimizes sexual promiscuity and misconduct.

          Now that the Supreme Court has legislated that marriage can be between any two or more living creatures, they have essentially put the government’s stamp of approval on this kind of behavior. None of us should be surprised, then, when children subjected to these negative influences grow up to be brats who sexually assault one another when they get to college. All of this reinforces the importance of getting your children out of public schools any way you can and reaffirms the admonition to not waste time and money on college!

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Conservative Hollywood Stars

Conservative Hollywood Stars, Past and Present

There are a surprising number of Hollywood stars who have made their conservative views known.  Many are now actively challenging the liberals who have wormed their way into tinsel town and tightened their grip on many aspects of hiring, production and financing.  The slow, agonizing death of Hollywood over the past several decades has almost certainly been hastened by these liberals who criticize the United States and attack everything it stands for, never mind the many personal benefits they have reaped from the opportunities made available to them by this great country.  One cannot help but have pity for these and the many other unfortunate individuals suffering from that strange malady known as ‘liberal guilt syndrome’.

With the help of our readers we are compiling a list of Hollywood stars, past and present, who love America and courageously speak out about its greatness.  For the purposes of this listing we will use a loose interpretation of ‘Hollywood stars’ to include entertainers of the stage, movies and television.  Please help us add to this list by submitting the names of conservative stars directly as a comment on this posting.  We salute the following Hollywood stars from the past and the present who unabashedly love this country and contribute to What Makes US Great.

PRESENT:

Scott Baio

Stephen Baldwin

Pat Boone

Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)

Wilford Brimley

James Caan

Dean Cain

Drew Carey

Adam Carolla

Kirk Cameron

Tony Danza

Robert Davi

William Devane

Jeff Dunham

Robert Duvall

Clint Eastwood

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mel Gibson

Kelsey Grammer

Arlo Guthrie

James Earl Jones

Shirley Jones

Cheryl Ladd

Larry the Cable Guy

Heather Locklear

Mario Lopez

Lee Majors

Dennis Miller

Frankie Muniz

Wayne Newton

Chuck Norris

Joan Rivers (1933-2014)

Kid Rock

Paul Rodriquez

Mickey Rooney (1920-2014)

Kurt Russell

Pat Sajak

Adam Sandler

John Schneider

Rick Schroder

Tom Selleck

Jessica Simpson

Gary Sinise

Kevin Sorbo

Paul Sorvino

Sylvester Stallone

Ben Stein

Shirley Temple (1928-2014)

Jon Voight

Clint Walker

Hank Williams, Jr.

Bruce Willis

James Woods

Chuck Woolery

Kristi Yamaguchi

PAST:

Fred Astaire

Gene Autry

Ward Bond

James Cagney

Dick Clark

Gary Cooper

Joseph Cotton

Bing Crosby

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Buddy Ebsen

Glen Ford

Clark Gable

Eva Gabor

Cary Grant

Margaret Hamilton

Helen Hayes

Charlton Heston

William Holden

Bob Hope

Al Jolson

Victor Jory

Dorothy Lamour

Jeanette MacDonald

Fred MacMurray

Adolphe Menjou

Ethel Merman

Ann Miller

Frank Morgan

George Murphy

Eugene Pallette

Fess Parker

Lee Patrick

Dick Powell

Ginger Rogers

Cesar Romero

Jane Russell

Ann Sheridan

Frank Sinatra

Jimmy Stewart

Claire Trevor

Mary Wickes

 

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The Hollywood Sign

Living Hollywood Legends

Living Legends of the Golden Age of Hollywood

It’s difficult to pinpoint the actual year that the Golden Age of Hollywood ended.  Nonetheless, most astute observers today would agree that there are but a few remaining signs of the halcyon days of this uniquely American institution, other than perhaps the Hollywood sign itself.  At one time there were hundreds and hundreds of stars of the stage and screen, each a unique personality with their own special talents.  Sadly, the movie industry in Los Angeles today has been reduced to a second-rate summer stock theatrical team of about twenty mediocre players who seem to be recycled through every movie that is being cranked out.

The Hollywood Sign
The Iconic Hollywood Sign

In recent years it has been painful to see who has been dubbed as the greatest actor or actress (we still prefer to make this gender distinction) or the most beautiful woman or the best looking man (Julia Roberts and George Clooney?  Give me a break!).  The new players suffer greatly when being compared to those from the Golden Age of Hollywood.  Who is the Bette Davis of today?  Or the Jimmy Stewart or the Ethel Merman, Red Skelton or Donald Meek of today?  We could go on and on!

Thankfully, there are yet a few of the greats still living and we are privileged to share the air with these towering icons of entertainment.  With the help of our readers, we are compiling a list of these stars to which we will add as more are brought to our attention.  For the purposes of this listing we will use a loose interpretation of ‘Hollywood star’ to include all entertainers of the stage, movies and television.

Please help us add to this list by submitting the names of living stars directly as a comment on this posting.  Sadly, we lost one of the great entertainers of the 40’s and 50’s, Jane Russell, as we were preparing this initial list.  Now there was a real beauty!  Her performance as Calamity Jane with Bob Hope in Paleface will live on as a classic forever.  We salute the following Living Stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood (golden stars of Hollywood indicated accordingly) and thank them for the years of great entertainment they have provided us.  They are truly part of What Makes US Great!

Ursula Andress

Julie Andrews

Patty Andrews (1918-2013)

James Arness (1923-2011)

Ann-Margret

Edward Asner

Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)

Max Baer, Jr.

Barbara Bain

Conrad Bain (1923-2013)

Carroll Baker

Kaye Ballard

Brigitte Bardot

Polly Bergen (1930-2014)

Ken Berry

Claire Bloom

Ann Blythe

Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)

Mel Brooks

Carol Burnett

Michael Caine

Harry Carey, Jr.

Mary Carlisle

Leslie Caron

Jack Carter

Sid Caesar (1922-2014)

Carol Channing

George Chakiris

Barrie Chase

Julie Christie

Dick Clark (1929-2012)

Sean Connery

Mike Connors

Robert Conrad

Tim Conway

Bill Cosby

Johnny Crawford

Arlene Dahl

Bill Daily

Vic Damone

Doris Day

Gloria DeHaven (1925-2016)

Olivia de Havilland

Bruce Dern

William Devane

Angie Dickinson

Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)

Donna Douglas (1933-2015)

Kirk Douglas

James Drury

Deanna Durbin (1921-2013)

Charles Durning (1923-2012)

Robert Duvall

Clint Eastwood

Anita Ekberg (1931-2015)

Chad Everett (1936-2012)

Nanette Fabray

Barbara Feldon

Albert Finney

Fannie Flagg

Rhonda Fleming

Joan Fontaine (1917-2013)

Steve Forrest (1925-2013)

Connie Francis

Robert Fuller

James Garner (1928-2014)

John Gavin

Mitzi Gaynor

Ben Gazzara (1930-2012)

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Farley Granger (1925-2011)

Larry Hagman (1931-2012)

Barbara Hale

Tippi Hedren

Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012)

Hal Holbrook

Earl Holliman

Celeste Holm (1919-2012)

Robert Horton (1924-2016)

Marsha Hunt

Anne Jeffreys

Dickie Jones (1927-2014)

James Earl Jones

Shirley Jones

Louis Jourdan (1921-2015)

Jane Kean (1923-2013)

George Kennedy (1925-2016)

Jack Klugman (1922-2012)

Martin Landau

Angela Lansbury

Piper Laurie

Carol Lawrence

Cloris Leachman

Joan Leslie (1925-2015)

Jerry Lewis

Norman Lloyd

June Lockhart

Gina Lollobrigida

Herbert Lom (1917-2012)

Marjorie Lord (1918-2015)

Sophia Loren

Tina Louise

Vera Lynn

Dorothy Malone

Tony Martin (1913-2012)

David McCallum

Shirley McClain

Jayne Meadows (1919-2015)

Lee Meriwether

Dina Merrill

Vera Miles

Dickie Moore

Juanita Moore (1914-2014)

Mary Tyler Moore

Roger Moore

Rita Moreno

Harry Morgan (1915-2011)

Don Murray

Jim Nabors

Bob Newhart

Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

Kim Novak

Margaret O’Brien

Maureen O’Hara (1920-2015)

Peter O’Toole (1932-2013)

Patti Page

Irene Papas

Eleanor Parker (1922-2013)

Nehemiah Persoff

Christopher Plummer

Sidney Poitier

Jane Powell

Stefanie Powers

Anthony Quinn

Charlotte Rae

Luise Rainer (1910-2014)

Joyce Randolph

Nancy Reagan (1921-2016)

Carl Reiner

Debbie Reynolds

Doris Roberts (1925-2016)

Cliff Robertson (1925-2011)

Dale Robertson (1923-2013)

Mickey Rooney (1920-2014)

Rose Marie

Marion Ross

Barbara Rush

Jane Russell (1921-2011)

Ann Rutherford (1917-2012)

Eva Marie Saint

Lizabeth Scott (1922-2015)

Omar Sharif (1932-2015)

George Beverly Shea (1909-2013)

Henry Silva

Jean Stapleton (1923-2013)

Connie Stevens

Jerry Stiller

Dean Stockwell

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

Rod Taylor (1930-2015)

Shirley Temple (Black) (1928-2014)

Phyllis Thaxter (1921-2012)

Frank Thornton (1921-2013)

Rip Torn

Cicely Tyson

Leslie Uggams

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Patten (1928-2015)

Robert Vaughn

Elena Verdugo

Abe Vigoda (1921-2016)

Robert Wagner

Bea Wain

Clint Walker

Eli Wallach (1915-2014)

Tuesday Weld

Adam West

Betty White

Stuart Whitman

Esther Williams (1921-2013)

William Windom (1923-2012)

Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)

Jane Withers

Joanne Woodward

Alan Young

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (1918-2014)

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