Tony Curtis was one of a group of handsome leading men who took Hollywood away from the conservative folks like Clark Gable, John Wayne, Charlton Heston and Robert Stack, and delivered it to the Liberal establishment which has controlled ever since.

Most of them have been mentioned, but let's add Gregory Peck to the list. Twelve O'clock High was perhaps the first, in 1950, to portray a hero with doubts.

So far we have listed Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck. Only Douglas is still living, but this group changed the face of America forever.