BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 May 07 - 11:37 AM

Clearly, some of you need to explore the site Internet Movie Database. This is the go-to site to answer all of these questions. Look at the line in the header called "Search." First select "Titles" then fill in "The Quick and the Dead" and you'll get a results page that says there are THREE films of that name. 1995 had Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone, etc. A TV movie in 1987 had a pretty good cast also--Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, etc. In 1963 a film by that bane was made with few folks I recognize (except Majel Barrett, aka Nurse Chapel, Mrs. Roddenberry). The name may be a coincidence.

Anyway, since I last posted to this list, I have had the pleasure of discovering a very talented but still quite obscure British actor named Stephen Dillane. The man is a chameleon, in every role he is so different that I think people don't recognize him from one film to the next (contrary to someone like Hugh Grant, who plays himself in every film he encounters). And he's primarily a stage actor, taking film jobs for money. Alas, his one-man tour de force Macbeth has finished stage performances, his 2000 Tony winning role in Stoppard's The Real Thing has ended, but he will be doing Hamlet in early 2008 in Brooklyn and London. Meanwhile, his more mainstream films include The Hours, Welcome to Sarajevo and The Greatest Game Ever Played. (I first found him in the 1997 film Firelight, but unless you're an English major, a reader of 19th century British lit, and a very careful listener to film dialog, you may not appreciate the full range of this story. It's as if Thomas Hardy wrote a story in which Jane Eyre meets The French Lieutenant's Woman).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: 3refs
Date: 28 May 07 - 10:02 AM

Russell Crow was in The Quick and The Dead, not Sam Elliot!

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 28 May 07 - 03:57 AM

Because of the "soft" character Clint Eastwood played in Rawhide, a friend of mine has never been able to accept him as a "toughie". The guy who played the trail boss was Eric Flemming and he, by contrast, was macho with a vengence; unfortunatley, he drowned while making a film in South America back in the 1960s.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Alice
Date: 27 May 07 - 09:23 PM

I remember watching Rawhide with my oldest sister and discussing why I liked Clint Eastwood and she liked the guy who played the trail boss. She thought Rowdy Yates was too much of a pretty boy and the trailboss was more manly. After all these years of Clint Eastwood movies... I should ask her what she thinks of him now.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Alice
Date: 27 May 07 - 09:20 PM

I've never understood the appeal of Elvis. Eeeww. Neither man nor music.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Alice
Date: 27 May 07 - 09:19 PM

I agree that Kirstie has that kind of formidable animal magnetism in the way she looks and her facial expressions.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: kendall
Date: 27 May 07 - 07:45 PM

I was not considering her politics or religion.
She is a large well formed woman with a lot of sex appeal.

It's impossible for some of us to understand the attraction that others have posted. For instance, Elvis. All I see there is (was) a cow eyed geek.

Now, Sean Connery, that's a horse of a different color. He is a man's man.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Alice
Date: 27 May 07 - 07:16 PM

Kirsty Alley? Kendall, I'm trying to figure out what is appealing about Kirsty Alley. Enlighten us, please.
(I keep remembering her Christmas time promos of Scientology to children, and that takes all the appeal away.)

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST,quasimodo
Date: 27 May 07 - 07:55 AM

definately anne widicombe

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Ebbie
Date: 26 May 07 - 03:44 PM

Thanks for the 'Amonite' laugh, LtS. The Amish would get a big kick out of that.

Waylon Jennings- even when I was madly in love real time, Waylon still made my heart burn.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 26 May 07 - 02:49 PM

Well, Sean Connery for sure. George Clooney's an easy one.

Back then? Parker Stevenson had it ALL OVER Shawn Cassidy if you ask me. 4th Grade?

Johnny Depp is currently at the top of my list, celebrity-wise. In real life, well.....

Dani

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: kendall
Date: 26 May 07 - 02:03 PM

Back then, Grace Kelly
Today, Kirsty Alley.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Becca72
Date: 26 May 07 - 12:53 PM

My first heart throbs were Shaun Cassidy (Dave'sWife, I LOVED your story!), Parker Stevenson, John Schneider (Bo Duke), John Taylor (of Duran Duran) and Kiefer Sutherland (still a total hottie but never sexier than in The Lost Boys).

Now that I've grown up a bit I can also add Sean Connery, Sam Elliot, George Clooney, Mel Gibson and one I didn't seen mentioned yet though I might have missed him, Hugh Grant. I realize poor Hugh plays the same character in every one of his movies, but he's just so damned CUTE!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 26 May 07 - 11:31 AM

Pat Driscoll - Lady Marian in Robin Hood
Helen Shapiro - bought her autobiography off the red cross trollley last week - a signed edition! Now come the signed editions - too many, too late!
Capucine in Song Without End
Susan Maugham - Bobby's girl (saw her gig a couple of years ago on a Waner Break)

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: JennyO
Date: 26 May 07 - 10:46 AM

Tunesmith, you are quite correct. The lady in question was Dolores Hart, and she did later become a nun. More info here.

Elvis was one of my first heart throbs, when I was 14. There were a whole series of them over a few years. I'll think of them all when I have time, but quite a few of them were in TV shows.

Of course, once I had a real boyfriend, the "heart throbs" sorta took a back seat.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 26 May 07 - 07:02 AM

TRUBRIT - I'd forgotten John Leyton - how could I do that?!

I saw him live at the Granada in Edmonton - he came dashing out the stage door to go do another gig and my friend, Bernadette, had managed to sneak into his waiting car. They stopped and chucked her out just down the hill but not before she snagged his make up towel.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 26 May 07 - 02:50 AM

There was a young actress in two early Elvis films " Lovin' You" and KIng Creole" who I thought was terrific. She was very sweet looking. I believe she later became a nun. Could that be correct?

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 25 May 07 - 11:59 PM

Was Viggo Mortensen in Witness? That is one of my favorite films and have seen it many times but don't remember him, What role?

And then there is / was.......John Leyton, Dave Berry (sang the Crying Game - English), and Alan Rickman, and of course, there is always -- well, Alan Rickman .......

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Mickey191
Date: 25 May 07 - 08:02 PM

Montgomery Clift was divine. Broke my heart when he passed. I then took up with Paul Newman. Hugh Jackman is in the backfield waiting.

Had a momentary thing for William Shatner after seeing him in "Suzy Wong." Had to give that up when I joined Mudcat.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Amergin
Date: 25 May 07 - 08:01 PM

Guest, Same Elliot was indeed in Quick and the Dead. He played the hero.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: terrier
Date: 25 May 07 - 07:43 PM

'Lassie'

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Alice
Date: 25 May 07 - 07:27 PM

When I was a teenager, my heart throbs were Herb Alpert (this guys in love with you) and Rowdy Yates in Rawhide (Clint Eastwood).

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 25 May 07 - 04:58 PM

SueB said:

>>Mel Gibson could make me sweat until recently, when I realized he's batshit fucking nuts. What a turn-of<<

you said it! And, all those years of hard drinking have left him looking pretty awful. Not to be mean, but every time I see his recent photos, I am reminded of aging orangatans. His once lovely blue eyes are all rheumy and gross. Ick.

Yes, you said it again, a young Cat Stevens with that dark curly hair was to die for. I inherited a bunch of his early albums from a next-door neighbor girl when I was 11 and my crush on him prompted me to take up the guitar again.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Wesley S
Date: 25 May 07 - 04:06 PM

Sam Elliot will be in a new movie coming out this December called The Golden Compass

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 25 May 07 - 12:41 PM

When I was growing up in NYC in the 1970s, Shaun Cassidy was every girl's heartthrob. I had his picture on my wall for a month or two. He was starring in that TV show The Hardy Boys. I have a nice wish-fufillment fabntasy come true story about him - wanna hear? if not move along.

In 1994 I began dating my future husband seriosuly and it so happened his compoany was working with Shaun on a TV show called American Gothic. Dave takes me to the company Xmas party and there is Shaun with his lovely wife. I didn't recognize him at first but he certianly aged well. Looks like his dad, he does! (another famous heartthrob)minus the dastardly moustache of course. So I just had to ask him if he would dance with me and good sport that he was, he did, The DJ threatened to play 'Hey Deannie' but it was an idle threat since he certianly didn't have the record! FOlks took pix with disposbale cameras. I happened to look smashing that year myself in my size 6 Laura Ashley red plaid christmas coat dress shaped kind of like a irish Dancer's dress. And to make things better, I had my long red hair done in ringlets in an inverted pony tail just like a dancer. man, we were one good looking couple. (So were me and my future hubby, I still have that photo on my wall of me and him).

Anyway - I sent copies of the photo of me cutting rug with the Hardy Boy to all the girls from highschool. Funny, they didn't seem to be too impressed about Shaun. They were more impressed that I was wearing a size 6 dress. By 1994 they all had small kids and were still working on trying to get their figures back. So, the experience was fun but anti-climatic.

Courtesy of my husband's job I also got to dance with John Travolta on a fabulous dancefloor while the DJ played 'More than a Woman'. he, however, was a waaaay better dancer than I was. What a surprise. (not). He was a very good sport about the DJ trying to pull up songs from his films but left the floor with his wife when they got to Grease and 'Hopelessly devoted to you'. I dsay again, he is a fabulous dancer and when he dances with his wife, you feel like you ought not be there. They are a very lovely couple.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST,Sidewinder.
Date: 31 Aug 05 - 02:01 AM

Kendall he has a wife you know, Incontinentia -Incontinentia Buttocks.
I remember it well -Stwike him Centuwion!

Regards.

Sidewinder.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Scoville
Date: 30 Aug 05 - 11:42 PM

My mother liked "Kooky" Burns and the kid who played the son on the "the Rifleman".

Another vote for Michael York (a little old for me, but there's definitely something to be said for a guy who ages well). We also like Ciaran Hinds.

Eye candy: Sean Bean

And the bass player for the Weary Boys has FABULOUS arms and shoulders. I love a stand-up bass. I could watch him all night; I don't even care what the rest of the band is doing.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Aug 05 - 07:57 PM

Ummm...well, never mind, Firecat. It's just my sense of humour, okay? Pay it no further mind.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: kendall
Date: 30 Aug 05 - 07:38 PM

Is he related to Bigus Dickus?

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Firecat
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 05:58 PM

Little Hawk, what's so funny about Sean Biggerstaff's name?

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 05:48 PM

Good choice, GeorgianSilver! She is a lovely woman.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 05:24 PM

Francoise Hardy....the beautiful, if perhaps skinny, French singer who kissed me beside the river Seine (on my cheek but who cared at 14yrs)
Still listen to her records occasionally when I remember that day....Ahhhhhh.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 05:20 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 03:35 PM

Herga Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 02:09 PM

KT

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 09:17 AM

During my teens, it was Billy Idol...the bad boy syndrome I suppose!

During my 20's, Patrick Swayze!!!!!!

Later in my 20's and still today..one incredibly handsome, amazingly intelligent, wildly talented Mr. LilyFestre!!!!

If I HAD to pick someone now, I'd have to say Trace Adkins...yep...but he definately runs in a far away second place from Mr. LilyFestre!


Michelle, aka Mrs. Lilyfestre

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 08:42 AM

Thank you for the compliment Ebbie.

I was in love with Frankie Vaughan when I was eight but transferred my allegiance to Cliff Richard by the time I was ten. Then there was John Leyton.....

Eye candy - Hugh Jackman, Viggo Mortenson, Orlando Bloom (particularly in LOTR) and what about Donald Sutherland in Space Cowboys!

My abiding hearthrobs would have to be Tommy Lee Jones, George Harrison, Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 08:39 AM

Tuesday Weld from "Dobie Gillis"

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: kendall
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 08:13 AM

Kate Hepburn at any age. I'm more attracted to brains than boobs. Of course, if one has both, well....

What ever happened to Cleo Moore? She was a boon to the sweater industry.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 29 Aug 05 - 02:56 AM

Kathy Kayser
Kathy Kaiser
   and
Kathy Karver

I married the last of 'em, but it was a mistake. A 20-year mistake...

-Joe Offer, happily remarried-

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Big Mick
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 11:13 PM

Kate Hepburn when she was young.

Kate Hepburn when she was middle aged.

Kate Hepburn in her older years.

That woman, had looks, brains, and a very independent outlook on life. A little scary to some testosterone laden lads, but a red zone attractive in mine.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Janie
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 11:07 PM

Don't know if I would have been so enamored of Little Joe without him having that pretty little Pinto he always rode.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Janie
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 11:05 PM

Round age 12 or 13--Michael Landon as Little Joe on Bonanza, and a guy who's name I forget who played Jessie on Laramie.

Paul Newman was, is and will be the sexiest man alive in my book. The older he gets, it just gets better.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: GUEST,Justin Case
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 09:25 PM

Dani

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: kendall
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 09:24 PM

I've never had a heart throb as such, but I remember thinking of Marilyn Monroe, that I'd sleep with her if she asked me.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 06:38 PM

Sean Biggerstaff?????? LOL! That's just too good to be true...

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Firecat
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 06:11 PM

My first celebrity crushes were on Sam Chapman, keyboardist in North And South (90s pop group) and Stephen Gately from Boyzone. My first proper boyfriend was the spitting image of Sam.

My current crushes include, but are not limited to Sean Biggerstaff and Robbie Williams.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 01:00 PM

Then there was Diane Powell. That was in 3rd grade. She too has vanished into the mists of time.

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 02:26 AM

I was in love with some egotistical cheerleader type girl back in Junior High and High School. Her name was Pam Ford. She was voted the most popular girl in the 12th Grade yearbook. God only knows where she is now. We had little in common then, and probably a good deal less now. ;-)

Was in love with another girl named Allison back then too. She was a very intelligent girl, but was a Republican! Shocking. I'm afraid she got it from her parents somehow. Thus are the sins of the fathers passed on to their progeny, yea, even unto the 7th generation. ;-)

Most of the people in that town were Republicans, come to think of it. Skaneateles, New York: the bastion of McCarthyism, archconservatism, and just plain butt-headed ignorance. I left in '69, and returned to my true home the land of the Queen, the mounties, Pierre Trudeau, and maple syrup. Yahoo!

Bite me, Richard Nixon!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Who were your 'heart throbs'?
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Aug 05 - 02:05 AM

Hah! I just realized who Jacqui C reminded me of when I met her at the Getaway last year: Judith Dench. Thanks, Don.