Manly Men of Hollywood
74The Manly Men of Hollywood
A certain very popular and talented Hubber of late has been maligning us manly men with outrageous claims that increasing numbers of us are wearing bras and silk panties under our three-button suits and Joe the Plumber coveralls. She's even claiming that more and more men are wearing women's dresses in public. These exaggerated claims conflict with masculine traditions dating from the cave man to Hollywood. Some of the manliest men of Hollywood are pictured below along with an opportunity to vote for your favorite manly man. Can you imagine that any of these manly men would wear silk panties, let alone a bra or dress? Not likely! Additional nominees are welcome.
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Ha! I thought that would get a rise out of Terry, one of Michigan's manliest men!
From my dear friend Judith;
Loved that! I nearly fainted when I saw you had included that callow pup Leonardo DiCarprio, though. Not only is he not manly but his voice sounds like he's a helium sucker!
I was torn between Brando and Quinn...ended up voting for Brando.
Some additions I'd make to the list are a young Jean Paul Belmondo...grrrr! Youthful Michael Caine, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, and Gian Carlo Gianinni.
And just for grins, Clark Gable not only wore no women's undies, he didn't even wear "men's"! "It Happened One Night" caused mens' undershirt sales to plummet after he disrobed and was shown to be wearing only skin under his dress shirt.
manly,
You picture made me think this was really goinh to be a GAY article. I picked Burt Lancaster, he also went to my high school.
What made you think of this?
This Hub was inspired as a counter-reaction to Hope Alexander's Hubs about the "growing number of men" who wear women's panties, bras and dresses.
Burt Lancaster was the real McCoy. As I recall he worked as a circus trapeze artist before Hollywood. I've never seen a bad Burt Lancaster movie. (I liked his politics, too!)
Here are a few additions to the above list of Manly Men of Hollywood, based on a quick scan of my Leonard Maltin's Movie guide:
Richard Burton
Harry Belafonte
Nick Cage
Sean Connery
Russell Crowe
Daniel Day-Lewis
Kirk Douglas
Robert Duvall
Henry Fonda
Gene Hackman
Dennis Hopper
Harald Lloyd
Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
Jack Nicholson
Sean Penn
Joaquin Phoenix
George C. Scott
Sylvester Stallone
Jimmy Stewart
Spencer Tracy
Richard Widmark
Hope Alexander not withstanding, I'd be surprised if any of the above Manly Men of Hollywood ever gave a thought to wearing silk panties, let alone a bra or wrap-around dress. (Kilts don't count!) Can anyone imagine Liz Taylor going for Richard Burton in a dress? On second thought I have some doubts about Dennis Hopper based on his performance opposite Isabella Rosellini in "Blue Velvet," and his recent TV commercials shilling for some insurance company or money manager. However, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Terry says:
5 weeks ago
Rock Hudson????..........ol' piece of the Rock joke on you