Boyd's Bunch

In ruminating over the filmography of Stephen Boyd, as we are often wont to do, we've decided upon a rudimentary categorization of his oft-illustrious co-stars. Therefore, we hereby declare the following:

THE BEST LOOKING BOOKENDS: Dorothy Dandridge and Joan Collins
Island in the Sun (20th Century Fox, 1957)

 

THE BEST POUT: Brigitte Bardot
The Night Heaven Fell (Kingsley-International, 1958)

 



THE MOST FRIGHTENING: Joan Crawford
The Best of Everything (20th Century Fox, 1959)
 

THE TOUGHEST: Susan Hayward
Woman Obsessed (20th Century Fox, 1959)

THE MOST SUPERIOR: Dolores Hart
Lisa (20th Century Fox, 1962)



THE SUNNIEST: Doris Day
Billy Rose's Jumbo (MGM, 1962)



THE MOST REGAL: Sophia Loren
The Fall of the Roman Empire (Paramount, 1964)

THE CLASSIEST: Eleanor Parker
The Oscar (Embassy, 1966)

THE MOST LIKELY TO STEAL FOCUS FROM BOYD'S BULGE: Raquel Welch
Fantastic Voyage (20th Century Fox, 1966)



THE BEST WIGLET: Yvette Mimieux
Caper of the Golden Bulls (Embassy, 1967)

THE MOST CLUELESS: Charlton Heston
Ben Hur (MGM, 1959)

 

 

How Much Wood...

...would Chuck wood, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

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GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA

July 4, 1927

STEPHEN BOYD

July 4, 1931 - June 2, 1977

Thank You, Ireland

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Dolores Hart and Stephen Boyd, 1960.
No wonder she joined the convent.

Imagine, If You Will...

...the 1960's without our two birthday subjects, Gina Lollobrigida (July 4, 1927) and Stephen Boyd (July 4, 1931 - June 2, 1977).





For one thing, the decade would have been a lot less beautiful. But it also would have meant we would have been bereft of such classics as...









Which would have been a shame. (We particularly recommend Go Naked in the World and The Oscar. Really.)

Oh, Eva Marie Saint celebrates a birthday today, as well. And she made a few pretty good movies, too. Everyone knows North By Northwest (1959), but Eva Marie also turns up in The Sandpiper (1965) with Liz and Dick, so you know she wasn't all Saint.