Who will be my most watched movie star of 2022 and how many movies will I have watched? Leave your guess in the comments. Hint: it DOESN’T start with Robert ;)
Here’s who had the top spot for the past few years (I didn’t track who had the most in 2016 & 2015 when I started my stats, but for 2016 it was probably Olivia de Havilland).
2021 - Robert Young with 16 (Elvis Presley in second with 15)
2020 - Robert Taylor with 20 (Elvis Presley in second with 13)
2019 - Eleanor Parker with 11
2018 - Robert Ryan with 16
2017 - Clark Gable & Chris Pine tying with 14 each
What movie star did YOU watch the most movies of this past year?
This month was a pretty good month. Aside from these movies, I also watched season 5 of The Crown (only episode I really objected to was ep. 6). My brother bought the new Planes, Trains and Automobiles release with a disc of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes that were recently discovered among John Hughes things - some adult/crude humor but very funny. I also started watching season 3 of Leave it to Beaver. I’ve probably seen most of them but so far I’ve only watched the first two seasons in order (you may remember this post of June’s season 1 dresses. I’ve spotted a few of them in season 3 too).
Lady of the Tropics (1939) - Robert Taylor & Hedy Lamarr
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) - Ginger Rogers & Joseph Cotten
*Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara & John Payne, Natalie Wood
On Our Merry Way (1948) - Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurrey, William Demerest
Fate is the Hunter (1964) - Glenn Ford, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor, Nancy Kwan, Dorothy Malone, Jane Russell
Freebie and the Bean (1974) - James Caan, Alan Arkin, Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit
Silkwood (1983) - Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Suspect (1987) - Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney
*Funny Farm (1988) - Chevy Chase
Rush Hour (1998) - Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) - Kurt Russell, Darby
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) - Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn
Least Favorite Film: Definitely The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two. It had none of the charm, humor, and originality of the first one. I wish the elves had been like the ones in Elf, instead of gremlin-like. There were some parts of Freebie and the Bean that I didn’t care for, though I liked the buddy chemistry between Caan and Arkin. They could have had a good buddy cop tv show.
Kurt Russell sings an Elvis Christmas song in the first film.
He still has the moves from when he played Elvis in the 1979 TV movie!
Favorite Movie: Aside from Silkwood (which I shouldn’t have watched before bed) and my least favorite movie listed above, I really enjoyed all of them! I’ve been wanting to see I’ll be Seeing You for a long time based on the image below. It wasn’t what I expected but I really enjoyed it. I’m not always a fan of how Ginger Roger acts but she was very good in this one and Joseph Cotten was excellent (sadly he doesn’t mention the film in his autobiography). On Our Merry Way can only be described as quirky. If you ever get a chance to watch it, do. Suspect was really good (except for the first 7 minutes with a suicide, murder, and upsetting robbery/assault). I’ve seen parts of the Rush Hour movies so I knew I’d enjoy it. They don’t make funny movies like that anymore..
