BOXOFFICE’S
ANNUAL POLL OF 1960
The All-American
Screen Favorites Poll of 1960
The
All-American Favorites of 1960
Βραβεία δημοφιλίας ηθοποιών
από αναγνώστες περιοδικού Boxoffice για 1960
Boxoffice
barometer March 1961
Doris Day
Elizabeth Taylor
Shirley MacLaine
Debbie Reynolds
Joanne Woodward
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Susan Hayward
Ingrid Bergman
Kim Novak
Sandra Dee
Gary Grant
Jack Lemmon
Rock Hudson
Tony Curtis
Yul Brynner
Frank Sinatra
William Holden
John Wayne
Kirk Douglas
Glenn Ford
Robert Mitchum
Jerry Lewis
Gallery of Stars
Θεάματα
Κινηματογραφικά
/ - δημοφιλέστερες Γυναίκες Ηθοποιοί για το 1960
(σύμφωνα με ψηφοφορία αναγνωστών του αμερικάνικου περιοδικού Boxoffice) :
/ - 1. Doris Day
/ - 2. Elizabeth Taylor
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- 3. Shirley MacLaine
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- 4. Debbie Reynolds
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- 5. Joanne Woodward
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- 6. Deborah Kerr
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- 7. Audrey Hepburn
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- 8. Marilyn Monroe
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- 9. Susan Hayward
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-10. Ingrid Bergman
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-11. Kim Novak
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-12. Sandra Dee
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- 1. Doris Day
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- 2. Elizabeth Taylor
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- 3. Shirley MacLaine
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- 4. Debbie Reynolds
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- 5. Joanne Woodward
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- 6. Deborah Kerr
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- 7. Audrey Hepburn
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- 8. Marilyn Monroe
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- 9. Susan Hayward
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- 10. Ingrid Bergman
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- 11. Kin Novak
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- 12. Sandra Dee
/ - δημοφιλέστεροι Άνδρες Ηθοποιοί για το 1960:
/ - 1. Gary Grant
/ - 2. Jack Lemmon
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- 3. Rock Hudson
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- 4. Tony Curtis
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- 5. Yul Brynner
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- 6. Frank Sinatra
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- 7. William Holden
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- 8. John Wayne
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- 9. Kirk Douglas
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-10. Glenn Ford
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-11. Robert Mitchum
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-12. Jerry Lewis
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- 1. Gary Grant
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- 2. Jack Lemmon
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- 3. Rock Hudson
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- 4. Tony Curtis
/ - οι επιλαχόντες άνδρες ηθοποιοί για το 1960:
(σύμφωνα με την ψηφοφορία του αναγνωστικού κοινού του αμερικάνικου περιοδικού Boxoffice)
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- οι επιλαχούσες γυναίκες ηθοποιοί για το 1960:
The
All-American Favorites of 1960
By
VELMA WEST SYKES
For the third
successive year, Cary Grant has won first place among the top male stars in
BOXOFFICE'S annual poll for the All-American Screen Favorites.
Leading the
feminine contingent is Doris Day, who has been advancing steadily from her
first naming to this select circle in 1951.
The others
chosen by a cross-section of public groups and theatremen are listed in the
adjoining column. There have been some changes in positions in the past year
and some new names have been added, particularly to the list of male stars, but
the long-standing favorites still hold the majority.
Securing the
honor for the first time are Sandra Dee, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Robert Mitchum,
all of whom have been in the runner-up ranks during the past several years.
As so much of
the popularity of stars is contingent upon the boxoffice success of their
films, it is not surprising that there have been several notable
"drop-outs” among the top favorites, some over a long period, in recent
years. Either they appeared in no new pictures during the current season or the
vehicles and the roles they portrayed did not meet with wide favor.
In the case
of Cary
Grant, topping the poll for the third straight year, the great
popularity of his last two pictures, "North by
Northwest” and "Operation Petticoat,”
both running to large grosses during 1960, assured his maintenance of the
highest public approval, which has been strongly evidenced at the nation's
boxoffices.
/ - Gary Grant
Doris Day,
who had reached second place among the feminine stars in the poll the last two
years, received tremendous impetus from the success of "Pillow Talk,” which was followed by two additional
winners at the boxoffice, "Please Don't Eat
the Daisies" and "Midnight Lace."
The steady
advance of Doris Day from a singing and dancing star, to a dramatic actress of
stature has been notable. She has been teamed with successful male actors,
surrounded by lavish productions and dressed in fabulous gowns, all of which
accoutrements have contributed to the accolade she has now received.
/ - Doris Day
The sure
craftsmanship of Jack Lemmon's comedy brought about his almost phenomenal rise to
second place in the male ranks this year, from that of no mention among the top
winners of last year. "Some Like It Hot,"
which he and Tony Curtis made with Marilyn Monroe, catapulted all three of
these stars to high positions of popularity, while "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" and "The Apartment" brought about the final surge
in Lemmon's instance.
/ - Jack Lemmon
Elizabeth
Taylor, in fourth place last year (1959), who had topped the poll in
1958, now climbs to second place after her two pictures which were winners at
the boxoffice, namely, "Suddenly, Last Summer”
and "Butterfield 8."
/ - Elizabeth Taylor
Rock Hudson
with no major release since "Pillow Talk,”
who was top man on the poll in 1957, and second last year (1959), is still a
strong contender in the third place bracket this year. Even in cases where a
star has not been too active in the current year, this carry-over of popular
appeal is often noted. Hudson's newfound skill with the comedy situations of
"Pillow Talk" gave him a whole new
category of fans and a resultant continued high regard as evidenced by his
strong position this year.
/ - Rock Hudson
Shirley
MacLaine, introduced in the Hitchcock thriller-comedy, "The Trouble With Harry," has been busy almost
continuously ever since and her career received tremendous impetus by the
interpretation of her role in “Some Came Running."
With two successful films to her credit in 1960, "Can-Can”
and the hilarious "The Apartment"
made with Jack Lemmon, she has now risen from seventh place last year to third
place among feminine stars this season.
/ - Shirley MacLaine
Debbie Reynolds,
in fourth place, falls from first place last year (1959).
Debbie Reynolds,
even though a few notches lower this year, has a strong hold on the affections
of moviegoers as shown by her successful films, "It
Started With a Kiss," "The Gazebo”
and "The Rat Race."
/ - Debbie Reynolds
Tony Curtis, who was not among the
winners last year (1959), demonstrates great strides in the race for
popularity.
Tony Curtis,
after the record-breaking "Some Like It Hot,"
he went on to comedy portrayals in "Operation
Petticoat" with Cary Grant, "Who
Was That Lady?" and "The Rat Race,"
and the heavier role in "Spartacus,"
which schedule of steady activity brought him into the ranks of the winners.
/ - Tony Curtis
Joanne Woodward,
in fifth place among the women stars this year, continues a steady advance
through sound dramatic performances in "The
Fugitive Kind" and "From the
Terrace" which have brought her from eighth place in 1958 and sixth
in 1959. Her Academy Award winning role in "The
Three Faces of Eve" first brought her into the ranks of stars to be
reckoned with and her progress since has been only what might have been
expected from so auspicious a beginning.
/ - Joanne Woodward
Yul Brynner's
popularity graph as recorded in the poll would seem to be one of seesaw
dimensions. From third place in 1958, to tenth place in 1959, he rises again,
to fifth this year. Four films of varying boxoffice success are the result of
an extremely heavy schedule, "Solomon and
Sheba," "Once More, With Feeling,"
“The Magnificent Seven" and an
excursion into comedy,” "Surprise Package.”
/ - Yul Brynner
Sixth place
on the distaff side finds Deborah Kerr one place lower than last year (1959),
although it may well be that her current film with Robert Mitchum, "The Sundowners," will be the stimulus for a
better rating in the season to come.
/ - Deborah Kerr
The hardy
perennial, Frank Sinatra, riding high on two boxoffice bonanzas, achieves a
sixth place rating this year as opposed to ninth in last year's (1959) poll in
a return toward fourth place which he held in 1957. With "Can-Can" early in '60 and "Ocean's 11," later, he continues with his
boxoffice success and again proves his personal popularity.
/ - Frank Sinatra
A star whose
popularity as shown in the poll seems to reflect not only the boxoffice grosses
of her films, but also the sympathetic appeal of the particular roles she
plays, is Audrey Hepburn. She was in tenth place in 1958 and fifth the year
before (1957), eighth in 1959 and in 1960 she is in sixth place. Her role in
"The Nun's Story" had great
sympathetic appeal.
/ - Audrey Hepburn
William Holden
has, for several years now, kept a place among the top-ranking male stars, this
year placing seventh with the success of "The
World of Suzie Wong" adding to the carry-over power he has
consistently shown. Last year (1959) found him in fourth place and the two
preceding years he came in second.
/ - William Holden
Marilyn Monroe,
eleventh ranking woman star last year (1959), has moved up to eighth place in
1960, perhaps more due to the smash hit, "Some
Like It Hot" of the preceding season, than to the current film,
"Let's Make Love."
/ - Marilyn Monroe
The great
western star, John Wayne, moved up to eighth place in 1960, whose long record of
successful films culminated this year in his own production of "The Alamo." His role in "North to Alaska," a hilarious
“northwestern," added its weight to the overall summary of his popular
strength.
/ - John Wayne
Susan Hayward
drops from third place on last year's (1959) poll to ninth this year. Her last
two films have been "Woman Obsessed"
and "The Marriage-Go-Round," the
latter coming too late in the season to have been able to add to her popular
following.
/ - Susan Hayward
Kirk Douglas,
who did not appear among the top winners in the 1959 poll, again enters the
lists, on this occasion in ninth place, due no doubt to the success of his two
most recent films, "Strangers When We Meet"
and the spectacle, "Spartacus."
/ - Kirk Douglas
A drop from
his last year's (1959) ranking is registered by Glenn Ford, third then and
now tenth. However, in the opinion of most critics, his fine performance in the
current "Cimarron" will give great
support to an upward climb during the coming season.
/ - Glenn Ford
Ingrid Bergman,
in spite of the fact her last picture released here was "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness," still wins a
position, tenth, on this year's poll. The recurring upsurges in her popular
appeal coincide with releases of her new films.
/ - Ingrid Bergman
Kim Novak,
who headed the aggregation of women stars in 1957, but dropped to ninth place
last year (1959), now maintains her position in the upper twelve by ranking
eleventh with one film to her credit, "Strangers
When We Meet."
/ - Kim Novak
Robert Mitchum
with three films of major stature, "Home From
the Hill," "The Night Fighters"
and “The Sundowners," gains a place
among the winners at the eleventh level.
/ - Robert Mitchum
Sandra Dee,
a newcomer to the winning circle, achieves a "first" in the
popularity poll by making twelfth place in the listing.
/ - Sandra Dee
"Oldtimer"
Jerry
Lewis continues among the toppers, albeit a notch below his eleventh
position last year.
/ - Jerry Lewis
The All-American
Screen Favorites Poll is conducted by sending ballots listing the
eligible stars to the following individuals and groups:
1. Motion picture editors of newspapers and magazines.
2. Theatres — circuits and independents in both large
cities and small towns.
3. The working press comprising domestic, foreign and
radio correspondents.
4. Radio and TV commentators.
5. National Screen Council members, who each month
select the film most suitable for family entertainment to be given the
BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award. The Council is composed of motion picture editors,
radio film commentators and representatives of better films councils, women's
clubs, civic and educational organizations.
/ - ύλη περιεχομένων του τεύχους
Boxoffice barometer
magazine, March 6, 1961, pp. 19-24.
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BOXOFFICE’S ANNUAL POLL OF 1960
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All-American Favorites of 1960
Βραβεία
δημοφιλίας ηθοποιών
από
αναγνώστες περιοδικού Boxoffice
για 1960
Boxoffice barometer March 1961
Gallery of Stars
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