The
All-American screen Favorites Poll of 1962
The
All-American favorites of 1962
ΒΟΧOFFICE’S
ANNUAL POLL OF 1962
Βραβεία δημοφιλίας ηθοποιών
από αναγνώστες
περιοδικού Boxoffice
για 1962
Boxoffice
barometer April 1963
Θεάματα
Κινηματογραφικά
THE
WINNERS (1962)
Male
1. CARY
GRANT
2. ROCK
HUDSON
3. BURT
LANCASTER
4. PAUL
NEWMAN
5. JOHN
WAYNE
6. JACK
LEMMON
7. CHARLTON
HESTON
8. GLENN
FORD
9. JAMES
STEWART
10. KIRK
DOUGLAS
11. WILLIAM
HOLDEN
12. TONY
CURTIS
THE
WINNERS (1962)
Female
1. DORIS
DAY
2. SHIRLEY
MacLAINE
3. AUDREY
HEPBURN
4. SOPHIA
LOREN
5. DEBBIE
REYNOLDS
6. ELIZABETH
TAYLOR
7. NATALIE
WOOD
8. KIM NOVAK
9. SUSAN
HAYWARD
10. SANDRA
DEE
11. JOANNE
WOODWARD
12. DEBORAH
KERR
By
E. S. NELSON
CARY Grant
and Doris
Day reign as the King and Queen of the screen stars in BOXOFFICE's 26th
annual All-American Screen Favorites Poll for 1962.
Results this
year, with only a few slight changes from the 1961 poll, indicate that, while
stars may come and stars may go, the real pros retain their popularity year
after year. They may move up and down the ladder a rung or two, or more, but
still occupy a place of honor among the top echelon. This is the second time
around for this royal pair, having shared the No. 1 spot in the 1960 BOXOFFICE
poll.
Cary Grant
reverses positions with Rock Hudson and Miss Doris Day crowds out Elizabeth
Taylor, the latter moving down to sixth place among the feminine
contingent.
Cary Grant,
a long-time screen personality and poll champion, led the male contingent for
three successive years — 1958, 1959 and 1960. Having dropped to fourth place in
1961, he has regained the "throne" in 1962. It is his 17th time among
the Top Winners since his initial appearance in 1940, thus giving him the
distinction of having maintained top star status on the BOXOFFICE poll for 17
out of 22 years.
Doris Day
moves up from second place last year, having held second position among the
female winners for the years 1957, 1959 and 1961, having moved down one step to
third place in 1958. She first climbed to the higher rungs of popularity in
1951, gradually rising to the number three spot in 1956.
An important
addition to the 1962 roster is the name of Sophia Loren, who places
fourth in her first appearance among the winning array of stars since her name
first was placed on the ballot in 1957. While most of her films have been
Italian imports, she has been popular in America and her first English-language
film, "Boy on a Dolphin" for
20th-Fox (1957), made her eligible for the poll. She won an Academy Award for 1961 as
best actress for her role in "Two Women"
an Embassy film (1960) released in both Italian-language and English-dubbed versions.
Special
mention is also due Paul Newman and Charlton Heston, this being
the first appearance of both on the male roster, the former zooming to fourth
place and the latter achieving seventh position.
Absent this
year from the Top Twelve male winners are Marlon Brando, who placed
ninth last year and Gregory Peck, who ranked eleventh.
Marlon Brando's
slight drop to first position in the Runners-up this year is probably due to
his having appeared in no new films since "One-Eyed
Jacks" for Paramount in 1961. He is currently appearing in "Mutiny on the Bounty" for MGM (1962).
Gregory Peck's
only film following his boxoffice smash, "The Guns of Navarone"
(Col., 1961), was "Cape Fear" (Univ) in 1962, which did just fair business.
Shirley
MacLaine moves up two notches to second place in the top ranks, her
fourth appearance on the poll. Her recent films are "The Children's Hour" (UA., 1961), "My Geisha" (Paramount, 1962) and currently, "Two for the Seesaw" (UA, 1962). Miss Shirley
MacLaine wife of producer Steve Parker, has come a long way since her
initial role in "The Trouble With Harry,"
which she made for Paramount in 1956.
Rock
Hudson moves down to second position from first place in 1961. Having
made his film debut in 1948 with a small part in "Fighter
Squadron" (WB), Rock Hudson received his big break in 1954 when he
played the lead in "Magnificent Obsession"
(Univ), opposite Jane Wyman, which boosted him to overnight stardom. He also starred
opposite Elizabeth
Taylor in "Giant" (WB,
1956) and was a sensation in "Pillow Talk"
(Univ, 1959) with Doris Day. Latest films, both Universal, are "Lover, Come Back" (1961) with Doris Day
and "The Spiral Road" (1962) with Burl Ives.
Audrey Hepburn,
among the women stars, is elevated to third place in the current poll from the
tenth spot last year (1961). This makes her seventh appearance since winning
fifth place honors in 1954. Her role in "Roman
Holiday," which Paramount has reissued, won her an Oscar when it
first was released in 1953. Recent films were "Breakfast
at Tiffany's" (Paramount, 1961) and "The
Children's Hour" (UA, 1961).
Burt Lancaster,
who won an Oscar in 1960 for "Elmer Gantry"
(UA, 1960), climbs to third position from the number eight spot in 1961. His recent
"Judgment at Nuremberg" (UA, 1961) was a
top grosser and in "Bird Man of Alcatraz"
(UA, 1962) he gave an excellent performance.
Mention was
made previously of Paul Newman's initial entry in the number four spot,
probably due to his brilliant performance in "Sweet Bird of Youth"
(MGM, 1962) and acclaim by critics for his role as The Battler in "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" (1962).
As for
newcomer Sophia
Loren's rise to fourth place on the stellar horizon, her two 1962 top
hit films released in this country are “El Cid"
(AA, 1961) and "Boccaccio 70" (Embassy, 1962).
John Wayne, eleven-time winner,
slipped from second place in the 1961 poll to the number five spot for 1962.
The former western star's development as a top dramatic actor was not so
noticeable in his 1961-62 films, "The
Comancheros" (20th-Fox, 1961) and two Paramount films, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) and "Hatari!" (1962) as in the two in which he is
currently appearing: "The Longest Day"
(20th-Fox, 1962) and "How the West Was Won"
(MGM-Cinerama, 1962).
Debbie Reynolds,
six-time winner, is in the number five niche, having fallen two steps from her
1961 pinnacle. She placed first in 1959 and has remained near the top since her
initial appearance in 1957. She has two pictures for the season, "The Second Time Around" (20th-Fox, 1961) and "How the West Was Won"
Elizabeth
Taylor, who is an eight-time winner, is sixth in the 1962 feminine line,
a tumble from her first place perch in 1961. She was also first in the 1958
poll.
Jack Lemmon,
who drew the male number six spot, has three consecutive wins. His role in
"The Apartment" (1960) won him second
place in the 1960 poll. He recently starred in "The
Notorious Landlady" (Col, 1962) and is currently playing in "Days of Wine and Roses" (WB, 1962).
Natalie Wood,
with three poll successes, remains in
seventh position which she held twice before — 1958 and 1961. A former child
star, Miss Natalie Wood starred in "Splendor
in the Grass" (WB, 1961) and "West Side
Story" (UA, 1961) this season and is now appearing in "Gypsy" (WB, 1962).
Charlton Heston
is a newcomer, seventh in the male lineup. He won a 1959 Academy Award for his
role in "Ben-Hur" (1959). His films this
season are “El Cid" (AA, 1961) plus "The Pigeon That Took Rome" (Para, 1962), and he is
presently starred in “Diamond Head"
(Col., 1962).
Rounding out
the feminine contingent for positions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, the respective
winners are Kim Novak, Susan Hayward, Sandra Dee, Joanne Woodward
and Deborah
Kerr.
Miss Kim Novak
(No. 8) has six wins in a row to her credit and ascended to first place in
1957.
Miss Susan Hayward
(No. 9) also has six consecutive wins and won a 1958 Oscar for her role in
"I Want to Live" (1958). She starred in
"Back Street" (Univ., 1961) before her
current film, "I Thank a Fool"
(MGM, 1962).
Sandra Dee,
a newcomer in 1960, has had three straight wins, but was relegated from fifth
place last year (1961) to No. 10 this year (1962).
Joanne Woodward,
No. 11, has placed five times and is one notch up from 12th place last year.
She won an Oscar for her role in "The Three
Faces of Eve" in 1957.
Deborah Kerr, going down from eighth
position in 1961 to No. 12 for 1962, holds six steady wins. Her picture for the
season was "The Innocents" (20th-Fox, 1961).
Concluding
the male lineup for positions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, the winners, respectively,
are Glenn
Ford, James Stewart, Kirk Douglas, William Holden and Tony Curtis.
Glenn Ford,
No. 8, moved down from fifth place last year and has six consecutive wins to
his credit. His recent films were "Pocketful
of Miracles" (UA, 1961) and "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
(MGM, 1962).
James Stewart,
No. 9, is a long-time favorite with ten wins since 1939-40, and has appeared
since on many lists, both combined and divided polls. He has maintained a
steady record — his film career interrupted by several years of combat service
in World War II — with only two absences from the poll. This year's "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" (20th-Fox, 1962) was
both a boxoffice success and a Blue Ribbon Award winner.
Kirk Douglas,
No. 10, has a long list of screen triumphs and is credited with four wins since
1958, having skipped 1959. Famed for his "Spartacus"
role (1960), Kirk
Douglas's films for 1962 are "Lonely
Are the Brave" (Univ., 1962) and "Two
Weeks in Another Town" (MGM, 1962).
William Holden, No. 11, descends from his
seventh place peak which he held, both in 1961 and 1960.
Tony Curtis,
actor and producer with his own company, winds up the male laurel line by
swinging into the No. 12 spot, which gives him three straight wins. However, he
took quite a drop this time from his third place pedestal in 1961 and fourth in
1960. He currently is appearing in "Taras
Bulba" (UA, 1962) and "40 Pounds of
Trouble" (Univ., 1962).
The
All-American Screen Favorites Poll is conducted by sending ballots listing the
eligible stars to the following 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, educational and exhibitor organizations.
THE RUNNERS-UP:
MALE
(Listed in Order of Highest Number of Votes Received)
Marlon
Brando
Elvis
Presley
Alec
Guinness
Pat
Boone
Bob
Hope
Yul
Brynner
Spencer
Tracy
Frank
Sinatra
Troy
Donahue
Fred
MacMurray
Jerry
Lewis
Robert
Mitchum
Gregory
Peck
Maximilian
Schell
Laurence
Harvey
Fred
Astaire
Henry
Fonda
Maurice
Chevalier
Montgomery
Clift
Tony
Randall
Bing
Crosby
James
Cagney
David
Niven
Anthony
Quinn
Stephen
Boyd
Burl
Ives
Jackie
Gleason
Danny
Kaye
Richard
Burton
Laurence
Olivier
James
Garner
Peter
Sellers
THE RUNNERS-UP:
FEMALE
(Listed in Order of Highest Number of Votes Received)
Shirley
Jones
Rosalind
Russell
Janet
Leigh
Lee
Remick
Lucille
Ball
Ingrid
Bergman
Anne
Bancroft
Jane
Wymam
Maureen
O'Hara
Geraldine
Page
Judy
Garland
Bette
Davis
Lana
Turner
Leslie
Caron
Katharine
Hepburn
Gina
Lollobrigida
Angie
Dickinson
Brigitte
Bardot
Shelley
Winters
Thelma
Ritter
Julie
Harris
Eva
Marie Saint
Connie
Francis
Jean
Simmons
Barbara
Stanwyck
Polly
Bergen
Cyd
Charisse
Claudette
Colbert
Olivia
de Havilland
Glynis
Johns
Vivien
Leigh
Yvette
Mimieux
Boxoffice barometer, April 15, 1963,
p.19, p. 23.
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περιοδικού Boxoffice για 1962
Boxoffice barometer April 1963
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