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Sophia Loren, although winning an academy award for this performance in "Two Women", won my admiration for her performance as the wife of "El Cid", the legendary Spanish medieval warrior played by Charlton Heston featured in her other film released in 1961. The film's ending was very majestic and tearful. In the real story, the wife of El Cid escaped the besieged city of Valencia in 1102, years after his death, by mounting his embalmed body dressed in his finest armor on a war horse and sending it out into the midst of the superstitious and consequently terrified Moors. Apparently Hollywood didn't think a leathery, partially decomposing image of Charlton Heston would have quite the intended effect for the film's climax. For more on Loren see:

http://www.spydersempire.com/sophia/forward.htm

It's only fitting that I follow Sophia Loren's picture with that of Tyrone Power. Loren once said "Tyrone Power was my ideal man." Power was acclaimed for his performance in "Blood and Sand", a Zanuck production based on the novel "Sangre y Arena" by Vicente Blasco Ibanez. Power made five other films during WWII, "Yank In The R.A.F", "Son of Fury", "This Above All", "The Black Swan", and "Crash Dive", even though he also served in the Marine Corps.

For more information on Tyrone Power see:

http://user.icx.net/~cowkisses/PowerHome.htm


Although he died just four years after making "The Sheik", Rudolph Valentino's legend has endured as the ultimate screen lover. For more on Valentino see:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/2073/rudy.htm

Rowan and Martin's uproariously funny and deliciously irreverent "Laugh-In" provided much needed comic relief from the brutal images of the Vietnam War we were served with the nightly news in the sixties.

Brad Pitt caught the spotlight as the sexy drifter in "Thelma and Louise". But, I found his performance as a troubled son of a Montana rancher in "Legends of The Fall" as mesmerizing as his performance in "Interview with a Vampire".

Jimmy Stewart was an actor of my parents generation whose appeal has touched several generations since. His performance in "Rear Window" was outstanding but, being a history buff, the film I enjoyed the most was "Shenandoah", a civil war drama of a hard working farmer drawn into a war he did not support. Stewart lost his own son in another unpopular war in southeast Asia.

President Clinton has even appeared in brief cameos in a couple of Hollywood productions.

This is one of the few sculptures of a modern celebrity that, in my opinion, does not resemble the actor indicated. You are welcome to guess his identity and e-mail me with your answer.: More Movieland images:

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	Although he died just four years after making "The Sheik", Rudolph Valentino's legend has endured as the ultimate screen lover. For more on Valentino see: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/2073/rudy.htm
Rowan and Martin's uproariously funny and deliciously irreverent "Laugh-In" provided much needed comic relief from the brutal images of the Vietnam War we were served with the nightly news in the sixties.
	Brad Pitt caught the spotlight as the sexy drifter in "Thelma and Louise". But, I found his performance as a troubled son of a Montana rancher in "Legends of The Fall" as mesmerizing as his performance in "Interview with a Vampire".
Jimmy Stewart was an actor of my parents generation whose appeal has touched several generations since. His performance in "Rear Window" was outstanding but, being a history buff, the film I enjoyed the most was "Shenandoah", a civil war drama of a hard working farmer drawn into a war he did not support. Stewart lost his own son in another unpopular war in southeast Asia.
	President Clinton has even appeared in brief cameos in a couple of Hollywood productions.
This is one of the few sculptures of a modern celebrity that, in my opinion, does not resemble the actor indicated. You are welcome to guess his identity and e-mail me with your answer.