#ronald colman

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Ronald Colman (Arrowsmith, Random Harvest, Prisoner of Zenda)—"God! Ronnie Colman! Wasn't he marvelous? He had the greatest movie technique I've ever known in my life!" -Vincent Price

James Dean (Rebel Without A Cause, East of Eden)—can i just say that while james dean was horrendously hot, he also had a i-want-to-pick-him-up-and-carry-him-around-in-my-pocket-slash-hoodie-and-feed-him-treats kind of vibe to him? maybe it was because he was only 5'7, or maybe it was because (to me, at least) he constantly looked like a sopping wet poor little meow meow, or maybe it's because his eyebrows looked like they were too big for him. whatever it was, i'm beginning to understand why people still have posters of him in their rooms.

This is round 3 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

James Dean propaganda:

Ronald Colman propaganda:

No one, not even Douglas Fairbanks, could match Ronald Colman's screen close-ups. They were marvellous because he had a beautiful face, and because he had a deep but gentle masculinity: the ideal of the dark Englishman. — Laurence Olivier

Ronnie became not just an actor for me, but a way of life. — Vincent Price

"I wanna give some propaganda for Ronald Colman! His face acting made him a star in the silent era but when the arrival of the talkie brought one megastar after another down to earth he was one of the only ones to become more popular due to his voice, and became the blueprint for the “mellifluous voiced Englishman” type that Laurence Olivier and James Mason would later become known for. And to prove it here he is reading Shakespeare"

"1920s heartthrob to 1930s matinée idol to 1940s silver fox Oscar winner to 1950s comedy radio star, this man could do it ALL. I feel he is unfairly neglected today despite his smile making it into P.G. Wodehouse novels and the knee-melting qualities of his voice making it into a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. A women's college made him the winner in their hottest celebrity poll in 1942, and I am right there with them. He was by all accounts an absolutely lovely person, as well, but I recognize that this poll is about the hotness and I think that Ronald Colman deserves more recognition for being ridiculously handsome and doing heartbreaking face-acting and having weaponizable quantities of charm. Also he saved David Niven's life (according to the latter's memoir) by shooting a shark once. Very sexy of him."

He was a wonderful friend; steady, true, full of wisdom and humour. He was generous and completely unbitchy unlike so many actors. A great actor, the master of the understated playing, and one many people (including me) tried hard to copy. A glorious speaking voice, dirty great brown 'fan' eyes, a smile that lit up the whole of Beverly Hills, and a man who could give a lame dog or a struggling actor a lift with never a thought of self-congratulation. — David Niven

#james dean #ronald colman #round 3 #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old man

[gatabella]

Merle Oberon and Myrna Loy during a live benefit broadcast of Bundles for Britain on New Years Eve, 1940

#merle oberon #myrna loy #claudette colbert #ronald colman

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price and Ronald Colman

Champagne For Caesar (1950)

#vincent price #ronald colman #champagne for caesar #funny #money #rich #nerves #vincent Is so funny #i love his comedic performances #priceless #and hes so fucking cute #and sexy #fuck me sir #bicon #bisexual god #horror #old horror movies #vintage #movie #actor #handsome #gif #gifs made by me #gif set #gifs

[celebratetheclassics]

Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth (Henry King, 1926)

#effortlessly charming #ronald colman #the winning of barbara worth #henry king #classic film #classicfilmsource #classicfilmedit #silent film #silent era #1920s #moviegifs #filmgifs #my gifs

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Ronald Colman born today in 1891 #botd

#ronald colman #old hollywood

[rosepompadour]

A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1935)

#what does it say about me that my first ever book crush (of the non-gilbert type) was sydney carton? #nine-year-old me did not have a favorite backstreet boy because none of them were capable of making The Ultimate Sacrifice 🩷💞 #a tale of two cities #ronald colman #elizabeth allan #the silver screen #marshmallow worlds #*

[cursemewithyourkiss]

RANDOM HARVEST (1942) + letterboxd reviews

#forever normal about this film........ #random harvest #ronald colman #greer garson #films #my edit #my post #filmedit

[mylovelydeadfriends]

Ronald Colman, ca. 1940s

#ronald colman #40s #old hollywood #movies

[azultecnicolor]

was having trouble drawing for a while and then the first thing i paint is gay shit

#vintage gay #the talk of the town #that movie invented bisexuality btw #cary grant #1940s #ronald colman #old hollywood #my art #digital art #fanart #artists on tumblr #digital painting #art #sketch #old movies #classic hollywood #classic movies

[vintage-every-day]

Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman in 𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 (United Artists, 1928).

#vintage #old hollywood #golden era #movies #vilma banky #ronald colman

[thegraininessofitall]

#vilma bánky #gary cooper #paul mcallister #ronald colman #the winning of barbara worth #1920s #filmgifs #filmedit #filmblr #movieblr #moviegifs #me myself and gifs #of all the characters that i've seen #willard holmes (at least as played by colman) is the only one who could - in my eyes - compete with bogart's marlowe #for the character with the most rizz #however since bogart's marlowe is much more aware of and transparent with it he remains in first place #colman's holmes has *so* much rizz but alas it's just a bit too subtle outside of his romance with barbara to truly win #obviously the effects of his rizz are visible on more than just barbara #but i would argue that it has more to do with abe lee being particularly weak (bro me too) #rather than with any real effort on holmes's part #but more on that later

[gatabella]

15-year-old Ray Bradbury with Marlene Dietrich, 1935

"I was madly in love with Hollywood… I had been roller skating all over the town and was absolutely obsessed with getting autographs from all those glamorous stars. It was great. I saw really big MGM stars like Norma Shearer, Laurel and Hardy, Ronald Colman. Or I would hang out all day in front of Paramount or Columbia, then rush to the Brown Derby to look at the stars coming in or out of there. I saw Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Allen, Burns and Allen – everyone who'd been to the coast. Mae West appeared every Friday with her bodyguard. ...I still have these autographs, and the wheels from the rollers also survived to these days. Almost all of those people I had met are already gone, but by some miracle Marlene and George survived. The light coming from these photos is like a repeated session of my life about a slightly stupid, but always loyal boy who terribly didn't want to grow up."

- Ray Bradbury

#marlene dietrich #ray bradbury #quote #old hollywood #norma shearer #cary grant #laurel and hardy #ronald colman #mae west #my translation

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price - Champagne for Caesar (1951)

#vincent price #champagne for caesar #bridgeburn waters #i love him your honor #hes so sexy and hot #the way he kisses the birb #parrot #ronald colman #film #FUCK HES SO PERFECT! #horror #old horror movies #vintage #movie #actor #handsome #gif #gifs made by me #gif set

[celebratetheclassics]

A Double Life (George Cukor, 1947)

#ronald colman #shelley winters #a double life #george cukor #classic film #classicfilmedit #classicfilmsource #old hollywood #old hollywoodedit #film noir #1940s #filmgifs #moviegifs #my gifs

[citizenscreen]

Ronald Colman and Vilma Bánky in George Fitzmaurice‘s THE NIGHT OF LOVE (1927)

#ronald colman #vilma banky #silent film #old hollywood

[nicholasvanryn]

Reading hate mail on a magazine from the 1920s is pretty much like Twitter but ten times more baffling like-

this person took the time to write and send a letter to a magazine only to say he fucking hated Ronald Colman, and the title? "Colman fans" that man was ready to receive anon hate and life threats on his dms

#i want to reach that level of petty one day #this was so fucking funny to read jdfhk #bee pierce i hope you know how to fight #ronald colman #old hollywood #silent films #1920s