The Leading Ladies of the 1970's (redux)

The Leading Ladies of the 1970's! - That is right, I am revisiting hence the redux the list's thus far made for the leading ladies and men of each decade. A total of only 4 does not allow us to fairly capture the actors from around the globe that truly left a mark in that particular decade. With a lot of thought a pain staking hours I have finally came up with the leading lists for each decade and now bringing you the COMPLETE LIST of the ladies of the 1970's who simply were in my book the definition of that decade. Enjoy and left me know via comments your thoughts...perhaps you agree or disagree and have leading ladies that potentially belong to the "Runner's Up List."

Note: The actors that were originally part of each list are not being edited and removed (they are there for a reason!).

 The eight top leading ladies deemed as the defining women of the 1970's are:

Faye Dunaway, Liv Ullman, Diane Keaton, Glenda Jackson, Gena Rowlands, Ellen Burstyn, Hanna Schygulla, & Jane Fonda. 


These leading ladies truly hit the silver screen in big ways with major roles in motion pictucres during the 1970's.

"Love Those Classic Movies!" will highlight in articles each leading lady as being the definition of what made the 1970's a great decade for films.

Great films that each leading lady appeared during the 1970's:

Faye Dunaway:

Little Big Man (1970)
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
The Deadly Trap (1971)
'Doc' (1971)
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Chinatown (1974)
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Network (1976)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
The Champ (1979)

Liv Ullman:

Cold Sweat (1970)
The Night Visitor (1971)
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Pope Joan (1972)
Cries & Whispers (1972)
Lost Horizon (1973)
40 Carats (1973)
Zandy's Bride (1974)
The Abdication (1974)
Leonor (1975)
Face to Face (1976)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Autumn Sonata (1978)



Diane Keaton:

Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
The Godfather (1972)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Sleeper (1973)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Love and Death (1975)
I Will...I Will...For Now (1976)
Harry and Walter Go To New York (1976)
Annie Hall (1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Interiors (1978)
Manhattan (1979)

Glenda Jackson:

The Music Lovers (1970)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Mary, Queen of Scotts (1971)
The Triple Echo (1972)
The Nelson Affair (1973)
A Touch of Class (1973)
The Devil is a Woman (1974)
The Maids (1975)
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
Hedda (1975)
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
Nasty Habits (1977)
House Calls (1978)
Stevie (1978)
The Class of Miss MacMichael (1979)
Lost and Found (1979)

Gena Rowlands:

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Opening Night (1977)
The Brink's Job (1978)


Ellen Burstyn:

Alex In Wonderland (1970)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The Exorcist (1973)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Providence (1977)
A Dream of Passion (1978)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)

Hanna Schygulla:

God's of the Plague (1970)
Why Does Herr. R Run Amok? (1970)
Mathias Kneissl (1970)
Whity (1971)
Beware of the Holy Whore (1971)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
Effie Briest (1974)
The Wrong Move (1975)
Der Stumme (1976)
The Clown (1976)
Silversternacht - Ein Dialog (1978)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
The Third Generation (1979)

Jane Fonda:

Klute (1971)
Tout va bien (1972)
Steelyard Blues (1973)
A Doll's House (1973)
The Blue Bird (1976)
Fun With Dick and Jane (1977)
Julia (1977)
Coming Home (1978)
Comes a Horseman (1978)
California Suite (1978)
The China Syndrome (1979)
The Electric Horseman (1979)

On The Cover: Dunaway, Ullman, Keaton, & Jackson!

 

Cover Girls: Faye Dunaway, Liv Ullman, Diane Keaton, & Glenda Jackson

We continue our series entitled; "On The Cover" where we are highlighting our best leading ladies of the 1970s. This is a celebration of these ladies and their best time on the cover of the biggest magazines throughout their careers. Enjoy!

 

Little Big Man (1970) Hoffman recounts a 121 yr life!

Little Big Man (1970)

Directed By:

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, & Richard Mulligan

~ The motion picture is based on a comic book in 1964.

Plot:

Jack Crabb (Hoffman) who is now one-hundred and twenty-one years old reflects on the very eventful life he has lead. Crabb recounts the wonderful experiences that basically no one else living can attest to which is being a scout for General George Custer (Richard Mulligan), associate to Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Corey), and being a captive with the Cheyenne tripe amongst other things.

Then Crabb recounts the beginning of his life where he and his older sister Caroline (Carole Androsky)  are living with their parents out in the great frontier. One horrible day both children become alone since an awful attack was made by the Pawnee and killed their parents. The young children have no idea what to do now and are taken in by the Cheyenne and their village rather than being left alone to sure death. While being in the village Caroline is very unhappy and decides to escape and leaves while Jack Crabb is being guided and mentored by the tribal leader Old Lodge Skins (George).

Jack Crabb is given the name "Little Big Man" due to his bravery which was saving another boy within the tribe Younger Bear (Cal Bellini). The life within the tribes village is a very happy one for Jack Crabb until he is 16 and the United States cavalry captures him. The cavalry will only take the young boy if he renounces his life ever being with the Native Americans and so he does.

While being "rescued" in the eyes of the cavalry they decide that he will now reside with a lovely couple where the husband is Reverend Silas Pendrake (Thayer David) along with his wife Louise

(Dunaway). What Jack finds out very quickly is this household is crazy and the wife Louise has her eyes fixed on him and wanting a affair with him badly. Jack stays away from the advances and decides that this family and the possible drama that will ensue is not worth it. Jack escapes the household and never looks back.

Then we see that Jack gets himself into other crazy situations such as being tarred and feathered by selling fraudulent goods with a salesman. Jack and Caroline meet up again over the fraudulent sales and she tries to mold him as a great gunslinger with the name "Soda Pop Kid"....what a crazy name! During this time having the new image he meets Wild Bill Hickok and the both of them get along famously. While being in this new team Jack sees the first time his friend kills a man and it is not to his taste. Afterwards Jack decides this life is not for him and he leaves while his sister being ashamed and angry washes her hands of him.

 Next, in this crazy life of Jack's he is a partner within a general store and quickly marries a lady named Olga (Kelly Jean Peters). When things go south with the store in comes in General George Custer who recommends to the young couple to relocate out further west where they would have a

better future. They love the idea and set sail for a new life via a stagecoach. Olga while the stagecoach is attacked is captured and Jack reunites during this with some of his friends from his Native American tribe and then goes to search for her.

This leads to Jack joining General Custer's 7th Cavalry as a "muleskinner" where he takes part in battles. During this time a Cheyenne woman named Sunshine is giving birth and Old Lodge Skin and offers her three widowed sisters to marry Jack and he agrees. The rationale for this is due to the fact he shortly before finds within the tribe his Olga who is now with going to wed to Younger Bear. What a crazy mess!

Attacks happen to the camp which opens up to more eventful situations for Jack to take part in. Watch the movie to see what other things he stumbles upon and does which is a hilarious western!

Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen & Diane Keaton are hillarious!

 

 

 

Manhattan (1979) / United Artists/MGM Studios

Directed By: Woody Allen

Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep, & Mariel Hemingway.

During the 1970's one team that could not be missed in the cinema is Woody Allen & Diane Keaton. They collaborated in such hilarious films where Allen directed, wrote, and appeared. Where Keaton starred and gave the film great momentum with her star power. The collaboration of both happened and with the end of the 70's around the corner the last in the great decade for the both was the film we are currently talking about; "Manhattan" from 1979.

Just like most of Allen's motion pictures this is filmed and entirely takes place in New York City.


Plot:

Isaac Davis (Allen) a comedy writer is going through what would look to be a mid life crises. Isaac is 42 and is unhappy with his work and trying to deal with the multiple women in his life. One day he

finally decides to make a change and up and quits his job as a writer for TV comedies. One lovely young lass Isaac is dating is Tracy (Hemingway) a 17 year old. This relationship of course is hush-hush from everyone else due to their ages.

The best friend of Isaac; Yale Pollack (Murphy) is married to Emily (Anne Byrne). Yale is two timer where on the side he is also having an affair with Mary Wilkie (Keaton). Now the story gets even more crazy where we meet Mary's ex husband Jeremiah (Wallace Shawn) now shows up along with Isaac's ex wife Jill Davis (Streep). The importance of Jill's visit to her ex is that currently being a writer as well is working on a project about her marriage with Isaac that came to an end. Since the divorce Jill has come out of closet and is truly happy with her new partner Connie (Karen

Ludwig).

The first time for Isaac and Mary to meet does not go over too well with one another. However, their paths collide when attending a fundraiser for the Equal Rights Amendment. After they both depart the event Isaac shares a cab with Mary. The cab ride between people that are just beginning to know one another builds to an all night time through out the city. They start to truly get to know one another and hit it off where by the end of the evening they are spending time on the Queensboro Bridge in NYC. Even though there is the attraction between Isaac and Mary he still dates the young Tracy. What then we see is that Yale breaks up with Mary and then turns around and tries to get both Isaac to start seeing her...now this is a riot! Isaac loves the idea and jumps at it so he breaks up with Tracy and starts to see seriously Mary. Is there enough chemistry for the new couple to stay together and how about the craziness around them, perhaps that will either help make them stronger or drive them insane! Watch this well done film from Woody Allen!