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!

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Starring: Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant,

Sam Wanamaker, Orson Welles, James Mason, Max von Sydow, Julie Harris, & Malcolm McDowell.

 ~ Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Year	Result	Award	Category
1977	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lee Grant
			Best Music, Original Score Lalo Schifrin
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Steve Shagan David Butler

Plot:

This dramatic film is based on actual events that took place in the late 1930's. In 1939, a total of 937 Jews decide to escape from Germany from the port of the city of Hamburg. On the MS St. Louis, is going to embark on a trip departing from Germany and ending in Havana, Cuba. This is a perfect pilgrimage for refuge for these people on board. Since they all reside within the doomed Germany they know the fate if staying within the country has in store with Hitler in control is bleak with a lot of fear.  All people on board only find out that the passage of the ship is never intended to end in

Cuba but actually never end anywhere as an exercise only with nothing good coming from it at the end.

During this fateful passage the ship tries for it's survival of the people on board to go to Cuba and the Government there refuses entry. During this dramatic time on board we have the beautiful Denise Kreisler (Dunaway), Professor Egon Kreisler (Werner), Lili (Grant) and Carl Rosen (Wanamaker) amongst many others. They are all scared where the wind will take them and the future will hold which hopefully will be with a country taking them in. The ship learns that while waiting off the coast of Florida that the United States has as well rejected them. This leaves them no choice but to turn around and head back to Europe. The Captain Schroeder (von Sydow) knows at what lengths the passengers will take to never go back to Germany so he works very hard to speak to other countries and make something happen.

We learn that a few countries being Belgium, France, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom will receive passengers but only if each country takes a portion. Are all the passengers end up having a safe journey and arrive on port and make it safely you will have to find out.