The best actor according to imdb
… is …
To those who do not know him (shame on you; shame on me coz as of lately I did not know him either), it’s Fred Astaire. Now why do I say that according to imdb he is the best all-time actor? The answer is very simple – look closely at the provided link – especially at its last part: nm0000001. He was the first actor to be added to the imdb database when it was being created. This cannot be just pure coincidence!
PS: Unfortunately, the first added movie (with 0000001 index) is some 1894′ 1 minute short called Carmencita (1894) and it’s not widely known.
September 8th, 2006 at 7:29 am
Well, there’s this American passion for musicals, much stronger than anywhere else in the world. They’re the best at it. This is their genre. They cannot live without it, cannot breathe. But he was a decent guy and a talented one as well. Who could have danced better?
Well, there was Gene Kelly.