Bogie tops list of screen legends

Hepburn and Bogart: A perfect pairing

Humphrey Bogart and his African Queen co-star Katharine Hepburn were named on Tuesday at the top of a list of the 50 greatest screen legends.

The list, produced by the American Film Institute, deliberately excluded modern stars.

Cary Grant was number two on the list of greatest male actors, followed by James Stewart, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and Clark Gable. Only four on the men's list - Brando, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and Sidney Poitier - are still alive.

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Miss Hepburn, 92, was followed by Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor.

Like the men, most of the female stars are now no longer with us. Alongside Katharine Hepburn, only Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Shirley Temple and Sophia Loren are still alive.

"For a guy who didn't think of acting as a competitive sport, he would have been honored and awestruck by this," Bogart's son Stephen said.

Bergman: Number four

Last summer, the American Film Institute named what it considered to be the 100 best American movies. Citizen Kane topped that list, followed by Casablanca, The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, and Lawrence of Arabia.

The AFI was prepared for criticism of its choices. "We expect that sort of thing again. Someone will find fault," AFI chairman Tom Pollock said. "Lists by their nature create controversy because of who is on them and who is left off them."

The full list of screen legends:

The men

1. Humphrey Bogart
2. Cary Grant
3. James Stewart
4. Marlon Brando
5. Fred Astaire
6. Henry Fonda
7. Clark Gable
8. James Cagney
9. Spencer Tracy
10. Charlie Chaplin
11. Gary Cooper
12. Gregory Peck
13. John Wayne
14. Laurence Olivier
15. Gene Kelly
16. Orson Welles
17. Kirk Douglas
18. James Dean
19. Burt Lancaster
20. The Marx Brothers
21. Buster Keaton
22. Sidney Poitier
23. Robert Mitchum
24. Edward G. Robinson
25. William Holden

The women

1. Katharine Hepburn
2. Bette Davis
3. Audrey Hepburn
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Greta Garbo
6. Marilyn Monroe
7. Elizabeth Taylor
8. Judy Garland
9. Marlene Dietrich
10. Joan Crawford
11. Barbara Stanwyck
12. Claudette Colbert
13. Grace Kelly
14. Ginger Rogers
15. Mae West
16. Vivien Leigh
17. Lillian Gish
18. Shirley Temple
19. Rita Hayworth
20. Lauren Bacall
21. Sophia Loren
22. Jean Harlow
23. Carole Lombard
24. Mary Pickford
25. Ava Gardner