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I had a longer post that was swallowed by my browser-
In any case, 60 is the new 40. It simply is- if you look at pictures through the generations you can see the difference. From the 1960s forward, people simply could and did take better care of themselves.
And, youth is more highly prized, so there are so many more attempts at appearing as young as possible than there ever was.
Teen culture wasn't even a thing until almost the 50s (Bing Crosby was practically some upstart kid when be started out).
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And, youth is more highly prized, so there are so many more attempts at appearing as young as possible than there ever was.
And ACTING as young as possible, too, I think, even if that means being foolish and undignified.
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Steve McQueen looked 50 in The Blob. Some people are born old. Lorne Greene looked older all his career. Some people look younger than they are. Paul Burke was older than Robert Lansing, but ABC replaced Landing with Burke on 12 O'Clock High because Burke came across younger.
Look at High School yearbooks from the 50's and 60's. Everyone looked like their own parents. Horn rimmed glasses, Brylcreem in the hair, suits and ties on the guys. I swear, my did did yardwork in slacks and a dress shirt.
My dad. Perfect example. Young at heart, but grew up in rougher times in the Bronx. He didn't have time to be a "kid." He quit high school (got his GED later), supported his mom and brother, went into the army, came out and went right back to work. Got married, had two kids, worked 3 jobs, bought house, worked in the yard on his one day off a week (Sunday) and finally passed away at 66 from a heart attack. Drank and smoked most of his life, but quit cigarettes when I was a baby. Not the booze, though. He loved a drink or 7.
His favorite actors? Bogart, Tracey, Flynn, Brando, Borgnine, Cooper, Ladd, and so on. It's generational. Life was tougher - physically. So everyone carried it.
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It might be styles of casting, but it seems that some actors in the past had more character to their faces - and I'm seeing more "cookie-cutter" bland model faces lately. It's not as 100% cut and dried as that (there are indeed bland faces in the past and distinctive looking faces now) and certainly there does seem to be a trend of people still acting and behaving teen/20something as they age well past that point rather than starting to act "grown-up" and mature once they reach college age.
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