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Poll: Biopics of the Greatest Male Stars

American Film Institute on June 15, 1999, published a list of 50 screen legends: 25 male and 25 female. The American Film Institute defined an "American screen legend" as an actor or a team of actors during the classic film era with a significant screen presence in American feature-length (at least 40 min) films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950, but whose death has marked a completed body of work.

For which of the following stars would you choose to make a biography film? After voting, discuss here.

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