Runners up, as nominated by readers, go to a handful of oldies: "The Stars Fell on Henrietta, " "Tulsa, " and "Boom Town, " the latter featuring Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

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Even a series this broad can't fully limn Tracy's prolific career. (He made more than 70 films.) Thus the terrific "Boom Town" (1940), with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, isn't included, nor is the biopic "Edison, the Man" (also 1940).

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