Though farmers are usually considered the most down to earth people, they have been the subject of some very famous films. I recently stumbled across an article that celebrated National Farmer’s Market Week (Aug. 7 – 13), by highlighting five films about farming, including The Straight Story, starring Richard Farnsworth (Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables).

Though he was up against some stiff competition, it comes as no surprise that the winner of our Ultimate Classical Hero contest, Gilbert Blythe, is the soul mate of your favourite heroine, Anne Shirley!  With a total of 1,381 total votes over the past four weeks - in comparison to the first runner-up, Mr. Darcy (who had a total of 855 votes) - Gilbert won by a considerable margin!

The most shy and gentle hero of all, Matthew Cuthbert, placed first in last week’s round of our Ultimate Classical Hero Contest!  He earned a total of 589 points, followed by the strikingly handsome, Rhett Butler.  His famous stand against Scarlett O’Hara has the same impact on viewers, more than 70 years later.  To see a full list of everyone’s scores, see below.

Last week’s results of the Ultimate Hero Contest are in and it seems that Jane Austen’s heroic creation, Mr. Darcy, has won by a landslide (607 votes), with Indiana Jones placing second at 241 total votes.  All voting results can be found in the chart below.  And now, we have a new list of ten men to choose from!

The first week of our Ultimate Classical Hero Contest is now complete and, not surprisingly to some, Gilbert Blythe is currently in first place, followed by everybody’s favourite “Pa”, Charles Ingalls!  It was a tight race - Aragorn was narrowly squeezed out of the competition (see results below) – and we now have a new set of men for you to choose from.

Now that we’ve celebrated our favourite women from literature, it’s time to switch genders and focus on the most memorable men in our lives in the lead up to Father's Day.  Starting now, Sullivan Entertainment’s “Ultimate Classical Hero Contest” is up and running! Here’s how it works:

Not too long ago we conducted a very successful “Ultimate Classical Heroine” contest in which we crowned our top female, Anne Shirley, and created a very inspirational video featuring all of our favourite women (which you can see here).  We’ve been receiving lots of inquires as to whether we are planning to conduct a Heroes contest and we are very excited to confirm that we are!