2. James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- James Stewart using his charm which only has really gives a very strong performance. Stewart really is great in his way as the innocent Smith, to his transition to the lone man fighting for what is right.
1. Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind- Clark Gable gives a truly legendary performance as Rhett Butler. Rhett is made is into the extremely memorable character by Gable. Gable is able to stand out in this epic, and stand with Vivien Leigh which is an incredible achievement. An iconic performance that is truly a great performance. This whole year was a great year for acting performances, and each would have been deserving in any year, but I feel Gable happens to be the most powerful, most effective performance, and really was the most challenging character. For such achievement Gable becomes my second two time lead winner now tying with Walter Huston.
John Wayne in Stagecoach
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Well, I guess I have to re-watch Gone with the Wind and Mr Smith Goes to Washington, to see if I agree with you. Right now, my pick is Gable, because he's so legendary.
I was surprised a little by this, but he's certainly worthy.
Gable to me is like a Bogart -- just delivers "movie-star" performances -- although Gable was a much more expressive and capable performer.
Most of the time "movie-star" performances work perfectly; like George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" as an example. But Gable just doesn't make Rhett compelling enough to match the captivating spirit Leigh brings to Scarlett.
Well again I disagree, I really do not see the film working nearly as well without Gable's performance. And I certainly would not say any of George Clooney's performance compare at all to any of Clark Gable's performances.
I'm talkin' about the slick, charismatic screen presence that they both have in common, and that Clooney displays in Michael Clayton.
I do not think Clooney's screen presence is anything that special actually.
I totally disagree with your views on Clooney, but I've said that previously so I'll just leave it there. In my opinion: Charismatic? Absolutely. Overrated? Perhaps. Bad/Terrible Actor? Far/Incredibly far from it. But that's beside the point. My real question is, where would you have ranked Basil Rathbone if he had been nominated for The Hound of the Baskervilles?
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