Best Scene: George dissects radio advertisements.
4. Edmond O'Brien in White Heat- O'Brien's role is overshadowed by Cagney's but he serves his part well as the man of two faces one a loyal gangster and the other a humane face within all the insanity.
Best Scene: Fallon is found out.
3. Claude Rains in The Passionate Friends- Rains is terrific here taking a thankless role and with it stealing the entire film through his genuine portrayal.
Best Scene: Howard stops Mary's suicide attempt.
2. Orson Welles in The Third Man- Welles appearance in this film is brief yet he makes a tremendous impact through very memorable portrayal of the slick yet slimy Harry Lime.
Best Scene: Lime's intro.
1. Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets- Good Prediction RatedRStar, George Woolf, and Michael Patison. This was a very close choice between Welles and Guinness as there roles are very different. Where Welles plays one short role brilliantly, Guinness portrays eight different roles. Guinness succeeds incredibly in his roles as he manages to be both visible and invisible at the same time. He does something individual and special for each character leaving a very memorable impression.
Best Scene: The Parson indulges in a drink.
Overall Rank:
- Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Orson Welles in The Third Man
- Ralph Richardson in The Heiress
- Claude Rains in The Passionate Friends
- James Mason in The Reckless Moment
- Trevor Howard in The Third Man
- Juano Hernandez in Intruder in the Dust
- Edmond O'Brien in White Heat
- Robert Ryan in Act of Violence
- James Whitmore in Battleground
- Arthur Kennedy in Champion
- Dan Duryea in Criss Cross
- Kirk Douglas in A Letter To Three Wives
- Bing Crosby in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- David Wayne in Adam's Rib
- Robert Keith in My Foolish Heart
- Michael Gough in The Small Back Room
- Tom Ewell in Adam's Rib
- William Bendix in The Big Steal
- Takashi Shimura in The Quiet Duel
- Ricardo Montalban in Battleground
- Jack Hawkins in The Small Back Room
- Bernard Lee in The Third Man
- Victor McLaglen in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Paul Horbiger in The Third Man
- Isao Kimura in Stray Dog
- Ernest Deutsch in The Third Man
- Gen Shimizu in Stray Dog
- Ronald Howard in The Queen of Spades
- Shepperd Strudwick in All the King's Men
- Shemp Howard in Africa Screams
- Geoffrey Keen in The Small Back Room
- Arthur Shields in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Erich Ponto in The Third Man
- Paul Douglas in A Letter to Three Wives
- Hugh Marlowe in Come to the Stable
- John Qualen in The Big Steal
- Porter Hall in Intruder in the Dust
- Stephen McNally in Criss Cross
- Kenjiro Uemura in The Quiet Duel
- Ben Johnson in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Siegfried Breuer in The Third Man
- Steven Cochran in White Heat
- Fred Clark in White Heat
- Berry Kroeger in Act of Violence
- Henry O'Neill in Holiday Affair
- George Macready in Alias Nick Beal
- Harry Morgan in Holiday Affair
- Anthony Dawson in The Queen of Spades
- Michael Medwin in The Queen of Spades
- Luther Adler in House of Strangers
- Paul Stewart in Champion
- Paul Valentine in House of Strangers
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in House of Strangers
- Roy Roberts in The Reckless Moment
- Dean Jagger in Twelve O'Clock High
- John Agar in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Harry Carey Jr. in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Kent Smith in My Foolish Heart
- John Agar in Sands of Iwo Jima
- John Derek in All the King's Men
- Raymond Greenleaf in All the King's Men
- Gordon Gebert in Holiday Affair
- Jules Munshin in On the Town
- Jeffrey Lynn in A Letter to Three Wives
11 comments:
Hm wonder what this special set of nominees is?
if its 1935 then:
Charles Laughton - The Ruggles Of Red Cap
Robert Donat - The 39 Steps
Boris Karloff - Bride Of Frankenstein
Groucho Marx - A Night Of The Opera
Leslie Howard - The Scarlet Pimpernel
but if its special nominees then err I dont know.
my winning request is
Oskar Werner - Fahrenheit 451 (Alternate Best Actor 1966)
my advise to George Woolf, and Michael Patison is to select a nominee that probably wouldnt have been considered (like ive done) rather than an obvious one that will probably still get in.
Dang it. If you had switched your 4 and 5 spots, I would have owned the year 1949. And what do you mean by a special set of nominees?
I'm intrigued by the special set of nominees.
As for 1935:
Fred Astaire in Top Hat
Robert Donat in The 39 Steps
Errol Flynn in Captain Blood
Charles Laughton in The Ruggles of Red Gap
Groucho Marx in A Night at the Opera
I guess The Scarlet Pimpernel is 1934, so that won't work.
I think it'd also be cool if, at some point, you tried creating supporting categories from scratch from 1928-35.
For my winning request, I'm going to take RatedRStar's advice. I had seen a post of his saying about the same thing earlier and had decided on somebody for you to review, but I can't remember who it is, so I guess I'll stick to go back to an Australian flick and request either Mark Lee or Mel Gibson in Gallipoli, you can take your pick, based upon who you think is better or however you want to choose to review it. That category would be 1981 lead.
good choice Michael =D, I wasnt trying to be rude neither when I mentioned before about picks, its because people like ya know, Michael Fassbender for Shame is an obvious choice that would have got in probably if nobody considered so =D, its so that theres kinda more diverse surprise picks rather than the same ones.
No worries. It's a great idea. I had been thinking about doing it for a long time, but I was always leaning toward performances that I really love that I wouldn't really want to see perhaps get the scores I might want them to, but I think I'll just go for it now.
Your requests have been written down. I'm keeping a written list now so I definitely won't forget.
Also I think I am going to do the special set then afterwards do 35. I will give a hint about the special set, which is I probably should have done it last year.
Michael: I will try to scratch something up for supporting those year, but if I do them they will probably be like 51 and 47 unless there are a clear set of at least more than two nominees.
Fair enough. There were certain years where I could think of/found several candidates who were probably worthy (i.e. 1932 with Grand Hotel and 1935 TMWKTM and Bride of Frankenstein with a few others) and then there were many others (i.e. 1933, where there were only maybe 1 or 2 deserving performances, like Robert Donat in Henry VIII).
I obviously don't expect you to move mountains, but I thought they might be interesting whenever the blog gets to that point.
Another question. Are you going to do 1927 and 1928, or just 1928?
I'll probably do both.
Post a Comment