Best Scene: The "hero" tells the truth.
4. Peter Lorre in The Mask of Dimitrios- Lorre really does not have a character so it is to his testament that he still gives an effective and enjoyable performance.
Best Scene: Cornelius finds the smuggler in his room.
3. Ray Milland in Ministry of Fear- Milland leads this thriller effectively throughout and delivers when needing to delve in his character's dark background.
Best Scene: Stephen tells about how he murdered his wife.
2. Edward G. Robinson in The Woman in the Window- Robinson gives a subdued and effective performance as the lead in a noir who is frankly to old for a noir.
Best Scene: The professor tries to come up with a way to kill a blackmailer.
1. Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity- Good Prediction Michael Patison, JackiBoyz, RatedRStar and moviefilm. (I should note I allowed the correct prediction apply in terms of Milland whether your prediction correctly placed him for The Uninvited or Ministry of Fear) MacMurray wins this year without a second thought as his portrayal of the insurance salesman whose lusts get the better for him stands easily as the strongest leading performance of the year.
Best Scene: Keyes lights the match of Neff.
Overall Rank:
- Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity
- Laird Cregar in The Lodger
- Laurence Olivier in Henry V
- Charles Boyer in Gaslight
- Alexander Knox in None Shall Escape
- Alexander Knox in Wilson
- Edward G. Robinson in The Woman in the Window
- Ray Milland in Ministry of Fear
- Claude Rains in Mr. Skeffington
- Errol Flynn in Uncertain Glory
- Charles Laughton in The Suspect
- Gregory Peck in The Keys to the Kingdom
- Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not
- Dick Powell in Murder, My Sweet
- Robert Newton in This Happy Breed
- William Powell in The Thin Man Goes Home
- Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain
- Alf Kjellin in Torment
- Paul Lukas in Uncertain Glory
- Charles Vanel in Le Ciel Est à Vous
- Van Johnson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
- Peter Lorre in The Mask of Dimitrios
- Ray Milland in The Uninvited
- Eddie Bracken in Hail the Conquering Hero
- Pedro Armendariz in Maria Candelaria
- Dana Andrews in Laura
- Ray Milland in Till We Meet Again
- John Carradine in Bluebeard
- Luciano De Ambrosis in The Children Are Watching Us
- Nikolai Cherkasov in Ivan The Terrible Part I
- Dennis Price in A Canterbury Tale
- Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace
- Clive Brook in On Approval
- Ronald Culver in On Approval
- George Sanders in The Lodger
- John Sweet in A Canterbury Tale
- Spencer Tracy in The Seventh Cross
- Bing Crosby in Going My Way
- Cary Grant in None but the Lonely Heart
- Mickey Rooney in National Velvet
- Robert Young in The Canterville Ghost
- Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Parkington
- Zachary Scott in The Mask of Dimitrios
24 comments:
eh lol? im a bit confused, I think I got my prediction wrong didn't I.
oh wait I guess I didn't cause of The Uninvited, ah well thanks lol =D, um my request is gonna be
Jean Marais -Beauty And The Beast (Best Actor 1946)
Peter Lorre - Arsenic And Old Lace
William Bendix - Lifeboat
Edward G Robinson - Double Indeminity
William Demarest - The Miracle Of Morgans Creek
Sydney Greenstreet - The Mask Of Dimitrios
oh sweet my request is Burt Lancaster for supporting 83 in Local Hero.
Edward G Robinson - Double Indeminity
Peter Lorre - Arsenic And Old Lace
William Bendix - Lifeboat
John Hodiak - Lifeboat
William Demarest - Hail The Conquering Hero
William Bendix in Lifeboat
Laird Cregar in The Lodger
William Demarest in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Van Johnson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Peter Lorre in Arsenic and Old Lace
Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity
Robert Walker in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
As for my request, I'll go with Donald Sutherland in Without Limits in 1998 Supporting. It's probably just a 4-star performance, but I think it's great.
The Lodger might be an interesting film to check out, looks disturbing lol.
I also forgot Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios, but it looks like others got that one mentioned.
Something I've always wondered, not just from Louis but from everyone. What is the best Lead Actor performance you've seen, nominated or not? For me it's Robert De Niro in Raging Bull.
mines would be a tie between Toshiro Mifune in Rashomon and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy.
For me it would be Case Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Yes, I know he was put in Supporting, and I will call bullshit on that until I die.
Almost positive Louis is going to say F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus, and I'm going to have to agree with him there.
Michael Patison: You called it.
um I don't no if im honest who id choose lol, I could give an easy answer which would be quite biased lol.
I don't know about LEAD, but my favourite SUPPORTING performance is probably Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.
I guess mines would be William Hurt in Kiss Of The Spider Woman by default.
what about supporting, whos everyones favourite supporting performance.
My favorite Supporting is most certainly George Sanders in All About Eve.
Off the top of my head, I think my second favorite is Philippe Noiret in Cinema Paradiso.
Robert Shaw in Jaws
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Mine are as follows:
Leading: Olivier Gourmet in Le Fils
Supporting: Robert Shaw in Jaws
RatedRStar: I'm actually watching The Lodger right now, Cregar's great but I'd put him in lead.
Supporting would be Martin Landau in Ed Wood for me. Seriously, that's the performance that made me love acting.
Landau would be an absurdly strong number 2 for me.
So, my request is Tobey Maguire for Brothers. He was considered leading for the awards race, but I consider him supporting. So I'll leave it on you, Louis. :)
And my favourite performances:
leading actor: Robert De Niro - Awakenings or Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
leading actress: Ellen Burstan - Requiem for a Dream
supporting actor: (Extremely hard to choose one) Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
supporting actress: Mo'Nique - Precious and Anne Ramsey - Throw Momma from the Train
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