Best Scene: Jim tries to save Plato.
4. Alec Guinness in The Prisoner- This a disjointed work, but Guinness gives a powerful turn nevertheless.
Best Scene: The Cardinal breaks down.
3. Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers- Guinness gives a very enjoyable performance in his peculiar creation.
Best Scene: Professor Marcus double crosses Louie.
2. Toshiro Mifune in I live in Fear- Mifune, despite being quite miscast as a seventy year old, gives a powerful portrayal of a debilitating fear.
Best Scene: Nakajima looks on as another man states facts about nuclear fallout.
1. Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter- Good predictions Mark, Maciej, Kevin. Robert Mitchum gives perhaps his best performance. Mitchum gives a brilliantly stylistic turn in his creation of the charming, passionate and sadistic Harry Powell. The year overall came right down to the evil preacher and the good butcher. I'll give Mitchum the win for the moment, but a re-watch of Marty could possibly swing things Borgnine's way as they both give great performances.
Best Scene: Powell prepares for a murder.
Overall Rank:
- Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter
- Ernest Borgnine in Marty
- Laurence Olivier in Richard III
- Spencer Tracy in Bad Day At Black Rock
- James Dean in East of Eden
- Toshiro Mifune in I Live in Fear
- Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers
- Masayuki Mori in Floating Clouds
- Jean Servais in Rififi
- Alec Guinness in The Prisoner
- Danny Kaye in the Court Jester
- Fredric March in The Desperate Hours
- James Stewart in The Man From Laramie
- Dirk Bogarde in Cast a Dark Shadow
- Toshiro Mifune in Samurai II
- Curd Jurgens in The Devil's General
- Broderick Crawford in Il Bidone
- Gunnar Björnstrand in Smiles of a Summer Night
- Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch
- Henry Fonda in Mister Roberts
- James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
- Dilip Kumar in Devdas
- Richard Basehart in Il Bidone
- Henrik Malberg in Ordet
- Richard Todd in The Dam Busters
- Jean Gabin in French Cancan
- Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner
- Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief
- Peter Ustinov in We're No Angels
- Humphrey Bogart in We're No Angels
- Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours
- Michael Redgrave in The Dam Busters
- Cornel Wilde in The Big Combo
- Glenn Ford in Blackboard Jungle
- Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly
- James Cagney in Love Me or Leave Me
- Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma
- Rock Hudson in All That Heaven Allows
- Glenn Ford in Trial
- Edmund Gwenn in The Trouble With Harry
- John Forsythe in The Trouble With Harry
- Larry Roberts in Lady and the Tramp
- Subir Banerjee in Pather Panchali
- Jack Palance in The Big Knife
- Frank Sinatra in Guys and Dolls
- Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls
- Jamie Smith in Killer's Kiss
- William Holden in Picnic
- Robert Arden in Mr. Arkadin
- Frank Sinatra in The Man with the Golden Arm
- Glenn Ford in Interrupted Melody
- Jack Webb in Pete Kelly's Blues
- William Holden in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Aldo Ray in We're No Angels
- Elroy Hirch in Unchained
- Bela Lugosi in Bride of the Monster
- Billy Chapin in The Night of the Hunter
- Josef Lukáš in Journey to the Beginning of Time
- Petr Herrmann in Journey to the Beginning of Time
- Zdeněk Husták in Journey to the Beginning of Time
- Vladimír Bejval in Journey to the Beginning of Time
- Tony McCoy in Bride of the Monster
19 comments:
Raymond Massey - East Of Eden
Robert Ryan - Bad Day At Black Rock
William Powell - Mister Roberts
Arthur Kennedy - The Man From Larasie
Rod Steiger - Oklahoma
Can Arthur Kennedy finally give a great performance.
Can Robert Ryan finally win.
Will Raymond Massey be considered overated by Louis.
Will William Holden and Rod Steiger return to the Oscar blog.
Will Louis ever see Diabolique.
Tune in next week, same Louis time, same Morgan channel.
BATMAN =D.
Robert Ryan - Bad Day At Black Rock
Raymond Massey - East Of Eden
Sidney Poitier - Blackboard Jungle
Arthur Kennedy - The Man From Larasie
Takashi Shimura - I Live in Fear
What did you make to Memories of Murder =D Louis.
RatedRStar: I rather liked it, I found its ending scenes particularly effective. I was a little taken aback at first with how light of a tone it had considering its subject matter and the fact that South Korean films of this vein tend to be rather grim. I did not mind though, as I found quite compelling throughout and funny when it wanted to be. On side note, although Song Kang-ho is decent actor, and pretty good in this film, whenever I see him all I can think is how much better Choi Min-sik would be in the same role.
Robert Ryan - Bad Day At Black Rock
Raymond Massey - East Of Eden
Arthur Kennedy - The Man From Laramie
Paul Maurisse - Diabolique
Charles Vanel - Diabolique
My winning request would be Peter Boyle in "Joe", for 1970 (I'll leave the category to you Louis, since he isn't quite leading, but also a bit more than supporting, so whatever would fit you :D).
As for '55 supporting, the only performance that comes to my mind is Massy in "East of Eden".
Raymond Massey in East of Eden
James Cagney in Mister Roberts
Sidney Poitier in Blackboard Jungle
Robert Ryan in Bad Day at Black Rock
Takeshi Shimura in I Live in Fear
Ah, hell. I'll have a little fun for this one. My winning request is 2004 Best Actor- Will Ferrell in Anchorman.
Mark: Oh, this should be fun.
For 1955 Supporting:
Arthur Kennedy in The Man from Laramie
Raymond Massey in East of Eden
Sidney Poitier in Blackboard Jungle
Robert Ryan in Bad Day at Black Rock
Takashi Shimura in I Live in Fear
Charles Vanel in Diabolique
at least the 2004 predictions should be easier now =D for last place that is =D.
For 1955 supporting actor
William Powell in Mister Roberts
James Cagney in Mister Roberts
Sidney Poitier in Blackboard Jungle
Vic Morrow in Blackboard Jungle
Raymond Massey in East of Eden
Will Ferrell? If I knew someone would request him I would have requested Rip Torn in Dodgeball for 2004 supporting a year ago! No, seriously.
This is off topic but Louis, you once said The World According to Garp is a very unique film, what did you mean by that, was it nice or odd or ? lol.
What I meant was that its story was all it's own. I'm not really that much of fan of the film. I think it's fine, but I don't find it all that interesting.
I see you put Olivier in this year instead of the next. Now that they're not competeing against each other, what performance do you truely think is better: Douglas or Olivier?
A re-watch Richard might either give Olivier the win out of the official nominees or give Douglas the win, but in my memory they are still on the same level.
Hey Louis, my request is for 2009 Best Actor -
Sharlto Copley in District 9
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