Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1953: Results

5. Lee Marvin in The Wild One - Marvin steals the film in just a couple of scenes with his entertaining portrayal of a boisterous biker.

Best Scene: The Beetles arrive into town.
4. Otto Preminger in Stalag 17 - Preminger gives an enjoyable, with just enough menace, performance as the smug camp commandant.

Best Scene: The man trying to "escape" is killed.
3. Jay Robinson in The Robe - Robinson makes himself the highlight of the film by giving a lively energetic performance in an otherwise rather bland film.

Best Scene: Gallio's trail.
2. John Gielgud in Julius Caesar - Gielgud gives a great performance through his devious portrayal of Cassius that acts a particularly effective counterpoint to James Mason's honest portrayal of Brutus.

Best Scene: Cassius before the battle.
1. Ernest Borgnine in From Here to Eternity - This year came down for me between Gielgud who gives a great performance with a great material against Borgnine who gives a gives a great performance with very limited material. Although Borgnine only has a few minutes of screen time he makes a substantial impact with his intimidating portrayal of a vicious soldier.

Best Scene: Fatso warns Maggio
Overall Rank:
  1. William Holden in Stalag 17 
  2. Robert Ryan in The Naked Spur
  3. Ernest Borgnine in From Here to Eternity
  4. John Gielgud in Julius Caesar 
  5. Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar 
  6. Roland Lesaffre in Thérèse Raquin
  7. Jay Robinson in The Robe
  8. Otto Preminger in Stalag 17 
  9. Lee Marvin in The Wild One
  10. Hans Conried in The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T   
  11. Isao Yamagata in Gate of Hell
  12. Charles Laughton in Young Bess 
  13. Jūzō Dosan in Love Letter
  14. Shirō Ōsaka in Tokyo Story
  15. Boris Karloff in A & C meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  16. Jack Palance in Shane
  17. Richard Erdman in Stalag 17
  18. James Mason in The Desert Rats 
  19. Charles Laughton in Salome 
  20. Joseph Cotten in Niagara 
  21. Jukichi Uno in Love Letter
  22. James Mason in The Story of Three Loves 
  23. Jacques Duby in Thérèse Raquin
  24. Peter Graves in Stalag 17   
  25. Millard Mitchell in The Naked Spur
  26. Lee Marvin in The Big Heat
  27. Neville Brand in Stalag 17   
  28. James Whitmore in Kiss Me Kate
  29. Keenan Wynn in Kiss Me Kate 
  30. William Powell in How to Marry a Millionaire  
  31. Ralph Meeker in The Naked Spur
  32. Gill Stratton in Stalag 17 
  33. Robinson Stone in Stalag 17
  34. William Tubbs in The Wages of Fear  
  35. Sig Ruman in Stalag 17  
  36. So Yamamura in Tokyo Story 
  37. Robert Strauss in Stalag 17 
  38. Hasse Ekman in Sawdust and Tinsel 
  39. Peter van Eyck in The Wages of Fear
  40. Robert Beatty in Man on a Tightrope  
  41. Jack Buchanan in The Band Wagon 
  42. Donald O'Connor in Call Me Madam
  43. Alberto Sordi in I Vitelloni
  44. Franco Interlenghi in I Vitelloni
  45. Franco Frabrizi in I Vitelloni 
  46. Leopoldo Trieste in I Vitelloni 
  47. Vittorio de Sica in The Earrings of Madame de... 
  48. Kirk Douglas in The Story of Three Loves 
  49. Edmond O'Brien in Julius Caesar
  50. Scott Forbes in Charade
  51. Robert Newton in The Desert Rats 
  52. Bill Thompson in Peter Pan 
  53. Farley Granger in The Story of Three Loves 
  54. George Sanders in Call Me Madam 
  55. Folco Lulli in The Wages of Fear
  56. Brian Aherne in Titanic
  57. Edmund Trizcinski in Stalag 17 
  58. Karl Malden in I Confess
  59. Alexander Scourby in The Big Heat
  60. Louis Calhern in Julius Caesar 
  61. David Wayne in How to Marry a Millionaire 
  62. Hugh Griffith in The Beggar's Opera 
  63. Edmund Gwenn in The Bigamist
  64. Harvey Lembeck in Stalag 17 
  65. Donald Sindon in The Cruel Sea 
  66. Eddie Albert in Roman Holiday
  67. Stanley Holloway in The Titfield Thunderbolt
  68. Hugh Griffith in The Titfield Thunderbolt 
  69. Jack Warden in From Here to Eternity
  70. Richard Boone in Man on a Tightrope  
  71. Adam Williams in The Big Heat  
  72. Charles Coburn in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 
  73. Denholm Elliott in The Cruel Sea 
  74. Miles Malleson in The Captain's Paradise
  75. Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity
  76. Charles Goldner in The Captain's Paradise 
  77. Stanley Baker in The Cruel Sea
  78. John McIntire in The Mississippi Gambler 
  79. Adolph Menjou in Man on a Tightrope 
  80. Oscar Levant in The Band Wagon 
  81. Don Taylor in Stalag 17  
  82. Reginald Denny in A & C meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  83. Anthony Perkins in The Actress 
  84. Michael Rennie in The Robe 
  85. Tom Tully in The Moon is Blue
  86. Ward Bond in Hondo
  87. Richard Kiley in Pickup on South Street
  88. Paul Cavanagh in House of Wax  
  89. George Reeves in From Here to Eternity 
  90. Paul Cavanagh in The Mississippi Gambler 
  91. Elisha Cook Jr. in Shane 
  92. Frank Lovejoy in House of Wax 
  93. Howard Keel in Calamity Jane 
  94. James Whitmore in All The Brothers Were Valiant
  95. Keenan Wynn in All The Brothers Were Valiant 
  96. Henry Morgan in Torch Song 
  97. Bela Lugosi in Glen or Glenda
  98. Brian Aherne in I Confess  
  99. John Harryson in Summer With Monika 
  100. Emile Meyer in Shane
  101. Ray Teal in The Wild One 
  102. Cameron Mitchell in Man on a Tightrope 
  103. Richard Baseheart in Titanic
  104. Gig Young in Torch Song 
  105. Geoffrey Toone in The Man Between 
  106. Rhys Williams in Man in the Attic
  107. Ryosuke Kagawa in Ugetsu  
  108. Robert Keith in The Wild One 
  109. Philip Ober in From Here to Eternity
  110. Cedric Hardwicke in Salome 
  111. Donald Sinden in Magambo
  112. Harley Power in Roman Holiday
  113. Robert Wagner in Titanic
  114. Jean-Pierre Aumont in Lili 
  115. Peter Lind Hayes in The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T 
  116. Michael Pate in Hondo
  117. Cecil Kellaway in Young Bess  
  118. Lyle Bettger in All I Desire 
  119. Harcourt Williams in Roman Holiday 
  120. Karl Malden in Take the High Ground 
  121. Alan Badel in Salome
  122. Paul Picerni in House of Wax 
  123. Tommy Wall in Kiss Me Kate
  124. Bobby Van in Kiss Me Kate 
  125. Richard Long in All I Desire 
  126. Brandon De Wilde in Shane 
  127. Stewart Granger in Young Bess 
  128. Dean Jagger in The Robe
  129. Craig Stevens in A & C meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  130. Elliott Reid in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  131. Tommy Noonan in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 
  132. Byron Palmer in Man in the Attic  
  133. Victor Mature in The Robe
  134. J. Carrol Naish in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef 
  135. Guy Rolfe in Young Bess 
  136. Richard Brewster in Little Fugitive 
  137. Lloyd Nolan in Crazylegs 
  138. Gregory Moffett in Robot Monster
Next Year: 1967 Lead

19 comments:

Robert MacFarlane said...

Robert Blake in In Cold Blood
Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier in To Sir with Love
James Garner in Hour of the Gun
Alain Delon in Le Samouraï

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Rating & thoughts on Hans Conried in Peter Pan, Robert Ryan in The Naked Spur and James Mason in The Desert Rats

1967 Lead
Lee Marvin - The Dirty Dozen
Sidney Poitier - In The Heat Of The Night
Richard Harris - Camelot
Robert Blake/Scott Wilson -In Cold Blood
Toshiro Mifune - Samurai Rebellion

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

Thoughts/Ratings On:
Robert Ryan in The Naked Spur
Hans Conried in Peter Pan
James Mason in The Desert Rats
Edmund Trizcinski and Harvey Lembeck in Stalag 17 (if you can't tell I'm a massive fan of this film)

As for 1967 recommendations, you gotta do Poitier. Poitier. Poitier. I have a feeling we might have a William Hurt/Raul Julia on our hands...

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

Also I see Jack Palance has been bumped up to a 3.5! :) Any particular reason?

Anonymous said...

Robert Morse in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Michael McCarthy said...

Borgnine over Gielgud? Hmmmm....

Sidney Poitier-In the Heat of the Night
Robert Blake-In Cold Blood
Scott Wilson-In Cold Blood
James Garner-The Hour of the Gun
Richard Burton-The Taming of the Shrew
Dirk Bogarde-Accident
Dirk Bogarde-Our Mother's House

Also Louis, might your next visit to the 50's be 1957 Supporting? I really wanna see your review of Lancaster.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Ooh, there are two from The Seventh Seal he could do for 57 Supporting.

Michael McCarthy said...

Ohhhh I forgot about The Seventh Seal. And then there's Lee J. Cobb in 12 Angry Men.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Gunnar Björnstrand HAS to be reviewed for that movie.

Matt Mustin said...

Sidney Poitier in In The Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier in To Sir, With Love
Robert Blake in In Cold Blood

GM said...

Alain Delon - The Godson
Marlon Brando - Reflections in a Golden Eye
Robert Blake - In Cold Blood
Scott Wilson - In Cold Blood
Sidney Poitier - In the Head of the Night
Toshiro Mifune - Samurai Rebellion
Tetsuro Tanba - Three Outlaw Samurai

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Conried - 3.5(Although Peter Pan is quite an obnoxious "hero" and really most of the stuff involving the Lost Boys is pretty lame the stuff involving Hook and his true adversary the crocodile are great. Part of this is because of Conried's entertaining voice work as Hook who he manages to make particularly endearing while still menacing enough. Plus an extra bonus for doing the Darling's father like Hook but with just enough of a difference to suggest a different character still)

Ryan - 4.5(Very close to a 5. All of the Stewart/Mann westerns should have had him as the villain instead of Arthur Kennedy because Ryan shows how it is done. Ryan can play a heavy in his sleep but this is one of the best examples of it. He actually cuts back on the menace here instead he gives an incredibly charismatic portrayal of his character's casual manner and Ryan makes it completely believable the way his character manipulates almost everyone)

Mason - 3.5(Somewhat wasted as his scenes almost seemed like they were added just to let Mason do a reprisal of Rommel. He's still good as he was in The Desert Fox with an extra ounce of intimidation since this Rommel is more villainous but there's just not much here for him)

GetDonladSutherlandanOscar:

Trizcinski - 3(His performance is not much more than a cameo but the way he reads the letter and his delivery of "I believe it" is absolutely hilarious)

Lembeck - 3(I like his performance but the reason he would be fairly low in my ranking is that his attempts at comedy are always particularly obvious whereas the likes of Stratton and Ruman manage to be funnier without having to try so hard)

To be honest I was being overly critical of Palance in my original review. Although his role isn't that substantial he does a whole lot with those looks of his and he's great in both of his "prove it" scenes.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Fun fact about Captain Hook: Walt Disney vetoed killing him off because he knew audiences liked him more than Pan.

Michael Patison said...

Robert Blake in In Cold Blood
Alain Delon in Le Samourai
Peter Finch in Far from the Madding Crowd
James Garner in Hour of the Gun
Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night
Scott Wilson in In Cold Blood

Others:
Richard Burton in The Taming of the Shrew
Albert Finney in Two for the Road
Richard Harris in Camelot
Marcello Mastroianni in The Stranger
Sidney Poitier in To Sir, with Love

Michael Patison said...

Also, rating and thoughts on Karloff in ACMDJMH

Louis Morgan said...

Karloff - 4(Although it's a comedic version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Karloff does not seem to care. Although as Hyde he's mostly caught in slapstick comedy antics, but as Jekyll (who is quite evil in this version) he's actually rather chilling. He does lusty old man in quite the fiendish way and even though he's acting with a very broad comedian Karloff still brings the gravitas to his role)

Anonymous said...

Louis, what are your thoughts of Peter O'Toole in "The Night Of The Generals?

Louis Morgan said...

That's one where I really need a re-watch as I have not seen it in some time, and even then it was not in the best circumstances. I do recall his performance being a lot like the second half of his performance in The Ruling Class in a good way.

TParker said...

Folco Lulli was excellent in The Wages of Fear.