Best Scene: After Kane loses the election.
4. Herbert Marshall in The Little Foxes - Marshall gives a very moving portrayal of the physical and mental decay of a decent man among fiends.
Best Scene: Horace rejects Regina's request.
3. Edward Arnold in The Devil and Daniel Webster - Arnold realizes the assumed greatness of his character through his strong presence and genuine passion.
Best Scene: Daniel Webster addresses the jury.
2. Laird Cregar in I Wake Up Screaming - Cregar gives a brilliantly grim portrayal of his shadowy detective, but also manages to be rather heartbreaking when explaining the underlying motivations of the character.
Best Scene: Ed Cornell reveals his connection to the deceased.
1. Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon - Peter Lorre is superb managing to be both quite humorous and very sinister in his enigmatic portrayal of Joel Cairo. This an amazing year for supporting actor, especially for the 40's, and I really hate to leave Arnold out of the top five.
Best Scene: Cairo's arrival.
Overall Rank:
- Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Van Heflin in Johnny Eager
- Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon
- Laird Cregar in I Wake Up Screaming
- Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon
- Edward Arnold in The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Herbert Marshall in The Little Foxes
- Joseph Cotten in Citizen Kane
- Claude Rains in The Wolf Man
- Claude Rains in Here Comes Mr. Jordan
- Donald Crisp in How Green Was My Valley
- Barry Fitzgerald in The Sea Wolf
- William Demarest in The Lady Eve
- Elisha Cook, Jr. in The Maltese Falcon
- Leslie Howard in 49th Parallel
- John Qualen in The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Anton Walbrook in 49th Parallel
- Walter Brennan in Meet John Doe
- Dana Andrews in Ball of Fire
- Gene Lockhart in The Sea Wolf
- Niall MacGinnis in 49th Parallel
- Richard Haydn in Ball of Fire
- Henry Travers in Ball of Fire
- S.Z. Sakall in Ball of Fire
- Leonard Kinskey in Ball of Fire
- Tully Marshall in Ball of Fire
- Aubrey Mather in Ball of Fire
- Oskar Homolka in Ball of Fire
- Edmund Gwenn in The Devil and Miss Jones
- H.B. Warner in The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Raymond Massey in 49th Parallel
- Charles Coburn in The Lady Eve
- S.Z. Sakall in The Devil and Miss Jones
- Alan Hale in The Strawberry Blonde
- Elisha Cook, Jr. in I Wake Up Screaming
- Finlay Currie in 49th Parallel
- William Demarest in Sullivan's Travels
- Edward Everett Horton in Here Comes Mr. Jordan
- Robert Cummings in The Devil and Miss Jones
- Edward Arnold in Meet John Doe
- Jack Carson in Love Crazy
- Donald MacBride in High Sierra
- Eugene Pallette in The Lady Eve
- Ward Bond in The Maltese Falcon
- Jack Carson in The Strawberry Blonde
- Porter Hall in Sullivan's Travels
- Jerome Cowan in The Maltese Falcon
- Edward Arnold in Johnny Eager
- James Gleason in Meet John Doe
- Henry Travers in High Sierra
- Walter Brennan in Sergeant York
- Laurence Olivier in 49th Parallel
- Rhys Williams in How Green Was My Valley
- Richard Carlson in The Little Foxes
- Dan Duryea in Ball of Fire
- Barry Fitzgerald in How Green Was My Valley
- Henry Hull in High Sierra
- Frances Sullivan in "Pimpernel Smith"
- Nigel Bruce in Suspicion
- Dan Duryea in The Little Foxes
- Bela Lugosi in The Wolf Man
- Ray Collins in Citizen Kane
- Vladimir Sokoloff in Love Crazy
- Barton MacLane in The Maltese Falcon
- James Barton in The Shepherd of the Hills
- Gene Lockhart in The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Ralph Bellamy in The Wolf Man
- Paul Stewart in Citizen Kane
- Cornel Wilde in High Sierra
- Charles Dingle in The Little Foxes
- Arthur Kennedy in High Sierra
- Ward Bond in The Shepherd of the Hills
- Leo G. Carroll in Suspicion
- Walter Pidgeon in How Green Was My Valley
- William Alland in Citizen Kane
- Ward Bond in Sergeant York
- Carl Benton Reed in The Little Foxes
- Alan Mowbray in That Hamilton Woman
- Sam Levene in Shadow of the Thin Man
- Walter Abel in Hold Back the Dawn
- George Tobias in Sergeant York
- Allyn Joslyn in I Wake Up Screaming
- Cy Kendall in Johnny Eager
- George Coulouris in Citizen Kane
- Alan Mowbray in I Wake Up Screaming
- Everett Sloane in Citizen Kane
- James Gleason in Here Comes Mr. Jordan
- Arthur Shields in How Green Was My Valley
- Paul Stewart in Johnny Eager
24 comments:
Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
Michael Rooker - Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
Leslie Cheung - Days Of Being Wild
Mel Gibson - Hamlet
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas
Gabriel Byrne in Miller's Crossing
Michael Rooker in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Tim Robbins in Jacob's Ladder
Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands
Michael Rooker in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands
Gabriel Byrne in Miller's Crossing
James Caan in Misery
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas
Gabriel Byrne in Miller's Crossing
James Caan in Misery
Iain Glen in Silent Scream
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas
Michael Rooker in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
HELL yeah Heflin, I'm glad he's so high. Also, isn't it interesting that there are now two years where the same pair (Bogart & Huston) has won Lead and Supporting actor together?
Michael Rooker- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
James Caan-Misery
Tim Robbins-Jacob's Ladder
Johnny Depp-Edward Scissorhands
Gabriel Byrne-Miller's Crossing
I super don't think Gibson needs a review for Hamlet, the only one in that cast that really impressed me was Ian Holm.
For supporting, can you please review Gary Oldman for State of Grace?
Louis is The Little Foxes in your Top 10 for 1941? Because I really liked it. Also, would you say that your favorite Bette Davis performance is All About Eve, The Little Foxes or Now Voyager?
Leslie Cheung - Days Of Being Wild
Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
Tim Robbins - Jacobs Ladder
Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
Michael Rooker - Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Stellan Skarsgard/Good Evenin Mr.Wallenberg
Michael Rooker/Henry
Tim Robbins
Robin Williams/Awakening
Depp/Edward Scissorhands
My request, Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas
Michael Rooker in Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer
Tim Robbins in Jacob's Ladder
Christopher Walken in King of New York
Also thoughts and ratings on:
Barry Fitzgerald in The Sea Wolf
The cast of The 49th Parallel (and your thoughts on the film itself)
Edmund Gwenn in The Devil and Miss Jones
William Demarest in The Lady Eve and Sullivan's Travels
Paul Stewart in Johnny Eager
Also has your top 10 for 1941 changed at all?
Tim Robbins in Jacob's Ladder
Also thoughts and ratings on Leslie Howard in "Pimpernel" Smith, I loved that film, it's great what an patriot Howard was and that was a terrific example of him mixing his charm and abilities with a patriotic message.
Forgot to request my favorite of the year...
Michael Blanc/Monsieur Hire
Fuck! Forgot to request John Cusack for The Grifters, you havent reviewed him once Louis.
James Caan - Misery
Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
Tim Robbins - Jacob's Ladder
Michael Rooker - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Leslie Cheung - Days of Being Wild
Danny Glover - To Sleep with Anger
Maynard Eziashi - Mister Johnson
Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Part III
1. Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
2. Al Pacino - The Godfather part III
3. Michael Rooker - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
4. James Caan - Misery
5. Wojciech Pszoniak - Korczak
Also you may consider:
Gabriel Byrne - Miller's Crossing
John Cusack - The Grifters
Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
Robin Williams - Awakenings
Al Pacino – The Godfather: Part III
Danny Glover – To Sleep with Anger
Johnny Depp – Edward Scissorhands
Ray Liotta – Goodfellas
Robin Williams – Awakenings
To the people requesting Pacino, Louis already gave his thoughts on him. Gave him a 4.
Leslie Cheung - Days Of Being Wild (One of my winning requests)
Louis now that you have seen a few more films what would be ur top ten of 1941?
christian slater -pump up the volume
steve martin - my blue heaven
patrick swayze -ghost
alan rickman -truly madly deeply
jim broadbent - life is sweet
Actually Slater in Pump Up the Volume is a good shout, as is Rickman for truly madley deeply. Neither of them are amazing performances IMO, but charming and enjoyable enough, maybe worth looking at for the overall ranking.
Actually I know a few fans of Slater in Pump Up the Volume, and they usually hate him.
1941:
1.The Maltese Falcon
2.Citizen Kane
3.The Devil And Daniel Webster
4.The Strawberry Blonde
5.Sullivan’s Travels
6.Dumbo
7.The Little Foxes
8.The Sea Wolf
9."Pimpernel" Smith
10.Love Crazy
Anonymous: Oldman's very likely.
Anonymous:
Little Foxes
GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:
Fitzgerald - 4(Fitzgerald is a hoot in his purposefully grotesque portrayal of essentially Edward G. Robinson's character's toady. Fitzgerald goes intense but never quite absurd building the atmosphere of the ship quite well)
The 49th Parallel - (It's message is particularly obvious, although that usually fairly easy to accept when it's anti-Hitler propaganda, and it is not way soft handed in its approach. Nevertheless it tells its story really well though and manages to be a rather compelling film even though it boils down to just how awesome the people that make up the allies are)
Portman - 2.5(He does his cold evil note well enough, and at least stands out unlike some of the Nazis though, but his performance is particularly one note)
Howard - 3.5(Howard I find is best when he plays technically somewhat smug particularly assured character. He's good here and it's interesting how charming he can be when he relaxes in a role as he does here. Howard commands his section completely and does rather well in conveying his character as he measures his own cowardice)
Walbrook - 3.5(Walbrook's performance is made up of just basically moral speeches, and he delivers all of them really well. He brings the weight they need while never seeming like he is forcing the message of the film)
MacGinnis - 3.5(He stands out the best among the Nazis and is really quite moving in portraying the subtle realization of his character that maybe the Nazi way is not the right way when confronted with the Germans in Canada)
Massey - 3(Massey's role is particularly short as the stars go but he's quite enjoyable in portraying his character's hatred of the Nazi he has to share space with)
Currie - 3(Currie brings the right sort of dignity with his part and like most of the performers he manages to realizes his character with some depth particularly quickly)
Olivier - 3(His accent is a bit Paul Muniesque to be sure, but he facial reactions are much more downplayed. He manages to be quite moving after his character is injured)
Gwenn - 3(An entertaining bit of pompousness from him)
Demarest - 4(The funniest part of the film. Demarest obviously just is absolutely comfortable with Sturges style and thrives with it. Every moment he's onscreen is enjoyable and finds the screwball spark better than any other actor in the film)
Sullivan's - 3(Funny again he just does not get much to do here)
Stewart - 1.5(He's just kinda forgettable for most of the film, but his "acted" scene is so hammy it makes the trick pulled on Lana Turner a bit hard to believe)
Howard - 4(It's funny that Howard played The Scarlett Pimpernel in the original setting and in a modernized version. Howard again plays a character very assured of himself and again he's very endearing when he does this. Howard's a very entertaining hero here, bringing enough dramatic weight when he needs to, but all in all making it one fun thriller to watch)
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