Best Scene: His last speech.
Best Scene: His failed proposition.
Best Scene: Brother Orchid is denounced.
Best Scene: The final sequence.
Best Scene: Alfred confronts Vadas.
- Laurence Olivier in Rebecca
- Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator
- James Stewart in The Shop Around the Corner
- Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath
- Conrad Veidt in Contraband
- Cary Grant in His Girl Friday
- Edward G. Robinson in Brother Orchid
- Laurence Olivier in Pride and Prejudice
- James Stewart in The Mortal Storm
- Michael Redgrave in The Stars Look Down
- Brian Donlevy in The Great McGinty
- W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick
- Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent
- Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk
- Henry Fonda in The Return of Frank James
- Stanley Ridges in Black Friday
- Cary Grant in My Favorite Wife
- Raymond Massey in Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- Boris Karloff in Black Friday
- Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story
- Tyrone Power in The Mark of Zorro
- Dickie Jones Pinocchio
- James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story
- Charles Laughton in They Knew What They Wanted
- Frank Craven in Our Town
- William Holden in Our Town
- Mickey Rooney in Strike Up The Band
- Gary Cooper in The Westerner
8 comments:
Louis: Ratings & Thoughts on:
Stewart/Mortal Storm
Veidt/Contraband
McCrea/Foreign Correspondent
Flynn/The Sea Hawk
Frank Morgan - The Shop Around The Corner
John Carradine - The Grapes Of Wrath
George Sanders - Rebecca
George Sanders - Foreign Correspondent
Herbert Marshall - Foreign Correspondent
1940 Supportingg:
Frank Morgan in The Shop Around the Corner
George Sanders in Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent
Herbert Marshall in Foreign Correspondent
John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath
Ratings and thoughts on:
Henry Fonda in The Return of Frank James
Cary Grant in Abe Lincoln in Illinois and My Favorite Wife
Charles Laughton in They Knew What They Wanted
Mickey Rooney in Strike Up The Band
William Holden in Our Town
John Carradine- The Grapes of Wrath
John Carradine- The Grapes of Wrath
John Carradine- The Grapes of Wrath
John Carradine- The Grapes of Wrath
And my request, John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath.
Louis: Here's the choices for Will Kane before Gary Cooper was cast.
Gregory Peck
Charlton Heston
Kirk Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift
What do you think of these choices?
Also Louis, if it makes you feel better I'm completely with you on Olivier in Wuthering Heights, I thought his performance fit wonderfully into the way the film told the story.
George Sanders in Rebecca
John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath
Cliff Edwards in Pinocchio
Luke:
Stewart - 4(Stewart's part is somewhat limited but Stewart makes the most of it by delivering the passionate outrage needed for his character. Once again of course he's quite likable though and has very good chemistry with Margaret Sullavan. This also would have been a far more deserving performance)
Veidt - 4(A most curious romantic lead as Veidt carries himself with a cold precision in terms of his manner and delivery. The enjoyable part is that Veidt realizes warmth not hidden in this but just part of it which is quite the trick actually. Veidt manages to be very endearing in a most unusual way, and is a surprisingly lead for this Hitchcockesque thriller.)
McCrea - 4(Good old fashioned McCrea goodness for this actual Hitchcock thriller. He gets to do a bit less as Hitchcock heroes go, he's not a wrong man, but he's certainly an easy guy to follow through the twists and turns of the story)
Flynn - 4(A great deal of it is good old fashioned charming Flynn doing his best swashbuckling. The film takes a slightly darker turn at one point though and Flynn actually succeeds in matching the film's tonal shift)
Anonymous:
Fonda - 4(Fonda gives very good, though rather straight forward, depiction of his character's determination, and realizes the dramatic intensity needed for the story)
Grant - The Philadelphia Story - 3.5(Grant is his usually charming self, but he is strangely underused.)
My Favorite Wife - 4(Grant and Dunne simply work well together and the two are quite enjoyable once again as they play off of each other. I would say in this case though Dunne overshadows him a bit more this time around.)
Laughton - 3(I'll give Laughton credit I did not recognize him when I initially watched the film. That being said his approach is fairly over the top and maybe just a bit too obvious in his portrayal of an Italian immigrant)
Rooney - 2.5(Standard Rooney routine, especially with Garland around. I don't hate it as some do, but I can see why he grates on some)
Holden - 2.5(Something seems so wrong about Holden portraying a guy who stumbles on his own words. Holden's not terrible or anything though, the part is paper thin, and Holden is not able to alleviate this problem)
Anonymous:
All those choices I think would have been too young to play Will Kane, as I feel his age is essential to his character's exasperation as well as I assumed played into his retirement. I think if he had been played by any of those younger men the way he goes about seeking recruits would have seemed far too desperate.
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