tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post231606370145866240..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1950SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2865124720978436612017-11-07T10:24:17.653-06:002017-11-07T10:24:17.653-06:00It's on the un-list. I'll keep an eye out ...It's on the un-list. I'll keep an eye out for it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-32453659421536143762017-11-07T10:12:02.431-06:002017-11-07T10:12:02.431-06:00Second the recommendation for The Breaking Point. ...Second the recommendation for The Breaking Point. Garfield is great and Patricia Neal is his match.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-1796724812963257172017-11-06T21:47:57.522-06:002017-11-06T21:47:57.522-06:00It really is a great year all around. While not al...It really is a great year all around. While not all of the nominations across the categories I cover here are necessarily the right ones, they sure as hell could have been. 1950 is a top year for film all the way around, much like 1939.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-65708483585339106742017-11-06T20:31:53.584-06:002017-11-06T20:31:53.584-06:00The Breaking Point will be no strain at all. It...The Breaking Point will be no strain at all. It's a much better and true version of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not with what I think is Garfield's best performance. Since I don't think he ever gave a bad one that's a high bar to hit. <br /><br />He did give another wonderful performance this year as a jockey father in trouble with gangsters and worshiped by his son in the hard to find drama Under My Skin. It would also rate a nomination but in a year this rich there's just too much greatness to double dip. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54355138954927114342017-11-06T20:16:53.279-06:002017-11-06T20:16:53.279-06:00I don't have enough experience with Jose Ferre...I don't have enough experience with Jose Ferrer as a performer to have a firm opinion on him. That sort of smug performance, though, is what works for Cyrano as a character. I think it's a genuinely great performance, far better than the rest of the movie. We'll have to agree to disagree on that, though.<br /><br />There are a few movies where I get conflicting release dates, which would explain my inclusion of <i>Ace in the Hole</i> here. <br /><br /><i>The Breaking Point</i> is one I'd need to see. Fortunately, I'll watch pretty much anything with John Garfield in it, so that's not much of a strain.<br /><br />As for <i>Harvey</i>, I find it rather sweet. <i>Winchester '73</i> is probably an objectively better and more important movie, but <i>Harvey</i> really does work for me. Not many movies of this stripe do, but it does, and a lot of that is Stewart.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54312295411404019192017-11-06T19:51:30.422-06:002017-11-06T19:51:30.422-06:001950 is one of my favorite years in cinema, there’...1950 is one of my favorite years in cinema, there’s just SO much great quality in it. So how did this category end up with so much filler? <br /><br />I’m a big fan of four of the five of these nominees as performers, I find Jose Ferrer completely risible most of the time-smug and annoying, but only one would actually make my personal ballot. That would be Holden. It’s so true Gloria Swanson sucks most of the air out of the room but still for Von Stroheim and he to be able to bear the brunt of full force Glo and make such a terrific showing means something. In an open field though he won’t be my winner. <br /><br />As to the others, Calhern was nomination worthy many times throughout his long career but I’m with you in not thinking Magnificent Yankee was one of those times. <br /><br />I love Stewart and if he had been here for Winchester ’73 I wouldn’t squawk even if I personally wouldn’t have included him for it but Harvey? God I hated that movie!! I saw the play and didn’t mind it but the movie turned me off…the same thing happened with Guys and Dolls.<br /><br />I see your point about the Tracy/Streep connection. I liked Father of the Bride more than you and his performance is very fine but not one of his masterworks like Inherit the Wind or Bad Day at Black Rock. <br /><br />So with Ferrer out, I didn’t like his work and struggled through the picture, my winner out of the actual nominees is Holden. But as much as I like both him and his work in the picture it’s a weak win because of who’s missing. <br /><br />So glad to see mentions for both Bogart and Widmark (he had an awesome year in ’50 just like Stewart), both would make my ballot but I have many to add including my winner in a film I suspect you might not have seen but I highly, highly recommend-The Breaking Point. It’s a wonderful film with three dynamic performances by John Garfield, Patricia Neal and Phyllis Thaxter at its center.<br /><br />I agree that Kirk Douglas absolutely deserved both a nomination and a win for Ace in the Hole but it’s a ’51 release. <br /><br />This is how my ballot would have stacked up this year with the worthy runner-ups following.<br /><br />Humphrey Bogart-In a Lonely Place<br />John Garfield-The Breaking Point-Winner <br />William Holden-Sunset Blvd.<br />Edmond O'Brien-D.O.A.<br />Richard Widmark-No Way Out <br /><br />Runner-ups: Dana Andrews-Where the Sidewalk Ends, Marlon Brando-The Men, Kirk Douglas-Young Man with a Horn, John Garfield-Under My Skin, Toshiro Mifune-Rashomon, Vincent Price-The Baron of Arizona, Spencer Tracy-Father of the Bride, James Stewart-Winchester ’73, Clifton Webb-For Heaven's Sake and Richard Widmark-Night and the Cityjoel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57563126980022396442017-11-06T14:41:18.608-06:002017-11-06T14:41:18.608-06:00Cyrano de Bergerac is a decent movie, but Ferrer i...<i>Cyrano de Bergerac</i> is a decent movie, but Ferrer is so good that I think it's worth tracking down. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-6264551547418349262017-11-06T13:07:31.884-06:002017-11-06T13:07:31.884-06:00Never seen this version of Cyrano. I guess it is a...Never seen this version of Cyrano. I guess it is a miss.<br />Considering the movies I have watched my favorites for the award would be Kirk Douglas and Bogart. I know this is not Bogart's most famous role, but I think this is the best acting he ever did.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com