tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1610357415792165079..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1960SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-28985078533072732982017-06-14T09:40:52.627-05:002017-06-14T09:40:52.627-05:00Yeah, he really is letter perfect as Norman. Sadly...Yeah, he really is letter perfect as Norman. Sadly, <i>Psycho</i> "won" by getting Hitchcock and Janet Leigh nominations. Perkins really should have been on the list. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-52510452420865521442017-06-14T02:28:26.176-05:002017-06-14T02:28:26.176-05:00I think I already posted a comment, but it seems t...I think I already posted a comment, but it seems to have been lost.<br />In any case I can only agree with you on Anthony Perkins. His perfomance is in a class of its own this year.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-66107585076005779692017-06-13T08:47:40.561-05:002017-06-13T08:47:40.561-05:00I'll add it to the list of things I should see...I'll add it to the list of things I should see that are otherwise not on one list or another. <br /><br />So yes, I have a list of films that aren't on a list.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-22349073425365787112017-06-12T23:02:26.672-05:002017-06-12T23:02:26.672-05:00The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is based on a Wi...The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is based on a William Inge play that very much has a feeling of one of his works, most reminiscent of Splendor in the Grass but quieter. <br /><br />It's well observed but what really puts it over is its cast which aside from Preston includes Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury (all quite impactful) and Shirley Knight who earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-70250396319878864252017-06-12T22:06:12.501-05:002017-06-12T22:06:12.501-05:00The Angry Silence is one I have yet to see. It'...<i>The Angry Silence</i> is one I have yet to see. It's coming eventually. <i>The Dark at the Top of the Stairs</i> is one I don't know at all.<br /><br /><i>Inherit the Wind</i> is a film I have trouble actually rating well because it really is one of my favorite movies. March should have clearly been nominated for something, probably supporting, but Dick York is tremendous as well, as are Harry Morgan, Claude Aikens, and especially Gene Kelly, who was absolutely robbed of a nomination for his brutally snarky and sardonic E.K. Hornbeck. The courtroom back and forth with Brady on the stand is the model for pretty much every courtroom scene that has followed it. You can see the echoes of it in films like <i>A Few Good Men</i>. <br /><br />I wouldn't have been terribly upset had Tracy gotten the win, but Perkins is near perfect in <i>Psycho</i>, and he's better on a rewatch. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-46497329265022418672017-06-12T20:45:24.270-05:002017-06-12T20:45:24.270-05:00I have to admit I’m a little surprised, pleasantly...I have to admit I’m a little surprised, pleasantly so, by your winner. I’m not sure why but when I saw the year and the lineup of choices I was fairly certain Jack Lemmon would come out on top. I say pleasantly because Tracy would likewise be my choice as winner, and that would hold true even if Perkins, who was robbed!, was in the running. <br /><br />Inherit the Wind is a huge personal favorite of mine and Henry Drummond maybe my favorite Tracy performance. It’s just so lived in and sly, he and Fredric March-who I’d say deserved consideration for a nod as well-do a beautiful dance and Tracy interacts with every character in an individual way. <br /><br />I agree mostly with your other rankings as well, though I might move Lancaster up a notch but still would never have handed him the award….now his un-nominated costar Jean Simmons would be another matter, she’d be my winner on the actress side had she been among the eligible choices. <br /><br />For who should be here I completely agree about Perkins and Kirk Douglas-his exclusion is a real head scratcher. Spartacus just screams Oscar consideration especially when you consider Ben-Hur’s mother lode the year before. Finney is also a great suggestion. The only other two I’d propose are Richard Attenborough in The Angry Silence and particularly Robert Preston in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com