tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post4079350485649559249..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1934SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-13905225272529170392019-09-18T21:51:47.160-05:002019-09-18T21:51:47.160-05:00In truth, I'm not terribly upset with Gable...In truth, I'm not terribly upset with Gable's win. The others that you mention that I haven't are performances I don't know.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54569083605341726152019-09-18T13:09:22.908-05:002019-09-18T13:09:22.908-05:00I would have had a hard time picking between Gable...I would have had a hard time picking between Gable and Powell but am happy with your choice. Wallace Beery is an immense amount of fun as Long John Silver in Treasure Island but would not have had my vote in this year. Michel Simone I would have slotted as supporting. Coming out of left field, I would have at least nominated and probably voted for Harry Bauer's magnificent performance as Jean Valjean in the three-part French epic version of Les Miserables.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-63709707997845372822019-09-17T10:41:33.809-05:002019-09-17T10:41:33.809-05:00That's exacty where I am with this.That's exacty where I am with this.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83461821012835566012019-09-17T10:41:13.283-05:002019-09-17T10:41:13.283-05:00Morgan appeared to be nominated like Cary Grant--g...Morgan appeared to be nominated like Cary Grant--given attention for roles that didn't really deserve it and ignored for the ones where he made his name.<br /><br />I don't know why only three nominations, especially in a year that featured a full dozen Best Picture nominations. I have no idea what Oscar was thinking most of the time, but I'm willing to write this off as the process still being relatively new and not worked out. After all, this was the first year that the handed out awards for a calendar year and not some weird August-to-July thing.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83499376048960586322019-09-17T10:38:05.128-05:002019-09-17T10:38:05.128-05:00The two movies are really close to each other. Bot...The two movies are really close to each other. Both are dynamite comedies that have managed to survive 80+ years and still be both funny and relevant. I can't think of what I would change in either of them.<br /><br />For me, it just comes down to which one I like more, and that's always going to be <i>The Thin Man</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2688787003401903432019-09-17T03:59:57.755-05:002019-09-17T03:59:57.755-05:00Powell would get my vote too, but it is a close ra...Powell would get my vote too, but it is a close race. Both are comedies and Powell is simply more fun.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-44191920826072472432019-09-16T19:38:18.305-05:002019-09-16T19:38:18.305-05:00I’m with you on Bill Powell. Love Gable in One Nig...I’m with you on Bill Powell. Love Gable in One Night and if there was a prize for most star magnetism he'd win hands down but Powell has the magnetism as well and creates an enduring character to boot. <br /><br />Frank Morgan is highly enjoyable in Cellini but I didn’t quite understand the nomination, but then he seemed to score nods for work that was competent and miss when he was really deserving. <br /><br />Why only three? That’s just nuts. Some years, but not many, it’s difficult to come up with five qualifying performances but not this year. At least they did nominate the two best available. <br /><br />I think Astaire is a delight in Gay Divorcee but I think a nom would have been stretching it. Fields isn’t a personal favorite of mine but between It’s a Gift and You’re Telling Me this year you would have thought he would be in the running. I agree about Leslie Howard in Of Human Bondage being underwhelming, if he were to compete for anything I’d say it should be for The Scarlet Pimpernel but I wouldn’t nominate him. <br /><br />Aside from the ones you mentioned I’d throw in Fredric March in Death Takes a Hotel, Charles Boyer in Liliom, Robert Donat in The Count of Monte Cristo and perhaps Claude Rains in Crime Without Passion. So there was plenty, fortunately this was the last year of three nominees. Though the next year they didn’t quite know what to do with the five and awarded three to the men of Mutiny on the Bounty. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15869996005626438102019-09-16T15:24:54.771-05:002019-09-16T15:24:54.771-05:00I kinda like how for the leading performance categ...I kinda like how for the leading performance categories for this, the eternal Thin-Man-vs-It-Happened-One-Night debate, you went one way and I pretty much would've gone the opposite: I only covered Best Picture in terms of the categories for 1934, but I made special mention when I did that I was backing Capra's film for all of the Big 5 Oscars... I think I neglected to mention in my post that there was a big asterisk to that statement - Myrna Loy wasn't even nominated for Best Actress that year. Had she been, I would've picked her over Colbert, and stayed with Gable over Powell.<br /><br />I will also second the recommendation to TheVoid for making a point to go out of your way to track down and watch The Thin Man; you will be hard-pressed to find a more rewatchable film from the still-kinda-early sound era. Both that and Night are absolutely the two best films of 1934.Adolytsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266038228108057617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-21189438635297546192019-09-16T14:56:57.525-05:002019-09-16T14:56:57.525-05:00Don't get me wrong--It Happened One Night is a...Don't get me wrong--<i>It Happened One Night</i> is a fantastic film. <i>The Thin Man</i> has one of the greatest scripts ever penned, though, and features the perfect (and I mean perfect) chemistry between William Powell and Myrna Loy.<br /><br />Seriously, track it down. You will not be sorry you did.<br /><br />As for <i>Affairs of Cellini</i>, you're not missing a great deal.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15418906108215044772019-09-16T14:36:47.276-05:002019-09-16T14:36:47.276-05:00I haven't seen The Thin Man nor Affairs of Cel...I haven't seen <i>The Thin Man</i> nor <i>Affairs of Cellini</i> but I have seen <i>It Happened One Night</i> and that film is a classic. Yes, Oscars fucked that up although I haven't seen a lot of films from that year.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com