tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5182412332972570197..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1930-1931SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-48290825937464890212019-08-06T21:49:59.645-05:002019-08-06T21:49:59.645-05:00I agree. It's a constant reminder that these p...I agree. It's a constant reminder that these posts are a reckoning, not a celebration.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-61284329301888079182019-08-06T11:27:12.342-05:002019-08-06T11:27:12.342-05:00What a bunch of dud nominations! Chaplin is a no-...What a bunch of dud nominations! Chaplin is a no-brainer. Why could the Academy not see that? One of the top stars and money-makers of all times and he gets dissed like that? And this was before the Red Scare bias. Baffling ...marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-72872615044470682062019-08-02T23:39:08.632-05:002019-08-02T23:39:08.632-05:00I have to say, there have been years and collectio...I have to say, there have been years and collections of nominees that I have found weird or strange, but none have been so utterly baffling as this one. What the hell were they thinking?SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-63771786323134019762019-08-02T18:33:37.626-05:002019-08-02T18:33:37.626-05:00These hump years!! So confusing but that's no ...These hump years!! So confusing but that's no excuse for this pallid lineup. My winner would be no winner in this sorry race.<br /><br />I hated Cimarron, that land rush scene is its sole redeeming factor. <br /><br />For me A Free Soul is one of the most overripe pieces of twaddle from the early sound days whose only interest lies in Gable whose cool detachment puts the overacting of the rest of the cast to shame. Of course this award isn't about acting but the film's direction is sluggish too. <br /><br />I agree about the superiority of My Girl Friday over The Front Page in every department. <br /><br />The only reason I can think of for von Sternberg to be nominated for Morocco is because at this point they weren't nominating foreign films which left him out for his much better The Blue Angel. <br /><br />Skippy nearly put me into sugar shock.<br /><br />Your suggestions for alternates are all solid, which makes what we have all the more vexing. There are at least three others besides those with better direction than the nominees. Those are Howard Hawks for The Dawn Patrol, René Clair for Under the Roofs of Paris and the reluctant teaming of Edmund Goulding and Howard Hughes for Hell's Angels. <br /><br />At least with the last the production was so fraught with well publicized issues and contention it's not surprising it was shut out despite its huge success. Roofs of Paris had the same issue as Blue Angel-it was foreign. Dawn Patrol just got squeezed out like the others. <br /><br />Of all the alternates I'd choose William Wellman for The Public Enemy but most of the others won't be bad choices either. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-66887583566181649252019-08-02T16:50:48.033-05:002019-08-02T16:50:48.033-05:00As far as M and Frankenstein, both were released a...As far as <i>M</i> and <i>Frankenstein</i>, both were released after July 31, 1931, which makes them eligible for the next year. Since that's almost certainly the next Best Director race I'll be tackling, I have a feeling we'll be seeing those in a few weeks. Since <i>Tokyo Chorus</i> (a film I don't know at all) wasn't released in the States until 1982, it wasn't going to make Oscar's list. That wouldn't stop me from including it here, though.<br /><br />As for the nominees, <i>Skippy</i> isn't great, but it's not terrible. The others can be avoided unless you're a completiest--since <i>Cimarron</i> won Best Picture, there's at least some historical interest. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-18932180949770295692019-08-02T16:35:47.856-05:002019-08-02T16:35:47.856-05:00Having not seen a lot of films from that period in...Having not seen a lot of films from that period including one of the none of the nominees. I'm surprised over what didn't get nominated. How can anyone overlook Chaplin for <i>City Lights</i>? What about <i>M</i> by Fritz Lang, James Whale's <i>Frankenstein</i>, Tod Browning's <i>Dracula</i>, and Yasujiro Ozu's <i>Tokyo Chorus</i>?thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com