Well the first round of the 50's bracket in the classic movie actor tournament is in the books. And top seed Marlon Brando is gone. He was knocked out by Sir Alec Guinness 23-22 in one of the biggest upsets in any of the tournaments. What makes this upset even more amazing is that Guinness had to beat Richard Burton to even get into the tournament. Wow! I will be the first to admit, I voted for Alec. Another upset was 12th seed Frank Sinatra knocking off he-man Charlton Heston (5th seed) 24-22. 2nd seed and heavy favorite William Holden had no problem beating Danny Kaye 41-5, in the round's most lopsided match. And I was heart-broken seeing my man Dean Martin lose to Burt Lancaster. Dang. Here are the complete results to all the matches.
1 MARLON BRANDO 22
16 ALEC GUINNESS 23
8 JAMES DEAN 12
9 ROBERT MITCHUM 34
4 BURT LANCASTER 27
13 DEAN MARTIN 19
5 CHARLTON HESTON 22
12 FRANK SINATRA 24
2 WILLIAM HOLDEN 41
15 DANNY KAYE 5
7 MONTGOMERY CLIFT 23
10 ROCK HUDSON 22
3 JOHN WAYNE 30
14 GLENN FORD 16
6 KIRK DOUGLAS 35
11 ANTHONY QUINN 10
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I had 6 of these matches correct...missed on the John Wayne/Glenn Ford match and the Brando/Guinness match.
Glad to see my #1 Holden totally steamrolled his competition. Next match pits him against my #3 guy, Monty Clift, but I think that will be another easy round for The Golden Boy.
Very surprised (pleasantly) about Sinatra's win and Mitchum's win.
I'm hoping that Holden continues to do well!
Aww - I voted for Dean and Danny - and Anthony..
;")
I forgot to comment earlier, but wow, I couldn't believe that Alec Guinness beat Marlon Brando! :O
Haha! Revisiting this post - and just noticed this hilarious post title!! Monty, you are the best!!
I'm disappointed that Dean lost as well! I love him!! I'm surprised that Brando got beat. I voted for Charlton Heston, but I picked the rest of the winners. Thanks for the fun tournament!
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