Today I will present John's matches and top seeds of the era he will be handling: the silent/30's. And this year thanks to John, we will break down the era's competitors by categories. Which is a wonderful idea. Thanks John. They are: They Had Faces, Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes, Funny Ladies and Singers/Dancers. I have John's matches below with the top seed or top actress for each category. I will do similar posts for each other era as well in the coming days.
The tourney kicks off Monday, March 5th simultaneously across all four blogs with the first round voting lasting until Sunday, March 12th. We will try to capture the feel of college basketball's tourney dubbed March Madness, as best we can. I will provide daily updates on all the matches as they are happening. Then the following Monday, Round 2 will begin and so forth. Here is the link to John's blog:
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Number one seed of They Had Faces category - Greta Garbo
THEY HAD FACES
1.Greta Garbo v. 8.Anna May Wong
2.Mary Pickford v. 7.Janet Gaynor
3.Lillian Gish v. 6.Gloria Swanson
4.Clara Bow v. 5.Louise Brooks
Number one seed of Tough Broads/Pre-Code Babes Category-Barbara Stanwyck
TOUGH BROADS AND PRE-CODE BABES
1.Barbara Stanwyck v. 8.Miriam Hopkins
2.Marlene Dietrich v. 7.Elsa Lanchester
3.Joan Crawford v. 6.Norma Shearer (Crystal Allen vs Mary Haines of The Women! Catfight!)
4.Claudette Colbert v. 5.Mary Astor
Number one seed of Funny Ladies category - Carole Lombard
FUNNY LADIES
1.Carole Lombard v. 8.Gail Patrick (ooooohhhh...a match between the Bullock sisters
from My Man Godfrey!)
2.Myrna Loy v. 7.Margaret Dumont
3.Jean Harlow v. 6.Marie Dressler
4.Jean Arthur v. 5.Margaret Sullavan
Overall top seed of silent/30's era Irene Dunne (and defending champion)
SINGERS AND DANCERS
1.Irene Dunne v. 8.Luise Rainer
2.Shirley Temple v. 7.Hattie McDaniel
3.Ginger Rogers v. 6.Joan Blondell (a very interesting match!)
4.Jeanette MacDonald v. 5.Mae West
2 comments:
Too much disagreement!
Pretty much know who I'm gonna vote for in all of these - the hardest is Ginger vs. Joan! I have abiding love for Ginger, but there's no one quite like Joan. Some great ladies in here.
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