Second Round of Screwball Film Tourney: Day 1 Update

Five of the eight matches are very close, within 2-3 votes of each other. There are two matches that have a comfortable lead and one definite blow-out. The blow-out comes courtesy of a top seed in It Happened One Night, rolling over Merrily We Live 24-0. That's right...it's a shut-out so far. Live has yet to record a single vote on it's behalf. The two matches that are starting to slip away for the losing film feature top heavyweight films. Bringing Up Baby leads Midnight 15-7 while To Be Or Not To Be is up over Theodora Goes Wild 14-6. Now on to the five matches that are very close and are poised to go down to the wire. The Lady Eve and My Favorite Wife are dead-locked at 10 votes apiece. The Thin Man leads The Palm Beach Story 12-9. You Can't Take It With You leads Ball Of Fire 11-9. The third and final top seed, My Man Godfrey is actually down by a single vote to The Awful Truth 13-12. And my favorite film of all time, His Girl Friday is up on The Philadelphia Story 15-10. Like I said, some very close matches, and this is only day one. So expect some fierce competition before Friday comes. Should be fun and very interesting to see how this round plays out. Below are the updated scores:

Hold on there Nora, don't jinx our match..we haven't won yet!

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 24
4 MERRILY WE LIVE 0

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY 15
3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 10

1 MY MAN GODFREY 12
4 THE AWFUL TRUTH 13

3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 11
7 BALL OF FIRE 9

2 THE THIN MAN 12
6 THE PALM BEACH STORY 9

4 THE LADY EVE 10
8 MY FAVORITE WIFE 10

1 BRINGING UP BABY 15
4 MIDNIGHT 7

2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE 14
3 THEODORA GOES WILD 6