ALL GOOD THINGS: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

The 2015 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney starts tomorrow....

Wow here we go...with another favorite classic movie actress tourney! It's the fifth one I've had the honor of hosting. And this one seems filled with so many actresses who could potentially be crowned champion. Here's a little primer to get everyone up to speed.

First, the four previous tourney winners: Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Carole Lombard and Bette Davis are all ineligible to compete, so they can just sit back and enjoy.

The top 4 seeds this year based on their performances last year are:
Barbara Stanywck (30's era) and overall top seed since she made it to
the final match only to lose to Bette Davis
Olivia de Havilland (40's era) made it to the 40's era final match only
to lose to Bette Davis...see a pattern
Audrey Hepburn (50's era)
Elizabeth Taylor (60's era)

The actress with the most tourney wins without actually winning a tourney is Grace
Kelly with 20 wins. She looks to end that streak

One of the most high profile first round matches will be in the 40's era bracket of
European Lovelies between 3rd seed Joan Fontaine and 6th seed Greer Garson.

Lee Remick has competed in the 60's era portion of the previous two tourneys but
this year will contend in the 50's era

Some intriguing matches involving film co-stars include West Side Story's Natalie Wood
and Rita Moreno facing off in the 60's era while a 40's era match-up between Rosalind
Russell and Paulette Goddard will recall memories of their clash in The Women.

The fun begins tomorrow as I will have 8 matches from the 40's era up and running
and have links to the other three blogs my friends Desiree, John and Virginie are
doing the other eras on.

And great news as the opening ceremony song will be done by the fabulous Adele!
Oh yeah this is gonna be awesome!

Monday, February 23, 2015

The 5th Annual Classic Movie Actress Tourney: 40's era brackets(SONG AND DANCE)

Here are the matches taking place in the 40's Song and Dance bracket. They will begin in conjunction with the Femme Fatales bracket which I listed in a separate post. Matches begin Sunday, March 1st and I will have the polls where you can vote on the right sidebar.

SONG AND DANCE

1 JUDY GARLAND VS 8 CARMEN MIRANDA

4 ANN MILLER VS 5 BETTY HUTTON

2 ESTHER WILLIAMS VS 7 DOROTHY LAMOUR

3 BETTY GRABLE VS JEANNE CRAIN

The 5th Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney: 40's Era Brackets (FEMME FATALES)

Well it's that time again as the annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney is set to begin Sunday, March 1st. Once again the four eras of the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's will feature 128 classic movie actresses that will be competing in tourney play to see who will wear the crown as favorite classic movie actress of 2015. See who will join the elite company of previous winners Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Carole Lombard and Bette Davis. Once again I have help with putting on this tourney. I will be taking care of the 40's era here. Desiree will handle the 50's. John of Mythical Monkey will handle the 60's era and please welcome Virginie to the team as she will take care of the 30's era. I will provide links to their respective blogs so everyone will be able to cast votes for their favorite actresses. And I will provide updates to all the matches going on right here at my blog. And I wanted to post what matches will be taking place here on All Good Things beginning on Sunday. I will break it down into the usual four categories, one post at a time.

FEMME FATALES