Round Three begins now...

I decided to start round three of the Favorite Screwball Tourney match today instead of waiting tomorrow. Here are the four scheduled matches that sees what film wins their respective brackets: Capra, Lubitsch, Hawks and Sturges. The matches will run through Thursday. Of note, my two favorite stars of all time, Cary Grant and Carole Lombard both have two films still left competing...along with William Powell and Barbara Stanwyck, they represent the only stars with multiple films still in play. 

FRANK CAPRA BRACKET

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

VS

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

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HOWARD HAWKS BRACKET

1 MY MAN GODFREY (1936)

VS

7 BALL OF FIRE (1941)

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ERNST LUBITSCH BRACKET

2 THE THIN MAN (1934)

VS

4 THE LADY EVE (1941)

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PRESTON STURGES BRACKET

1 BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

VS

2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

Second Round Matches of Favorite Screwball Film Tourney

Here are the next round of matches scheduled to begin on Sunday. Since there are only 8 matches left, I have decided to hold the rest of the tourney here on All Good Things to make it more convenient. As this blog gets way more traffic than Screwball Cinema. As we get into the meat of the tourney now, the matches become more evenly matched. And there are some great matches. For instance the match between His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story, which once again features Cary Grant squaring off against himself. Or the match between My Man Godfrey and The Awful Truth. That should be a fun one. And The Thin Man taking on The Palm Beach Story. This should be a very entertaining round for sure. The fun begins Sunday evening and will run through Friday evening. 

FRANK CAPRA BRACKET

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

VS

4 MERRILY WE LIVE (1938)

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2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

VS

3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

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HOWARD HAWKS BRACKET

1 MY MAN GODFREY (1936)

VS

4 THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)

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3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)

VS

7 BALL OF FIRE (1941)

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ERNST LUBITSCH BRACKET

2 THE THIN MAN (1934)

VS

6 THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)

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4 THE LADY EVE (1941)

VS

8 MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

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PRESTON STURGES BRACKET

1 BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

VS

4 MIDNIGHT (1939)

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2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

VS

3 THEODORA GOES WILD (1936)

The first round of Favorite Screwball Film Tourney is in the books

The first round of The Favorite Screwball Film Tourney is in the books and with the exception of three upsets, most of the expected winners are moving on to round 2. The upsets included one of the four major top seeds..Trouble in Paradise losing to My Favorite Wife 23-15. Paradise made a gallant comeback as it was done early by the score of 13-2, but fell short. Another upset occurred when third seed Libeled Lady fell to sixth seed The Palm Beach Story by the count of 20-17. And a mild upset took place when 2nd seed Sullivan's Travels lost to 7th seed Ball Of Fire by the score of 22-20. The other matches were pretty much blow-outs except for Theodora Goes Wild and Topper engaging in a close 19-17 thriller. Here are the complete scores below:

Just hold on a minute baby and let me get ready for round 2

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 34
THE MORE THE MERRIER 8

MERRILY WE LIVE 22
THE GILDED LILY 7

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 26
TWENTIETH CENTURY 16

HIS GIRL FRIDAY 37
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR 8

MY MAN GODFREY 33
EASY LIVING 8

See it says it right there..The Awful Truth wins..so I actually 

beat myself if you can believe that

THE AWFUL TRUTH 25
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 18

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 24
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE 12

BALL OF FIRE 22
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 20

MY FAVORITE WIFE 23
TROUBLE IN PARADISE 15

THE LADY EVE 22
NINOTCHKA 16

THE PALM BEACH STORY 20
LIBELED LADY 17

THE THIN MAN 27
HOLIDAY 11

BRINGING UP BABY 34
BOMBSHELL 5

MIDNIGHT 27
THE GOOD FAIRY 8

TO BE OR NOT TO BE 30
THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES 6

THEODORA GOES WILD 19
TOPPER 17

Some stats:

Cary Grant started with the most films competing in this tourney with 8...he now has five left. Still the most by anyone else.

Carole Lombard, Irene Dunne and Barbara Stanwyck are perfect. Carole and Irene started with three films each and Barbara started with two. All of their films moved on to the next round.

Jean Arthur avoided a possible shut out as one of her films made it to round 2. Easy Living and The More The Merrier got sent packing but You Can't Take It With You won it's match.

Second round action with the remaining 16 films will begin Sunday evening. So everybody take a breather and come back then for round 2.

My love of classic films is beyond measure

Monty

THE FALL SERIES begins...

As promised, I said I would be doing another photo series after At The Beach just finished yesterday. And here it is..called The Fall Series. Basically photos of classic stars in outdoors situations...in the forest, at the lake by the cabin, out in their garden...under the night time stars, maybe camping out. Those type of pics. And I kick off with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert from It Happened One Night, trying to hitch a ride.

I would pick up these two....well Clark would have to sit in the back,

Claudette up front with me...