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Sunday, March 25, 2018

March Madness #25: ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Welcome to ALL GOOD THINGS! It's MARCH MADNESS! Visit daily to see a classic film Super-Star of the day - a personality renowned for portraying the really, really B.A.D. and also the sweetest-dearest-most darling!

Day #24 results: ROBERT MITCHUM Bob Mitchum's milder, gentler STEVE MASON won out 27 to 20 votes over that deranged Harry Powell.

TODAY the spotlight shines on ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Ranking among Hollywood MEGA-superstars, Elizabeth gave the world a lifetime of movies, and fans have loved her roles as a youngster in "National Velvet", a young Bride ("Father of the Bride") and all through her life. She never shied away from roles that required courage, determination or showed "beastly" characters.

Which of Elizabeth's character types do YOU prefer?

Saturday, March 24, 2018

March Madness #24: ROBERT MITCHUM

Day #23 results: OLIVIA de HAVILAND inspires her fans more with her gentle roles than her tough ones. Her Gentle-Lamb won out 27 - 19 over Cousin Miriam, that ol' lioness!

TODAY the spotlight shines on ROBERT MITCHUM. One of the roughest-toughest male actors, Robert "did his own thing" and with his narrow-eyed squint, could give the most BEASTLY glances in film noir and dramas. But he could also be the romantic and was a popular heart-throb
Which of Jack's character types do YOU prefer?

Friday, May 31, 2013

THE MONTIES: 1947 - A little bit of something for everyone as the Monties get spread around

Wow, it's been 10 months since I last did a Monties post. Sorry about that. Been busy with work and actually doing more on my FB page for All Good Things than on here. Plus it gave me time to see more movies made for the year of 1947. So let's get started with a year that saw my Monties get spread around all over the place.

BEST FILM:
Winner: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Nominees: The Farmer's Daughter, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Gentlemen's Agreement, Black Narcissus, The Bishop's Wife, Smash-Up: The Story Of A Woman, Miracle on 34th Street, Out Of The Past
Thoughts: One of the most diverse years ever with comedies, dramas, and film noir all mixing it up. Now while Gentlemen's Agreement, Black Narcissus and Smash-Up are definitely the type of films that get the Academy's attention I went with one of my favorite comedies of all time, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. Seeing veterans Cary Grant and Myrna Loy do their screwball thing brought back memories of the great comedies of the 30's. I have seen this film a gazillon times and it's still funny and fresh as seeing it for the first time.

Smile Cary..your film just won another Montie!

BEST DIRECTOR:
Winner: Jacques Tourneur (Out Of The Past)
Nominees: George Cukor (A Double Life); Michael Powell (Black Narcissus); Elia Kazan (Gentlemen's Agreement); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)
Thoughts: Tourneur crafted one of the best film noirs in history with the excellent Out Of The Past. The other four nominees were no slouches but I felt Tourneur was the man to beat.

Jacques lining up a shot

BEST WRITER:
Winner: Moss Hart (Gentleman's Agreement)
Nominees: Sidney Sheldon (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer); Valentine Davis (Miracle on 34th Street); Dorothy Parker (Smash-Up); Eleazar Lipsky (Kiss Of Death)

A happy Moss Hart

BEST ACTOR:
Winner: Robert Mitchum (Out Of The Past)
Nominees: Rex Harrison (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir); Gregory Peck (Gentlemen's Agreement); Ronald Colman (A Double Life); Danny Kaye (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty); Cary Grant (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer)
Thoughts: Bobby Mitchum was terrific as the private eye involved in double crosses and corruption. He denies Cary Grant for what would have been Grant's 4th Montie.

The man of the hour..Robert Mitchum

BEST ACTRESS:
Winner: Gene Tierney (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)
Nominees: Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter); Susan Hayward (Smash-Up); Dorothy McGuire (Gentlemen's Agreement); Jane Greer (Out Of The Past); Deborah Kerr (Black Narcissus)
Thoughts: Gene Tierney gets her first Montie after losing out two years ago for Leave Her To Heaven. Her performance as Lucy Muir in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a wonderful one, mixing romanticism, strong willingness, and determination. Kudos to Gene.

Gene Tierney wins her first Montie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Winner: Ava Gardner (The Hucksters)
Nominees: Jean Simmons (Black Narcissus); Celeste Holm (Gentleman's Agreement); Natalie Wood (Miracle on 34th Street); Shirley Temple (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer)

Thoughts: Ava scores a Montie on her first nomination. She missed out last year being nominated as Kitty Collins in The Killers by a hair as that year was top heavy with lots of strong female performances but she would not be denied this year. I loved her performance here and she had wonderful chemistry with Clark Gable. They would re-team again for Mogambo.

As does Ava

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Winner: Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street)
Nominees: Kirk Douglas (Out Of The Past); David Niven (The Bishop's Wife); Richard Widmark (Kiss Of Death); John Garfield (Gentleman's Agreement)
Thoughts: As good as Richard Widmark as crazed killer Tommy Udo in Kiss Of Death was, Edmund Gwenn was just awesome as the man named Kris Kringle who claims to be Santa with a sentimental and wonderful performance.

The delightful Edmund

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Winner: BLACK NARCISSUS
Nominees: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Sinbad the Sailor; Lady In The Lake
Thoughts: One beautiful looking film..period.

The beautiful looking Black Narcissus

BEST FILM SCORE:
Winner: Max Steiner (Life With Father)
Nominees: Miklos Rozsa (A Double Life); Hugo Friedhofer (The Bishop's Wife)
Thoughts: This is actually Steiner's first Montie as I didn't start recognizing film scores until just recently. So it is a given he would have won for Gone With The Wind, Casablanca and a few more. But as he was still scoring films thru the 60's I wager he will pick up one or two more.

Life With Father

So the final tally is really spread out as Out Of The Past is the only film to pick up multiple Monties, with two (Best Director and Best Actor). The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer became the 6th Cary Grant film to win Best Film. Wow! Cary also still has the most Monties with three Best Actor trophies. I was glad to see Ava Gardner and Gene Tierney pick up statues for their work and I won't be surprised if Ava wins another Montie before I'm done. And speaking of which I hope to be back with the 1948 edition much sooner than 11 months.

Friday, May 11, 2012

The Morning Movie: THE BIG STEAL (1949)

Jane and Robert in a bit of a jam

One of my favorite movies is this film noir that mixes action with some humor. Has perennial film noir guy Robert Mitchum as Lt. Duke Halliday, chasing Fiske (played by Patric Knowles) who has stole the army payroll and let Halliday take the fall for it. Jane Greer is Joan Graham, and she is after the same man for breaking off their engagement and making off with $2000 dollars. William Bendix joins the mix as Captain Blake, Hailliday's superior, and is chasing Hailliday. All the players end up meeting in Mexico for one wild finish. For a film noir, it is really light hearted and has lots of humor. Mitchum and Greer have wonderful chemistry again. The pair teamed up before for the film noir classic, Out of the Past. And while this film is not quite good as that one, it still delivers on being quite enjoyable. Plus it has Jane Greer..how could it not be good? I love her nickname Halliday has for in this film...Chiquita.

Friday, June 24, 2011

It's WILLIAM HOLDEN (Golden Boy) vs ROBERT MITCHUM (Bad Boy) for the 50's Era Final Match

2nd seed William Holden and 9th seed Robert Mitchum will face off in the final match of the 50's era bracket to the Classic Movie Actor Tournament. Neither men had any trouble in their semi-final matches as Holden blew away 6th seed Kirk Douglas 29-6 and Mitchum beat 4th seed Burt Lancaster 23-12. This upcoming final match should be a good one as both Holden and Mitchum have conisderable fanbases. The winner earns a spot in the Classic Movie Actor Final Four, where William Powell and Cary Grant await. The match begins immediately and will run thru Sunday 7pm EST.

50'S ERA FINAL MATCH

2 WILLIAM HOLDEN

9 ROBERTH MITCHUM

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

John Wayne, The Duke is sent home early in Round 2 of the 50's Era Classic Movie Actor Tournament

Round 2 of the 1950's bracket for the Classic Movie Actor tournament yielded one upset as 3rd seed John Wayne was edged out by 6th seed Kirk Douglas 20-18. The other favorites easily won their matches as perennial favorite and 2nd seed William Holden blasted 7th seed Montgomery Clift 26-12. 9th seed bad boy Robert Mitchum ended 16th seed Alec Guinness cinderella run 26-9. And 4th seed Burt Lancaster beat 12th seed Frank Sinatra 22-17.

(9) ROBERT MITCHUM  26 (16) ALEC GUINNESS 9
(4) BURT LANCASTER   22 (12) FRANK SINATRA 17
(2) WILLIAM HOLDEN   26 (7) MONTGOMERY CLIFT 12
(3) JOHN WAYNE           18 (6) KIRK DOUGLAS 20

So the semi-final matches set up like this:

4 BURT LANCASTER