Round 5 (THE ELITE EIGHT) begins on Sunday

My oh my...we have come down to the elite 8 actresses left in the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. This round features the final matches of each respective era with the winner moving on to the final four. Matches start tomorrow and will run through Thursday evening. Below are the match-ups with each actress complete tourney record over the past 4 years since we first started doing this! And also other match play events that they may have competed in!

30'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

BARBARA STANWYCK (10-3) vs MYRNA LOY (10-3)

Go here to cast your vote once the polls are open: http://www.rozrussell.com/

40'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

BETTE DAVIS (15-3) vs OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (8-3)

Go here to cast your vote once the polls open: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

50'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

DORIS DAY (14-3) vs AUDREY HEPBURN (12-4)

Go here to cast your vote once the polls open: http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

60'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

 NATALIE WOOD (16-4) vs ELIZABETH TAYLOR (8-3) 

Which will take place right here on ALL GOOD THINGS

Good luck to all these amazing women!

Round 4 results: DORIS DAY edges DEBORAH KERR in a thrilling match, everything else is a blow-out

The Sweet Sixteen Round has come to a close and out of the 8 matches only one had any real drama. In one of the best matches all tourney so far, Doris Day and Deborah Kerr traded blows all week long with multiple lead changes to see Doris finally escape with a one vote win 38-37. In the other 50's era match-up, it was Audrey Hepburn finally beating Grace Kelly after losing two previous times, 54-20. That is the worst loss Grace Kelly has ever had in tourney play. Hell it makes for only her 4th loss compared to her 20 wins. Here are the complete scores of all the other matches in the other eras:

30'S ERA:

BARBARA STANWYCK defeated GRETA GARBO 49-16
MYRNA LOY defeated JOAN BLONDELL 43-22

40'S ERA:

BETTE DAVIS defeated RITA HAYWORTH 50-7
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND defeated TERESA WRIGHT 50-10

60'S ERA:

ELIZABETH TAYLOR defeated LEE REMICK 45-17
NATALIE WOOD defeated ROMY SCHNEIDER 46-18

50'S ERA:

DORIS DAY defeated DEBORAH KERR 38-37
AUDREY HEPBURN defeated GRACE KELLY 54-20

Round 5 (THE ELITE EIGHT) will begin Sunday and we are looking at some great match-ups.

In the 30's era championship match it will be Barbara Stanwyck vs Myrna Loy
In the 40's era championship match it will be Bette Davis vs Olivia de Havilland
In the 50's era championship match it will be Audrey Hepburn vs Doris Day
In the 60's era championship match it will be Elizabeth Taylor vs Natalie Wood

You couldn't have asked for better era final matches as each winner will move on to the final four. I will write a post tomorrow detailing the above matches. Can't wait to get started!

SWEET SIXTEEN ROUND Matches to begin tomorrow

We have made it to round 4 of the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, better known as the Sweet Sixteen. Here are all the matches in the four eras that will begin tomorrow morning and run through Friday evening!

30'S ERA

Greta Garbo vs Barbara Stanwyck

and

Myrna Loy vs Joan Blondell

here's the link to go cast your votes when the polls are up: http://www.rozrussell.com/

40'S ERA

Rita Hayworth vs Bette Davis

and

Olivia de Havilland vs Teresa Wright

you can vote here once the polls are open: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

50'S ERA

Doris Day vs Deborah Kerr

and 

Grace Kelly vs Audrey Hepburn

you can go here to vote once the polls are open: http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

60'S ERA

Elizabeth Taylor vs Lee Remick

and

Romy Schneider vs Natalie Wood

which of course takes place right here on All Good Things

Round 3 Final Results: Veteran tourney actresses roll on

Round 3 has just wrapped up and for the most part the veteran tourney actresses rolled to easy victories. Here are the complete scores from each era:

30's era:

GRETA GARBO defeated ANN DVORAK 33-24
MYRNA LOY defeated JEAN HARLOW 33-25
BARBARA STANWYCK defeated NORMA SHEARER 40-19
JOAN BLONDELL defeated BILLIE BURKE 45-10

Greta Garbo and Myrna Loy rolled to easy victories which was not too surprising. But it was surprising that Stany had such an easy time beating Norma Shearer. Thought that match would have been much closer. And Joan Blondell had the biggest margin of victory by crushing Billie Burke by 35 votes



40's era:

BETTE DAVIS defeated JUDY GARLAND 53-16
RITA HAYWORTH defeated GENE TIERNEY 36-29
TERESA WRIGHT defeated JOAN LESLIE 45-19
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND defeated INGRID BERGMAN 38-37

Wow...Bette decimated Judy by 37 votes for this era's biggest blow-out. The best match though was between Ingrid Bergman and Olivia de Havilland. It has been back and forth for the longest before Livvie eventually won by a single vote!

50's era:

DORIS DAY defeated MARILYN MONROE 44-32
DEBORAH KERR defeated JANET LEIGH 51-24
AUDREY HEPBURN defeated SUSAN HAYWARD 51-23
GRACE KELLY defeated LANA TURNER 51-22

Talk about blow-outs. Every match in this era was decided by 12 or more votes with the closest match being between Day and Monroe. The other three matches were decided by 25 or more votes. History making too when Grace Kelly notched her 20th tourney win, the most by any actress in tourney and match play.


60's era:

ROMY SCHNEIDER defeated CATHERINE DENEUVE 36-29  
NATALIE WOOD defeated SHIRLEY MACLAINE 45-28
ELIZABETH TAYLOR defeated JEAN SIMMONS 46-26
LEE REMICK defeated ANNE BANCROFT 40-29

Romy Schneider edged out Catherine Deneuve in this era's closest match. While Elizabeth Taylor advances to the sweet sixteen for her very first time. When she competed in the 50's era in previous tourneys, she never made it past round 3. So looks like moving to the 60's era was a very smart idea.

Round 4 (the Sweet Sixteen) will begin tomorrow morning. I will have the match-ups posted later on this evening.

ROUND 3 begins tomorrow (The Brackets Finals Matches)

Tomorrow begins round 3 of the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney and we move into the final matches for the brackets of each era.

Two actresses competing in each category in each era to see who will move on to the sweet sixteen round next week. Here are the match-ups

scheduled to begin on Tuesday in each era. Since I am hosting the 60’s era portion I will  begin with the match-ups taking place here. There are

three top seeds left in this era after Diana Rigg got shown the exit door last round. Natalie Wood, Catherine Deneuve and Anne Bancroft.

But they all will have some tough competition to face. In the song and dance category, Natalie Wood faces Shirley MacLaine, which should give

Natalie her toughest challenge so far. In the Foreign Affair bracket, top seed Catherine Deneuve squares off against 2nd seed Romy Schneider,

which might be the best match of all four. In the All-American Girls bracket, Anne Bancroft takes on 3rd seed Lee Remick, which should be an

interesting match. And finally 2nd seed Elizabeth Taylor looks to continue her winning ways since coming from the 50’s era bracket, takes on the

lowest seed remaining in 5th seed Jean Simmons. Matches will run through Sunday evening!

A FOREIGN AFFAIR BRACKET

SONG AND DANCE BRACKET

BRITISH INVASION BRACKET

ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS BRACKET

Here are the links to the other blogs to cast your votes in the other eras:

The 30's era:
http://www.rozrussell.com/

The 40's era:
http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

The 50's era:
http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

Round 2 Final results

Here are the final numbers from the second set of brackets in round 2.

THE 30'S ERA:

BARBARA STANWYCK defeated MARLENE DIETRICH 49-7
NORMA SHEARER defeated GLENDA FARRELL 41-12
JOAN BLONDELL defeated JEANETTE MACDONALD 36-20
BILLIE BURKE defeated ELEANOR POWELL 27-23

Billie Burke had a late rally to overtake Eleanor Powell and eventually win by the score 27-23.
Way to go Billie!

THE 40'S ERA:

BETTE DAVIS defeated ROSALIND RUSSELL 40-36
JUDY GARLAND defeated AVA GARDNER 50-20
INGRID BERGMAN defeated VIVIEN LEIGH 37-28
OLIVIA de HAVILLAND defeated MAUREEN O'HARA 45-25

It was a surprisingly close match as Bette Davis narrowly edged out Rosalind Russell in this era's best match-up. Kudos to Roz for giving Bette all she could handle.


THE 50'S ERA:

AUDREY HEPBURN defeated EVA MARIE SAINT 46-9
SUSAN HAYWARD defeated JUDY HOLLIDAY 40-15
GRACE KELLY defeated SOPHIA LOREN 37-17
LANA TURNER defeated KIM NOVAK 28-24

Kim Novak almost pulled off a last minute rally but wound up falling short and losing to Lana Turner by 4 votes.

THE 60'S ERA:

ROMY SCHNEIDER defeated ANNA KARINA 36-10
CATHERINE DENEUVE defeated CLAUDIA CARDINALE 33-18
NATALIE WOOD defeated ANN-MARGRET 47-10
SHIRLEY MACLAINE defeated SHIRLEY JONES 29-23

In the battle of the Shirleys, it was Shirley MacLaine defeating Shirley Jones by 6 votes.

Round 3 will begin on Tuesday and I'll have the 60's era matches posted by tomorrow.

Tourney Update Round 2 (second set of brackets)

Here's an update with the latest numbers in the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney in all four eras. And I posted the link to each era to go cast your votes if you haven't done so already. Matches in the 30's, 50's and 60's eras will run through Sunday night, while the matches in the 40's will wrap up a day later on Monday. 

30'S ERA:

BARBARA STANWYCK leads MARLENE DIETRICH 40-6
NORMA SHEARER leads GLENDA FARRELL 37-6
JOAN BLONDELL leads JEANETTE MACDONALD 26-20
ELEANOR POWELL leads BILLIE BURKE 21-19
http://www.rozrussell.com/

40'S ERA:

ROSALIND RUSSELL and BETTE DAVIS tied 21-21
JUDY GARLAND leads AVA GARDNER 28-13
INGRID BERGMAN leads VIVIEN LEIGH 22-18
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND leads MAUREEN O'HARA 26-15
http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/


50'S ERA:

AUDREY HEPBURN leads EVA MARIE SAINT 32-7
SUSAN HAYWARD leads JUDY HOLLIDAY 29-11
GRACE KELLY leads SOPHIA LOREN 28-11
LANA TURNER leads KIM NOVAK 23-15
http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

60'S ERA:

ROMY SCHNEIDER leads ANNA KARINA 29-8
CATHERINE DENEUVE leads CLAUDIA CARDINALE 27-13
SHIRLEY MACLAINE leads SHIRLEY JOENS 22-19
NATALIE WOOD leads ANN-MARGRET 36-8

Shirley Temple and Teresa Wright go to overtime in the 40's era bracket

Yesterday in the 40's era portion of the tourney, Teresa Wright and Shirley Temple battled to a tie, with each getting 32 votes. Kristen has a tie-breaker poll question going on her blog to settle which actress will be moving on. Here's the link to go cast your vote: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

Round 2 (Song and Dance/A Foreign Affair Brackets)

Here are the match-ups for the song and dance/a foreign affair brackets) which will conclude round 2. And it will be the top 4 actresses competing in these particular brackets, and no dark horses this time around. In the Song and Dance bracket, top seed Natalie Wood will face 4th seed Ann-Margret, who survived last round's back and forth match with Barbra Streisand. Then the second match will feature the Shirleys as 2nd seed Shirley Jones squares off against 3rd seed Shirley MacLaine in a rematch from last year, which saw Jones win. Over in the Foreign Affair bracket, top seed Catherine Deneuve will face 4th seed Claudia Cardinale while 2nd seed Romy Schneider will battle 3rd seed Anna Karina. Matches will run through Sunday night.

SONG AND DANCE

A FOREIGN AFFAIR BRACKET

And here are the links to the other sites to vote on the other era's matches:

30's era

 http://www.rozrussell.com/

40's era

http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

50's era

http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

Round 2 results: Elizabeth Taylor cruises to another easy victory

Liz is all smiles after her win over Julie Andrews

The first two brackets in the 60's era, All-American Girls and British Invasion have just wrapped up. And three of the four matches became very tight down the stretch. Final four finalist from last year, Diana Rigg was sent home early after losing to Jean Simmons 27-20. Diana did make a late rally as she was down by as many as 13 votes yesterday, but she did not have enough time left to make a comeback win. The other match in the British Invasion bracket saw Elizabeth Taylor crush Julie Andrews 37-11. This match was expected to be a close wire thriller and it turned out to be anything but as Liz led easily from the start. Over in the All-American Girls bracket, it was Anne Bancroft outlasting Paula Prentiss 28-20 and Lee Remick withstanding a furious late day charge from Sharon Tate to win 26-19. Congratulations to all the winners and I will have the other two brackets (Song and Dance/A Foreign Affair) up and running within a few hours.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR 37-11 over JULIE ANDREWS
JEAN SIMMONS 27-20 over DIANA RIGG
ANNE BANCROFT 28-20 over PAULA PRENTISS
LEE REMICK 26-19 over SHARON TATE

Here are the results from the 30's era which Desiree just wrapped up as well:

1930s era

Greta Garbo 35-18 vs. Miriam Hopkins

Ann Dvorak 30-23 vs. Ruth Chatterton

Myrna Loy 43-9 vs. Constance Bennett

Jean Harlow 34-19 vs. Jean Arthur

 50's era

Doris Day  69.39%  (34 votes) 

 

Cyd Charisse  30.61%  (15 votes) 

Marilyn Monroe  52.94%  (27 votes) 

 

Debbie Reynolds  47.06%  (24 votes) 

Deborah Kerr  68.75%  (33 votes) 

 

Thelma Ritter  31.25%  (15 votes) 

Janet Leigh  52%  (26 votes) 

 

Eleanor Parker  48%  (24 votes)