Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Classic Movie Actor Tournament Brackets

Judging by the response from yesterday's post, everybody is in favor of me posting the entire classic movie actor tournament brackets all at once so you can pick all your matches and have a final four in place. Which is cool with me. These are the sixteen actors for each of the four decades. I will post the first decade, the silent/30's era on Sunday, May 29th, one day before the tourney kicks off.  So it would be cool if everyone could go thru their brackets and make their picks and then post their final four picks in the comments section.
Just note that the grouping follows as the winner of 1/16 match will face the 8/9 winner, 4/13 winner will face 5/12 winner, etc. Continue to work your way down as you should have 1 actor coming from each set of 4 to face off in the semi-finals. If that sounds confusing, just look to the actress post to see how they were broken down. I wish I could post the brackets here but they just show up so small that it would be very hard to read. Good luck to everyone.

SILENT/30'S ERA BRACKET

1  CLARK GABLE
16 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR

8 JOHN GILBERT
9 BUSTER KEATON
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4 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SR
13 FRED ASTAIRE

5  RUDOLPH VALENTINO
12 JAMES CAGNEY
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2  CHARLES CHAPLIN
15 FREDRIC MARCH

7  ERROL FLYNN
10 PAUL MUNI
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3  JOHN BARRYMORE
14 RONALD COLMAN

6  WILLIAM POWELL
11 GEORGE BRENT

THE 1940'S ERA BRACKET (In my opinion the best and most competitive bracket)

1  CARY GRANT
16 ROBERT TAYLOR

8 BING CROSBY
9 JOEL MCCREA
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4  SPENCER TRACY
13 ROBERT MONTGOMERY

5  GARY COOPER
12 TYRONE POWER
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2  HUMPHREY BOGART
15 GENE KELLY

7  HENRY FONDA
10 ALAN LADD
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3  JAMES STEWART
14 RAY MILLAND

6  GREGORY PECK
11 BOB HOPE

THE 1950'S ERA BRACKET

1  MARLON BRANDO
16 ALEC GUINNESS

8 JAMES DEAN
9 ROBERT MITCHUM
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4  BURT LANCASTER
13 DEAN MARTIN

5  CHARLTON HESTON
12 FRANK SINATRA
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2  WILLIAM HOLDEN
15 DANNY KAYE

7  MONTGOMERY CLIFT
10 ROCK HUDSON
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3  JOHN WAYNE
14 GLENN FORD

6  KIRK DOUGLAS
11 ANTHONY QUINN

THE 60'S ERA BRACKET

1  PAUL NEWMAN
16 MICHAEL CAINE

8 SEAN CONNERY
9 MARCELLO MASTROIANNI
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4  JACK LEMMON
13 CLINT EASTWOOD

5  TONY CURTIS
12 LEE MARVIN
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2  STEVE MCQUEEN
15 DIRK BOGARDE

7  PETER O'TOOLE
10 JAMES GARNER
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3  SIDNEY POITIER
14 WALTER MATTHAU

6  ROBERT REDFORD
11 JERRY LEWIS

So there you have all 64 actors at one quick glance. And if you're curious who my final four would be, they are Errol Flynn, Cary Grant, William Holden, and Jack Lemmon. With my guy Cary winning the whole thing. Love to hear everyone else's picks.
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5 comments:

  1. AudreyMay 18, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    I'm guessing (and these are not necessarily my picks) that it will be:

    Fred Astaire
    Cary Grant
    William Holden
    Paul Newman

    There is definitely going to be some stiff competition, though, and I can't wait for the games to begin! I think these contests are super fun!

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  2. Patti May 18, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    OH, what fun this is, Monty.

    I'm going with my heart here. I mean, I have to be faithful to my 2 loves, so even though I actually think Jimmy Stewart will take the 40's (and the whole thing!), my picks are as follows:

    30's - James Cagney
    40's - Gary Cooper
    50's - William Holden
    60's - Jack Lemmon

    My #1 guy Holden to win it all.

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  3. Patti May 18, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    Me again...I forgot to say 2 things:

    First of all, thank you for always leaving me such kind, encouraging comments. They make me smile.

    Also, your initial pairings really made for some difficult decisions. Though I'm a huge fan of both Robert Taylor and Ray Milland, both of those guys didn't even make it out of the first round for me. How sad to leave them behind.

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  4. Matt S.May 18, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Wow, this sounds like a lot of fun! I hope James Stewart gets in there somewhere close

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  5. whistlingypsyMay 19, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Although the choices are difficult and I would need to ignore some of my favorite actors, I would choose John Gilbert, Ray Milland, Kirk Douglas and Peter O’Toole. I suspect the final two contenders will be Errol Flynn and Cary Grant.

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