ALL GOOD THINGS IN JULY

The summer heats up as July promises to be one of my best months ever. The main event for July will be all about the 60’s. It is my second favorite decade behind the 30’s and I will be focusing on the films, tv, stars, directors and anything else that was prevalent during this era. My good friends Irene and Dawn will be lending a hand to help me with this special event. Irene will also be my guest for the month as she has accepted my extended invitation to stay over for one more month. I could not contact the original person who was going to be my guest of the month so Irene decided she would fill in. So I will have a whole new batch of questions for the always entertaining Ms. Palfy to answer. As her stint in June proved to be one of the most commented guest appearances on my blog yet. The classic movie goddess of the month will be the wonderful Olivia de Havilland and I will be posting photos, reviews of her films, facts and all kind of goodies about her. My classic movie actor tournament will wrap up early this month and I can’t wait to see who will win. Of course I’m going for my guy, Cary Grant. So expect great things in July here on All Good Things.

10 things I love about Doris Day

Monty asked me to do a post about his classic movie goddess of the month - and this is it…:

I just adore Doris Day – and that’s what I knew for ages.

But now I started to think about what exactly I like about her –

and here are my results:

1. Of course her interest and love for animals.

Super-likeable!

2. Then - no wonder - for being a single girl myself.. – I like her spinster roles. Honest: Does she look unhappy to you before she meets Rock Hudson, Cary Grant or whoever else? No, she doesn’t! – she isn’t sitting at home, crying and waiting for her prince to come – oh no!

3. She is a Career girl! And in most cases she seems to enjoy her job – which is great!

4. And in the majority of her films she is the happy girl – an easy-going character, which I find very appealing.

5. Oh – and her Humor! Doris Day is one of the funniest actresses!

But she isn’t “just funny”:

6. She is a very versatile actress. She is great in so many dramatic roles! Her “fight” scenes are awesome e.g. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (1955) with James Cagney.

– And this brings us to

7. Her partners – o.k. when I was 14 my heart broke when I found out that Rock Hudson was more of a “gents-man” but I got over that.. - Well, my favourite leading man of Doris Day is anyway Jack Carson.

A hilarious pair they were – and in films with him she was always more of a

8. Singer.

I love her songs and her

9. Voice – which is kind of raspy just like her

10. Laughter, which I like most about her.

There are so much more things I like about Doris Day – but these were my top ten of them.

Yours truly

Irene

Round 2 of the 60's Era features a match up between Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) and The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis)...how cool is that

Here are the matches for round which features a key matchup up between co-stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, who teamed up for Some Like It Hot and The Great Race. It's Professor Fate vs. The Great Leslie.

1  PAUL NEWMAN


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8 SEAN CONNERY



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4 JACK LEMMON




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5 TONY CURTIS



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2 STEVE MCQUEEN



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7 PETER O'TOOLE



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3 SIDNEY POITIER




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6 ROBERT REDFORD

No Surprises in the first round of the 60's Era Bracket of The Classic Movie Actor Tournament

There were no upsets or surprises in the first round of the 60's era bracket of the Classic Movie Actor Tournament. All the top ranked seeds won their respective matches. The biggest winner was 4th seed Jack Lemmon who trounced 13th seed Clint Eastwood 30-6. Number 1 seed Paul Newman had his way with 16th  seed Michael Caine 24-11. The only real close match was between 3rd seed Sidney Poitier and 14th seed Walter Matthau. The two battled back and forth the whole match until Sidney finally pulled away 20-16. Here are the complete scores of all the matches.

(1) PAUL NEWMAN 24  (16) MICHAE CAINE 11
(8) SEAN CONNERY 26  (9) MARCELLO MASTROIANNI 10
(4) JACK LEMMON 30  (13) CLINT EASTWOOD 6
(5) TONY CURTIS 23  (12) LEE MARVIN 14
(2) STEVE MCQUEEN 24  (15) DIRK BOGARDE 11
(7) PETER O'TOOLE 24  (10) JAMES GARNER 14
(3) SIDNEY POITIER 20  (14) WALTER MATTHAU 16
(6) ROBERT REDFORD  24  (11) JERRY LEWIS 13

Be My Guest - Irene: Question #2 - Name Some of Your Favorite Classic Films

I had misplaced these answers from Irene earlier but she resent then and here they go:

2. Name at least 10 of your favorite films.



HA! “At least 10”!!! (You now may start a new blog – because I am going to fill any space left of this one.. *please insert evil laughter* No! I am going to behave. ;”) Again in no particular order:





MILDRED PIERCE (1945)


NOW VOYAGER (1942)


BORN YESTERDAY (1950)


THE WOMEN (1939)


SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)


WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)


GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947)


THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)


A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949)


42nd STREET (1933)


NIAGARA (1953)


IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)

THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957)


A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER (1938)


WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)


M (1931)


BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (1944)


HOLIDAY


THE SNAKE PIT (1948)


ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)

Classic Movie Actor Tournament (1960's Era) Round 1 Begins

My second favorite decade of all time, the 1960's gets underway with the classic movie actor tournament bracket today. Ladies, begin drooling now, you may notice quite a few of the gents pics are ones with them being shirtless. I'm not trying to influence the matches, those are the first pics I came across of the respective guys, so enjoy....Here are the scheduled matches:

1 PAUL NEWMAN



VS


16 MICHAEL CAINE


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8 SEAN CONNERY




VS


9 MARCELLO MASTROIANNI


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4 JACK LEMMON





VS

13 CLINT EASTWOOD


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5 TONY CURTIS




VS


12 LEE MARVIN


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2 STEVE MCQUEEN




VS


15 DIRK BOGARDE


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7 PETER O'TOOLE





VS


10 JAMES GARNER




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3 SIDNEY POITIER




VS


14 WALTER MATTHAU


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6 ROBERT REDFORD





VS



11 JERRY LEWIS

William Holden defeats Robert Mitchum 18-12 to win a spot in the Classic Movie Actor Final Four

Fan favorite and second seed William Holden beat bad boy Robert Mitchum 18-12 to earn a trip to the classic movie actor final four. Holden joins 30's era champion William Powell and 40's era champion Cary Grant. And now must wait on the outcome of the 60's era bracket which begins tomorrow. I know one lady is extremely happy that Bill won and her name is Patti.

Be My Guest - Irene: Question #11 and #12

11. What stars, besides your favorites would you have love to meet in person?

Irene: Though I like so many classic ladies and gentlemen that much, I don’t think that I want to meet them.
You see.. it’s the imagination that makes them perfect. A meeting in person would destroy the illusion.


Like an impressionistic painting: Don’t come too close! All what is left from the beauty will be some colored dots..


I like my stars larger than life.

Monty: well that's very well said Irene.
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12. And finally, if you could be one movie character, who would it be and why?



Irene: I don’t think that I want to replace any character – But I dream of being one small extra character in each and every film!:

An additional woman in THE WOMEN (1939)
Monty: I could see you in The Women...trading wisecracks with Roz and Paulette.
Irene: or Eve Arden’s ~ I adore Eve Arden ~ little sister in MILDRED PIERCE (1945)

or an aspiring but clumsy journalist in HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) who is following Rosalind Russell’s character where ever she goes and makes her mad.. (I can see Roz stumble upon me - I think that scene has to end with me on the floor trying to collect the fluttering sheets of a really massive script - while Ms. Russell runs out with a quip..)


Monty: Oh so you want to follow Roz around? I bet that would make for an interesting day...
Irene: Oh - I have about 1,000 ideas!!


I am the classic best friend’s friend - and I’d love to get some witty lines though.. ;”)




Monty: I see..well  very cool indeed Ms. Palfy

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

VS

9 ROBERTH MITCHUM

I love this Doris Day photo....

What she said....I concur

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

VS

9 ROBERT MITCHUM

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2 WILLIAM HOLDEN

VS

6 KIRK DOUGLAS

The matches start tonight and will run through Friday 7 PM EST