My first ever screwball film tourney got off to a fantastic start on Sunday with about 20 fans voting on the first round matches on average. Three of the four top seeds are rolling early, and there are some back and forth matches taking place as well. Here are the breakdowns on yesterday's exciting start.
My Favorite Wife has a leg up over Trouble in Paradise
after day one
Three of the four top seeds are besting their opponents quite easily. Overall top seed Bringing Up Baby leads Bombshell 15-1 (I wonder who is the lone person so far to cast their vote for the Jean Harlow vehicle). The second top seed It Happened One Night is up big over The More The Merrier by the count of 18-3. The third top seed My Man Godfrey is having no trouble at all with Easy Living and leads 17-4. The last top seed, Trouble in Paradise is having trouble with upstart My Favorite Wife. It is getting hammered 14-3. The pairing of Irene Dunne and Cary Grant evidently is too much.
If I'm reading this right, then we're winning...
In other matches that are also blow-outs include: To Be Or Not To Be ahead of The Devil and Miss Jones 13-2; His Girl Friday up big on The Major and The Minor 17-4; and The Philadelphia Story double over Twentieth Century 14-7.
It's gonna be close between us and Sullivan..
Now the nail-biters currently going on include: Arsenic and Old Lace with a slight 11-9 edge over The Awful Truth; The Palm Beach Story with a one point edge over Libeled Lady 9-8; The Lady Eve over Ninotchka 10-7; and Sullivan's Travels tied with Ball of Fire at 10-10.
My oh my, how exciting is this. The matches continue on through Friday and I will keep everyone updated with posts through-out the week. Below are the complete scores on all the matches:
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 18
THE MORE THE MERRIER 3
MERRILY WE LIVE 11
THE GILDED LILY 5
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 14
TWENTIETH CENTURY 7
HIS GIRL FRIDAY 17
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR 4
We are definitely in trouble...
MY MAN GODFREY 17
EASY LIVING 4
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 11
THE AWFUL TRUTH 9
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 12
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE 8
BALL OF FIRE 10
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 10
MY FAVORITE WIFE 14
TROUBLE IN PARADISE 3
THE LADY EVE 10
NINOTCHKA 7
THE PALM BEACH STORY 9
LIBELED LADY 8
No worries sugar...
THE THIN MAN 10
HOLIDAY 5
BRINGING UP BABY 15
BOMBSHELL 1
MIDNIGHT 11
THE GOOD FAIRY 5
TO BE OR NOT TO BE 13
THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES 2
THEODORA GOES WILD 10
TOPPER 5
My love of classic films is beyond measure
Monty
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Well, I HATE Bringing Up Baby, but since I don't even know the other movie, I didnt' vote on that match, so while I COULD be the lone voter, I'm not.
ReplyDeleteAlso, another very hated film is His Girl Friday...say it isn't so that it is beating The Major and the Minor so badly.
Yes, I am your don't-much-care-for-screwball-or-any-comedy blog reader...but you love me anyway!!
All of the scewball comedies have a special place in my heart. These are the movies I go to when I'm depressed, sad, or just need a good laugh. My Man Godfrey, Arsnic and Old Lace, and The Lady Eve are my favorites, but I love them all. I love the quick pace dialogue. There is a certain rythm to the banter that other movies don't have. Thanks Monty!
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