The 30's era bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress is in the books. And there was no upsets to speak of. There was a record-setting match though as Joan Blondell crushed Ruby Keeler 71-3 for a 95% share of the votes, a record in tourney play. I love it when new records are set. In the other singer/dancer match, Eleanor Powell danced away with a victory over Bebe Daniels 43-28 to up her maiden tourney record to a perfect 2-0. Over in the funny ladies category, top seed Carole Lombard notched her 10th tourney record with an impressive win over Jean Harlow 50-31. Carole will have a rematch with the other funny ladies winner Myrna Loy, who had a similar victory over another Jean..this one being Jean Arthur by the count of 49-30. These ladies join the other 2nd round winners Greta Garbo, Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck and Norma Shearer to advance to round 3, which starts tomorrow. I'll do a post this evening detailing those matches.
Eleanor Powell kicks her heels up after another victory
ELEANOR POWELL 43-28 over BEBE DANIELS
JOAN BLONDELL 71-3 over RUBY KEELER
CAROLE LOMBARD 50-31 over JEAN HARLOW
MYRNA LOY 49-31 over JEAN ARTHUR
The other three eras wrap up their matches over the next few hours and I will post those numbers once they are done.
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