The first full day of first round action in the 3rd Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress tourney is in the books and besides one disqualification, which I talked about in an earlier post, there are only a few upsets going on. Most of the top seeds are making early statements in convincing leads such as Bette Davis up 33-1 over Jane Wyman in the 40's era, Audrey Hepburn shutting out Pier Angeli 28-0 in the 50's era, and Ann-Margret crushing Diahann Carroll 38-9 in the 60's era. A few upsets are occurring but none bigger than Liza Minnelli leading Barbra Streisand 27-21. That would be a surprise if Liza holds on and wins. Some other blow-outs include Grace Kelly blanking Diana Dors 28-0, Deborah Kerr up big over Jean Peters 27-1, Greta Garbo over Dolores del Rio 38-17 and Vivien Leigh leading Joan Fontaine 26-11. First round continues tomorrow and wraps up Wednesday evening.
The only way I could decide between Liza Minelli and Barbra Streisand is that Liza was on Arrested Development, so she got my vote. No regrets!
ReplyDeleteExciting tourney so far! Lots of tough ones!