The 2013 LOMBARD CUP Final Matches are now underway

Decided to go ahead and get the last matches of the 2013 Lombard Cup underway a few hours early. All six matches are now up and running and you can cast your vote for your favorite actresses. The polls are on the right sidebar and will be open through Friday evening. 

Here we go...the final six matches in the 2013 Lombard Cup...for all the marbles

TEAM CAROLE has 9 and 1/2 points
TEAM VERONICA has 5 and 1/2 points

Six matches this week will decide who gets to take The Lombard Cup home. Here we go...matches start tomorrow morning and run through Friday evening!

Match 16 
VIVIEN LEIGH (Team Carole)


















vs

BETTE DAVIS (Team Veronica)

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Match 17
DEBORAH KERR (Team Carole)

vs


JANET LEIGH (Team Veronica)

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Match 18
ANN SHERIDAN (Team Carole)

vs


ANN-MARGRET (Team Veronica)

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Match 19
SUSAN HAYWARD (Team Carole)

vs


BARBARA STANWYCK (Team Veronica)

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Match 20
AUDREY HEPBURN (Team Carole)

vs


ELIZABETH TAYLOR (Team Veronica)

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Match 21
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (Team Carole)

vs


JOAN CRAWFORD (Team Veronica)

Myrna Loy and Natalie Wood duked it out in one of the most thrilling matches in week 3 of The LOMBARD CUP....

Kristen has just posted the final tallies for week 3 matches of The Lombard Cup and her team Veronica won 4 of the 5 matches. Three were blow-out matches and two were very close. My team Carole was able to squeak out one win so now the point totals stand at 9 and a 1/2 points for Team Carole and 5 and a half points for Team Veronica. Here are the complete scores below:

GINGER ROGERS (Team Veronica) throttled ESTHER WILLIAMS (Team Carole) 76-20 - once again proving how dominant Ginger is when it comes to tourney play.

JOAN BLONDELL (Team Veronica) beat the dickens out of LOUISE BROOKS (Team Carole) 68-28 - showing that Joanie has a huge fanbase as well.

Grace had to stage a late rally to overtake Lauren Bacall

GRACE KELLY (Team Carole) edged out LAUREN BACALL (Team Veronica) 50-46 - wow Grace came back to win and notch her 17th win in tourney play. I knew I could count on Grace.

INGRID BERGMAN (Team Veronica) defeated MARLENE DIETRICH (Team Carole) 59-36...this was never close at all

and finally in the premiere match...MYRNA LOY (Team Veronica) held off a furious rally from NATALIE WOOD (Team Carole) to hold on and win 49-47. So this match totally delivered the goods!

Thanks to all those who voted and got the word out as the vote count increased from the previous weeks.

The fourth and final week of matches will begin on Sunday and I will post the matchups tomorrow. The action comes back here to All Good Things.

WEEK 3 Matches of The Lombard Cup are now underway

Kristen has the week 3 matches of the Lombard Cup underway. Here's the link to go cast your vote for your favorites..http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/2013/09/22/lombard-cup-week-3/

Week 3 Lombard Cup Marquee Match Spotlight: ESTHER WILLIAMS vs GINGER ROGERS

Week 3 matches of The 2013 Lombard Cup will begin today and I thought I would spotlight some of the matches. I already talked about the main match between Myrna Loy and Natalie Wood. But there is another high profile match that will be taking place too. Aquatic superstar Esther Williams takes on dancing queen Ginger Rogers in a key match-up. Based on match play experience solely on my blog, it would appear Ginger has the edge. She is 7-1 and is the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Champion. Esther Williams is 1-2 and has never made it past round 2 in any year. But I think it will still be a very exciting match. Kristen will have the matches up sometime today and you can go vote here: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

"So whose idea was to put me up against Ginger? Oh yeah that would 

be Monty! Thanks pal!

And Ginger has her game face on!

The 2013 Lombard Cup: Week 3 Matches

The action moves back over to Kristen's blog, Journeys In Classic Film, with the next five matches. And there are some choice ones plus one of the biggest matches ever to take place. I will save that one for last....

ESTHER WILLIAMS (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

GINGER ROGERS (TEAM VERONICA)

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LOUISE BROOKS (TEAM CAROLE)

VS 

JOAN BLONDELL (TEAM VERONICA)

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GRACE KELLY (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

LAUREN BACALL (TEAM VERONICA)

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MARLENE DIETRICH (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

INGRID BERGMAN (TEAM VERONICA)

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and lastly...the big one...

NATALIE WOOD (TEAM CAROLE)

VS



MYRNA LOY (TEAM VERONICA)

Matches begin on Sunday and will run through Friday. Here's the link to go vote for your favorites..http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

The 2013 Lombard Cup Week 2 final results

The polls are closed and the five matches for week 2 of The Lombard Cup are now final. Team Carole ends up winning four of the five matches and tying in the fifth match. Doris Day and Maureen O'Hara ended up with 23 votes each, resulting in the first tie of the Lombard Cup. Unlike other match play events, there is no tie-breaker question to continue the match to seek a winner. Instead Team Carole gets a half point and Team Veronica gets a half point. Team Carole receives a total of 4 and a half points thanks to their four victories. Here are the complete results:

Judy Garland (Team Carole) beats Margaret O'Brien (Team Veronica) 36-9
Eleanor Parker (Team Carole) beats Gene Tierney (Team Veronica) 26-20
Romy Schneider (Team Carole) beats Jane Russell (Team Veronica) 25-20
Irene Dunne (Team Carole) beats Katharine Hepburn (Team Veronica) 37-9
Doris Day (Team Carole) and Maureen O'Hara (Team Veronica) tied 23-23


Notes: Irene Dunne ties Carole Lombard for most votes in a single match with 37.
Team Carole has a total of 8 1/2 points to Team Veronica's 1 1/2 points.

Kristen will start week 3 matches on Sunday and I will have the matches posted tomorrow to let everyone know who will be competing.

The Lombard Cup Week 2 Matches Update..things are getting closer

Things are tightening up in a few of the matches taking place in the 2013 Lombard Cup. Team Carole still leads in four of the five matches but Team Veronica has closed the gap in several of the matches.

Gene Tierney of Team Veronica has gained some votes and now trails Team Carole's Eleanor Parker by only 2 votes with the score of 17-15.

Jane Russell of Team Veronica has made a move in her match against Team Carole's Romy Schneider with the score now at 18-13 in favor of Romy.

Maureen O'Hara and Doris Day are engaged in a great match with O'Hara currently leading Day 17-13.

The two other matches are now looking like blow-outs. Judy Garland is beating Margaret O'Brien 25-6 and Irene Dunne is surprisingly beating Katharine Hepburn by a wide margin of 24-8. I expected that one to be much closer.

Voting continues through Friday evening so spread the word to vote on your favorites.

TEAM CAROLE                                             TEAM VERONICA
JUDY GARLAND        25                               MARGARET O'BRIEN    6
DORIS DAY                 13                               MAUREEN O'HARA        17
ELEANOR PARKER  17                               GENE TIERNEY               15
ROMY SCHNEIDER  18                               JANE RUSSELL               13
IRENE DUNNE           24                              KATHARINE HEPBURN   8

Lombard Cup Week 2 Matches Update

After one full day of voting here are the latest numbers on the five matches currently going on.

JUDY GARLAND 17 MARGARET O'BRIEN 5
MAUREEN O'HARA 11 DORIS DAY 10
ELEANOR PARKER 12 GENE TIERNEY 10
ROMY SCHNEIDER 12 JANE RUSSELL 8
IRENE DUNNE 14 KATHARINE HEPBURN 7

So Team Carole currently leads in four of the five matches but with the exception of the Judy/Margaret match, they are all pretty close. Voting continues through Friday. I will post another update before then. The best match going has to be the one with Doris Day and Maureen O'Hara. Should come down to the wire.

Week 2 Matches of the Lombard Cup are now up and running

I just got the polls set up featuring this week 5 matches of the Lombard Cup. There are some prime matches between Team Carole and Team Veronica including Irene Dunne facing Katharine Hepburn and Doris Day facing Maureen O'Hara. The polls are on the right hand side of this blog and will be up through Friday evening. Only one vote per match and person. I will post updates as often as I can.

Week 2 Lombard Cup Matches

Team Carole takes a 4-1 point lead into week 2. And they will need it as the competition gets even tougher this second time around. Here are the matches scheduled to begin tomorrow...

MATCH 6

IRENE DUNNE (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

KATHARINE HEPBURN (TEAM VERONICA)

MATCH 7

ROMY SCHNEIDER (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

JANE RUSSELL (TEAM VERONICA)

MATCH 8

ELEANOR PARKER (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

GENE TIERNEY (TEAM VERONICA)

MATCH 9

DORIS DAY (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

MAUREEN O'HARA (TEAM VERONICA)

MATCH 10

JUDY GARLAND (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

MARGARET O'BRIEN (TEAM VERONICA)

Matches will run through Friday. The polls will be open tomorrow morning here on All Good Things. Good luck to both teams.

The first week of matches for the Lombard Cup are in the books...

The 2013 Lombard Cup is off to a flying start as week one matches wrapped up yesterday. Team Carole won 4 of the 5 matches including Team captain Carole Lombard taking down Team captain Veronica Lake 37-7. In the other matches which saw Team Carole victories were Rosalind Russell beating Cyd Charisse 34-10. Jean Harlow taking down Marilyn Monroe 26-18. Shirley Jones edging out Jennifer Jones 25-19. Team Veronica scored a victory when Rita Hayworth beat Greta Garbo 26-18. So after one week Team Carole leads Team Veronica by the count of 4-1. The next set of five matches will begin on Sunday and take place here on All Good Things. I will post the matches on tomorrow.

The 2013 Lombard Cup update

Here are the latest numbers on the first five matches currently taking place over at Kristen's blog, Journeys in Classic Film. 

I am happy to report my girl Carole Lombard is winning by the count of 29 to 4 over Veronica Lake.

Rosalind Russell leads Cyd Charisse 25 to 8. That will make Desiree very, very happy!

Shirley Jones leads Jennifer Jones 19 to 14.

Jean Harlow is up on Marilyn Monroe by the score of 20 to 13.

And Rita Hayworth currently leads Greta Garbo 19 to 14.

So Team Carole leads in 4 of the 5 matches over Team Veronica which is great. The matches are up till Friday so please visit Kristen's blog to cast your vote. Here's the link:  journeysinclassicfilm.com/2013/09/10/lombard-cup-updates