Round 4 is now underway

We are now at the Elite 8 portion of the 2017  Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. And what spectacular matches we have. I'll be hosting the 40's and 60's era final matches while John over at Mythical Monkey handles the 30's and 50's era final matches. Here's the link to go vote on his page: http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

For the 40's era final match it will be Ava Gardner vs Ingrid Bergman

For the 60's era final match it will be Elizabeth Taylor vs Shirley MacLaine

These matches will run through Friday March 31st at 6pm!

Fashion Icons Tourney in January

A new year brings a new tourney to kick things off right. Fashion Icons features 10 amazing actresses who had a flair for fashion, competing in matches voted on by everyone. There will be 10 matches, with 5 categories (2 matches per category). 

Here are the actresses that will be competing: note 4 of the women competing are favorite Classic Movie Actress tourney winners.....

Esther Williams 
Natalie wood 
Rosalind Russell 
Myrna Loy
Bette Davis
Grace Kelly
Audrey Hepburn
Barbara Stanwyck
Irene dunne
Carole Lombard

And here are the categories:
Casual Wear
Evening Wear
Swim Wear
Face Portrait
Hairstyle

The fun begins Sunday January 1st. You will be able to vote on all the matches directly here on my blog.

Round 4 Wrap-up (Sweet Sixteen Round)

The Sweet Sixteen Round of the 2015 Favorite classic Movie Actress Tourney is now complete. Here are the final numbers in all four eras:

30'S ERA:
Myrna Loy defeated overall top seed Barbara Stanywck by the count of 79-58, marking Myrna's deepest run into a tourney yet as she moves on to the elite 8. Last year these two met in the 30's era finale and Babs won that one. But Myrna wasn't going to be denied this time. She will face Jean Arthur who just steamrolled Elsa Lanchester by the score of 81-37. Give props to Elsa though as she notched three wins over heavily favored competition before losing to Jean.

40'S ERA:
Rosalind Russell and Gene Tierney had a dandy of a match which finally saw Roz winning 49-44, marking Roz's best run in a tourney so far. She will face Greer Garson, who crushed perennial favorite Judy Garland 52-37 to pick up her 4th win. Greer came into this year's tourney with a losing record of 0-4, never winning a single match, now she has won four in a row. Somebody lit a fire under her.

50'S ERA:
One of last year's final four finalists, Audrey Hepburn cruised to another win after ripping through Eleanor Parker 47-18 while in the other match, Doris Day edged out Debbie Reynolds 33-31 in one of the tourney's more exciting matches. So Audrey and Doris will duke it out again after the pair met last year in the 50's era final which saw Audrey narrowly winning by the score of 65-60.

60'S ERA:
In one of the most notable upsets, Shirley MacLaine demolished last year's final four finalist Elizabeth Taylor 87-50, thus preventing Liz in a rematch with Natalie Wood. Natalie notched her 2nd straight 100 plus vote win by crushing Ann-Margret 119-25.

The Elite 8 matches will be posted tomorrow in each era to see which actress earns a trip to the final four!

SWEET SIXTEEN ROUND Matches to begin tomorrow

We have made it to round 4 of the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, better known as the Sweet Sixteen. Here are all the matches in the four eras that will begin tomorrow morning and run through Friday evening!

30'S ERA

Greta Garbo vs Barbara Stanwyck

and

Myrna Loy vs Joan Blondell

here's the link to go cast your votes when the polls are up: http://www.rozrussell.com/

40'S ERA

Rita Hayworth vs Bette Davis

and

Olivia de Havilland vs Teresa Wright

you can vote here once the polls are open: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

50'S ERA

Doris Day vs Deborah Kerr

and 

Grace Kelly vs Audrey Hepburn

you can go here to vote once the polls are open: http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

60'S ERA

Elizabeth Taylor vs Lee Remick

and

Romy Schneider vs Natalie Wood

which of course takes place right here on All Good Things

Round 3 of the Favorite Silent Actress Tourney begins now...

Here we go with round 3 of the favorite silent actress tourney. 4 matches with 8 remaining women. And it looks to be some top tier matches for sure. I'll start my two matches here on All Good Things now and Catherine will start her two matches tomorrow morning. Here's the link to her blog:http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/

THE DESIREE BRACKET

MARY PICKFORD

VS

CLARA BOW

THE STEPHEN BRACKET

LOUISE BROOKS

VS

BEBE DANIELS

And then over at Catherine's blog, these two matches

THE JOSIE BRACKET

GRETA GARBO

VS

JANET GAYNOR

THE MARIA BRACKET

NORMA SHEARER

VS

GLORIA SWANSON

Matches will run through Thursday evening. Good luck to all the women who

have made it this far!

The 50'S Era first round is now complete

After a slight delay the first round in the 50's era is now complete. Here are the numbers:

Elizabeth Taylor 32 to Dorothy Malone 26

Ava Gardner 49 to Jennifer Jones 9

Susan Hayward 46 to Joanne Woodward 12

Eleanor Parker 33 to Anne Baxter 25 

Debbie Reynolds 50 to Shelley Winters 8

Doris Day 45 to Vera-Ellen 13

Cyd Charisse 52 to Dorothy Dandridge 6

Jane Russell 48 to Judy Holliday 10

No real surprises except that 5th seed Eleanor Parker who had trailed 4th seed Anne Baxter for most of the match, came back and won. And also top seed Liz Taylor had a slightly tougher match than expected with the feisty Dorothy Malone. Kristen will have round 2 up and going soon...and with all 8 matches at once too! What a girl!

1950'S ERA Update

Kristen, who is hosting the 50's era portion of our favorite classic movie actress tourney just sent me an email with the current scores of the matches currently going on. They will run through Wednesday evening.

Elizabeth Taylor 27 to Dorothy Malone 9

Ava Gardner 30 to Jennifer Jones 6

Susan Hayward 27 to Joanne Woodward 9

Anne Baxter 20 to Eleanor Parker 16

Debbie Reynolds 30 to Shelley Winters 6

Doris Day 33 to Vera-Ellen 3

Cyd Charisse 32 to Dorothy Dandridge 4

Jane Russell 30 to Judy Holliday 6

And it appears 7 of the 8 matches are blow-outs. The biggest blow-out has to be Doris Day whipping Vera-Ellen by 30 votes. The lone close match is between Anne Baxter and Eleanor Parker with Anne leading by 4 votes.

50'S ERA first round second set matches had to be restarted...

Due to an issue with the survey site Kristen used for the second set of matches of the first round in the 50's era bracket, she had to restart those matches. The new survey is up and you can access it on the right sidebar under the 50's era banner with Cyd Charisse photo. The survey will be up through Wednesday.

Thanks to everyone for their understanding.

All Good Things 2012 In Review

As 2012 comes to a close, I figure now would be a good time to look back at some of the highlights that took place here on All Good Things. I've broken things down by month. So let's get started with January.

JANUARY

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall kicked off the new year as my classic goddess of the month. I wrote a piece about the "H" letter films done by Paul Newman such as Hud, Harper and Cool Hand Luke. I started a new photo series called Tea Anyone, focusing on classic stars drinking or sharing their love of tea. The top post for the month was Things To Know About Lauren Bacall with 696 views.   poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-to-know-about-lauren-bacall Impressive Ms. Bacall..impressive.

FEBRUARY

Jean looking fabulous

Jean Harlow graced the month of February as the classic goddess of the month.  I did a Valentine Day linkup with my friend Kori over at Blonde Episodes. The most viewed post was my Top 50 favorite classic actresses list (revised) with 662 views.poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-favorite-top-50-classic-film I also wrote this funny little story about how we classic fans are a rare breed. Check it out here:  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/02/joan-whoa-funny-little-story


MARCH 

Ginger wins it all

March Madness was back with my 2nd Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney and it was much bigger. In fact I went from 64 contestants to 128. So large in fact I had to get help from two blogging buddies, Mythical Monkey and Desiree. By far my most ambitious project to date and one of the main posts yielded over 1200 views. WOW!  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-favorite-classic-movie-actress Ginger Rogers would eventually win the tourney continuing the tradition of a 30's era actress being champion. Irene Dunne won it in 2011. The tourney pretty much took over my blog but I still had time for Teresa Wright as my classic movie goddess of the month. And my contribution to the Gone Too Soon Blogathon with my piece on Natalie Wood.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/03/gone-too-soon-Natalie Wood

APRIL

Christmas came early as Christmas in Connecticut won a Montie

as Best Film of 1945

April was a quiet month. Well compared to March. The iconic Greta Garbo was my goddess for the month. I finally got back to my Monties, my version of the Oscars with my 1945 edition. Christmas in Connecticut was the big winner. And my morning movie spotlight on The Night of the Iguana was tops with readers with 924 views.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/04/morning-movie-night-of-iguana-1964


MAY

Anne Baxter

I started a blogathon called Cinematic Wold Tour, which used films as travel spots and locales. It ran all summer and I think it was successful enough to warrant it for a yearly occasion. Anne Baxter was the goddess of the month. And the be my guest feature with my friend Lori Kemp was the top post of the month with 241 views.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/05/be-my-guest-lori-kemp


JUNE

Jean Arthur

I started yet another a new series, called My Hollywood Crushes. And my first selection was Cindy Williams of Laverne and Shirley fame. Jean Arthur was my goddess for the month. My summer photo series, At The Beach, returned to the highest viewed post of the month with 470 views of the sexy Anne Francis. poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-lovin-anne-francis 


JULY

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth stormed into the month of July as my classic goddess. Perfect timing as I posted about her quite frequently. My Childhood crushes for the month were Jenny Agutter and Catherine Mary Stewart, they netted the most views with 516 and 584 respectively. poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-childhood-crushes-6-catherine-mary

AUGUST

One of my favorite new films

The summer was winding down and I started the month of August with my annual 31 Stars in 31 Days, spotlighting a different classic star each and every day. Such notable stars this time around included Grace Kelly, Errol Flynn and Natalie Wood among others. And a modern film, the animated Brave led all posts with 614 views.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/08/brave-2012-is-pure-cinema-magic

SEPTEMBER

My good friend Jessica Ellen Rowe from Australia

I love when things work out so perfectly. My classic goddess of the month and my guest of the month go hand in hand. Joan Crawford is one of my good friends favorite actresses and Jessica Ellen Rowe made for a delightful month. Her stint also yielded the most views for this month with 249. poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/09/be-my-guest-jessica-ellen-rowe


OCTOBER

Now you can add tourney winner to Grace's list of achievements

October proved to be a very busy month for me. First I had a new tourney going on, this one dedicated to the leading ladies of Alfred Hitchcock films. Grace Kelly finally snatched her first ever tourney trophy after coming so close twice before in my fave classic actress tourney. William Powell and Myrna Loy walked into my Hall of Fame. And my annual spotlight on the women of Hammer Horror Films return to a big response in Caroline Munro's post of 136 views, 2nd most for the month.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-women-of-hammer-films-caroline-munro


NOVEMBER

Team Classic put a beat down on Team Modern

My first annual Lombard Cup tourney began, pitting a team of classic era actors against modern era actors. Team Classic walloped those guys by the count of 16 and 1/2 points to 4 and 1/2 points. Natch, it was the most viewed post for the month with 107.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-lombard-cup-detailsteam-classic-vs
Jane Wyman was my goddess for the month. And my fall photo series returned with some great pics of classic stars in the lovely autumn weather.

DECEMBER

Walter and Hildy went to the tourney and came

home winners

And I wrapped up 2012 with surprise, another tourney. This one for favorite screwball film. Winner...His Girl Friday, which happens to be my all time favorite film ever.  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-first-round-of-favorite-screwball My good friend Alicia Garbo from Facebook was my guest for the month. And my Holiday Cheer photo series returned with some cool holiday pics.

All in all, 2012 was a pretty good year in blogging for me. My pace from that record setting year in 2011 was way off. I only did 470 posts this year,compared to that mammoth 731 I did in 2011. Still it was my second best year ever, 100 more posts than the next closest year. I expect 2013 to be probably around that same mark of 400 + posts as I don't see me ever getting to that 700 plateau ever again. I would like to thank everyone who stopped by to check out my blog and I promise to keep things just as exciting in 2013.

My love of classic films is beyond measure

Monty

Round 2 of Favorite Hitchcock Leading Lady Tourney

We move on to round 2 where things will get very exciting. Here are the matches scheduled with the remaining actresses vying to win the crown of Favorite Leading Lady in a Alfred Hitchcock Film.

1 GRACE KELLY

VS

8 TERESA WRIGHT

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4 KIM NOVAK

VS

5 JANET LEIGH

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2 JOAN FONTAINE

VS

10 EVA MARIE SAINT

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3 INGRID BERGMAN

VS

11 CAROLE LOMBARD

Matches begin this now and will run thru Friday night! Rules are the same as before, one vote per person for each match. Good luck to all the actresses and let's have some fun!

First round matches of Favorite Hitchcock Leading Lady Tournament

Here are the first round matches scheduled for Sunday, October 7th. Good luck to all the actresses who are competing to determine All Good Things favorite Hitchcock Leading Lady. Some key first round matches that I am most interested in are Teresa Wright against Margaret Lockwood and the battle of the Crane sisters in Psycho between Janet Leigh and Vera Miles. Can't wait! 

1  GRACE KELLY (Rear Window, Dial M For Murder and To Catch A Thief)

VS

16 TALLULAH BANKHEAD (Lifeboat)

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8 TERESA WRIGHT (Shadow Of A Doubt)

VS

9 MARGARET LOCKWOOD (The Lady Vanishes)

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4 KIM NOVAK (Vertigo)

VS

13 DORIS DAY (The Man Who Knew Too Much)

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5 JANET LEIGH (Psycho)

VS

12 VERA MILES (Psycho, The Wrong Man)

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2 JOAN FONTAINE (Rebecca, Suspicion)

VS

15 SYLVIA SIDNEY (Sabotage)

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7 MADELEINE CARROLL (The 39 Steps, Secret Agent)

VS

10 EVA MARIE SAINT (North By Northwest)

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3 INGRID BERGMAN (Notorious, Spellbound, Under Capricorn)

VS 

14 RUTH ROMAN (Strangers on a Train)

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6 TIPPI HEDREN (The Birds, Marnie)

VS

11 CAROLE LOMBARD (Mr. and Mrs, Smith)

First round action will run through Friday October 12th!