Congratulations to Audrey Hepburn on becoming the Favorite Classic Movie Actress of 2017

She did..she finally did it. After appearing in two previous final fours, the third time was the charm for Audrey Hepburn as she won the 2017 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, with a hard fought win over Elizabeth Taylor by the count of 51-47. It was a close match pretty much the whole time except for on day 3 when Audrey pulled ahead by 9 votes only to see Liz rally back the following day to go ahead by one vote. But Audrey wasn't to be denied as she staged her own comeback, took the lead and never looked back. Winning in her third try, Audrey joins Carole Lombard and Natalie Wood in that distinction..great company. And she also joins the other winners Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Greer Garson and Doris Day. Audrey becomes the 2nd actress representing the 50's era to win the tourney, joining Doris Day in that feat. And this makes the win her 24th one, tying Grace Kelly for all time tourney wins. Well until next year when Grace will be be competing. Once again congrats to Audrey and her amazing tourney run and I hope everyone enjoyed voting for their favorites. Until next year :)

The Final Match in the 2017 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney is now underway

Awwww yeah game on. Audrey vs Liz. This match will run through Friday afternoon. Good luck to both amazing women.

AUDREY HEPBURN 

50'S ERA CHAMPION

Lifetime Tourney Record (23-6) 2nd best all time behind 

Grace Kelly's 24 wins

Number of Final Four appearances: this is her 3rd Final Four

(lost to Barbara Stanwyck 47-30 in 2014 and to Natalie Wood 305-232 in 2015)

2017 matches:
defeated Barbara Stanwyck 52-45

defeated Deborah Kerr 41-32

defeated Grace Kelly 35-31 (now holds 3-2 edge in head to head matches)

defeated Susan Hayward 36-13

defeated Shelley Winters 36-8

what's at stake: this marks Audrey 2nd championship match, and would love to
take home the crown to erase that crushing loss to Natalie Wood back in 2015


VS

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

60'S ERA CHAMPION

Lifetime Tourney Record: (18-6)

Number of Final Four appearances: this is Liz's 2nd trip to the Final Four

(lost to Bette Davis 46-25 in 2014)

2017 matches:
defeated Ava Gardner 50-45

defeated Shirley MacLaine 38-30

defeated Shirley Jones 30-19

defeated Julie Andrews 33-25

defeated Sandra Dee 42-10

what's at stake: with a win, Elizabeth become only the 2nd actress from
the 60's era to win the tourney following in the footsteps
of Natalie Wood

It will be Audrey Hepburn vs Elizabeth Taylor to decide who gets the crown for Favorite Classic Movie Actress of 2017

After two great semi-final matches, we have our final two actresses. Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. Audrey defeated Barbara Stanwyck 52-45 while Liz held on to beat Ava Gardner 50-45. Now the stage is set to decide who will take home the crown as Favorite Classic Movie Actress of 2017. The match will begin Saturday afternoon. 

Final Four Matches are now underway...

The two Final Four matches are now underway and will run through Thursday evening. Here is a primer on the two matches and the four actresses that are competing. And this is a historical tourney as Barbara, Audrey and Elizabeth all competed in the 2014 Final Four as well. To which none of them won.

BARBARA STANWYCK

30'S ERA CHAMPION

Lifetime Tourney Record (19-6)

Number of Final Four appearances: this is her 2nd Final Four

(lost to Bette Davis 49-47 in 2014 championship match)

2017 matches:

defeated Myrna Loy 37-36

defeated Jean Harlow 34-29

defeated Joan Crawford 21-20

defeated Claudette Colbert 30-4

what's at stake: to continue the dominance of the 30's era actresses

who have won 3 of the 6 previous tourneys

VS

AUDREY HEPBURN 

50'S ERA CHAMPION

Lifetime Tourney Record (22-6) 2nd best all time behind 

Grace Kelly's 24 wins

Number of Final Four appearances: this is her 3rd Final Four

(lost to Barbara Stanwyck 47-30 in 2014 and to Natalie Wood 305-232 in 2015)

2017 matches:

defeated Deborah Kerr 41-32

defeated Grace Kelly 35-31 (now holds 3-2 edge in head to head matches)

defeated Susan Hayward 36-13

defeated Shelley Winters 36-8

what's at stake: this marks Audrey 3rd trip to the final four, if she wins she

will join Carole Lombard and Natalie Wood in that same distinction

AVA GARDNER
40'S ERA CHAMPION

Lifetime Tourney Record (13-5)

Number of Final Four appearances: this is Ava's 1st trip to the Final Four

2017 matches:

defeated Ingrid Bergman 36-33

defeated Olivia de Havilland 30-26

defeated Vivien Leigh 26-23

defeated Joan Fontaine 31-14

what's at stake: not counting the first tourney, no actress has ever

won a tourney with their first Final Four appearance

VS

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

60'S ERA CHAMPION

Lifetime Tourney Record: (17-6)

Number of Final Four appearances: this is Liz's 2nd trip to the Final Four

(lost to Bette Davis 46-25 in 2014)

2017 matches:

defeated Shirley MacLaine 38-30

defeated Shirley Jones 30-19

defeated Julie Andrews 33-25

defeated Sandra Dee 42-10

what's at stake: Elizabeth could become only the 2nd actress to win a tourney 

in her second Final Four Appearance. Bette Davis is the other actress

to do so

The Final Four is set for the 7th Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney

We started with 64 actresses and now have made it down to the Final Four. Whoo!
In the 30's era, it was tooth and nail the entire match but it was Barbara Stanwcyk edging out Myrna Loy 37-36
In the 40's era it was Ava Gardner finally pulling away from Ingrid Bergman for a tough win 36-33
In the 50's era, it was Audrey Hepburn cruising to a 41-32 victory over Deborah Kerr
And in the 60's era it was Elizabeth Taylor over Shirley MacLaine 38-30.

As per tradition the 30's era champion will face the 50's era champion which means Barbara faces Audrey
While the 40's era champion will face the 60's era champion..Ava vs Liz.

Those matches will begin on Sunday afternoon and tomorrow I'll post each actress stats and history in the entire tourney.

The Final Four Matches are now underway...

Here are the two matches that have just begun....you can vote on the sidebar to the right.
Matches will run through Saturday afternoon! Good luck ladies! Please note that the records associated with each actress is their total wins/losses over the course of five tourneys. And that the seeds of the actresses are their overall ranking in their respective eras.

MATCH 1

#3 MYRNA LOY (15-4) 

Myrna's 1st Final Four appearance

VS

#1 AUDREY HEPBURN (18-5)

Audrey's 2nd Final Four appearance

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MATCH 2

#2 NATALIE WOOD (21-5)

Natalie's 3rd Final Four appearance

VS

#6 GREER GARSON (5-4)

Greer's 1st Final Four appearance

The FINAL FOUR is now set

The Elite Eight round is now complete and we have our finalists for this year's final four! In the 30's era, it was Myrna Loy defeating Jean Arthur 57-39, marking Myrna's first trip to a final four. In the 40's era, it was red hot Greer Garson staging a late rally to overtake Rosalind Russell and win 89-71. That gives Greer her 5th win this tourney, as previously she had no wins prior from the first four tourneys. In the 50's era, it was a rematch from last year between Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day with the same results as Audrey defeated Doris 35-20. Only difference was last year it ended on Doris Day's birthday. And finally in the 60's era, it was Natalie Wood crushing Shirley MacLaine 140-29, sending Natalie back to the final four for a 3rd time. So the match-ups in the final four as tradition states will be the 30's era winner vs the 50's era winner which is Myrna Loy vs Audrey Hepburn. And the 40's era winner vs the 60's era winner, Greer Garson vs Natalie Wood. Audrey is the only  #1 seed to make it to final four. And Audrey is only the 4th actress to be in consecutive final fours. She joins Bette Davis, Grace Kelly and Natalie Wood in that distinction. The other three # 1 seeds were Barbara Stanwyck, Olivia de Havilland and Elizabeth Taylor that failed in their bid to reach the final four.Greer is the long shot, ranked #6. Matches will begin tomorrow morning and take place here on All Good Things. 

The Elite Eight Round

We have now made it to round 5 of the 2015 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, aka The Elite Eight. This round will decide which of the eight actresses will move on to the final four. Here are the matches that will be taking place in each era. Click on the link under each photo to go to the site to cast your vote:

30'S ERA FINAL MATCH

30's era finale

40'S ERA FINAL MATCH

40's era finale

50'S ERA FINAL MATCH

 50's Era Finale

60'S ERA FINAL MATCH

60's era finale

Matches will run through Saturday afternoon!

THE FINAL FOUR Update: Day 2

After a close first day, things have opened up on day 2 with Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck firmly in control of their matches. Bette leads Elizabeth Taylor 33-14 whille Barbara Stanwyck leads Audrey Hepburn 34-19. On day one, Bette and Liz was tied at 10 votes each and Babs was actually trailing Audrey 14-12. But things have turned around big time. Matches continue through Wednesday evening!

THE FINAL FOUR..Classic Movie Actress Style begins tomorrow

Last month we began with 132 actresses competing for the title of Favorite Classic Movie Actress. Well we have now made it to the final four and what a foursome we have. Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. And it's notable as three of the women present are first time Final Four finalists. Bette Davis is the only returnee. Here are the breakdowns and match-ups that will begin tomorrow afternoon (3 pm EST). Note: tourney record is for all tourney appearances since inception.

BARBARA STANWYCK

30'S ERA CHAMPION

Tourney record (11-3)

Number of final fours: 1st time

How she got here:

defeated Thelma Todd 38-4

defeated Marlene Dietrich 49-7

defeated Norma Shearer 40-19

defeated Greta Garbo 49-16

defeated Myrna Loy 51-43

total votes accumulated so far 227

VS

AUDREY HEPBURN

50'S ERA CHAMPION

Tourney Record (13-4)

how she got here:

defeated Shirley Booth 40-4

defeated Eva Marie Saint 46-9

defeated Susan Hayward 51-23

defeated Grace Kelly 54-20

defeated Doris Day 65-60

total votes accumulated so far: 256

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BETTE DAVIS

40'S ERA CHAMPION

Tourney Record (16-3)
How she got here:

defeated Katharine Hepburn 50-25

defeated Rosalind Russell 40-36

defeated Judy Garland 53-16

defeated Rita Hayworth 50-7

defeated Olivia de Havilland 35-34

Total votes accumulated so far: 228

VS

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

60'S ERA CHAMPION

Tourney record (10-3)

How she got here:
defeated Vanessa Redgrave 41-17

defeated Julie Andrews 37-11

defeated Jean Simmons 46-26

defeated Lee Remick 45-17

defeated Natalie Wood 41-27

Total votes accumulated so far: 210

It's interesting to note that while Elizabeth Taylor has the smallest amount of accumulated votes out of all the finalists, she is the only one not to have a close match. Her smallest margin of victory was by a double digit win of 14 votes over Natalie Wood. All the other finalists had at least one close call. Bette Davis even had two, narrowly surviving Rosalind Russell in round 2 by four votes and then just the other day edging Olivia de Havilland by one vote. Audrey Hepburn has racked up the most votes in this year's tourney with a whopping 256 votes and racked up a tourney high 65 votes against Doris Day. Barbara Stanwyck has been quite consistent with averaging over 40 votes per match but topped 50 with a solid win over Myrna Loy in the previous round. So it looks like each actress brings an impressive resume to the table with some great wins in pivotal matches. Bette Davis is the only returning Final Four finalist and she looks to bring home a crown this time. But the other three ladies might have something to say about that. The matches begin tomorrow at 3 pm EST and will run through Wednesday evening! 

Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor...now that's a FINAL FOUR!

The Elite 8 matches just wrapped up and we now have our final four set. And what a final four it is. Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. Wow! You couldn't have asked for a better foursome. But it wasn't easy, especially for Davis and Hepburn. Here's the complete wrap up of their stellar matches.

30'S ERA CHAMPION: Barbara Stanwyck

In the 30's era, it was Barbara Stanwyck (a pre-tourney number 1 seed) out-lasting Myrna Loy 51-43. Since the previous tourney champions have all come out of the 30's era and Babs made it all the way to the 30's era championship match last year  before losing to eventual champion Carole Lombard, she was a heavy favorite to win it all this year. But Myrna gave her some serious competition before Babs was finally able to pull away.

40'S ERA CHAMPION: Bette Davis

In the 40's era, Bette Davis stormed out of the gate and jumped out to big lead over Olivia de Havilland before Livvie made a charge. de Havilland was down by as many as 10 votes before she made a rally only to fall short by one vote, 35-34. Due to Kristen's class running late the poll remained up after the official cut off time and Livvie actually tied up the match. But we called the match over at 6 pm declaring Bette the winner. So Bette heads back to the final four for the second consecutive year. Great showing by Olivia though! Damn great showing!

50'S ERA CHAMPION: Audrey Hepburn

Doris Day was looking for a return trip to the final four as she and Audrey Hepburn had one of the best matches of the tourney. They had multiple lead changes before Audrey managed to pull away slightly on the last day to win 65-60. On Doris Day's birthday no less. Ouch! So Audrey earns her first trip to the final four!

60'S ERA CHAMPION: Elizabeth Taylor

And in the 60's era, it was fantastic news for Elizabeth Taylor. This was her first year competing in this era as she normally competes in the 50's era. But we decided to move her to the 60's due to her two Oscar wins during that decade. It paid off for Liz as she defeated Natalie Wood 41-27. It was a lopsided loss for Natalie as she normally dominates in her matches. In fact her 27 votes is the lowest amount out of these four matches. Seems her fans just disappeared when Natalie needed them the most.

So the final four is now set and as tradition, the 30's era champion will face the 50's era champion while the 40's era champion meets the 60's era champion. Which means Barbara Stanwyck vs Audrey Hepburn while Bette Davis will face Elizabeth Taylor. The matches will begin on Saturday right here on All Good Things and run through Wednesday evening. I will write a post tomorrow detailing these sure to be thrilling matches. Thanks to Desiree, Kristen and John for their help once again in helping me put together another great tourney!

Round 5 (THE ELITE EIGHT) begins on Sunday

My oh my...we have come down to the elite 8 actresses left in the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. This round features the final matches of each respective era with the winner moving on to the final four. Matches start tomorrow and will run through Thursday evening. Below are the match-ups with each actress complete tourney record over the past 4 years since we first started doing this! And also other match play events that they may have competed in!

30'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

BARBARA STANWYCK (10-3) vs MYRNA LOY (10-3)

Go here to cast your vote once the polls are open: http://www.rozrussell.com/

40'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

BETTE DAVIS (15-3) vs OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (8-3)

Go here to cast your vote once the polls open: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

50'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

DORIS DAY (14-3) vs AUDREY HEPBURN (12-4)

Go here to cast your vote once the polls open: http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

60'S ERA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

 NATALIE WOOD (16-4) vs ELIZABETH TAYLOR (8-3) 

Which will take place right here on ALL GOOD THINGS

Good luck to all these amazing women!

Round 4 results: DORIS DAY edges DEBORAH KERR in a thrilling match, everything else is a blow-out

The Sweet Sixteen Round has come to a close and out of the 8 matches only one had any real drama. In one of the best matches all tourney so far, Doris Day and Deborah Kerr traded blows all week long with multiple lead changes to see Doris finally escape with a one vote win 38-37. In the other 50's era match-up, it was Audrey Hepburn finally beating Grace Kelly after losing two previous times, 54-20. That is the worst loss Grace Kelly has ever had in tourney play. Hell it makes for only her 4th loss compared to her 20 wins. Here are the complete scores of all the other matches in the other eras:

30'S ERA:

BARBARA STANWYCK defeated GRETA GARBO 49-16
MYRNA LOY defeated JOAN BLONDELL 43-22

40'S ERA:

BETTE DAVIS defeated RITA HAYWORTH 50-7
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND defeated TERESA WRIGHT 50-10

60'S ERA:

ELIZABETH TAYLOR defeated LEE REMICK 45-17
NATALIE WOOD defeated ROMY SCHNEIDER 46-18

50'S ERA:

DORIS DAY defeated DEBORAH KERR 38-37
AUDREY HEPBURN defeated GRACE KELLY 54-20

Round 5 (THE ELITE EIGHT) will begin Sunday and we are looking at some great match-ups.

In the 30's era championship match it will be Barbara Stanwyck vs Myrna Loy
In the 40's era championship match it will be Bette Davis vs Olivia de Havilland
In the 50's era championship match it will be Audrey Hepburn vs Doris Day
In the 60's era championship match it will be Elizabeth Taylor vs Natalie Wood

You couldn't have asked for better era final matches as each winner will move on to the final four. I will write a post tomorrow detailing the above matches. Can't wait to get started!

Tourney Update Round 2 (second set of brackets)

Here's an update with the latest numbers in the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney in all four eras. And I posted the link to each era to go cast your votes if you haven't done so already. Matches in the 30's, 50's and 60's eras will run through Sunday night, while the matches in the 40's will wrap up a day later on Monday. 

30'S ERA:

BARBARA STANWYCK leads MARLENE DIETRICH 40-6
NORMA SHEARER leads GLENDA FARRELL 37-6
JOAN BLONDELL leads JEANETTE MACDONALD 26-20
ELEANOR POWELL leads BILLIE BURKE 21-19
http://www.rozrussell.com/

40'S ERA:

ROSALIND RUSSELL and BETTE DAVIS tied 21-21
JUDY GARLAND leads AVA GARDNER 28-13
INGRID BERGMAN leads VIVIEN LEIGH 22-18
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND leads MAUREEN O'HARA 26-15
http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/


50'S ERA:

AUDREY HEPBURN leads EVA MARIE SAINT 32-7
SUSAN HAYWARD leads JUDY HOLLIDAY 29-11
GRACE KELLY leads SOPHIA LOREN 28-11
LANA TURNER leads KIM NOVAK 23-15
http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/

60'S ERA:

ROMY SCHNEIDER leads ANNA KARINA 29-8
CATHERINE DENEUVE leads CLAUDIA CARDINALE 27-13
SHIRLEY MACLAINE leads SHIRLEY JOENS 22-19
NATALIE WOOD leads ANN-MARGRET 36-8

If It's Tuesday, Then It Must Be Grace Kelly

Just a photo in my recurring series spotlighting Grace. Here she is in photos with Audrey Hepburn, backstage at the Oscars. Two amazing women together! To be there that night would have been awesome!

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)

Box Office Attractions: AUDREY HEPBURN

On my Facebook page for my blog, Audrey Hepburn has been my star of the week. With the help of my friend Desiree, we each take turns choosing a film of hers and write a little synopsis and  post photos, trivia, etc. Well I wanted to shed some light on the box office prowess of Audrey as she was one of the most successful actresses of all time. Below are her top 9 films with data provided by Wikipedia. Keep in mind that Audrey only made 28 films, one of which was for TV.

Audrey stands tall among the box-office queens

9. FUNNY FACE (1957) ranked 15th that year with a take of $4 million

8. SABRINA (1954) ranked 13th that year with a take of $4.4 million

7. ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) ranked 10th that year with a take of $4.7 million 

6. CHARADE (1963) ranked 9th that year with a take of $6.7 million

5. TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967) ranked 21st that year with a take of $12 million

4. WAR AND PEACE (1956) ranked 4th that year with a take of $12.5 million

3. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961) ranked 8th that year with a take of $14 million

2. WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967) ranked 16th that year with a take of $17.5 million

1. MY FAIR LADY (1964) ranked 1st that year with a huge take of $72 million

From this small sampling you can see Audrey was very consistent at the box-office and proved to be a very popular draw with audiences. My Fair Lady was her biggest earner with over $70 million earned. And she had that double punch in 1967 with Wait Until Dark and Two For The Road. She was approaching the age of 40 but was still successful as ever. In fact you can argue she was even more successful in her latter part of her career than in her beginnings. Either way, Audrey's numbers speak for themselves.  

Be My Guest: Jackie Merritt

Another month means another guest. And this month brings one of my good friends that I met on Facebook, Jackie. So let's get things started shall we...

1. What made you start blogging?

The guest of the month...Jackie

Jackie does not write a blog as of yet

2. Who are your favorite classic film stars? Name as many as you want

Jackie: My favorite classic male stars are Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, William Holden, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Gene Kelly, Gary Cooper. Joel McCrea, Jack Lemmon, William Powell, David Niven Howard Keel. My favorite classic female stars are Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn,  Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, Deborah Kerr, Ingrid Bergman, Loretta Young, Maureen O'Hara, Debbie Reynolds, Mryna Loy, Doris Day, Kathryn Grayson.

Me: Nice selection of actors/actresses there Jackie

 3. What are some of your favorite films?

Jackie: I love  My Fair Lady, Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, It's a Wonderful Life, The Bishop's Wife, Friendly Persuasion, Show Boat, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, How the West Was Won, Roman Holiday, Born Yesterday, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation.

Me: I think you might be my first guest to have Friendly Persuasion on their list.

4. Describe your first classic movie experience. Like where and when..at a cinema, on TV, etc..

Jackie: I think my first classic movie experience had been watching the Wizard of Oz on TV. For years when I was little we would come in on the movie after it had turned to color. We were surprised when we first saw the tornado and the black and white part. I would play Wizard of Oz traveling the yellow brick road around my yard and pretend to meet the scarecrow, tinman, lion, good witch, and bad witch. I had a stuffed Pluto dog that I carried in a basket. And I would sing: "We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz". LOL

Me: The Wizard of Oz seems to be a lot of people's first classic movie experience. That and GWTW.

5. What films upon first viewing did you not like, then later on when re-watching them, loved it.

6. Describe the perfect way for you to watch a classic film.

 I love watching a classic movie with my husband in our travel trailer. We have a candlelight dinner first, then sit  close together on the couch, holding hands and watch a romantic movie.

How very romantic and wonderful Jackie.

7. How many friends, family member or co-workers share your love of classic films?

 Don't know for sure. Many.

8. What is your favorite time period: the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's or 60's?

Jackie: I love the 40's and the 50's. Too hard to choose from. But if I have to choose, I would say the 50's: An American in Paris, Roman Holiday, Love Is a Many Splendor Thing, Sabrina, An Affair to Remember, North by Northwest, Picnic, Singing in the Rain, Born Yesterday, Sunset Blvd.,To Catch a Thief, The African Queen. The list just keeps going...lol

Me:That's a pretty good era for films...can't argue with you on that

9. What are some of your favorite film quotes?

 1.  "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are."Pinocchio.  2. "Good Morning. Good Morning to You".  Kathy sings in "Singing in the Rain".  3.  Ilsa says, "Play it Sam. Play As Time Goes By" "Casablanca"   4.. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz".

"I'd think of someway to get him back. Afterall tomorrow is another day." 5. Rose says in The African Queen, "Nature. Mr. Allnut, is what we are put on this world to rise above." 6. Scarlett in Gone With the Wind. 7. Zo Zo in "It's a Wonderful Life". "Look Daddy. Every time you hear a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings." 8. From "How the West Was Won" Lionus Rawlings says,"Ma'am, seems you've been kissed before." Eve Prescott says,"Ain't been kissed permanent before." lol

10. What classic films have you yet to see for one reason or another.

 Jackie: I haven't seen Gaslight, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Me:

I haven't seen Gaslight either...but I have seen Desire..I recommend you catching it the next time TCM plays it.

11. What is your favorite genre?

 Jackie: My favorite genre has to be Musicals. I love music. Show Boat, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, Oklahoma, Easter Parade, Music Man, An American in Paris, Royal Wedding, A Star is Born, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Top Hat,  are just a few that I like.

 12. If you threw a movie theme party, describe how you would do it. The costumes, decorations, food, etc.

 I have given movie them parties on Facebook. I call it Dinner and a Movie. and have had different themes for different movies. Last year, we did The Easter Parade. We watched the movie together on TCM and commented. I had everyone to bring to our cyber table a food or drink to celebrate Easter. We had ham and baked sweet potatoes.  I made a coconut jelly bean cake. And I asked everyone to wear an Easter Hat. So at the end of the movie, everyone went for a stroll down 5th Avenue with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland singing "In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it". It was a lot of fun. We have also watched  "The Wizard of Oz" together and had a cyber table of country food: deviled eggs, baked sweet potatoes, corn on the cob, pork chops and strawberry short cake and tea to drink.  I dressed up like Dorothy in a jumper and started down the yellow brick road made out of poster board. lol.  "We're off to see the Wizard the wonderful Wizard of Oz".

Haha..awesome!

13. What are some films that are widely loved that you couldn't care less about?

 Jackie: Citizen Kane, Midnight Cowboy,The Godfather, On the Waterfront, Apocalypse Now, The Grapes of Wrath, Jaws. Horror films and anything that is real gory.

Me: Not a fan of Citizen Kane but the other films I have watched and liked..especially Jaws!

14. Who’s the biggest film fanatic that you know? Besides yourself of course.

 My brother-in-law loves movies. He could watch them all day.

Cool

15. And finally who are some of your favorite film characters?

Clarence the angel in "It's a Wonderful Life". "You had a wonderful life George." Eliza in My Fair Lady. From rags as a flower girl to riches dressed for the ball, Eliza stole our hearts. "I could of danced all night." Mr. Hobbs in Mr, Hobbs Takes a Vacation. I go into hysterics everytime I see him walking with his long legs bent, looking for birds. "What's that liitle fellow? "Barnswallows".

Thank you Monty. I have had a wonderful time being your guest.

Thank you Jackie for coming to All Good Things and bringing such wonderful answers.