Talking about movies, movies, movies. I believe movies are one of the best pleasures in life. Nothing better than watching a classic film and talking with others about them. Love the classics the most but will also talk about the newer stuff too. And covering all genres: comedy, action, horror, sci-fi, drama, musicals, etc. Will also discuss TV shows, more of the classics, but occasionally the newer stuff too. And anything else that might be on my mind. Feel free to drop by and have a chat.
Welcome to ALL GOOD THINGS! It's MARCH MADNESS! Visit daily to see a classic film Super-Star of the day - a personality renowned for portraying the really, really B.A.D. and also the sweetest-dearest-most darling!
Day #21 results: JUDY GARLAND fans left no doubt that the darling DOROTHY ("The Wizard of Oz") was the fan favourite. Sorry to "A Star is Born"'s Vicky Lester.
TODAY the spotlight shines on JACK LEMMON. Likely more famed for his comedic roles - who could forget FELIX in "The Odd Couple"? But he could show a tenacious, lion-hearted, fierce side, too. Which of Jack's character types do YOU prefer?
Welcome to Day 18 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day in March, ALL GOOD THINGS will highlight a Classic film Super-star, you know, the type renowned for really, really B.A.D. to sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY #18 Results: GENE TIERNEY - no contest for Day 17, the crowds loves LUCY MUIR over that mean, ol LIONESS, Ellen Berent Harland, "Leave Her To Heaven".
TODAY the spotlight shines on FRED MacMURRAY. Dainty and beautiful, Gene was beloved by her fans for her genteel Lamb-y characters, and equally for her LIONESS roles!
Which do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
Welcome to Day 17 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day in March, ALL GOOD THINGS will highlight a Classic film Super-star, you know, the type renowned for really, really B.A.D. to sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY #16 Results: GLENN FORD - no contest for Day 17, the crowds love Beastly-beast JOHNNY FARRELL /"Gilda" 21 over 10 for Elliott Nash /"The Gazebo"
TODAY the spotlight shines on GENE TIERNEY. Dainty and beautiful, Gene was beloved by her fans for her genteel Lamb-y characters, and equally for her LIONESS roles!
Which do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
Welcome to Day 14 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day in March, ALL GOOD THINGS will highlight a Super-Star. The type of Star renowned for many types of roles: really, really B.A.D. to sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY #13 Results: LANA TURNER seems to delight in either her sweet-lamb roles or her lion-hearted characters, too. Dear-heart, Lora Meredith (Imitation of Life") inched ahead 33 votes to 32 over bad-girl, CORA SMITH ("The Postman Always Rings Twice").
TODAY the spotlight shines on SPENCER TRACY.
A super-star that was both a "lovable Joe" or a truly demented mad-man.
Which do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
Welcome to Day 13 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day one Super-star will be featured - a star of many types of roles, from really, really B.A.D. to the sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY #12 Results: BURT LANCASTER 19-19 votes. Lamb and Lion TIED equally! (No surprise, since Burt could do it all - and so well!)
TODAY the spotlight shines on LANA TURNER. She was idolized for both her beauty and her talent in roles both soft and hard-as-nails.
Which do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
Welcome to Day 11 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day one Super-star will be featured - a star of many types of roles, from really, really B.A.D. to the sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY #10 Results: DEBBIE REYNOLD's sweet and dear KATHY SELDON is "Singin' in the Rain" for her win over Peggy Brown in "The Rat Race", 43 - 19 votes.
TODAY the spotlight shines on BURT LANCASTER's. "He-man" Burt was a an actor, with many character roles, all of them memorable that had female hearts a-flutter, and the respect of most every man and boy!
Which do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
Welcome to Day 11 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day one Super-star will be featured - a star of many types of roles, from really, really B.A.D. to the sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY #10 Results: KIRK DOUGLAS's milder side won the day over that lion-hearted warrior, Spartacus, 29 - 24 votes.
TODAY the spotlight shines on DEBBIE REYNOLDS. America's darling, Debbie was a "triple threat", an actress, a singer and a dancer, who could be tough or tender.
Which do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
Welcome to Day 9 of MARCH MADNESS!
Every day one Super-star will be featured - a star of many types of roles, from really, really B.A.D. to the sweetest-dearest-most darling!
DAY 9 Results: RICHARD BURTON's match was a run-away in favour of his lionish, rougher-tougher side, LION Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon / "The Night of the Iguana" won out narrowly over LAMB, Dr. Edward Hewitt / "The Sandpiper" 11- 8
TODAY the spotlight shines on the glorious JOAN CRAWFORD. Famous for power-house roles, Joan was able to deliver some milder characters, too.
Which roles of hers do you prefer: LION: rough n' tuff! or LAMB: Sweet & soulful?
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.
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:
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!
Things get really interesting now that the Sweet Sixteen Round in the 2015 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney is underway. Here are the two matches taking place right here on All Good Things.
First up is the Song and Dance bracket winner Judy Garland
taking on European Lovelies winner Greer Garson
Then in the next match, the Femme Fatales bracket winner Gene Tierney
takes on the Box-Office Queen winner Rosalind Russell
These matches can be found on the sidebar to the right and will
run through Saturday afternoon.
Click on the link below to go vote on the other eras matches as well:
March Madness, Classic Movie Actress Style, continues to roll on after the completion of round 3. Here are the complete results in all four eras. 30's era: Barbara Stanwyck defeated Jean Harlow 49-28 Elsa Lanchester defeated Madeleine Carroll 39-31 Myrna Loy defeated Shirley Temple 57-18 Jean Arthur defeated Margaret Sullavan 57-15
The lone upset occurred when Elsa Lanchester took down British Ladies top seed Madeleine Carroll, while the other three matches were blow-outs won easily by the favorites. 40's era: Greer Garson defeated Olivia de Havilland 43-37 Rosalind Russell defeated Katharine Hepburn 46-37 Judy Garland defeated Esther Williams 45-39 Gene Tierney defeated Lauren Bacall 44-40
A pair of upsets took place in this era, with the biggest one being Greer Garson beating one of this top 4 overall tourney seeds, Olivia de Havilland. Olivia was one win away last year from going to the final four so she was heavily favored this year to achieve that feat and perhaps win the whole tourney. But the red hot Greer Garson notched her third straight win to deny Livvie. And what's more shocking is that entering this year's tourney, Greer had never won a single match in her four previous tries. Wow! And the other upset which is a mild one as no. 1 Katharine Hepburn lost to no. 2 Rosalind Russell in the box-office queens bracket, marking the furthest Roz has ever gone into a tourney! 50's era: Debbie Reynolds defeated Judy Holliday 46-5 Eleanor Parker defeated Anne Baxter 30-21 Audrey Hepburn defeated Grace Kelly 34-24 Doris Day defeated Janet Leigh 30-26
Debbie Reynolds rolled over Judy Holliday while Doris Day had quite the close match with Janet Leigh that she was able to pull out. Meanwhile the Audrey/Grace rivarly is now even at 2-2 with Audrey taking care of Princess Grace. The two have battled 4 times in tourney history and are now even after Audrey has won the last two. 60's era: Elizabeth Taylor defeated Claudia Cardinale 59-20 Shirley MacLaine defeated Anne Bancroft 45-32 Natalie Wood defeated Julie Andrews 104-35 Ann-Margret defeated Julie Newmar 44-27
Natalie Wood racked up 104 votes, the most by any actress in the tourney so far, as her fan base continues to show up in big numbers. If she wins her next match against Ann-Margret and Liz beats Shirley, then we will have a rematch from last year between the two legendary and iconic 60's actresses. Oh boy! So we are headed to the Sweet 16 round as these 16 actresses are still in the mix: Barbara Stanwyck Elsa Lanchester Myrna Loy Jean Arthur Judy Garland Greer Garson Rosalind Russell Gene Tierney Doris Day Audrey Hepburn Eleanor Parker Debbie Reynolds Elizabeth Taylor NatalieWood Shirley MacLaine Ann-Margret Round 4 matches will begin tomorrow and run through next Saturday.
We move into round 3 of the 2015 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney and this is the round with the bracket finals matches to see which actress moves on to the sweet sixteen round.
EUROPEAN LOVELIES FINAL MATCH
BOX-OFFICE QUEENS FINAL MATCH
SONG AND DANCE FINAL MATCH
FEMME FATALES FINAL MATCH
These matches have just begun and the polls can be found on the sidebar to the right. The polls will be up through Saturday evening. Click on the links below to go vote on the other eras: the 30's era
Here are the 8 matches in the 40's era portion for round 2 of the 5th Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney.
First in the European lovelies bracket:
1 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND VS 5 MAUREEN O'HARA
2 INGRID BERGMAN VS 6 GREER GARSON
Then comes the Box-Office Queens bracket
1 KATHARINE HEPBURN VS 5 IDA LUPINO
2 ROSALIND RUSSELL VS 3 TERESA WRIGHT
Then comes the SONG AND DANCE bracket
1 JUDY GARLAND VS 4 ANN MILLER
2 ESTHER WILLIAMS VS 3 BETTY GRABLE
Then comes the Femme Fatales bracket
1 LAUREN BACALL VS 4 RITA HAYWORTH
2 AVA GARDNER VS 3 GENE TIERNEY
The polls are on the right sidebar and the matches will run through Saturday afternoon. Here are the links to go vote in the other respective eras as well:
The 2015 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney is now underway. Well the 1940's portion of it is. My other three friends will have the other respective eras up and running soon. To vote here just go to the right sidebar and cast your votes for your faves in two of the four brackets shown. The remaining two brackets, Box Office Queens and European Lovelies will begin on Wednesday evening. And here are the links to go vote once the other eras are up and running as well:
40'S ERA: TERESA WRIGHT leads SHIRLEY TEMPLE 55% to 44% JOAN LESLIE leads PEGGY ANN GARNER 57% to 42% RITA HAYWORTH leads CLAIRE TREVOR 65% to 34% GENE TIERNEY leads JANE GREER 59% to 40%
50'S ERA: DORIS DAY leads CYD CHARISSE 18-8 MARILYN MONROE leads DEBBIE REYNOLDS 15-12 DEBORAH KERR leads THELMA RITTER 17-9 JANET LEIGH leads ELEANOR PARKER 17-9 and here on ALL GOOD THINGS: THE 60'S ERA LEE REMICK leads SHARON TATE 18-5 ANNE BANCROFT leads PAULA PRENTISS 14-10 ELIZABETH TAYLOR leads JULIE ANDREWS 16-8 JEAN SIMMONS leads DIANA RIGG 15-9 The matches continue through Wednesday evening...
The second set of matches kicked off today and here are the latest numbers and links to go cast your votes if you haven't done so already.. 60'S era: CLAUDIA CARDINALE and LIV ULLMAN tied 11-11 ANNA KARINA leads FRANCOISE DORLEAC 11-9 ROMY SCHNEIDER leads JEANNE MOREAU 13-8 CATHERINE DENEUVE leads ANOUK AIMEE 16-7 SHIRLEY MACLAINE leads RITA MORENO 17-5 SHIRLEY JONES leads RAQUEL WELCH 16-7 ANN-MARGRET leads BARBRA STREISAND 12-10 NATALIE WOOD leads LIZA MINNELI 20-4 The 60's era matches of course can be voted on right here on the sidebar to the right. Now in the other eras, here are the latest numbers...
50'S era:
AUDREY HEPBURN leads SHIRLEY BOOTH 15-1 JUDY HOLLIDAY leads JOANNE WOODWARD 9-7 SUSAN HAYWARD leads KIM HUNTER 13-3 SHELLEY WINTERS leads EVA MARIE SAINT 11-5 GRACE KELLY leads JAYNE MANSFIELD 15-1 KIM NOVAK leads CARROLL BAKER 8-6 LANA TURNER leads GLORIA GRAHAME 9-7 ANNE FRANCIS leads SOPHIA LOREN 9-6
BARBARA STANWYCK leads THELMA TODD 4-0 MARLENE DIETRICH leads JOAN CRAWFORD 3-1 NORMA SHEARER leads MARY ASTOR 4-0 GLENDA FARRELL leads CLAUDETTE COLBERT 4-0 JEANETTE MACDONALD leads LUISE RAINER 4-0 JOAN BLONDELL leads RUBY KEELER 4-0 BILLIE BURKE leads MAE WEST 3-2 MARGARET SULLAVAN leads ELEANOR POWELL 3-1 Here's the link to go cast your votes: http://www.rozrussell.com/
And Kristen will be posting the 40's matches soon..you can go to her site here to vote when she does: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/
Now that the first two brackets are in the books, we begin with the final two brackets in each era. And here are the match-ups for the 60's era featuring the brackets A Foreign Affair and Song and Dance.
SONG AND DANCE BRACKET
1 NATALIE WOOD VS 8 LIZA MINNELI
4 ANN-MARGRET VS 5 BARBRA STREISAND
2 SHIRLEY JONES VS 7 RAQUEL WELCH
3 SHIRLEY MACLAINE VS 6 RITA MORENO
A FOREIGN AFFAIR BRACKET
1 CATHERINE DENEUVE VS 8 ANOUK AIMEE
4 CLAUDIA CARDINALE VS 5 LIV ULLMAN
2 ROMY SCHNEIDER VS 7 JEANNE MOREAU
3 ANNA KARINA VS 6 FRANCOISE DORLEAC
Matches are now underway and will through Sunday afternoon.
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