Round Four features a pair of dream semi-final matches

The Favorite Screwball Film tourney heads into round four with a pair of dream semi-final matches. Both matches pits a number one seed against a number two seed. In the first match, overall top seed Bringing Up Baby squares off against second seed The Thin Man. The second match will feature number one seed My Man Godrey against second seed His Girl Friday. So we have a pair of Cary Grant films still in contention as well as one film with Carole Lombard. My top two favorite stars of all time. William Powell is also represented with two films himself. The matches begin this morning and run through Monday evening. Good luck to these four excellent films making it to the final four. And I would have no problem with any one of these films winning the tourney. But I am secretly pulling for His Girl Friday.

SEMI-FINAL MATCH 1

1 BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

VS

2 THE THIN MAN (1934)

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SEMI-FINAL MATCH 2

1 MY MAN GODFREY (1936)

VS

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

The Favorite Screwball Film Tourney is up and running...

I've got all the first round matches up and going for my screwball comedy tourney. So please stop by to cast your votes. Note that the tourney is spread between my two blogs, here and over at Screwball Cinema. Here's the link to make things simple and easy:  screwballcinema.blogspot.com

You really think we have a chance to win Godfrey?

Very much so Irene!

There are some intriguing matches going on too and I can't wait to see how they play out. Such as Libeled Lady up against The Palm Beach Story. Or The Lady Eve going against Ninotchka. This should be so much fun. First round action runs through Friday evening. 

THE MONTIES: 1936 - My girl Carole gets a Montie...

Hey everyone, time for another round of the Monties...and the year is 1936. And for me that year was a pretty good one. So without further adieu, here we go.

BEST FILM

MODERN TIMES
LIBELED LADY
SAN FRANCISCO
THESE THREE
MY MAN GODFREY - WINNER
SWING TIME
AFTER THE THIN MAN
THEODORA GOES WILD
CAMILLE

This was a close call for me between My Man Godfrey and Theodora Goes Wild. But Godfrey edges out Theodora by a hair. Both are great films though

BEST DIRECTOR

GREGORY LACAVA - MY MAN GODFREY
WILLIAM WYLER - THESE THREE (WINNER)
FRANK CAPRA - MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
CHARLES CHAPLIN - MODERN TIMES
W.S. VAN DYKE - SAN FRANCISCO

One of the few times my favorite film winner will not match up with the director. I just thought William Wyler did a magnificient job with These Three, which itself was an amazing film. Sorry Gregory.

BEST ACTOR

WILLIAM POWELL - MY MAN GODFREY
CHARLES CHAPLIN - MODERN TIMES (WINNER)
SPENCER TRACY - SAN FRANCISCO
GARY COOPER - MR. DEEDS
MELVYN DOUGLAS - THEODORA GOES WILD

Charlie Chaplin gives a masterful performance in this silent classic. No words are needed and he carries this film with all his considerable talents.

BEST ACTRESS

CAROLE LOMBARD - MY MAN GODFREY (WINNER)
IRENE DUNNE - THEODORA GOES WILD
PAULETTE GODDARD - MODERN TIMES
GRETA GARBO - CAMILLE
MIRIAM HOPKINS - THESE THREE

Everyone knows Carole is my favorite actress of all time and she was never better than in My Man Godfrey as scatterbrained socialite Irene Bullock. But Irene Dunne was close behind her with her wonderful turn as Theodora. Carole denies Miriam from winning back to back Monties. Miriam won the year before for Becky Sharp.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

MISCHA AUER - MY MAN GODFREY
WALTER BRENNAN - COME AND GET IT
JAMES STEWART - AFTER THE THIN MAN
JOEL MCCREA - THESE THREE
EUGENE PALLETTE - MY MAN GODFREY (WINNER)

Mischa Auer was pure comedy gold in My Man Godfrey but I kind of like Eugene Pallette more as the put upon father of the Bulloch household.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

GALE SONDERGAARD - ANTHONY ADVERSE
ALICE BRADY - MY MAN GODFREY
LUCILLE BALL - FOLLOW THE FLEET
BONITA GRANVILLE - THESE THREE
GAIL PATRICK - MY MAN GODFREY (WINNER)

Gail was perfect as the icy sister of Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey. I was surprised that she didn't even receive an actual Oscar nomination. Well she gets a Montie from me and that gives My Man Godfrey four awards, including three of the four acting categories of my Monties. SWEET!