Second round of Screwball Film Tourney results

A lot more closer matches this round as three of them were decided by 5 points or less. Two of the three top seeds rolled to easy victories, none more so than It Happened One Night Night. It hammered Merrily We Live 46-1. And Live just picked up that single vote on Thursday after 4 days of tourney play. Overall top seed Bringing Up Baby had little difficulty in defeating Midnight 33-13. But the last remaining top seed, My Man Godfrey had a devil of time with The Awful Truth before taking it down 27-21. And the one upset occurred when seventh seeded Ball of Fire beat third seed You Can't Take It With You 25-20. Here are the  complete scores on all eight matches. Round 3 will begin Sunday as the winners move on.

The Lady Eve moves on to round three

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 46
4 MERRILY WE LIVE 1

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY 34
3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 17

1 MY MAN GODFREY 27
4 THE AWFUL TRUTH 21

3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 20
7 BALL OF FIRE 25

2 THE THIN MAN 30
6 THE PALM BEACH STORY 15

4 THE LADY EVE 26
8 MY FAVORITE WIFE 20

1 BRINGING UP BABY 33
4 MIDNIGHT 13

2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE 32
3 THEODORA GOES WILD 11

Favorite Screwball Film Tourney: Day 4 Update

Three of the eight matches are so close that you couldn't shine a light between them. The other five matches are starting to separate the leaders from their competitors. My Man Godfrey leads The Awful Truth 23-19. The Lady Eve leads My Favorite Wife 21-19. And the closest match is going on between You Can't Take It With You and Ball Of Fire, with Fire currently holding a 1 point advantage of 20-19. The other matches are getting close to being over. Overall top seed Bringing up Baby is beating Midnight 30-10. The Thin Man is up 25-14 over The Palm Beach Story. To Be Or Not To Be is winning over Theodora Goes Wild 28-9. His Girl Friday has expanded a sizable lead over The Philadelphia Story 30-15. And It Happened One Night is crushing Merrily We Live 41-0. Yep, Live has still yet to earn a single vote. Matches continue on through Friday evening.

Yeah Duffy, get our bags packed..looks like me and Hildy are

going on to round 3!

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 41
4 MERRILY WE LIVE 0

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY 30
3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 15

1 MY MAN GODFREY 23
4 THE AWFUL TRUTH 19

3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 19
7 BALL OF FIRE 20

2 THE THIN MAN 25
6 THE PALM BEACH STORY 14

4 THE LADY EVE 21
8 MY FAVORITE WIFE 19

1 BRINGING UP BABY 30
4 MIDNIGHT 10

2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE 28
3 THEODORA GOES WILD 9

Second Round of Screwball Film Tourney: Day 2 Update

So now there are only three close matches after day 2. Yesterday there was five matches that had leads of fewer than 5 votes. All that changed today. The Thin Man has twice as many votes over The Palm Beach Story, leading now 20-10. Yesterday it led by only 3 votes. My Favorite Wife has a slender 3 point lead over The Lady Eve at 16-13. Yesterday they were dead-locked at 10 votes each. You Can't Take It With You is tied with Ball of Fire at 14 all. Yesterday Fire was down 11-9. And one of the top seeds, My Man Godfrey leads The Awful Truth 18-15. Yesterday  Godfrey was actually down 13-12. Now the other five matches are now looking like blow-outs. His Girl Friday has exploded over The Philadelphia Story to the tune of 23-11. Bringing Up Baby is up over Midnight 21-8. To Be Or Not To Be is crushing Theodora Goes Wild 20-7. And the biggest blow-out without question is taking place with It Happened One Night vs Merrily We Live. 31-0. Yep, Merrily We Live has yet to receive a single vote! Voting continues through Friday evening. 

Ball of Fire is in a slugfest with You Can't Take It With You...

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 31
4 MERRILY WE LIVE 0

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY 23
3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 11

1 MY MAN GODFREY 18
4 THE AWFUL TRUTH 15

3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 14
7 BALL OF FIRE 14

2 THE THIN MAN 20
6 THE PALM BEACH STORY 10

4 THE LADY EVE 13
8 MY FAVORITE WIFE 16

1 BRINGING UP BABY 21
4 MIDNIGHT 8

2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE 20
3 THEODORA GOES WILD 7

Second Round of Screwball Film Tourney: Day 1 Update

Five of the eight matches are very close, within 2-3 votes of each other. There are two matches that have a comfortable lead and one definite blow-out. The blow-out comes courtesy of a top seed in It Happened One Night, rolling over Merrily We Live 24-0. That's right...it's a shut-out so far. Live has yet to record a single vote on it's behalf. The two matches that are starting to slip away for the losing film feature top heavyweight films. Bringing Up Baby leads Midnight 15-7 while To Be Or Not To Be is up over Theodora Goes Wild 14-6. Now on to the five matches that are very close and are poised to go down to the wire. The Lady Eve and My Favorite Wife are dead-locked at 10 votes apiece. The Thin Man leads The Palm Beach Story 12-9. You Can't Take It With You leads Ball Of Fire 11-9. The third and final top seed, My Man Godfrey is actually down by a single vote to The Awful Truth 13-12. And my favorite film of all time, His Girl Friday is up on The Philadelphia Story 15-10. Like I said, some very close matches, and this is only day one. So expect some fierce competition before Friday comes. Should be fun and very interesting to see how this round plays out. Below are the updated scores:

Hold on there Nora, don't jinx our match..we haven't won yet!

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 24
4 MERRILY WE LIVE 0

2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY 15
3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 10

1 MY MAN GODFREY 12
4 THE AWFUL TRUTH 13

3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 11
7 BALL OF FIRE 9

2 THE THIN MAN 12
6 THE PALM BEACH STORY 9

4 THE LADY EVE 10
8 MY FAVORITE WIFE 10

1 BRINGING UP BABY 15
4 MIDNIGHT 7

2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE 14
3 THEODORA GOES WILD 6

Favorite Screwball Film Tourney..Round 2 is underway

I had some time tonight to start round 2 of the favorite screwball film tourney instead of waiting until Sunday morning. So the matches are over on the right hand side and will be up through Friday evening. And all eight matches will take place here on this blog to make it even easier. The matches in this second round are gonna be very exciting.

As you can see even Carole is excited about this early start

for this second round

Second Round Matches of Favorite Screwball Film Tourney

Here are the next round of matches scheduled to begin on Sunday. Since there are only 8 matches left, I have decided to hold the rest of the tourney here on All Good Things to make it more convenient. As this blog gets way more traffic than Screwball Cinema. As we get into the meat of the tourney now, the matches become more evenly matched. And there are some great matches. For instance the match between His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story, which once again features Cary Grant squaring off against himself. Or the match between My Man Godfrey and The Awful Truth. That should be a fun one. And The Thin Man taking on The Palm Beach Story. This should be a very entertaining round for sure. The fun begins Sunday evening and will run through Friday evening. 

FRANK CAPRA BRACKET

1 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

VS

4 MERRILY WE LIVE (1938)

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2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

VS

3 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

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HOWARD HAWKS BRACKET

1 MY MAN GODFREY (1936)

VS

4 THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)

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3 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)

VS

7 BALL OF FIRE (1941)

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ERNST LUBITSCH BRACKET

2 THE THIN MAN (1934)

VS

6 THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)

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4 THE LADY EVE (1941)

VS

8 MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

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PRESTON STURGES BRACKET

1 BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

VS

4 MIDNIGHT (1939)

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2 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

VS

3 THEODORA GOES WILD (1936)

The first round of Favorite Screwball Film Tourney is in the books

The first round of The Favorite Screwball Film Tourney is in the books and with the exception of three upsets, most of the expected winners are moving on to round 2. The upsets included one of the four major top seeds..Trouble in Paradise losing to My Favorite Wife 23-15. Paradise made a gallant comeback as it was done early by the score of 13-2, but fell short. Another upset occurred when third seed Libeled Lady fell to sixth seed The Palm Beach Story by the count of 20-17. And a mild upset took place when 2nd seed Sullivan's Travels lost to 7th seed Ball Of Fire by the score of 22-20. The other matches were pretty much blow-outs except for Theodora Goes Wild and Topper engaging in a close 19-17 thriller. Here are the complete scores below:

Just hold on a minute baby and let me get ready for round 2

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 34
THE MORE THE MERRIER 8

MERRILY WE LIVE 22
THE GILDED LILY 7

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 26
TWENTIETH CENTURY 16

HIS GIRL FRIDAY 37
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR 8

MY MAN GODFREY 33
EASY LIVING 8

See it says it right there..The Awful Truth wins..so I actually 

beat myself if you can believe that

THE AWFUL TRUTH 25
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 18

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 24
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE 12

BALL OF FIRE 22
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 20

MY FAVORITE WIFE 23
TROUBLE IN PARADISE 15

THE LADY EVE 22
NINOTCHKA 16

THE PALM BEACH STORY 20
LIBELED LADY 17

THE THIN MAN 27
HOLIDAY 11

BRINGING UP BABY 34
BOMBSHELL 5

MIDNIGHT 27
THE GOOD FAIRY 8

TO BE OR NOT TO BE 30
THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES 6

THEODORA GOES WILD 19
TOPPER 17

Some stats:

Cary Grant started with the most films competing in this tourney with 8...he now has five left. Still the most by anyone else.

Carole Lombard, Irene Dunne and Barbara Stanwyck are perfect. Carole and Irene started with three films each and Barbara started with two. All of their films moved on to the next round.

Jean Arthur avoided a possible shut out as one of her films made it to round 2. Easy Living and The More The Merrier got sent packing but You Can't Take It With You won it's match.

Second round action with the remaining 16 films will begin Sunday evening. So everybody take a breather and come back then for round 2.

My love of classic films is beyond measure

Monty

Be My Guest: ALICIA GARBO

My guest this month is my good friend from Facebook, Alicia Garbo. We've been friends for almost 2 years and she is a great gal. She has several wonderful pages on Facebook that you should check out as she will talk about during her stint as my guest. Here's the link to one of them:  British-Beauties..now on to our interview! Alicia's answers are in red. My comments are in blue.

Introducing Miss Garbo..

• 1. What made you start blogging? disregard if you do not have a blog but you can count your facebook page if you like?

  *One of the main reasons I started my 'Women of WW2' & 'Blitz Memorial' Pages is because I have a keen interest in how World War Two affected people on a personal scale. I grew up with tales from older relatives retelling me their experiences of living through WW2 in Britain & it just sort of fueled my interest in that era.
  Also I felt there were many Facebook Memorial Pages for the men who fought during WW2 (quite rightly), but none really for the women who sacrificed so much too, either on the home-front or battle-front. So I thought it would be a nice sentiment to do a Memorial Page in their memory.
  
  And I think you for doing those wonderful pages Alicia. They are awesome.
  

  

  
  

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

  

  
  

  * There are so many I could name right now, but I will pick just a few. One's that come to mind are Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Vivian Leigh, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Tippi Hedren, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Claudette Colbert, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Clarke Gable & Leslie Howard.
  
  You and Garbo...that's great. Glad to see Tippi Hedren up there too. Her name does not get called that often.
  
  

  3. What are some of your favorite films?
  

  

  
  

  * Some of the classic films I like are 'The Wizard of Oz, 'Gone with the Wind', 'Casablanca', 'Anna Karenina' (The Greta Garbo version), 'Since You Went Away', 'It Happened One Night', 'Holiday Inn', 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', 'The Misfits' & 'It's a Wonderful Life'.
  More modern films I like I would have to say 'Titanic', 'Sex And the City' movies, 'The Transformer' movies, 'The Terminator' movies & 'Cold Mountain', as-well as 'Pearl Harbor'.
  
  The only film you named that I'm not a fan of is Breakfast at Tiffany's..sorry.

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

  

  
  

  * My first classic movie experience happened when I was about 15 years old & a mentor at school borrowed me her VHS copy of 'Gone with the Wind'. I remember finishing school early one Friday afternoon & I decided to watch 'Gone with the Wind' at home. All I can say is that I was blown away by the scope & scale of the movie & I couldn't believe that it was made in 1939, it didn't seem that old to me. I so wanted to be like Scarlett O'Hara funnily enough & instantly my love affair with classic movies began.
  
  You couldn't asked for a better intro to classic movies. Mine was His Girl Friday,

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

  

  
  

  * One of the most recent films I can remember thinking that is 'Black Swan'. I went to see it at the cinema & found it a bit hard to follow, but once I understood what was going on I realized what a clever film it really was.
  
  Still have yet to see that one

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

  

  
  

  * Snuggled up on the sofa, on a cold winter night with the fire crackling & a cup of hot chocolate in-front of my TV.
  
  Sounds nice to me...it would be the same for me.

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

  

  
  * I think to be fair I am the only one who really loves old black & white movies, but my mother also likes a bit of Audrey Hepburn too.
  
  Well at least that is something..

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

  

  
  * I would probably have to say the 40's, 50's & 60's. Most of all I love the 40's, the women seemed so much more glamorous & feminine than they do today.

  9. What are some of your favorite film quotes?

  * Probably 'Gone with the Wind's', "Frankly my Dear I don't give a damn!" Also 'The Terminator's', "I'll be back!"
  
  All classic!

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

  

  
  

  *I've wanted to check out a few of Alfred Hitchcock's movies. Especially one's with Grace Kelly in them. Also I would like to check out Veronica Lake's movies, as she is such a huge icon of the 40's with her 'Peek-a-boo' hair-style.
  
  OH I love Hitch's films, especially the ones with Grace. But also his early films as well. I have seen a few of Lake's films like Sullivan's Travels and the ones she made with Alan Ladd. I was very impressed.

  11. What is your favorite genre?

  *I really like love-story's, as I am a hopeless romantic to be honest. I also love movies with a lot of action & special effects in them too.
  
  Sweet!

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

  

  
  
  *I think I would do a 30's/40's themed 'Casablanca' movie party. I'd want everybody to come dressed in 40's clothes ideally & have lots of 40's jazz music on & for it to be like "Rick's Café Américain".
  
  Sounds like an awesome idea! Please send me an invite when you do have one.
  
  

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

  * I can't really think of any at the moment to be honest.
  
  That's cool

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

  * Well if I'm being honest I can't think of anybody else, who loves movie night as much as myself, so I would have to say myself.
  
  Cool again...

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

  

  
  

  * I love the tempestuousness & bitchiness of Scarlett O'Hara & her will to get what she wants. Portrayed by the incredibly beautiful Vivian Leigh.
  I also like Sarah Connor & her courage & braveness to survive against all odds, from 'The Terminator' films, played by Linda Hamilton.
  I like Holly Golightly, a sort of free spirit, who's not what she seems at all & wonderfully represented by the exquisite Audrey Hepburn.
  Rose DeWitt Bukater from 'Titanic' & her struggles to break free from the confines of her life acted out by the marvelous Kate Winslet.
  Last but not least Rose Tabor the divorcee from 'The Misfits', who seems sort of flawed. Represented by the wonderful Marilyn Monroe.
  I seem to like very vulnerable characters for some reason,ha. :)
  
  
  Cool. Thank you Alicia for being my guest this month. Hope everyone enjoyed having her here as much as I did. And please check out her wonderful pages on Facebook!

More matches over at Screwball Cinema

Just a reminder that there are 8 matches going on over at my other blog, Screwball Cinema. Don't won't those matches to get left behind. Here's the link to take you straight there: screwballcinema.blogspot.com

Screwball Tourney Day 1 Update

My first ever screwball film tourney got off to a fantastic start on Sunday with about 20 fans voting on the first round matches on average. Three of the four top seeds are rolling early, and there are some back and forth matches taking place as well. Here are the breakdowns on yesterday's exciting start.

My Favorite Wife has a leg up over Trouble in Paradise

after day one

Three of the four top seeds are besting their opponents quite easily. Overall top seed Bringing Up Baby leads Bombshell 15-1 (I wonder who is the lone person so far to cast their vote for the Jean Harlow vehicle). The second top seed It Happened One Night is up big over The More The Merrier by the count of 18-3. The third top seed My Man Godfrey is having no trouble at all with Easy Living and leads 17-4. The last top seed, Trouble in Paradise is having trouble with upstart My Favorite Wife. It is getting hammered 14-3. The pairing of Irene Dunne and Cary Grant evidently is too much.

If I'm reading this right, then we're winning...

In other matches that are also blow-outs include: To Be Or Not To Be ahead of The Devil and Miss Jones 13-2; His Girl Friday up big on The Major and The Minor 17-4; and The Philadelphia Story double over Twentieth Century 14-7.

It's gonna be close between us and Sullivan..

Now the nail-biters currently going on include: Arsenic and Old Lace with a slight 11-9 edge over The Awful Truth; The Palm Beach Story with a one point edge over Libeled Lady 9-8; The Lady Eve over Ninotchka 10-7; and  Sullivan's Travels tied with Ball of Fire at 10-10. 

My oh my, how exciting is this. The matches continue on through Friday and I will keep everyone updated with posts through-out the week. Below are the complete scores on all the matches:

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 18
THE MORE THE MERRIER 3

MERRILY WE LIVE 11
THE GILDED LILY 5

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 14
TWENTIETH CENTURY 7

HIS GIRL FRIDAY 17
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR 4

We are definitely in trouble...

MY MAN GODFREY 17
EASY LIVING 4

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 11
THE AWFUL TRUTH 9

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 12
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE 8

BALL OF FIRE 10
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 10

MY FAVORITE WIFE 14
TROUBLE IN PARADISE 3

THE LADY EVE 10
NINOTCHKA 7

THE PALM BEACH STORY 9
LIBELED LADY 8

No worries sugar...

THE THIN MAN 10
HOLIDAY 5

BRINGING UP BABY 15
BOMBSHELL 1

MIDNIGHT 11
THE GOOD FAIRY 5

TO BE OR NOT TO BE 13
THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES 2

THEODORA GOES WILD 10
TOPPER 5

My love of classic films is beyond measure

Monty