dagoldenage Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Top 10 movies1. Singin’ in the Rain2. High Noon3. Bad and the Beautiful, The4. Sudden Fear5. 5 Fingers6. Come Back, Little Sheba7. Limelight8. Narrow Margin, The9. Pat and Mike10. Clash by NightBest Actor: Kirk Douglas (The Bad and the Beautiful)Best Actress: Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba)Supporting Actor: Charles Laughton (O. Henry’s Full House)Supporting Actress: Jean Hagen (Singin’ in the Rain)Note: I included Lavender Hill Mob with 1952 due to Academy eligibility; but not Umberto D for same reason.Titles watched: 114TV watched: 14 shows, 85 episodes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Joan Crawford was afraid of Jack Palance; John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara found love in Ireland; Yolande Donlan had her first taste of schneese in Lampidorra; Gary Cooper had an appointment at 12; and Julie Harris wanted to stop a wedding. *** My list: 1. EUROPA ’51 (Italian neorealist spiritual drama) 2. THE QUIET MAN (romantic comedy drama) 3. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (musical comedy) 4. SUDDEN FEAR (noir melodrama) 5. THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (literary adaptation) 6. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (drama) 7. LIMELIGHT (comedy drama) 8. CASQUE D’OR (French crime drama) 9. KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (noir) 10. SCARAMOUCHE (swashbuckler) Honorable Mentions: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (show biz drama) CARRIE (literary adaptation) CLASH BY NIGHT (drama) DIPLOMATIC COURIER (spy drama) FACE TO FACE (anthology) 5 FINGERS (spy drama) HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (biographical musical) THE HAPPY TIME (literary adaptation) HIGH NOON (western) I CONFESS (psychological thriller) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (British romantic comedy) IVANHOE (literary adaptation) THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (coming of age drama) MONKEY BUSINESS (screwball comedy) MY COUSIN RACHEL (literary adaptation) MY SON JOHN (social message spy drama) THE NARROW MARGIN (noir) PAT AND MIKE (sports comedy) PENNY PRINCESS (British comedy) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (literary adaptation) LE PLAISIR (French anthology) RANCHO NOTORIOUS (western) SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR (social message drama) VIVA ZAPATA! (biographical drama) WE’RE NOT MARRIED! (anthology) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagoldenage Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 TopBilled: Who are your individual award choices for 1952? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 My choices for best acting: Ingrid Bergman for EUROPA '51 Jean Hagen for SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Kurt Kasznar for THE HAPPY TIME Charlie Chaplin for LIMELIGHT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 I can't keep up the with the Academy's rules for foreign films. Forbidden Games and Umberto D. would be in the top three, and I could probably find places for Ikiru and The Life of Oharu. However, here's what the English-language list might look like (kind of like dagoldenage's picks): Singin' in the Rain The Bad and the Beautiful High Noon Viva Zapata! The Long Memory The Big Sky The Lusty Men Angel Face The Narrow Margin 5 Fingers Best Actor: Gene Kelly, Singin' in the Rain Best Actress: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba Best Supporting Actor: David Wayne, O. Henry's Full House Best Supporting Actress: Jean Peters, O. Henry's Full House 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Best Picture-Narrow Margin Actor-Gary Cooper in High Noon Actress-Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba Supp Actor-Dick Powell in The Bad And The Beautiful Supp Actress-Marie Windsor in Narrow Margin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Inviting all opinionated posters (that's us!) to join in dagoldenage's review of 1952's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1952 - 118 movies seen Ikiru Umberto D. High Noon Forbidden Games Five Fingers The Quiet Man Singin' in the Rain Moulin Rouge Viva Zapata! Don't Bother to Knock Runner-ups: The Narrow Margin, The Marrying Kind, Carrie, Bend of the River Best Actor: Takashi Shimura, Ikira Best Actress: Jean Simmons, Angel Face Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata! Best Supporting Actress: Jean Hagen, Singin' in the Rain Best Juvenile Performance: Brigitte Fossey, Forbidden Games Best Director: Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru Worst film of 1952: Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Rats, how did I forget Moulin Rouge? Excellent cinematography by Oswald Morris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 1952 -- Films seen: 49 1. Singin' in the Rain 2 The Narrow Margin 3 The Holly and the Ivy 4 Come Back Little Sheba 5 Monkey Business 6 Carrie 7 The Importance of Being Earnest 8 The Happy Time 9 Limelight 10 The Lusty Men HMs: Deadline USA, High Noon, Ivanhoe, My Cousin Rachel, The Bad and the Beautiful, O Henry's Full House, Room for One More, Phone Call from a Stranger, Macao, Moulin Rouge, Dreamboat, The Quiet Man, Pat and Mike, Umberto D, Million Dollar Mermaid, Scaramouche Actor: Lawrence Olivier/Carrie Actress: Shirley Booth/Come Back Little Sheba Supporting Actor: Donald O'Connor/Singin' in the Rain Supporting Actress: Jean Hagen/Singin' in the Rain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said: 1952 -- Films seen: 49 1. Singin' in the Rain 2 The Narrow Margin 3 The Holly and the Ivy 4 Come Back Little Sheba 5 Monkey Business 6 Carrie 7 The Importance of Being Earnest 8 The Happy Time 9 Limelight 10 The Lusty Men HMs: Deadline USA, High Noon, Ivanhoe, My Cousin Rachel, The Bad and the Beautiful, O Henry's Full House, Room for One More, Phone Call from a Stranger, Macao, Moulin Rouge, Dreamboat, The Quiet Man, Pat and Mike, Umberto D, Million Dollar Mermaid, Scaramouche Actor: Lawrence Olivier/Carrie Actress: Shirley Booth/Come Back Little Sheba Supporting Actor: Donald O'Connor/Singin' in the Rain Supporting Actress: Jean Hagen/Singin' in the Rain Nice to see CARRIE mentioned...and I agree, Olivier does give a fine performance in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 The 10 Best Films of 1952: 1 Angel Face (Otto Preminger, USA) 2 Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) 3 The Quiet Man (John Ford, USA) 4 Forbidden Games (Rene Clement, France) 5 Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, USA) 6 Europa '51 (Roberto Rossellini, Italy) 7 The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minelli, USA) 8 The Big Sky (Howard Hawks, USA) 9 High Noon (Fred Zinneman, USA) 10 Cry, the Beloved Country (Zoltan Korda, UK) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagoldenage Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Had 28 voters online and in person. Results:Top 10 movies 1. Singin’ in the Rain – Not Nominated 2. High Noon 3. Bad and the Beautiful, The 4. Ikiru - Japan 5. Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) – France 6. 5 Fingers 7. Sudden Fear 8. Quiet Man, The 9. Narrow Margin, The 10. Life of Oharu, The (Saikaku ichidai onna) – Japan Best Actor: Kirk Douglas (The Bad and the Beautiful) Best Actress: Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba) - Actual Winner Supporting Actor: Donald O’Connor (Singin’ in the Rain) – Not Nominated Supporting Actress: Jean Hagen (Singin’ in the Rain) Titles with votes: 58 Titles I watched: 114 Television shows watched: total shows 14; total episodes 85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Well, six of the 10 films I picked are on the overall top 10. I'd like to say that's some sort of validation of my amazing taste, but it probably just means I tend to fall in with the mainstream opinion. I've probably mostly watched only the most celebrated and acclaimed films from that year, anyway, so nothing I picked was probably very obscure. I would like to add Narrow Margin is a terrific film, and I may not have given it enough consideration when making my list. I don't know that it would kick out anything I selected, but I would probably make it my No. 11! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: Well, six of the 10 films I picked are on the overall top 10. I'd like to say that's some sort of validation of my amazing taste, but it probably just means I tend to fall in with the mainstream opinion. I've probably mostly watched only the most celebrated and acclaimed films from that year, anyway, so nothing I picked was probably very obscure. I would like to add Narrow Margin is a terrific film, and I may not have given it enough consideration when making my list. I don't know that it would kick out anything I selected, but I would probably make it my No. 11! You could always do a "tie" for number 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagoldenage Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 The Narrow Margin was not in the Top 10 until the most recent voter, and entered, while knocking out Come Back, Little Sheba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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