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The Golden Globe Awards for 1952 were …

 

Best Actor in a Drama

Gary Cooper, High Noon*

Ray Milland, The Thief

Charles Boyer, The Happy Time

 

Best Actress in a Drama

Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba*

Olivia de Havilland, My Cousin Rachel

Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear

 

Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical

Donald O’Connor, Singin’ In the Rain*

Danny Kaye, Hans Christian Andersen

Clifton Webb, Stars and Stripes Forever

 

Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical

Susan Hayward, With a Song In My Heart*

Ginger Rogers, Monkey Business

Katharine Hepburn, Pat and Mike

 

Best Supporting Actor

Millard Mitchell, My Six Convicts*

Kurt Kasznar, The Happy Time

Gilbert Roland, The Bad and the Beautiful

 

Best Supporting Actress

Katy Jurado, High Noon*

Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful

Mildred Dunnock, Viva Zapata!

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I love 1958, which has three of my absolute favorites! Granted, not one of my top 14 got a Best Picture nod, and only one of the 14 got an acting nomination in any category. To be continued.

 

Well, it will be interesting to see our contrasting reviews of 1958 when it comes up, kingrat. Having said that, three of my own favourites are from that year, as well, one of them having one of the truly great haunting endings of all time. So by no means am I saying that there wasn't anything of interest that year.

 

By the way, 1955 gets my nomination as the worst year of the decade, even though it did have ONE film released that year that I do love as an absolute classic.

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Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 1952 were …

 

Best Actress

Isuzu Yamada, Hakone Fuunroku and The Moderns

 

Best Supporting Actor

Daisuke Kato, Vendetta of a Samurai and Mother

 

Best Supporting Actress

Chieko Nakakita, Oka wa Hanazarki and Inazuma/Lightning

 

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Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1952 were …

 

Best Actor

Shin Saburi, Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice and Nami

 

Best Actress

Isuzu Yamada, Hakone Fuunroku and The Moderns

 

Best Supporting Actor

Daisuke Kato, Vendetta of a Samurai and Mother

 

Best Supporting Actress

Chieko Nakakita, Oka wa Hanazarki, Inazuma/Lightning and Mother

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., PRISONER OF ZENDA

 

 

I had to reach way back into March for this one, Tom.  I just watched The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) again and Fairbanks' performance really shot up for me this time.  I guess it was such a different take on the character than the one James Mason had provided that it took me a bit by surprise the first time around.

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I had to reach way back into March for this one, Tom.  I just watched The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) again and Fairbanks' performance really shot up for me this time.  I guess it was such a different take on the character than the one James Mason had provided that it took me a bit by surprise the first time around.

 

Glad you had a chance to re-evaluate Fairbanks's performance, Bogie.

 

Mason, a fine actor, captured the cynical disdain of Rupert in the remake but he did not  have Fairbanks's physical flair in the same role nor his impudent light heartedness as a debonair swashbuckling scoundrel. Rupert of Hentzau and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. were a once in a lifetime marvelous collaboration, the only time he played a villain and what a delicious portrayal it is. He listed it as one of his favourite roles in a letter he sent to me in 1969.

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Comparing the poll of the forties winners with the actual oscars

 

Supporting Actress

 

Darwell (2nd) defeated 7-2

Astor   no votes

Wright  1 vote, defeated 4-1 six way tie for 2nd

Paxinou winner 3-2

Barrymore 1 vote four way tie for 3rd

Revere no votes

Baxter tied for winner 2-2

Holm winner 2-1 over seven other candidates

Trevor winner 4-2

McCambridge tied for winner 2-2-2

 

Supporting Actor

 

Brennan tied for winner 3-3

Crisp no votes

Heflin no votes

Coburn, winner 3-2-2  (one should note the most popular alternative was moved the year before)

Fitzgerald no votes (1 vote for Best Actor though)

Dunn 1 vote defeated 2-1 nine way tie for 2nd

Russell 1 vote two way tie for 3rd

Gwenn 1 vote defeated 4-1 five way for 2nd

Huston winner 4-1

Jagger no votes

 

Actress

 

Rogers no votes

Fontaine no votes

Garson (2nd) defeated 5-2

Jones 1 vote defeated 2-2- six way for 3rd

Bergman (2nd) defeated 5-4

Crawford (2nd) defeated 3-2

De Havilland (1)  no votes

Young no votes

Wyman no votes

De Havilland (2) winner 6-1

 

Actor

 

Stewart 1 vote defeated 3-2 six way tie for 3rd

Cooper 1 vote defeated 5-3 two way tie for 3rd

Cagney (2nd) defeated 6-2 (note winner was nominated for next year)

Lukas no votes

Crosby no votes

Milland winner 3-1

March 1 vote defeated 3-2-four way tie for 3rd

Colman 1 vote defeated 2-2-2 three way tie for 4th

Olivier, no votes

Crawford (2nd) defeated 3-2

 

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I have edited my 1947/1948 choices and my 1951/1952 choices because for some strange reason the years of Roberto Rossellini movies tends to be unduly complicated.  Apparently Germany Year Zero and Europa'51 were copyrighted in the first year but actually released in the second, which is the year I've now put them in.  With that in mind Journey to Italy/Voyage to Italy was filmed in 1953 but released in 1954, so I'm assuming 1954 should be the actual date.  Anyone who disagrees should let me know.

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Here are the films from 1952 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. 

 

Affair In Trinidad with Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth

Angel Face with Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Barbara O’Neil

Dreamboat with Clifton Webb and Elsa Lanchester

Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice with Shin Saburi

Folly to be Wise with Alastair Sim

The Happy Time with Charles Boyer and Kurt Kasznar

Hakone Fuunoruko with Isuzu Yamada

Heidi with Heinrich Gretler

I Believe In You with Celia Johnson

Inazumi/Lightning with Chieko Nakakita

Kansas City Confidential with John Payne

The Little World of Don Camilio with Fernandel and Gino Cervi

The Long Memory with John Mills

Mandy/Crash of Silence with Jack Hawkins and Phyllis Calvert

Mara Maru with Errol Flynn

The Moderns with Isuzu Yamada

Mother with Daisuke Kati and Chieko Nakakita

My Son John with Robert Walker and Helen Hayes

My Six Convicts with Millard Mitchell

Nami with Shin Saburi

Oka wa Hanazakari with Chieko Nakakita

The Pickwick Papers with James Hayter

The Sniper with Arthur Franz

The Steel Trap with Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright

The Thief with Ray Milland

Vendetta of a Samurai with Daisuke Kato

We’re Not Married with Fred Allen, David Wayne, Marilyn Monroe and Ginger Rogers

 

And I would like to see this again …

 

Stars and Stripes Forever with Clifton Webb

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These first two were popular family movies in Europe. They were often on Belgian or German TV when I grew up in the eighties, but most Americans and younger people probably haven't heard of them. 


 


Heidi is an adaptation of the 1881 children's novel by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. There have been several adaptations, including one with Shirley Temple and an animated series. The 1952 Swiss adaptation is the one closest to the novel. It's about a girl who grows up in the Alps with her grandfather, her friend Peter and a lot of goats. Heidi represented traditional values and was a role model for Catholic girls. I nominated Elsbeth Sigmund for Juvenile Performance.


 


The Little World of Don Camillo (Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo) is the first part of an Italian-French film series. French comedian Fernandel plays a Catholic priest in an Italian village. Don Cervi plays his rival Peppone, the communist mayor. They have many conflicts, but occasionaly they collaborate in spite of their animosity. This first film is about the impossible love between the daughter of a Catholic and the son of a communist family.


 


Angel Face by Otto Preminger is worth discovering if you're into film noir. An ambulance driver (Robert Mitchum) falls in love with a young woman (Jean Simmons) whose behavior is less angelic than her face. He tells her, "You're a pretty nice guy - for a girl."


 


We're Not Married is a light comedy about five couples who find out they're not really married due to an administrative error two years ago. The five storylines are developed independently. Each couple has to decide whether to remarry or not. It has a multi-star cast with Fred Allen, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Louis Calhern, Zsa Zsa Gabor...


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Here are the films from 1952 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. 

 

 

Angel Face with Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Barbara O’Neil

Kansas City Confidential with John Payne

The Sniper with Arthur Franz

 

I'm not much help this year, Bogie. I've only seen these three from your list. Angel Face was my favorite, but the other two are worth checking out for noir and/or crime picture fans. Arthur Franz, an actor who I usually never pay any attention to, gets a lot to do in The Sniper,  as the psychotic serial murderer of the title. I saw it as part of a Film Noir DVD set from Columbia.

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Here are the 1952 films I have not seen:

 

Affair in Trinidad

Against All Flags

The Belle of New York

Breaking the Sound Barrier

Carrie

Casque D'or

Dreamboat

Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Folly to Be Wise

The Four Poster

Hakone Fuunroku

Hans Christian Andersen

The Happy Time

Heidi

The Holly and the Ivy

I Believe in You

The I Don't Care Girl

The Importance of Being Earnest

Inazuma/Lightning

The Life of Oharu

The Little World of Don Camillo

The Long Memory

Mandy/Crash of Silence

Maru Maru

The Moderns

Mother

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

My Six Convicts

My Son John

Nami

Oka wa Hanazarki

The Overcoat

Phone Call from a Stranger

The Pickwick Papers

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Promoter

Scaramouche

The Steel Trap

The Thief

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice

Vendetta of a Samurai

Where's Charly?

The White Sheik

 

I have taped/acquired these, but haven't watched yet:

 

Beware, My Lovely

Le Plaisir

Limelight

Ruby Gentry

We're Not Married

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Lawrence, I'll just add that The Sniper has great location photography of San Francisco. For some of us, it would be worth seeing for that alone.

 

Kansas City Confidential is my favorite Phil Karlson film noir, although there's also something to be said for 99 River Street and, after the 16-minute introduction, The Phenix City Story.

 

Phone Call from a Stranger: Several people are killed in the crash of a small plane. Gary Merrill is the person who notifies the families. This is another of those films about how different lives are brought together in unexpected ways. Bette Davis was offered the part played by Shelley Winters, but wanted to play a smaller role, that of a woman who is paralyzed. Keenan Wynn plays her husband, who seems on the surface to be coarse and unfeeling. A useful rule of thumb is that any black-and-white Jean Negulesco film is worth seeing.

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Kansas City Confidential is my favorite Phil Karlson film noir, although there's also something to be said for 99 River Street and, after the 16-minute introduction, The Phenix City Story.

 

 

 

Three fine hard boiled crime dramas. John Payne's convincing conversion from movie musicals and light hearted fare into a screen tough guy is analogous to that of Dick Powell, though less celebrated. I think he's particularly impressive as the vengeful cab driver in 99 River Street, though, since that's a 1953 production, my apologies for being a year ahead of time in mentioning it.

 

You're not going to find a much more impressive collection of sleazes than the likes of Jack Elam, Neville Brand and Lee Van Cleef in Kansas City Confidential. Perhaps, though, Preston Foster's performance is the real surprise of the production.

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Here are the 1952 films I have not seen:

 

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice

 

 

Without any hesitation this Orson Welles film is my pick of the bunch.  Not only is it a great film with wonderful imagery it is a miracle in inventive filmmaking.  Welles made it in at least three countries over the course of several years while acting in other people's films to raise money.  You have some shots filmed in Spain and the reverse shots with actors in Morocco.  He had to scramble with actors availabilities and all sorts of insane obstacles.  In the 1970's Welles made a film for German television called Filming Othello (1978) which tells a bit of this tale.  It is worth tracking down if you can find it.  I believe Welles' Othello has undergone yet another restoration and should be out on bluray.

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It’s time for 1953.  We will be on 1953 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond.

 

Here are Oscar’s choices for 1953.  Winners in bold. 

 

Best Actor

 

William Holden, Stalag 17*

Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar +

Richard Burton, The Robe

Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity

Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity

 

Best Actress

 

Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday*

Leslie Caron, Lili

Ava Gardner, Mogambo

Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity

Maggie McNamara, The Moon Is Blue

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity*

Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday

Jack Palance, Shane

Brandon de Wilde, Shane

Robert Strauss, Stalag 17

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity*  

Grace Kelly, Mogambo

Geraldine Page, Hondo +

Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song

Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street

 

+ I will comment on Marlon Brando’s and Geraldine Page’s nominations in the next post.

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Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1953…

 

I think Marlon Brando belongs in the supporting category for Julius Caesar.  He just isn’t the focus of the film for any length of time.  James Mason is the only lead in that film.

 

Geraldine Page belongs in the leading category for Hondo.  I’m not sure why Oscar put her in support.

 
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With so many great foreign films this year, more foreign actors than usual are in the lists.

 

Best Actor for 1953:

 

Montgomery Clift, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY****

Yves Montand, THE WAGES OF FEAR

Fred Astaire, THE BAND WAGON

Chishu Ryu, TOKYO STORY

Ake Gronberg, SAWDUST AND TINSEL

 

Honorable mention: Joseph Cotten, NIAGARA; Glenn Ford, THE BIG HEAT; Alec Guinness, THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE; William Holden, STALAG 17; Burt Lancaster, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; James Mason, JULIUS CAESAR; John Payne, 99 RIVER STREET; Richard Widmark, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET

 

Best Actress for 1953:

 

Jennifer Jones, BEAT THE DEVIL****

Harriet Andersson, SAWDUST AND TINSEL

Danielle Darrieux, THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE . . .

Barbara Stanwyck, ALL I DESIRE

Audrey Hepburn, ROMAN HOLIDAY

 

Honorable mention: Harriet Andersson, SUMMER WITH MONIKA; Leslie Caron, LILI; Doris Day, CALAMITY JANE; Celia Johnson, THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE; Deborah Kerr, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; Jean Peters, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET; Jean Simmons, THE ACTRESS; Jean Simmons, YOUNG BESS; Jane Wyman, SO BIG

 

Best Supporting Actor for 1953:

 

Charles Vanel, THE WAGES OF FEAR****

Frank Sinatra, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Lee Marvin, THE BIG HEAT

Anders Ek, SAWDUST AND TINSEL

Vittorio De Sica, THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE . . .

William Talman, THE HITCH-HIKER

Oscar Levant, THE BAND WAGON

 

Honorable mention: Ernest Borgnine, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; Marlon Brando, JULIUS CAESAR; Jack Buchanan, THE BAND WAGON; Fred Clark, HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE; Hasse Ekman, SAWDUST AND TINSEL; John Gielgud, JULIUS CAESAR; Folco Lulli, THE WAGES OF FEAR; Robert Morley, BEAT THE DEVIL; Jack Palance, SHANE; Robert Ryan, THE NAKED SPUR

 

Best Supporting Actress of 1953:

 

Thelma Ritter, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET****

Setsuko Hara, TOKYO STORY

Gloria Grahame, THE BIG HEAT

Nanette Fabray, THE BAND WAGON

Donna Reed, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

 

Honorable mention: Allyn McLerie, CALAMITY JANE; Maureen O'Sullivan, ALL I DESIRE; Ann Sothern, THE BLUE GARDENIA; Annika Tretow, SAWDUST AND TINSEL

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Here are my 1953 picks in approximate order of preference. Once again, I found it a weak year for supporting actresses.

 

BEST ACTOR

 

Montgomery Clift, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

William Holden, STALAG 17

Burt Lancaster, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

James Mason, JULIUS CAESAR

Alan Ladd, SHANE

 

Honourable Mention: Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday, Van Heflin in Shane, James Stewart in The Naked Spur, John Payne in 99 River Street, John Wayne in Hondo, Spencer Tracy in The Actress, Kirk Douglas in The Juggler, Robert Ryan in Inferno.

 

BEST ACTRESS

 

Audrey Hepburn, ROMAN HOLIDAY

Gloria Grahame, THE BIG HEAT

Deborah Kerr, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Geraldine Page, HONDO

Evelyn Keyes, 99 RIVER STREET

 

Honourable Mention: Ava Gardner in Mogambo, Jennifer Jones in Beat the Devil, Rita Hayworth in Miss Sadie Thompson.

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Frank Sinatra, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Kenneth More, GENEVIEVE

Eddie Albert, ROMAN HOLIDAY

Ernest Borgnine, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Jack Palance, SHANE

 

Honourable Mention: Robert Ryan in The Naked Spur, Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar, Roger Livesey in Master of Ballantrae, Elisha Cook Jr. in Shane, Robert Morley in Beat the Devil, William Tallman in The Hitchhiker, Sig Rumann in Stalag 17, Brad Dexter in 99 River Street, Oscar Levant in The Band Wagon.

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Thelma Ritter, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET ** (Late Change After Finally Seeing Film).

Kay Kendall, GENEVIEVE

Jeanette Nolan, THE BIG HEAT

Judith Anderson, SALOME

Nanette Fabray, THE BAND WAGON

 

Honourable Mention: Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity.

 

Most Memorable Use of An Angora Sweater Award

 

Ed Wood in Glen Or Glenda

 

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Bad Taste Of The Year Award

 

Joan Crawford in blackface in a musical number in Torch Song

 

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Mammy Dearest?

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1953 Favorites

 
1953 was a year of big American and distinguished foreign films, but attention must be paid to The Sun Shines Bright, John Ford’s personal favorite among his films. A problematic film (loose remake of Ford's 1934 Judge Priest), featuring confederate flags, segregation, etc., it is nevertheless a glorious work of art, redolent of all the hallmarks of the best of John Ford’s genius. In addition to the lead performance by Charles Winninger, mention must be made of Ernest Whitman, better known for playing Beulah’s boyfriend on television. Whitman imbues the small role of Pleasant “Uncle Plez” Woodford with incredible dignity. The Sun Shines Bright is the best film of 1953. I've posted links to articles about the film at bottom.

Best Actor

Charles Boyer (The Earrings of Madame De)
Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity)
Jack Hawkins (The Cruel Sea)
Spencer Tracy (The Actress)
Charles Winninger (The Sun Shines Bright)

Best Actress

Leslie Caron (Lili)
Gloria Grahame (The Big Heat)
Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday)
Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity)
Jean Simmons (Young Bess)

Best Supporting Actor

Ernest Borgnine (From Here to Eternity)
Brandon De Wilde (Shane)
Cecil Kellaway (Young Bess)
Oscar Levant (The Band Wagon)
Ernest Whitman (The Sun Shines Bright)

Best Supporting Actress

Nanette Fabray (The Band Wagon)
Donna Reed (From Here to Eternity)
Thelma Ritter (Pickup on South Street)
Kay Walsh (Young Bess)
Teresa Wright (The Actress)

Best Musical Scenes

“Genevieve" “played" on trumpet by Kay Kendall (Genevieve)
"Hi Lili, Hi Lo” sung by Leslie Caron and puppet (Lili) 
"My Old Kentucky Home” performed by Ernest Whitman, Elzie Emanuel, Clarence Muse, Stepin Fetchit and others; also "Marching Through Georgia"/"Dixie" played on banjo by Elzie Emanuel, which is a crucial scene, as Stepin Fetchit steps out of his usual character (The Sun Shines Bright).

 
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1953

 

BEST ACTOR

William Holden  Stalag 17****

Glenn Ford  The Big Heat

Montgomery Clift  From Here to Eternity

James Mason  Julius Caesar

Chishu Ryu  Tokyo Story

Vincent Price  House of Wax

Yves Montand  The Wages of Fear

Montgomery Clift  I Confess

Jacques Tati  Mr. Hulot's Holiday

Charles Vanel  The Wages of Fear

Kirk Douglas  The Juggler

Marlon Brando  The Wild One

 

BEST ACTRESS

Geraldine Page  Hondo****

Chieko Higashiyama  Tokyo Story

Audrey Hepburn  Roman Holiday

Danielle Darrieux  The Earrings of Madame De...

Deborah Kerr  From Here to Eternity

Jean Arthur  Shane

Machiko Kyo  Gate of Hell

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Marlon Brando  Julius Caesar****

Frank Sinatra  From Here to Eternity

Jack Palance  Shane

Lee Marvin  The Big Heat

John Gielgud  Julius Caesar

Robert Ryan  The Naked Spur

Lee Marvin  The Wild One

Ernest Borgnine  From Here to Eternity 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Thelma Ritter  Pickup On South Street****

Setsuko Hara  Tokyo Story

Gloria Grahame  The Big Heat

Donna Reed  From Here to Eternity

Deborah Kerr  Julius Caesar

Carolyn Jones  House of Wax

 

BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE

Brandon de Wilde  Shane****

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My choices for the Juvenile Acting award for 1953 are…

 

Jon Whiteley (Harry MacKenzie) and Vincent Winter (Davy MacKenzie), The Little Kidnappers.  I don’t think you could separate or choose between these two.

 
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Here are some performances from 1953 that will be recognized in subsequent years …

 

Jon Whiteley and Vincent Winter will receive special Oscar statuettes for outstanding juvenile performances of 1954 for The Little Kidnappers (1953).

 

Gina Lollobrigida will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actress Award in 1954 for Bread, Love and Dreams (1953).

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