Bogie56 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 She played a teenager, but she was 20 years old. Thanks. I'll go back and edit my choice. I added it at the last minute too. I should have checked! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 1959 BEST ACTOR James Stewart Anatomy of a Murder**** Dean Martin Rio Bravo (really!!!) Cary Grant North By Northwest Eiji Funakoshi Fires On the Plain Peter Sellers I'm All Right Jack Gary Cooper The Hanging Tree Richard Burton Look Back In Anger Tony Curtis Some Like It Hot Bradford Dillman Compulsion Peter Sellers The Mouse That Roared Eiji Okada Hiroshima Mon Amour Vincent Price House On Haunted Hill Paul Muni The Last Angry Man BEST ACTRESS Audrey Hepburn The Nun's Story**** Zhanna Prokhorenko Ballad of a Soldier Emmanuelle Riva Hiroshima Mon Amour Millie Perkins The Diary of Anne Frank Machiko Kyo Floating Weeds BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR George C. Scott Anatomy of a Murder**** Fred Astaire On the Beach James Mason North By Northwest Tony Randell Pillow Talk Stephen Boyd Ben-Hur Martin Landau North By Northwest Chishu Ryu Good Morning Arthur O'Connell Anatomy of a Murder Hugh Griffith Ben-Hur BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn Suddenly, Last Summer**** Juanite Moore Imitation of Life Thelma Ritter Pillow Talk Edith Evans The Nun's Story Shelley Winters The Diary of Anne Frank Eve Arden Anatomy of a Murder Carol Ohmart House On Haunted Hill Margaret Rutherford I'm All Right Jack BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE Jean-Pierre Leaud The 400 Blows**** 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1959 for… Best Supporting Actress of 1959 1. GUSTI HUBER (Edith Frank), The Diary of Anne Frank 2. SHELLEY WINTERS (Petronella van Daan), The Diary of Anne Frank 3. MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE (Grace Holly), Suddenly, Last Summer 4. KATHARINE HEPBURN (Violet Venable), Suddenly, Last Summer 5. DIANE VARSI (Ruth Evans), Compulsion 6. THELMA RITTER (Alma), Pillow Talk 7. IRENE HANDL (Mrs. Kite), I’m All Right Jack 8. LIZ FRASER (Cynthia Kite), I'm All Right Jack 9. SYLVIA SYMS (Maisie King), Expresso Bongo 10. JUANITA MOORE (Annie Johnson), Imitation of Life and .. GLYNIS JOHNS (Kitty Brady), Shake Hands With the Devil MARY URE (Alison Porter), Look Back In Anger CLAIRE MAURIER (Gilberte Doinel), The 400 Blows SUSAN KOHNER (Sarah Jane Johnson, age 18), Imitation of Life DONNA ANDERSON (Mary Holmes), On the Beach CAROLYN JONES (Shirley Drake), Career JOAN SHAWLEE (“Sweet” Sue, bandleader of ‘Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators’), Some Like It Hot DILYS LAYE (Isobel/"Bella"), The Bridal Path FIONA CLYNE (Katie McEwan), The Bridal Path EVE ARDEN (Maida Rutledge), Anatomy of a Murder MARGARET RUTHERFORD (Aunt Dolly Tracepurcel), I'm All Right Jack PEGGY ASHCROFT (Mother Mathilde), The Nun’s Story SHIRLEY MACLAINE (Sharon Kensington, etc.), Career KATSUKO WAKASUGI (Iwa), The Ghost of Yotsuya ANTONINA MAXIMOVA (Aloysha’s Mother), Ballad of a Soldier EDITH EVANS (Rev. Mother Emmanuel, “Superior General”), The Nun's Story 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 1959 BEST ACTOR Dean Martin Rio Bravo (really!!!) No need for the "really," Lawrence. Dino is terrific in that film. I only wish he had had such strong opportunities in other fare rather than the lightweight fluffy stuff in which he was usually cast. Martin was a big western fan so I'm pretty sure he was proud of this, his major contribution to the genre. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1959 for… Best Supporting Actor of 1959 1. PETER SELLERS (Fred Kite/Sir John Kennaway), I'm All Right Jack 2. STEPHEN BOYD (Tribune Messala), Ben-Hur 3. HUGH GRIFFITH (Sheik Ilderim), Ben-Hur 4. GEORGE C. SCOTT (Asst. State Attorney General, Claude Dancer), Anatomy of a Murder 5. ARTHUR O'CONNELL (Parnell Emmett McCarthy), Anatomy of a Murder 6. LOU JACOBI (Hans van Daan), The Diary of Anne Frank 7. E.G. MARSHALL (District Attorney Harold Horn), Compulsion 8. BEN GAZZARA (Lt. Frederick Manion), Anatomy of a Murder 9. ROBERT VAUGHN (Chester ‘Chet’ A. Gwynn/”Howard Clark”), The Young Philadelphians 10. ED WYNN (Albert Dusell), The Diary of Anne Frank and ... TERRY-THOMAS (Major Hitchcock), I’m All Right Jack PETER FINCH (Dr. Fortunati), The Nun's Story ALBERT REMY (Julien Doinel), The 400 Blows FRED ASTAIRE (Julian Osborn), On the Beach CHARLES HAWTREY (Michael Bean), Carry on Teacher JACK HAWKINS (Quintus Arrius), Ben-Hur JOE E. BROWN (Osgood E. Fielding III), Some Like It Hot YEVGENY URBANSKY (Vassya, “the invalid”), Ballad of a Soldier ANTHONY RAY (Tony Russell), Shadows JAMES MASON (Phillip Vandamm/“Lester Townsend”), North by Northwest NOEL COWARD (Hawthorne/”59200”), Our Man In Havana PAT O'BRIEN (Detective Mulligan), Some Like It Hot VASILI LIVANOV (Andrei), Letter Never Sent ALBERT DEKKER (Dr. Lawrence J. Hockstader), Suddenly, Last Summer GEORGE RAFT ("Spats" Colombo), Some Like It Hot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 My acting picks for 1959. If I appear to have gone a bit over the top in my admiration for Billy Wilder's most famous screen comedy, well, nobody's perfect. BEST ACTOR Jack Lemmon, SOME LIKE IT HOT (I'm a boy, I'm a boy.") Tony Curtis, SOME LIKE IT HOT ("Like smoking without inhaling") James Stewart, ANATOMY OF A MURDER Cary Grant, NORTH BY NORTHWEST Gary Cooper, THE HANGING TREE Honourable Mention: Dean Martin in Rio Bravo, Charlton Heston in Ben Hur, James Cagney in Shake Hands with the Devil. BEST ACTRESS Marilyn Monroe, SOME LIKE IT HOT ("I'm tired of getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop"). Audrey Hepburn, THE NUN'S STORY Elizabeth Taylor, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER Lee Remick, ANATOMY OF A MURDER Maria Schell, THE HANGING TREE Honourable Mention: Ava Gardner in On the Beach. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR George C. Scott, ANATOMY OF A MURDER Karl Malden, THE HANGING TREE Walter Brennan, RIO BRAVO Arthur O'Connell, ANATOMY OF A MURDER George C. Scott, THE HANGING TREE Honourable Mention: Joseph Schildkraut in Diary of Anne Frank, Hugh Griffith in Ben Hur, Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot ("Zowie!"). BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Shelley Winters, DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Juanita Moore, IMITATION OF LIFE Susan Kohner, IMITATION OF LIFE Glynis Johns, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL Joan Shawlee, SOME LIKE IT HOT ("Beanstalk!") Honourable Mention: Jessie Royce Landis in North By Northwest. My Favourite Film of the Year (Could You Guess?) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 My acting picks for 1959. If I appear to have gone a bit over the top in my admiration for Billy Wilder's most famous screen comedy, well, nobody's perfect. BEST ACTOR Jack Lemmon, SOME LIKE IT HOT (I'm a boy, I'm a boy.") Tony Curtis, SOME LIKE IT HOT ("Like smoking without inhaling") James Stewart, ANATOMY OF A MURDER Cary Grant, NORTH BY NORTHWEST Gary Cooper, THE HANGING TREE Honourable Mention: Dean Martin in Rio Bravo, Charlton Heston in Ben Hur, James Cagney in Shake Hands with the Devil. BEST ACTRESS Marilyn Monroe, SOME LIKE IT HOT ("I'm tired of getting the fuzzy kind of the lollipop"). Audrey Hepburn, THE NUN'S STORY Elizabeth Taylor, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER Lee Remick, ANATOMY OF A MURDER Maria Schell, THE HANGING TREE Honourable Mention: Ava Gardner in On the Beach. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR George C. Scott, ANATOMY OF A MURDER Karl Malden, THE HANGING TREE Walter Brennan, RIO BRAVO Arthur O'Connell, ANATOMY OF A MURDER George C. Scott, THE HANGING TREE Honourable Mention: Joseph Schildkraut in Diary of Anne Frank, Hugh Griffith in Ben Hur, Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot ("Zowie!"). BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Shelley Winters, DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Juanita Moore, INVITATION OF LIFE Susan Kohner, INVITATION OF LIFE Glynis Johns, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL Joan Shawlee, SOME LIKE IT HOT ("Beanstalk!") Honourable Mention: Jessie Royce Landis in North By Northwest. My Favourite Film of the Year (Could You Guess?) ...so the one-legged jockey says... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 1959 Favorites Best Actor Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot) Breno Mello (Black Orpheus) James Mason (Journey to the Center of the Earth) Paul Muni (The Last Angry Man) Paul Newman (The Young Philadelphians) Best Actress Marpessa Dawn (Black Orpheus) Audrey Hepburn (The Nun’s Story) Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) Emmanuelle Riva (Hiroshima Mon Amour) Simone Signoret (Room at the Top) Best Supporting Actor Sammy Davis, Jr. (Porgy and Bess) Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur) Peter Sellers (I’m All Right Jack) Robert Vaughn (The Young Philadelphians) Ed Wynn (The Diary of Anne Frank) Best Supporting Actress Edith Evans (The Nun’s Story) Irene Handl (I’m All Right Jack/Carry On Nurse) Hattie Jacques (Carry On Nurse/Carry On Teacher) Susan Kohner (Imitation of Life) Shelley Winters (The Diary of Anne Frank) Best Line: "Ladies and gentlemen, please do not panic! But SCREAM! Scream for your lives! The Tingler is loose in this theater!” — Vincent Price (The Tingler) Best Musical Scenes “I’m Through with Love” sung by Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) “It Ain’t Necessarily So” sung by Sammy Davis, Jr. (Porgy and Bess) "It’s a Typical Day” sung by the cast (Li’l Abner) “My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose” sung by Pat Boone (Journey to the Center of the Earth) And one of the great musical endings, featuring my three favorite juveniles of 1959 Samba de Orfeu (Black Orpheus) (The fade from Rio to the Greek frieze is one of most brilliant final shots ever!) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1959 were: Best Actor James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder* Paul Muni, The Last Angry Man Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top (58/59) Best Actress Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story* Simone Signoret, Room at the Top (58/59) ————————————————————————————————— The National Board of Review Awards for 1959 were… Best Actor Victor Sjostrom, Wild Strawberries* (57) Best Actress Simone Signoret, Room at the Top* (58/59) Best Supporting Actor Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur* Best Supporting Actress Edith Evans, The Nun’s Story* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 ...so the one-legged jockey says... "Don't worry about me, baby. I ride side saddle." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 1959 - I almost nominated Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis for Best Actress, but fortunately I checked. ACTOR: 1. Cary Grant - North by Northwest 2. Fernandel - The Cow and I 3. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot4. Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur 5. Tony Curtis - Some Like It Hot 6. Yul Brynner - Solomon and Sheba7. Peter Sellers - The Battle of the Sexes 8. Ben Carruthers - Shadows9. Montgomery Clift - Suddenly, Last Summer 10. Peter Cushing - The Hound of the Baskervilles ACTRESS:1. Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story2. Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot3. Eva Marie Saint - North by Northwest 4. Gina Lollobrigida - Solomon and Sheba 5. Giulietta Masina - Nella città l'inferno6. Millie Perkins - The Diary of Anne Frank7. Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer 8. Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno9. Doris Day - Pillow Talk 10. Brigitte Bardot - Come Dance with Me! SUPPORTING ACTOR: 1. James Mason - North by Northwest 2. Joe E. Brown - Some Like It Hot 3. Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur 4. Leo G. Carroll - North by Northwest 5. Christopher Lee - The Hound of the Baskervilles 6. Terry-Thomas - I'm All Right Jack 7. Peter Finch - The Nun's Story 8. Steve McQueen - Never So Few SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. Haya Harareet - Ben-Hur 2. Jessie Royce Landis - North by Northwest 3. Cathy O'Donnell - Ben-Hur4. Marla Landi - The Hound of the Baskervilles 5. Lee Remick - Anatomy of a Murder6. Yvonne Furneaux - The Mummy 7. Edith Evans - The Nun's Story 8. Thelma Ritter - Pillow Talk BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE: Jean-Pierre Léaud - The 400 Blows BEST EXTRA: Bess Flowers - North by NorthwestBEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Marguerite - The Cow and I BEST GROWN-UP PRETENDING TO BE A TEENAGER: Millie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank) BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Elizabeth Haffenden - Ben-Hur BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: North by Northwest (Bernard Herrmann)BEST ORIGINAL SONG: High Hopes (Frank Sinatra in A Hole in the Head) BEST NON-ORIGINAL SONG: I Wanna Be Loved by You (Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot)BEST QUOTES: 1. "That's funny, that plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops." (North by Northwest) 2. "Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!" (Some Like It Hot) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 1959 - I almost nominated Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis for Best Actress, but fortunately I checked. ACTOR: 1. Cary Grant - North by Northwest I watched my dvd copy of North by Northwest again the other night and was struck by how difficult many of Cary Grant's scenes were to play. Not so much physically, but there is also that aspect. It's the gamut he is put through by Ernest Lehman and Hitchcock. It really is a tribute to Grant's ability that he manages to pull off so many outrageous sets of circumstances. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here's a bit of Some Like It Hot minutiae: George Raft and Edward G. Robinson did not get along, almost coming to blows during the making of Manpower in 1942. Robinson turned down the role of Little Napoleon when it was offered to him by Billy Wilder for his 1959 comedy. Whether or not he turned it down because rival gangster Spats Columbo was being played by Raft I'm not certain. However, there is irony in the fact that the gangster flipping the coin (a la Raft) and who later pops out of the birthday cake to gun down Raft and his gang was played by Edward G. Robinson Jr.. I have always liked to think that Spats Columbo's final two words just before dying ("Some joke") have an insider meaning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakano Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Raft and Robinson came to blows over Marlene Dietrich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Nehemiah Persoff, who played Little Bonaparte in Some Like It Hot, turned 97 on August 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1959 for… Best Actress of 1959 1. LEE REMICK (Laura Manion), Anatomy of a Murder 2. MARILYN MONROE (Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk), Some Like It Hot 3. ELIZABETH TAYLOR (Catherine Holly), Suddenly, Last Summer 4. AUDREY HEPBURN (Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Van Der Mal/”Sister Luke”), The Nun's Story 5. DORIS DAY (Jan Morrow), Pillow Talk 6. DEBORAH KERR (Sheilah Graham/”Lily Sheil”), Beloved Infidel 7. EMMANUELLE RIVA (Elle/”Nevers”), Hiroshima, Mon Amour 8. AVA GARDNER (Moira Davidson), On the Beach 9. MILLIE PERKINS (Anne Frank), The Diary of Anne Frank 10. LANA TURNER (Lora Meredith), Imitation of Life and ... HAYA HARAREET (Esther), Ben-Hur TATYANA SAMOILOVA (Tanya), Letter Never Sent VERA MILES (Virginia Killain), A Touch of Larceny EVA MARIE SAINT (Eve Kendall), North by Northwest Re, Deborah Kerr in Beloved Infidel. The film was quite trashy but I thought she was terrific. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1959 for… Best Actor of 1959 1. JAMES STEWART (Paul Biegler), Anatomy of a Murder 2. JACK LEMMON (Jerry/"Geraldine"/"Daphne"), Some Like It Hot 3. DEAN STOCKWELL (Judd Steiner), Compulsion 4. CARY GRANT (Roger O. Thornhill/"George Kaplan"/”Jack Phillips”), North by Northwest + 5. CHARLTON HESTON (Prince Judah Ben-Hur/"XLI"/"young Quintus Arias"), Ben-Hur 6. TONY CURTIS (Joe/"Josephine"/"Junior"), Some Like It Hot 7. JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT (Otto Frank), The Dairy of Anne Frank 8. LAURENCE HARVEY (Johnny Jackson), Expresso Bongo 9. PAUL MUNI (Dr. Samuel Abelman), The Last Angry Man 10. DEAN MARTIN (Maurice “Maury” Novak), Career and ... DON MURRAY (Kerry O’Shea), Shake Hands With the Devil JAMES CAGNEY (Sean Lenihan), Shake Hands With the Devil BRADFORD DILLMAN (Arthur ‘Artie’ A. Strauss), Compulsion JAMES MASON (Commander Max "Rammer" Easton), A Touch of Larceny ANTHONY FRANCIOSA (Sam Lawson), Career RICHARD BURTON (James ‘Jimmy’ Porter), Look Back In Anger IAN CARMICHAEL (Stanley Windrush), I'm All Right Jack GREGORY PECK (Commander Dwight Lionel Towers), On the Beach BILL TRAVERS (Ewen McEwan/"Flannagan"), The Bridal Path DEAN MARTIN (Dude/"Borrachon"), Rio Bravo VITTORIO DE SICA (Victorio Emanuele Bardone/”Colonel Grimaldi”/”General Giovanni Braccioforte Della Rovere”), General Della Rovere JEAN-PIERRE LEAUD (Antoine Doinel), The 400 Blows EIJI FUNAKOSHI ( Pvt. 1st Class Tamura, Murayama Co.), Fires on the Plain ALBERT SHARPE (Darby O’Gill), Darby O’Gill and the Little People SOUMITRA CHATTERJEE (Apurba Kumar Roy), The World of Apu PAUL NEWMAN (Anthony Judson Lawrence), The Young Philadelphians + re, Cary Grant's "Roger O. Thornhill" We are told that the 'O' stands for nothing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Nehemiah Persoff, who played Little Bonaparte in Some Like It Hot, turned 97 on August 2. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Persoff the sole person (certainly cast member) connected with Some Like It Hot who's still with us? Persoff had a half century career in show biz, much of it in television. But he also worked with the likes of Cagney, Bogart, Ladd, not to mention the Billy Wilder classic. I certainly hope that some people have been able to interview him for any reminiscences he may care to impart. There are so few left that worked in the Golden Age of films or early television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1959 for… Best Actor of 1959 JAMES MASON (Commander Max "Rammer" Easton), A Touch of Larceny I love Mason's wonderfully droll comedy performance in this film, Bogie. It's a revelation for those who just think of this actor for his dramas. However, I always get a little confused as to whether this is a 1959 or 1960 film, thus I didn't include his performance on my list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 + re, Cary Grant's "Roger O. Thornhill" We are told that the 'O' stands for nothing. That was a reference to David O. Selznick, whose middle initial stood for nothing either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 ActorCary Grant, North by NorthwestJames Stewart, Anatomy of a MurderJack Lemmon, Some Like it HotSoumitra Chatterjee, The World of ApuJean-Pierre Leaud, The 400 BlowsRunner-ups: Tony Curtis (Some Like it Hot), Vladimir Ivashov (Ballad of a Soldier), Breno Mello (Black Orpheus), Eiji Okada (Hiroshima Mon Amour), John Wayne (Rio Bravo) Dick Miller (A Bucket of Blood), ActressMarilyn Monroe, Some Like it HotEmanuelle Riva, Hiroshima Mon AmourEva Marie Saint, North by NorthwestMarpessa Dawn, Black OrpheusLana Turner, Imitation of Life Runner-ups: Leila Goldini (Shadows) ,Supporting ActorJames Mason, North by NorthwestGeorge C. Scott, Anatomy of a MurderDean Martin, Rio BravoJoe E. Brown, Some like it HotChishu Ryu, Good MorningRunner-ups: Arthur O'Connell (Anatomy of a Murder), Martin Landau (North by Northwest), Albert Remy (The 400 Blows), Ben Gazzara (Anatomy of a Murder), Joseph Welch (Anatomy of a Murder)Supporting ActressShamrila Tagore, The World of ApuZhanna Prokhorenko, Ballad of a SoldierLourdes de Oliveira, Black OrpheusLee Remick, Anatomy of a MurderJuanita Moore, Imitation of LifeRunner-ups: Claire Maurier (The 400 Blows), Susan Kohner (Imitation of Life), Jessie Royce Landis (North by Northwest), Thelma Ritter (Pillow Talk) Not seen: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Last Angry Man, The Young Philadelphians --------And for the second time, Tony Curtis is beat out by his own co-star. --------Marilyn Monroe wins my Best Actress oscar for 1959. And that's the last time anyway in Hollywood does until 1967. --------As it happened, North by Northwest, Rio Bravo, Anatomy of a Murder, Some Like it Hot and Imitation of Life were among the biggest grossers of 1959. They would have made a better Best Picture selection that the ones that were nominated. --------Fewer runners ups this year, though the actual nominees in Actress and the supporting characters were stronger than 1958's. This may be due to the fact that my top 15 includes two documentaries, a Bresson film, and two choices whose cinematic qualities outweigh their thespian ones. --------About two of my choices for best supporting actress: Prokhorenko appears a quarter of the way into the movie, and leaves a quarter of the way from the end. With the exception of a brief prologue Ivashov is the focus of the entire movie. As for Remick, her character is clearly supporting her husband, and he's a supporting actor. That's she's second in the cast list means little, only that they highlighted the attractive young wife over the relatively unknown actor playing her husband. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 1959 - Don't wait for me. I took a long look at my list for this year and decided there wasn't enough to bother submitting it. What I may have picked is already getting more appreciation here than I could have given it, anyway. I notice just one thing missing that I feel compelled to add. The Devil's Disciple isn't a stupendous film, but it's a pretty entertaining one for the presence of action hero priest Burt Lancaster. To save the life of his friend Kirk Douglas he put's aside his peaceful ways to single-handedly fight through British forces. With divine invulnerability and superhuman strength he overcomes all odds; he pushes heavy wooden tables over on multiple enemy soldiers, battles them with flaming logs and survives all the deadly explosions he causes. Masterpiece of acting or not, it's an amusing film for Burt, the closest thing to a real superhero the screen has ever seen, I'm thinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Supporting Actress Shamrila Tagore, The World of Apu Zhanna Prokhorenko, Ballad of a Soldier Lourdes de Oliveira, Black Orpheus Lee Remick, Anatomy of a Murder Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life Runner-ups: Claire Maurier (The 400 Blows), Susan Kohner (Imitation of Life), Jessie Royce Landis (North by Northwest), Thelma Ritter (Pillow Talk) --------About two of my choices for best supporting actress: Prokhorenko appears a quarter of the way into the movie, and leaves a quarter of the way from the end. With the exception of a brief prologue Ivashov is the focus of the entire movie. As for Remick, her character is clearly supporting her husband, and he's a supporting actor. That's she's second in the cast list means little, only that they highlighted the attractive young wife over the relatively unknown actor playing her husband. The important thing here is that you liked Lee Remick's performance in Anatomy of a Murder. But I have to disagree with your characterization of her role as supporting. Yes, she is married to supporting star, Ben Gazzara but he spends much of the film incarcerated and out-of-sight. Remick's character on the other hand is the subject of the investigation and the focus of the film. Did she, or didn't she? Thus, IMO she is clearly the lead actress in the film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 1959 - Don't wait for me. I took a long look at my list for this year and decided there wasn't enough to bother submitting it. What I may have picked is already getting more appreciation here than I could have given it, anyway. Kay, there is no rule against being brief. If you would like to give us a winner or two and perhaps a runner-up we would be most interested and will include it in our tally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 The BAFTA winners for 1959 were …. Best Actor (British) Peter Sellers, I’m All Right Jack* Laurence Olivier, The Devil’s Disciple Laurence Harvey, Expresso Bongo Richard Burton, Look Back In Anger Peter Finch, The Nun’s Story Stanley Baker, Yesterday’s Enemy Gordon Jackson, Yesterday’s Enemy Best Actor (Foreign) Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot* James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder Zbigniew Cybulski, Ashes and Diamonds (58) Takashi Shimura, Ikuru (52) Jean Gabin, Maigret Lays a Trap (58) Jean Desailly, Maigret Lays a Trap (58) Best Actress (British) Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story* Kay Walsh, The Horse’s Mouth (58) Sylvia Syms, No Trees In the Street Peggy Ashcroft, The Nun’s Story Yvonne Mitchell, Sapphire Best Actress (Foreign) Shirley MacLaine, Ask Any Girl* Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame (58) Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! (58) Ellie Lambeti, A Matter of Dignity (58) Ava Gardner, On the Beach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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