GregoryPeckfan Posted March 6, 2016 I've gone through these pages and found what my choices were 1930-1933. I've written them down separately so I'll be able to participate in the top 10 type of posts Bogie suggested. 1934 I pretty well know my choices for winners already. There won't be any winners coming out of left field from me like there was for Anna Mae Wong in Shanghai. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 6, 2016 It’s time for 1934. We will be on 1934 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond. Here are Oscar’s choices for 1934. Winners in bold. The Oscars did not have supporting awards this year. Please add your choices in those categories. 1934 Oscars Best Actor Clark Gable, It Happened One Night* Frank Morgan, The Affairs of Cellini William Powell, The Thin Man Best Actress Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night* Grace Moore, One Night of Love Norma Shearer, The Barretts of Wimpole Street And Shirley Temple received an special Oscar statuette for child actress of 1934. No particular film was cited. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted March 6, 2016 Favorite Performances of 1934 BEST ACTOR Harry Baur Les Miserables W.C. Fields It's a Gift Clark Gable It Happened One Night ** William Powell The Thin Man Michel Simon L'Atalante BEST ACTRESS Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night ** Bette Davis Of Human Bondage Marlene Dietrich The Scarlet Empress Carole Lombard Twentieth Century Myrna Loy The Thin Man BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Edward Everett Horton The Gay Divorcee Boris Karloff The Black Cat ** Roscoe Karns It Happened One Night Charles Laughton The Barretts of Wimpole Street Peter Lorre The Man Who Knew Too Much BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Louise Beavers Imitation of Life ** Alice Brady The Gay Divorcee Billie Burke Forsaking All Others Louise Dresser The Scarlet Empress Fredi Washington Imitation of Life BEST ENSEMBLE The Lost Patrol BEST JUVENILE Shirley Temple Bright Eyes 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 6, 2016 My choice for the Juvenile Acting award for 1934 is also Shirley Temple as “Shirley Blake” in Bright Eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted March 6, 2016 My Favourite 1934 Performances, In Approximate Order of Preference BEST ACTOR John Barrymore, 20th Century Clark Gable, It Happened One Night William Powell, The Thin Man Claude Rains, Crime Without Passion Wallace Beery, Viva Villa Honourable Mention: Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, W. C. Fields in It's A Gift, Leslie Howard in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Robert Donat in Count of Monte Cristo, James Cagney in Jimmy the Gent, Fredric March in Affairs of Cellini. BEST ACTRESS Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night Myrna Loy, The Thin Man Marlene Dietrich, The Scarlet Empress Carole Lombard, 20th Century Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage Honourable Mention: Constance Bennett in Affairs of Cellini, Norma Shearer in Barretts of Wimpole Street, Claudette Colbert in Imitation of Life, Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra, Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables, Aline MacMahon in Heat Lightning, Joan Blondell in He Was Her Man. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Frank Morgan, Affairs of Cellini Peter Lorre, Man Who Knew Too Much Charles Laughton, Barretts of Wimpole Street Erik Rhodes, The Gay Divorcee Walter Connolly, 20th Century Honourable Mention: W. C. Fields in Six of a Kind, Roscoe Karns in It Happened One Night, John Gilbert in Captain Hates the Sea, Lionel Barrymore in Treasure Island, Roscoe Karns in 20th Century, Joseph Schildkraut in Viva Villa, W. C. Fields in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Louise Dresser, The Scarlet Empress Mary Boland, Four Frightened People Louise Beavers, Imitation of Life Jan Duggan, The Old Fashioned Way Dorothy Burgess, Black Moon Honourable Mention: Binnie Barnes in Private Life of Don Juan. BEST SYNERGY OF THE YEAR William Powell & Myrna Loy, The Thin Man SPECIAL BIZARRO PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Sam Jaffe, The Scarlet Empress 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
film lover 293 Posted March 6, 2016 1934: Best Actor--Single winners have two asterisks by name: ties have four. William Powell in The Thin Man**** Clark Gable in It Happened One Night**** John Barrymore in Twentieth Century Boris Karloff in The Lost Patrol Fredric March in The Barretts of Wimpole Street --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Actress: Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage** Myrna Loy in The Thin Man Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night Carole Lombard in Twentieth Century Jeanette MacDonald in The Merry Widow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best Supporting Actor: Boris Karloff in The Black Cat** Edward Everett Horton in The Gay Divorcee Lewis Stone in The Girl from Missouri Tom Bupp in It's a Gift ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best Supporting Actress: Mary Boland in Stingaree** Vivienne Segal in The Cat and the Fiddle Louise Dresser in The Scarlet Empress ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best Synergy: Cast of Imitation of Life. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) I will list my choices for main categories in the coming days over the week. But I will reveal my choices for unique categories we have created as well as the Juvenile award today. Here they are: Best Juvenile award for Shirley Temple. Honorable Mention to Jane Withers **same movie for both Best synergy: William Powell and Myrna Loy in every movie they made together this year. Best animal performance: Skippy as Asta in The Thin Man My own special category as a Hitchcock fan (feel free to use it as we get to years that have more and more of Hitch): Best Performance in a Hitchcock film male or female: Peter Lorre in The Man Who Knew Too Much Best comedy team: Laurel and Hardy in Babes in Toyland Edited for spelling Edited March 6, 2016 by GregoryPeckfan 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kay Posted March 7, 2016 1934 - This year, for me, seems to be curiously lacking outstanding winners in both leading categories; one category in particular is lacking in nominees altogether. The juvenile actors are indicated in their categories, the winner among them marked by a star. ActorGeorge Arliss - House of RothschildJohn Barrymore - Twentieth Century***George Breakston - No Greater Glory (juvenile*) James Cagney - Jimmy the Gent Douglas Fairbanks - The Private Life of Don JuanW.C. Fields - The Old Fashioned Way Fredric March - We Live AgainFrank Morgan - The Affairs of CelliniZhizhi Zhang - The Goddess ActressConstance Bennett - The Affairs of Cellini Ruan Lingyu - The Goddess*** Supporting Actor Lionel Barrymore (Billy Bones) - Treasure Island***Jimmy Butler (the leader) - No Greater Glory (juvenile) Erik Rhodes (Tonetti) - The Gay Divorcee Raymond Walburn (a wicked Baron) - The Count of Monte Cristo Supporting ActressBinnie Barnes (a barmaid) - The Private Life of Don JuanJan Duggen (Cleopatra Pepperday) - The Old Fashioned Way*** Una Merkel (the queen) - The Merry Widow Jane Withers (the brat) - Bright Eyes (juvenile)Fay Wray (a young maiden) - The Affairs of Cellini No synergy to speak of this year, either... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 Kay - Just curious: Regarding Bogie's post about who won actual Academy Awards, how many of these movies have you not actually seen? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kay Posted March 7, 2016 Kay - Just curious: Regarding Bogie's post about who won actual Academy Awards, how many of these movies have you not actually seen? Well, I've not seen the Grace Moore or Norma Shearer movies from this year. There are quite a few from each year that I've not seen. I considered naming them year to year, but figured it was more important to talk about what I have seen than what I haven't. I might start naming some of the ones I intend to see, though. It'll be a good 20-30 years before I'm genuinely qualified to give recommendations in this thread- hah. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 Kay - Thanks for the fast reply as this thread is popular and who knows when you might have read my question. I am much more familiar with movies from the 1930s and 1940s than I am with any other decades in terms of all genres. After 1949, the movies I have seen rely heavily on the genre and my interest in the specific artists behind and in front of the camera in the first place. For example, I very specifically introduced a Hitchcock category because I could spend a lot of time just on him. I also discovered that I would have an impossible time being a fan of people like Gregory Peck - my favourite actor of all time - if I refused to watch war films or westerns, which are two genres I watch only because of the artists in them. Glenn Ford and Richard Widmark are other examples. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kay Posted March 7, 2016 GPF, I've got similar genre biases, especially when it comes to era. I think my trouble with 1934 has to do mostly with the move into the code-era, when my interest starts to diminish somewhat, and even more-so in the war years. I've also seen less foreign films from those years. Other than that, my number of seen films is pretty consistent in the 30s-60s. Afterward I'll be having less to say on this thread. P.S, I've always wanted to see The Man Who Knew Too Much. Peter Lorre is one of my utmost favorite actors. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 GPF, I've got similar genre biases, especially when it comes to era. I think my trouble with 1934 has to do mostly with the move into the code-era, when my interest starts to diminish somewhat, and even more-so in the war years. I've also seen less foreign films from those years. Other than that, my number of seen films is pretty consistent in the 30s-60s. Afterward I'll be having less to say on this thread. P.S, I've always wanted to see The Man Who Knew Too Much. Peter Lorre is one of my utmost favorite actors. Peter Lorre is one of those actors who -regardless of the overall quality of a movie - I always love his performances. I'll have very little to say after 1967, that pivotal year. The number of films I have seen after that takes a nosedive. The way movies were made after that are generally not to my taste. There are some very famous movies made since the start of the blockbuster term that I have never seen and will likely never see. It's the reason why I often say that I don't like movies made in my lifetime (I am 40). It is not that I don't watch any movies made since I was born, it is just that the type of movies that make the most money don't interest me. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 7, 2016 GPF, I've got similar genre biases, especially when it comes to era. I think my trouble with 1934 has to do mostly with the move into the code-era, when my interest starts to diminish somewhat, and even more-so in the war years. I've also seen less foreign films from those years. Other than that, my number of seen films is pretty consistent in the 30s-60s. Afterward I'll be having less to say on this thread. P.S, I've always wanted to see The Man Who Knew Too Much. Peter Lorre is one of my utmost favorite actors. I truly hope that you will continue to contribute whatever observations you may have no matter how extensive, or not they may be. I find your choices to be very good and they make me want to watch all those movies. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 I truly hope that you will continue to contribute whatever observations you may have no matter how extensive, or not they may be. I find you choices to be very good and they make me want to watch all those movies over again. I hope Kay does too. I will try my best to continue after 1967. Most of the films I have seen after 1969 are the kind that air originally in film festivals and are independent films. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 7, 2016 I hope Kay does too. I will try my best to continue after 1967. Most of the films I have seen after 1969 are the kind that air originally in film festivals and are independent films. Great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted March 7, 2016 Once again I'm having trouble finding performances in the supporting actor category. Best Actor of 1934: Harry Baur, LES MISERABLES* Michel Simon, L'ATALANTE Clark Gable, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT William Powell, THE THIN MAN John Barrymore, TWENTIETH CENTURY Honorable mention: George Arliss, THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD; W. C. Fields, IT'S A GIFT; Leslie Howard, OF HUMAN BONDAGE Best Actress of 1934: Aline MacMahon, HEAT LIGHTNING* Claudette Colbert, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Bette Davis, OF HUMAN BONDAGE Myrna Loy, THE THIN MAN Carole Lombard, TWENTIETH CENTURY Honorable mention: Joan Crawford, SADIE McKEE; Irene Dunne, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE; Madeleine Renaud, MARIA CHAPDELAINE Best Supporting Actress of 1934: Fredi Washington, IMITATION OF LIFE* Ruth Donnelly, HEAT LIGHTNING Glenda Farrell, HEAT LIGHTNING Helen Westley, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Louise Beavers, IMITATION OF LIFE Synergy Award: Nick and Nora Charles and Asta Bizarro Award for set design and art direction: THE SCARLET EMPRESS. Not many films give you that "drag queens on acid at the Liberace Museum" feeling, but this one does. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 My problem for this year is that I have too many favourite performances that I am not sure I can choose from them a winner in any of the four acting categories. Hence for my synergy pick being all of the films that William Powell and Myrna Loy made together that year rather than any single film they made. I mean, I really already know what my choices for best actor and actress really will be and I won't be giving away anything by saying I'm with the Academy on these, but I simply MUST put each of the four acting categories in separate posts as my nominee list for all four of them will be huge. But the supporting categories I am torn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 7, 2016 Here are Danny Perry’s Alternate Oscar choices for 1934. Winners in bold. 1934 Best Actor John Barrymore, Twentieth Century* W.C. Fields, It’s a Gift W.C. Fileds, The Old-Fashioned Way William Powell, The Thin Man Claude Rains, The Man Who Reclaimed His Head 1934 Best Actress Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage* Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night Carole Lombard, Twentieth Century Myrna Loy, Manhattan Melodrama Norma Shearer, The Barretts of Wimpole Street Margaret Sullavan, Little Man, What Now? And here are Michael Gerbert’s Golden Armchair choices for 1934: Best Actor W.C. Fields, It’s a Gift* Best Actress Myrna Loy, The Thin Man* 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted March 7, 2016 Bizarro Award for set design and art direction: THE SCARLET EMPRESS. Not many films give you that "drag queens on acid at the Liberace Museum" feeling, but this one does. Between your bizarro set design award for The Scarlet Empress, kingrat, and my bizarro performance award to Sam Jaffe in that same film I guess we both pretty well enjoyed that, at times, delirious Von Sternberg extravaganza. I can't think of a more audacious film made in 1934 or, perhaps, even the entire decade. I think it's a fascinating film of hallucinatory over the top excess. I went to a small movie revival (in a Toronto library basement) to see this film for the first time. I saw dozens and dozens of films that way in those early pre-video tape days. But this film, with the 1812 Overture pounding on the soundtrack along with a closeup of a fashionesta fur hat and uniform-clad Dietrich in white holding her horse in triumph on the steps of the throne room at the end (after having just seen dozens of soldiers on horseback riding up those steps!), is the ONLY one that got a standing ovation. And I was there, applauding this film as hard as anyone. It was a great movie going experience. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 I've been reminded just like Larry was by Dark Blue regarding who his next avatar actor would be that my mentioning what I'll be or not be discussing was starting to sound like you know who and I don't want to become that kind of poster. If I wasn't tired when I made that last post I would have posted my choices for the main awards. I meant that I would award the Oscar for It Happened One Night and that I do not always disagree with the winners. The conversation between me and Kay and Bogie was about our beliefs about our ability to take part in this thread when we have seen few of the movies of a particular year. Sorry if it derailed the thread into other decades. ANYWAYS, BACK TO MY CHOICES: BEST ACTOR: (again, I'll dispense with alphabetic listing of nominees per se except by first letter of the last name) Fred Astaire in The Gay Divorcee Leslie Banks in The Man Who Knew Too Much John Barrymore in Twentieth Century Ronald Coleman in Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Maurice Chevalier in the Merry Widow Robert Donat in The Count of Monte Cristo W.C. Fields in It's A Gift Douglas Fairbanks in the Private Life on Don Juan Clark Gable in It Happened One Night Clark Gable in Forsaking All Others Leslie Howard in In Human Bondage Leslie Howard in The Scarlett Pimpernel Frederic March in The Barretts of Wimple Street Joel McCrea in The Richest Girl in the World Charles Laughton in The Barretts of Wimpole Street Harold Lloyd in The Cat's Paw Peter Lorre in The Man Who Knew Too Much Warner Oland in Charlie Chan in London Robert Montgomery in Forsaking All Others Robert Montgomery in Hide-Out Robert Montgomery in Riptide Chester Morris in The Gay Bride Dick Powell in Dames William Powell in The Thin Man William Powell in Evelyn Prentice Edward G. Robinson in The Man With Two Faces Warren William in The Case of the Howling Dog WINNER: CLARK GABLE FOR IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 BEST ACTRESS FOR 1934: Note: I have not yet seen Cleopatra from this year, so that is why Colbert isn't listed for that movie. I've had it on my o-see list for a long time. Joan Blondell in Dames Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night Claudette Colbert in Imitation of Life Joan Crawford in Forsaking All Others Bette Davis in Of Human bondage Kay Francis in Mandalay Miriam Hopkins in The Richest Girl in the World Ruby Keeler in Dames Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride Myrna Loy in The Thin Man Myna Loy in Evelyn Prentice Jeanette MacDonald in The Merry Widow Maureen O'Sullivan in The Thin Man Merle Oberon in The Scarlett Pimpernel Ginger Rogers for The Gay Divorcee Norma Shearer for The Barretts of Wimpole Street Norma Shearer in Riptide Barbara Stanwyck in Gambling Lady Margaret Sullivan in Hide-Out WINNER: CLAUDETTE COLBERT IN IT HPPENED ONE NIGHT 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted March 7, 2016 GPF, you have listed quite a few I haven't seen. I've seen 60 films from 1934, but not the right ones, yet, I guess. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 7, 2016 Lawrence: I have The Girl From Missouri recorded from Jean Harlow's birthday. I've never seen it. There were plenty of movies I could have listed but did not mention such as Lugosi and Karloff in The Black Cat. I mentioned Cleapatra as being on my to-see list because it is a famous film and Colbert was my winner for another film. I happen to be a big fan of Robert Montgomery and his daughter, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Joel McCrea, and I am coming to really appreciate Miriam Hopkins . The 1930s is my favourite decade for comedies and films about the idle rich with scandals - there are so many of them because they were so popular during the Great Depression. Shirley Temple I mentioned in my Juvenile Award. She was vital in that era too as was Chaplin, but most of his were shorts. There is a huge list of movies mentioned this year that I haven't seen yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted March 7, 2016 I see that kingrat and Lawrence have both listed Harry Bauer's performance in Les Miserables as one of the best of 1934. I congratulate both of you for having the fortitude to sit through such an incredibly long film (with sub titles yet!). I have never viewed it for precisely those reasons. I'm not a fan of sub titled films, in general, because I feel that I miss so much of the visuals by having to keep reading the bottom of the screen. If that makes me a cultural boor when it comes to foreign films, so be it. Of course, I have sat through a number of sub titled films, but the length of that particular production would be a severe test of my endurance, even if I did see it in installments. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
