TomJH Posted March 16, 2016 "I am no man. I am Beddini!" "For the woman, the kiss. For the man, the sword!" Speaking of swords, according to IMBd Erik Rhodes "idolized" Douglas Fairbanks. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted March 16, 2016 Swithin, thanks for the link to the fascinating article about Nicolas de Gunzburg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 16, 2016 Here are my choices of the 65 films I've seen from 1935 for… Best Actress of 1935 1. GRETA GARBO (Anna Karenina), Anna Karenina 2. BETTE DAVIS (Joyce Heath), Dangerous 3. CAROLE LOMBARD (Regi Allen), Hands Across the Table 4. KATHARINE HEPBURN (Alice Adams), Alice Adams 5. MERLE OBERON (Kitty), The Dark Angel 6. MIRIAM HOPKINS (Phyllis Manning Lorrimore), Splendor 7. MADELEINE CARROLL (Pamela), The 39 Steps 8. MAE WEST (Cleo Borden), Goin' to Town 9. CLAIRE TREVOR (Betty McWade Carter), Dante’s Inferno 10. JEANETTE MACDONALD (Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain/”Marietta Franini”), Naughty Marietta and... ELISABETH BERGNER (Gemma Jones), Escape Me Never ELIZABETH ALLAN (Lucie Manette Darnay), A Tale of Two Cities MIRIAM HOPKINS (Mary Rutledge/”Swan”), Barbary Coast JEAN ARTHUR (Joan Hawthorne), If You Could Only Cook FRANCES DRAKE (Yvonne Orlac), Mad Love ANN HARDING (Mrs. Lotty Wilkins), Enchanted April 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 16, 2016 Happy to see that I am not the only one who has seen SPLENDOR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted March 17, 2016 Best Actress of 1935 Jean Arthur The Whole Town's Talking Bette Davis Dangerous Miriam Hopkins Becky Sharp ** Merle Oberon The Dark Angel Ginger Rogers Top Hat 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 17, 2016 I just saw Becky Sharp for the first time tonight, Lawrence. Here are my choices for Best Actress from 1935. Again ignore alphabet: BEST ACTRESS 1935 Jean Arthur in The Whole Town's Talking Madeleine Carroll in The 39 Steps Joan Crawford in No More Ladies Bette Davis in Dangerous Bette Davis in Special Agent Olivia DeHaviland in Captain Blood Irene Dunne in Roberta Jean Harlow in China Seas Katherine Hepburn in Alice Adams Miriam Hopkins in Splendor Carole Lombard in Hands Across the Table Merle Oberon in The Dark Angel Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1936 Ginger Rogers in Top Hat Ginger Rogers in Roberta Barbara Stanwyck in Annie Oakley WINNER: MERLE OBERON IN THE DARK ANGEL 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted March 17, 2016 Best Actor of 1935 Fred Astaire Top Hat Charles Laughton Mutiny On the Bounty ** Peter Lorre Mad Love Victor McLaglen The Informer Paul Muni Black Fury 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 17, 2016 And here are my choices of the 65 films I've seen from 1935 for… Best Actor of 1935 1. THE MARX BROTHERS: Groucho (Otis B. Driftwood), Chico (Fiorello), Harpo (Tommasso), A Night at the Opera 2. VICTOR MCLAGLEN (“King” Gypo Nolan), The Informer 3. BORIS KARLOFF (“The Monster”), The Bride of Frankenstein 4. CLARK GABLE (Master's Mate, Fletcher Christian), Mutiny on the Bounty 5. PETER LORRE (Dr. Gogol/”Rollo”), Mad Love 6. FRANCHOT TONE (Midshipman Roger Byam), Mutiny on the Bounty 7. FREDRIC MARCH (Jean Valjean/”2906”/”the jack”/”Mayor Madeleine”/Champmathieu/ ”old man”), Les Miserables 8. ROBERT DONAT (Richard Hannay/”Hammond”/”Captain Fraser”/"Henry Hopkinson”), The 39 Steps 9. CHARLES LAUGHTON (Capt. William Bligh), Mutiny on the Bounty 10. CHARLES LAUGHTON ("Colonel" Marmaduke "Bill" Ruggles), Ruggles of Red Gap and... EDWARD G. ROBINSON (Arthur Ferguson Jones/’Killer’ Mannion), The Whole Town’s Talking GARY COOPER (Lieutenant Alan McGregor),The Lives of a Bengal Lancer SPENCER TRACY (Steve Gray), The Murder Man JAMES CAGNEY (James “Brick” Davis), G-Men FREDRIC MARCH (Count Vronsky), Anna Karenina W.C. FIELDS (Ambrose Wolfinger), Man on the Flying Trapeze CLARK GABLE (Alan Gaskell), China Seas WALLACE BEERY (Jamesy MacArdle), China Seas FRED MACMURRAY (Theodore Drew III), Hands Across the Table SPENCER TRACY (Jim Carter), Dante’s Inferno CLAUDE RAINS (John Jasper/“Mr. Horridge”), The Mystery of Edwin Drood HUGH SINCLAIR (Sebastian Sanger), Escape Me Never 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 17, 2016 BEST ACTOR OF 1935: Fred Astaire in Top Hat Fred Astaire in Roberta Freddie Bartholomew in David Copperfield George Brent in Special Agent Jack Benny in The Broadway Melody of 1936 Robert Donat in the 39 Steps Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty Clark Gable in China Seas Errol Flynn in Captain Blood Charles Laughton in Ruggles of Red Gap Charles laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty Charles Laughton in Les Miserables Peter lorre in Crime and Punishment Fred MacMarray in Hands Across the Table Frederic March in The Dark Angel Frederic March in Les Misterables Herbert Marshall in The Dark Angel Joel McCrea in Splendor Robert Montgomery in No More Ladies Victor McLaglen in The Informer Edward G. Robinson in The Whole Town's Talking Another hard decision; WINNER: PETER LORRE IN CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted March 18, 2016 Here is my generous helping of unseen titles listed by the other participants: Ah, Wilderness! Anna Karenina Annie Oakley Black Sheep Curly Top The Devil Is a Woman Enchanted April The Ghost Goes West Goin' to Town Hands Across the Table Harmony Lane If You Could Only Cook Kind Lady La Kermesse Heroique The Little Colonel Man On the Flying Trapeze The Mystery of Edwin Drood No More Ladies Oil for the Lamps of China Peter Ibbetson Roberta She Splendor 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 18, 2016 MY PARTIAL LIST OF TO-SEE 1935 MOVIES: these interest me the most: (too long to list all): Oil lamps of China The Mystery of Edwin Drood Black Sheep The Devil is a Woman The Ghost Goes West Harmony Lane If You Could Only Cook Goin' to Town The Man on the Flying Trapeze Peter Ibbestson Dante's Inferno Barbary Coast Enchanted April La Kermesse Heroique 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 List of the Best Films of 1935 that I've seen-- 1) 39 Steps 2) Top Hat 3) The Bride of Frankenstein 4) David Copperfield 5) The Ruggles of Red Gap 6) Mad Love 7) Roberta 8) Naughty Marietta 9) China Seas 10) Hands across the Table 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Best Actor of 1935 1) Boris Karloff-- the Bride of Frankenstein 2) Robert Donat-- 39 steps 3) Charles Laughton-- the Ruggles of red Gap 4) Peter Lorre-- Mad Love 5) Ronald Colman-- A Tale of Two Cities Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Best Actress of 1935 1) Madeline Carroll--39 Steps 2) Carole Lombard-- hands across the table 3) Ginger Rogers-- top hat 4) Jean Harlow-- China Seas 5) Irene Dunne-- Roberta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Best Actress in a character and/ or supporting role of 1935 1) Edna May Oliver-- David Copperfield 2) Helen Broderick-- top hat 3) Elsa Lanchester-- the Bride of Frankenstein 4) Una O'Connor-- the Bride of Frankenstein 5) Hattie McDaniel-- China Seas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Best Actor in a character and/or supporting role of 1935 1) Ernest Thesiger-- the Bride of Frankenstein 2) W.C.Fields-- David Copperfield 3) Edward Everett Horton-- top hat 4) Eric Blore-- top hat 5) Lewis Stone-- China Seas All actors are movies from my top ten list I'm not aware of any duplications. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Best Director of 1935 1) Alfred Hitchcock 2) James Whale 3) George Cukor 4) Mark Sandrich 5) Karl Freund Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Honorable Mentions of 1935 Movies The Gilded Lily Mutiny on the Bounty A Night at the Opera Captain Blood Annie Oakley She Directors Mitchell Leisen Robert Z Leonard Tay Garnett Actresses Jeanette MacDonald Olivia de Havilland Barbara Stanwyck Actors Fred Astaire Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray Colin Clive Supporting Players Jessie Ralph Erik Rhodes Roland Young Wylie Watson-- Mr. Memory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted March 18, 2016 Addendum-- Favorite Film of 1935 - - Top Hat Performance I'd most like to see of 1935 Louis Jouvet in La Kermesse Héroïque Most critically acclaimed movies that I have never seen of 1935-- The Informer Crime and Punishment Anna Karenina Dante's Inferno Most disappointing films that I've seen of 1935 If you could only cook Broadway Melody of 1936 Dangerous Alice Adams Gold Diggers of 1935 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 18, 2016 Best Actress in a character and/ or supporting role of 1935 1) Edna May Oliver 2) Helen Broderick 3) Elsa Lanchester 4) Una O'Connor 5) Hattie McDaniel P of T, maybe for 1936 you could attach the name of the film for your acting choices. It will help us zero in on the particular performances in specific films. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted March 18, 2016 Here are the films from 1935 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Not quite as bad as previous years. Ah, Wilderness with Spring Byington Becky Sharp with Miriam Hopkins Black Fury with Paul Muni Black Sheep with Claire Trevor Crime and Punishment with Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold and Mrs. Patrick Campbell The Devil Is a Woman with Marlene Dietrich and Cesar Romero Dr. Socrates with Paul Muni The Good Fairy with Margaret Sullavan Harmony Lane with Douglass Montgomery and Evelyn Venable No More Ladies with Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery Oil For the Lamps of China with Josephine Hutchinson and Jean Muir Peter Ibbetson with Ann Harding Roberta with Irene Dunne and Fred Astaire Special Agent with Bette Davis and George Brent And I would like to see these again … Alice Adams for Ann Shoemaker, Hattie McDaniel and Fred Stone The Dark Angel for Janet Beecher The Lives of a Bengal Lancer for Guy Standing Splendor for Billie Burke and Katherine Alexander A Tale of Two Cities for Henry B. Walthall and Edna May Oliver 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted March 18, 2016 The films of 1935 mentioned on this thread that I have yet to see: Escape Ne Never Harmony Lane La Kermesse Heroique (Carnival in Flanders) Dr. Socrates Black Sheep Enchanted April Splendor If You Could Only Cook No More Ladies 1935 films that are vague memories: Private Worlds Becky Sharp Roberta Littlest Rebel Ah Wilderness Dangerous Barbary Coast Black Fury Kind Lady Goin' to Town Special Mention: Actor of the Year Charles Laughton This is a different category from Best Actor, in my opinion, since that is just dealing with a single performance. In the case of Laughton, though, his three 1935 films and performances were all so remarkable that I think he deserves this special accolade. Not only was it a year in which he gave, in my opinion, two of the year's strongest dramatic performances in Mutiny on the Bounty and Les Miserables, but he also demonstrated his range even further by his delightful comedy turn in Ruggles of Red Gap. Laughton had the best run of films in his career throughout the 1930s, but 1935 stands out, in my opinion, as a particularly memorable year for this English acting giant. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 18, 2016 P of T, maybe for 1936 you could attach the name of the film for your acting choices. It will help us zero in on the particular performances in specific films. Yes, Princess. One of the reasons Bogie started this thread is to alert each other to wonderful performances which we have missed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
film lover 293 Posted March 18, 2016 Honorable Mentions: Best Supporting Actress: Una Merkel in The Night Is Young Rosalind Russell in The Night Is Young Biggest Non-Threat to Jeanette MacDonald--Evelyn Laye in The Night is Young Best Equine Performance--Mitzi in The Night Is Young 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted March 18, 2016 With Charles Laughton winning TomJH's award as Actor of the Year for 1935, I'll belatedly suggest that the winner for 1934 should be Claudette Colbert. Not only did she win an Oscar and become a major star in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, she was in two other films which were also nominated for Best Picture: IMITATION OF LIFE and CLEOPATRA. Screwball comedy, mother/daughter soap opera, historical picture: three very different genres. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
