Comments on: Alternate Oscars!

By: MDR

MDR — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:00:38 +0000

Interesting TCM Video Podcast (February 2011: Week One) on this subject …

By: TCM’s Classic Movie Blog

TCM’s Classic Movie Blog — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:40:14 +0000

[...] I’ve already awarded this one to Louise Beavers for Imitation of Life (1934), I’ll give Una Merkel an honorable mention for her role as the [...]

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:35:25 +0000

Carole Lombard ("My Man Godfrey") for best actress in 1936, instead of Luise Rainer ("The Great Ziegfeld").

By: YancySkancy

YancySkancy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:08:26 +0000

Actually, Movie Fan, The Letter, The Little Foxes, Decision Before Dawn, Foreign Correspondent and Ship of Fools were all nominated for Best Picture, though none won.I think my favorite Herbert Marshall performance is in William Wyler's The Good Fairy, co-starring the equally great Margaret Sullavan in a script by Preston Sturges. A real gem (and of course snubbed by Oscar).

By: movie fan

movie fan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:37:30 +0000

I am in agreement with all of you!!! The best films did not get nominated, the best actors were overlooked. Well, I have a few suggestions to add to the list:HERBERT MARSHALL: The Little Foxes. His performance Bette Davis' terminally ill husband was heartrending and provocative in the traditional Marshall way: nonchalantCLAUDE RAINS: Deception. The jealous other man he portrayed in this film outshines everybody else on screen.OSKAR WERNER: Decision before Dawn & Interlude. If there is one word to describe the Austrian actor, it would be honest. He was always truthful to the audience and to himself. He portrays that magnificently in both of these films. and for the best filmsTHE LETTER, THE LITTLE FOXES, DECISION BEFORE DAWN, A STORY OF THREE LOVES, & FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, STRANGE CARGO & SHIP OF FOOLS

By: enyavoo

enyavoo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:09 +0000

I think Ronald Colman should have received a Best Actor nomination for his touching and sensitive portrayal of Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). His performance stands head and shoulders above Victor McLaglen's performance in The Informer which won that year.

By: MDR

MDR — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:18:32 +0000

YancySkancy, those are some good (well thought out) choices. Thanks for your sharing your Alternate Oscars with us.

By: YancySkancy

YancySkancy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:10:24 +0000

Oops – typo. That should be Lynn Carlin.

By: YancySkancy

YancySkancy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:09:14 +0000

Sticking only with English-language films, none of the following were nominated:Picture: City Lights, Trouble in Paradise, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Shop Around the Corner, Shadow of a Doubt, The Third Man, VertigoDirector: The directors of the above-mentioned films, except for Carol Reed, who did manage to get nominated for The Third ManScreenplay: Robert Hamer and John Dighton for Kind Hearts and Coronets, adapting a novel by Roy HornimanActor: John Barrymore (Twentieth Century), Joseph Cotten (Shadow of a Doubt), James Cagney (White Heat), Humphrey Bogart (In a Lonely Place), Robert Mitchum (Night of the Hunter), Tony Curtis (Sweet Smell of Success, The Boston Strangler), Ivan Dixon (Nothing But a Man)Actress: Barbara Stanwyck (The Miracle Woman), Beulah Bondi (Make Way for Tomorrow), Carole Lombard (To Be or Not To Be), Jane Wyman (All That Heaven Allows)Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesiger (The Old Dark House), Robert Walker (Strangers on a Train), Fredric March (Executive Suite), Walter Brennan (To Have and Have Not, Rio Bravo), Warren Oates (Two Lane Blacktop)Supporting Actress: Fredi Washington (Imitation of Life – sorry HighHurdler, I'd pick her over Louise Beavers), Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets), Ruby Dee (A Raisin in the Sun)Best nominated performance that didn't win: Lynn Carling for Best Supporting Actress in Faces (1968). Nothing against Ruth Gordon, but this is one of the greatest film performances I've ever seen (and it probably should have been placed in the lead category, for that matter).

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:37:06 +0000

Some others: Doris Day in "Love Me or Leave Me," James Cagney in "White Heat," and Claude Rains in anything!