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Wyman is absolutely perfect (and extremely touching) in Johnny Belinda. Her ''plain Jane'' looks perfectly suit the character. She would go onto more substantial roles in the 1950s (dressed to the hilt....but still a ''plain Jane) reaching her peak with All That Heaven Allows (unless one counts Ang...

And I thought Deborah Kerr was shockingly awful in Edward, My Son -- I don't think a single moment of her performance rang true. Hmmm...that describes my feelings about Spencer Tracy's work in Edward, My Son , although to be fair, his persona makes it hard for him to be credible in this kind of a r...

The Douglas Fairbanks Collection The Americano (John Emerson, 1916) The Mark of Zorro (Fred Niblo, 1920) The Three Musketeers (Fred Niblo, 1921) Robin Hood (Allan Dwan, 1922) The Thief of Baghdad (Raoul Walsh, 1924) Don Q: Son of Zorro (Donald Crisp, 1925) The Black Pirate (Albert Parker, 1926) The...

Louise Fletcher has no business being nominated for Best Lead Actress though, let alone winning. She's pretty good but this is clearly a supporting role. Agreed Isabelle Adjani should have won If Louise Fletcher had instead been nominated in the supporting category wonder who she would have bumped ...

Le Sauvage (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1975) 3/10 Silly chase film that goes on and on although the two leads - Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve - are quite appealing. I was surprised to find Tony Roberts and Dana Wynter in supporting roles. Fort Saganne (Alain Corneau, 1985) 5/10 Gerard Depardieu and ...

I would be perfectly satisfied with the original rule of providing just one choice in Round 2. I only posted a complete list in Round 2 because I thought that was what everyone agreed to during the postings for the last few years. It may be true for others on the Board during round 2 that "pic...

OscarGuy wrote:I don't think anyone in this game would intentionally stuff undesired selections into the list.

I totally agree with OG. I feel strongly about all my choices. I think 1965 was a great year for films. In fact I can easily repeat the entire list with fresh choices.

Round 2......keep the ones you want from my list and ignore the rest. Picture: The Great Race Director: Martin Ritt, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Actor: Terence Stamp, The Collector Actress: Simone Signoret, Ship of Fools Supporting Actor: Rod Steiger, Doctor Zhivago Supporting Actress: Lilli ...

London Times c. 7/20/09 Jill Balcon, who has died aged 84, was celebrating her 23rd birthday and just beginning to make a name for herself as a film and stage actor when, on 3 January 1948, she appeared on the BBC radio programme Time for Verse, broadcast live on Sunday evenings. Her voice – a rich...

Picture: The Sound of Music Director: Roman Polanski, Repulsion Actor: Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Actress: Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music Supporting Actor: Terry Thomas, Those Magnificent Young Men in Their Flying Machines Supporting Actress: Vivien Leigh, Ship of Fools En...

Keep in mind the following films are not eligible as they were initially released in 1964: Woman in the Dunes, The Train, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Conversely, films nominated at the 1966 awards but initially released in 1965 (and thus eligible) include: The Shop on Main Street, The Mandrake,...

From The Times (London) July 18, 2009 Zena Marshall: actress in Dr No The actress Zena Marshall was one of the first Bond girls in her role as Miss Taro, the Chinese double agent in Dr No (1962). Her character was a secretary at Government House in Kingston, who is working for the villainous doctor...

From LA Times - July 20, 2009 Beverly Roberts Actress, theater union figure Beverly Roberts, 95, who co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the 1936 film "Two Against the World," died July 13 at her home in Laguna Niguel of natural causes, her second cousin Christina Baker said. Born May 19, ...

Actual nominees...Of Mice and Men, Mickey Rooney and Brian Aherne did not make the grade with the voters on the Board. Also some of the other ''Left-Overs'' from 1939: Ida Lupino, The Light That Failed You yourself included her, remember? Yes ofcourse I did. It was a tossup between her and Mary Bol...