Friday, March 14, 2014

1933 CinSpec Awards


Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like Berkeley Square, State Fair, Wild Boys on the Road, The Eagle and the Hawk, Adventures of Don Quixote, Friday the Thirteenth, Penthouse, Japanese Girls at the Harbor, Each Night I Dream, Liebelei, The Bowery, Ecstasy, Outskirts, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Rasputin and the Empress, The Prizefighter and the Lady, Supernatural, The Ghoul, This Day and Age, Pilgrimage, Lot in Sodom, and Hallelujah, I'm a Bum.

42nd Street

BEST PICTURE:
Design for Living
Dinner at Eight
42nd Street*
King Kong
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

BEST DIRECTOR:
Lloyd Bacon, 42nd Street
Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, King Kong
Fritz Lang, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse*
Ernst Lubitsch, Design for Living
Jean Vigo, Zero for Conduct

Counsellor at Law

BEST ACTOR:
John Barrymore, Counsellor at Law
Warner Baxter, 42nd Street
Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII*
Claude Rains, The Invisible Man
Spencer Tracy, Man's Castle

BEST ACTRESS:
Greta Garbo, Queen Christina
Jean Harlow, Bombshell
Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory*
May Robson, Lady for a Day
Barbara Stanwyck, The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Dinner at Eight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Fred Astaire, Flying Down to Rio
John Barrymore, Dinner at Eight*
Wallace Beery, Dinner at Eight
Guy Kibbee, Lady for a Day
Otto Wernicke, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Marie Dressler, Dinner at Eight
Jean Harlow, Dinner at Eight*
Isabel Jewell, Counsellor at Law
Aline MacMahon, Gold Diggers of 1933
Ginger Rogers, 42nd Street

Design for Living

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Counsellor at Law
Design for Living*
Dinner at Eight
42nd Street
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Baby Face
Duck Soup*
King Kong
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Queen Christina

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Invisible Man
King Kong
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse*
Zero for Conduct

BEST FILM EDITING:
Design for Living
Duck Soup
42nd Street*
King Kong
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

King Kong

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Alice in Wonderland
The Invisible Man
King Kong*
Night Flight
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"42nd Street", 42nd Street
"The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)", Gold Diggers of 1933*
"Honeymoon Hotel", Footlight Parade
"I'm No Angel", I'm No Angel
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", Three Little Pigs

Additional Categories

Gold Diggers of 1933

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Alice in Wonderland
42nd Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
King Kong*
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Cavalcade
42nd Street
Little Women
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Queen Christina*

The Invisible Man

BEST MAKEUP:
Alice in Wonderland*
Cavalcade
The Private Life of Henry VIII

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
42nd Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Invisible Man
King Kong
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse*

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Invisible Man
King Kong*
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

6 comments:

  1. You have given me so much to look into! I've only seen three of these films :-(

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    1. Haha, well, I've only seen 4 films from 1930. Catching up for that year should be interesting. I'll probably have to start watching some '30 films here and there a few weeks before I post my ballot.

      Hope you find some of these you like! :)

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    2. Well I'm gonna do one *better* than Andrew, I haven't seen ANY of these [shameful isn't it?] I've only seen a handful from this decade, but someone just recommended Cabaret to me earlier today which was from the 30s I believe :D

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    3. It's ok, Ruth! It just means you have some great films to see. :D Cabaret is from '72, if you're referring to the Liza Minnelli one that won several Oscars. ;)

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  2. Our acting winners are very close this year although with actress we differ on film.

    Picture:
    Design for Living
    Dinner at Eight-Winner
    Gold Diggers of 1933
    Heroes for Sale
    King Kong
    I had a tough time deciding between 42nd Street and Gold Diggers but the Shadow Waltz and especially the Remember My Forgotten Man number made Gold Diggers stand out for me. As great as all the others are though Dinner at Eight is an example of the ensemble comedy/drama done to perfection.

    Director:
    Frank Capra-The Bitter Tea of General Yen
    Merian C. Cooper-King Kong
    George Cukor-Dinner at Eight-Winner
    Ernst Lubitsch-Design for Living
    William Wellman-Heroes for Sale
    I was close to choosing Capra for General Yen since he takes a rather preposterous story and with smoky eroticism almost makes it work. But I went with Cukor since he juggles all the various story threads of Dinner at Eight and keeps each balanced against the others.

    Actor:
    Richard Barthelmess-Heroes for Sale
    Charles Laughton-The Private Life of Henry VIII-Winner
    Fredric March-Design for Living
    Lee Tracy-Bombshell
    Warren William-Employee Entrance
    Good work by all, particularly Warren William who is unfortunately little known today, but nobody approached Laughton. He delves into the part risking being hammy, which he occasionally is but then I can't imagine that Henry VIII wasn't so at times.

    Actress:
    Greta Garbo-Queen Christina
    Katharine Hepburn-Little Women-Winner
    Miriam Hopkins-The Story of Temple Drake
    May Robson-Lady for a Day
    Barbara Stanwyck-Baby Face
    The actress winner is almost always the hardest for me to choose during the Golden Age. I don't think that there aren't necessarily as many talented actresses today but the parts where so rich then and build for the women. That being said any of these five could have been my winner. I especially love Stanwyck's fearlessness in making Baby Face's Lily unashamedly rapacious. I see you chose Hepburn in Morning Glory but I've always felt she keyed her performance in that too high and prefer her more varied and relaxed work in Little Women.

    Supporting Actor:
    John Barrymore-Dinner at Eight-Winner
    Wallace Beery-Dinner at Eight
    John Gielgud-The Good Companions
    Cary Grant-She Done Him Wrong
    Jack La Rue-The Story of Temple Drake
    Barrymore's Larry Renault is distressingly close to self parody, something that he must have been aware of, the fact that he gives such a heartfelt reading of it makes it infinitely sadder but also more touching. A great piece of work.


    Supporting Actress:
    Joan Blondell-Gold Diggers of 1933
    Marie Dressler-Dinner at Eight
    Jean Harlow-Dinner at Eight
    Aline MacMahon-Gold Diggers of 1933-Winner
    Una Merkel-Bombshell
    Merkel is a hoot in Bombshell and I love both Dressler and Harlow's indispensable contributions to Dinner at Eight while Blondell is her usual terrific self in Gold Diggers, particularly splendid in the Forgotten Man number but MacMahon without any such spotlight piece is able to more or less walk away with that picture.

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    1. Dinner at Eight used to be my Best Picture winner as well. Coming after Grand Hotel's win, it's strange that it received no Oscar attention. Hepburn's performance in Morning Glory isn't for everyone, but I think she hit all the right notes in a difficult role.

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