Friday, March 21, 2014

1943 CinSpec Awards


Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like The Hard Way, The Constant Nymph, Destination Tokyo, Angels of Sin, Hangmen Also Die, Le Corbeau, Girl Crazy, The Life of Matsu the Untamed, Journey Into Fear, The Leopard Man, The North Star, Air Force, Cabin in the Sky, Munchausen, Ossessione, The Seventh Victim, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Old Acquaintance, Edge of Darkness, Ordet, and A Guy Named Joe.

Casablanca

BEST PICTURE:
Casablanca*
Day of Wrath
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Ox-Bow Incident
Shadow of a Doubt

BEST DIRECTOR:
Michael Curtiz, Casablanca*
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Day of Wrath
Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
William A. Wellman, The Ox-Bow Incident

Shadow of a Doubt

BEST ACTOR:
Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca*
Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt
Charles Laughton, This Land Is Mine
Roger Livesey, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine

BEST ACTRESS:
Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier
Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca*
Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette
Deborah Kerr, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Teresa Wright, Shadow of a Doubt

The More the Merrier

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Dana Andrews, The Ox-Bow Incident
Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier*
Frank Morgan, The Human Comedy
Claude Rains, Casablanca
Anton Walbrook, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Anne Baxter, Five Graves to Cairo*
Gladys Cooper, The Song of Bernadette
Paulette Goddard, So Proudly We Hail!
Veronica Lake, So Proudly We Hail!
Gene Tierney, Heaven Can Wait

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Casablanca*
Day of Wrath
Five Graves to Cairo
Heaven Can Wait
The Ox-Bow Incident

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The More the Merrier
Shadow of a Doubt*
So Proudly We Hail!
This Land Is Mine

Day of Wrath

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Casablanca
Day of Wrath*
I Walked with a Zombie
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Shadow of a Doubt

BEST FILM EDITING:
Casablanca*
Five Graves to Cairo
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Ox-Bow Incident
Shadow of a Doubt

The Ox-Bow Incident

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Casablanca*
For Whom the Bell Tolls
I Walked with a Zombie
Shadow of a Doubt
The Song of Bernadette

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Fort Holland Calypso Song", I Walked with a Zombie*
"Knock on Wood", Casablanca
"Lullaby of the Bells", Phantom of the Opera

Additional Categories

Heaven Can Wait

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Five Graves to Cairo
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp*
Phantom of the Opera

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Casablanca
Heaven Can Wait*
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Madame Curie
Phantom of the Opera

Five Graves to Cairo

BEST MAKEUP:
Heaven Can Wait
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp*
Phantom of the Opera

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Five Graves to Cairo
I Walked with a Zombie
In Which We Serve
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Sahara*

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
In Which We Serve
So Proudly We Hail!*

12 comments:

  1. I have so much to see from this year, but HELL YES to the double Casablanca Lead wins. I give the Supporting win to Andrews, who SLAYS in that movie (just breaks my heart in so many places), but I haven't seen Coburn.

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    1. Yay! Bogie and Bergman! Andrews or Walbrook would be my runner-up, but both are superb. Though Coburn's performance isn't a stretch for him, he's brilliant in the role.

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  2. I knew Casablanca would pull out a big showing here! And how can I disagree? A perfect film if there ever was one.

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    1. Haha. Yeah, this was one of my most predictable years. ;) Glad you dig it!

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  3. Ok, since it is my favorite movie of ALL-TIME is it a surprise that Casablanca makes a clean sweep for me? :)

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    1. Glad to hear it's your favorite movie. It's pretty much got a permanent spot in my top 5 of all time. :)

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  4. A nice mix of movies. I've been wanting to see I Walked With A Zombie an Day Of Wrath for so long now.

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    1. Thanks. I prefer Day of Wrath, but I'd recommend both films.

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  5. Can't argue with Casablanca, like Alex said, perfection. Also, love the appreciation for Day of Wrath, that could be my favorite Dreyer film, just ahead of Passion of Joan of Arc, and Ordet in third.

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    1. Glad to see more support for Casablanca. :) I need to see Ordet, but I might put Passion of Joan of Arc at the top.

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  6. You can't better Casablanca for sheer craftsmenship and excellence. I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't at least like the film which with most classics is rare, there's always dissent but that doesn't seem to hold for this. I've never heard of Day of Wrath but I looked it up and I'm intrigued. Aside from The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp which I found underwhelming our choices for picture and director are similar.

    Picture:
    Casablanca-Winner
    Heaven Can Wait
    The More the Merrier
    The Ox-Bow Incident
    Watch on the Rhine
    Other great movies this year but Casablanca is too special to be beat.

    Director:
    Busby Berkeley-The Gang's All Here
    Michael Curtiz-Casablanca-Winner
    Alfred Hitchcock-Shadow of a Doubt
    Ernst Lubitsch-Heaven Can Wait
    William Wellman-The Ox-Bow Incident
    Curtiz was able to handle any genre with ease, a rare gift that even most of the best directors can't do but Casablanca is his pinnacle. Berkeley's The Gang's All Here may not be the best picture but to control the elephantine production, The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat alone must have been a logistical nightmare, was a special skill that Berkeley seemed to have a special aptitude for.

    Actor:
    Don Ameche-Heaven Can Wait
    Humphrey Bogart-Casablanca-Winner
    Joseph Cotton-Shadow of a Doubt
    Paul Lukas-Watch on the Rhine
    Franchot Tone-Five Graves to Cairo
    This wasn't a tough choice since this is a near perfect match of actor and part but the four other performers were all amazing. Shadow of a Doubt is probably Cotton's best performance.

    Actress:
    Ingrid Bergman-Casablanca
    Ida Lupino-The Hard Way
    Margaret Sullavan-Cry Havoc
    Gene Tierney-Heaven Can Wait
    Teresa Wright-Shadow of a Doubt-Winner
    I so wanted to give this to Ingrid but Teresa Wright's performance in Shadow of a Doubt is just so finely judged I had to go with her. I noticed that you had Gene Tierney in support, her screen time runs the edge between lead and support, but although Ameche dominates Heaven Can Wait without her sensitive portrayal his struggle wouldn't mean half as much.

    Supporting Actor:
    Dana Andrews-The Ox-Bow Incident
    Jack Carson-The Hard Way-Winner
    Charles Coburn-The More the Merrier
    Laird Cregar-Heaven Can Wait
    Claude Rains-Casablanca
    This was the hardest category for me to decide. Rains is such an engaging piece of the Casablanca puzzle. Coburn is inimitable in The More the Merrier, he's almost as good in Heaven Can Wait. Cregar is the very essence of charming, bemused deviltry in Heaven Can Wait and Andrews tears at my heart in Ox-Box Incident. But Jack Carson, an underappreciated performer if there ever was one, in The Hard Way is startlingly good. Watching him progress from his usual glad handing, hale fellow well met persona to a sad, broken husk is heartbreaking. Sparking off Ida Lupino and Dennis Morgan, in his best onscreen performance, he's incredible.

    Supporting Actress:
    Anne Baxter-Five Graves to Cairo
    Paulette Goddard-So Proudly We Hail
    Carmen Miranda-The Gang's All Here
    Katina Paxinou-For Whom the Bell Tolls
    Lucile Watson-Watch on the Rhine-Winner
    Carmen Miranda is a postive force of nature in Gang and Paxinou is very good in Bells, I movie I found to be a ponderous bore, but watching Lucile Watson slowly being shaken out of the magnolias, changing in subtle but human ways but not being bowed by the experience gave me the most pleasure.

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    1. Thanks for these awesome comments! I love looking at other people's ballots.

      Casablanca pretty much has a permanent spot in my top 5 favorite films, so it's great to see those wins for it. Yeah, Tierney is borderline, and she's actually my runner-up in the supporting category. I must watch The Hard Way (and The Gang's All Here). I nominate Carson for Mildred Pierce and Lupino for They Drive by Night, but I'd love to nominate them again.

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