Friday, June 7, 2013

1948 CinSpec Awards


Winners indicated (*). Films I still haven't seen include: Oliver Twist, Easter Parade, Unfaithfully Yours, Act of Violence, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Macbeth, The Miracle, The Street with No Name, Germany Year Zero, The Three Musketeers, and They Live by Night.

The Red Shoes

BEST PICTURE:
Drunken Angel
The Lady from Shanghai
The Red Shoes*
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST DIRECTOR:
Jules Dassin, The Naked City
Alfred Hitchcock, Rope
John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes*
Orson Welles, The Lady from Shanghai

Hamlet

BEST ACTOR:
Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Dall, Rope
Toshiro Mifune, Drunken Angel
Laurence Olivier, Hamlet*
Takashi Shimura, Drunken Angel

BEST ACTRESS:
Jean Arthur, A Foreign Affair
Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit
Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai*
Moira Shearer, The Red Shoes
Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Charles Bickford, Johnny Belinda
Tim Holt, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre*
Edward G. Robinson, Key Largo
James Stewart, Rope

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Barbara Bel Gedes, I Remember Mama
Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda
Jean Simmons, Hamlet
Claire Trevor, Key Largo*

The Lady from Shanghai

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Fallen Idol
The Lady from Shanghai*
Red River
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Drunken Angel
A Foreign Affair
The Naked City
The Red Shoes*
The Search

Drunken Angel

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Lady from Shanghai
The Naked City
Portrait of Jennie
The Red Shoes*
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST FILM EDITING:
Drunken Angel
The Lady from Shanghai
The Naked City*
The Red Shoes
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Rope

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Anna Karenina
Hamlet
Portrait of Jennie
The Red Shoes*
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Illusions", A Foreign Affair
"Jungle Boogie", Drunken Angel
"The Ruins of Berlin", A Foreign Affair*

Additional Categories

The Naked City

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Anna Karenina
The Fallen Idol
Hamlet
Joan of Arc
The Red Shoes*

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Anna Karenina
Hamlet
Joan of Arc
The Loves of Carmen
The Red Shoes*

Red River

BEST MAKEUP:
Joan of Arc
The Red Shoes*
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Key Largo
Red River
The Red Shoes*
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Hamlet
Portrait of Jennie
The Red Shoes*

Updated: 10/1/13

8 comments:

  1. OMG THE RED SHOES!!! I must admit, I've only seen like four movies from 1948, but The Red Shoes is like one of the greatest things to ever exist (my top ten films ever)!!!!!!!!

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    1. Forgot that one was in your top 10, but I'm glad you dig it! I was surprised that it won so many awards (10) though. :)

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  2. Wow, The Red Shoes sweeped the awards! That's it. You've convinced me to finally put it higher on my watch list.

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    1. Well, it did lose Best Actress and Best Film Editing, but its 10 wins make up for the loses. ;) Hope you like the film!

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  3. Boy, these posts of yours always remind me how many good classics I've missed. Someone reviewed The Red Shoes on my blog a while back and I still haven't got around to see it yet :(

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    1. There are many classics I haven't seen either. :) Ooh, The Red Shoes is one of the best films of the 1940s. You should definitely check it out when you get a chance.

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  4. I think this is the year that my choices deviate the most from the slate in contention for the awards with Sierra Madre the biggest match up in terms of nominations, if not wins.

    Picture:
    Easter Parade
    The Fallen Idol-Winner
    Red River
    The Red Shoes
    Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Easter Parade is an almost perfect capsule of all that MGM did right with musicals starring two of the true greats of the genre. Sierra Madre is a fine film that I have a hard time loving. Red River an almost textbook example of how to make a western and The Red Shoes an expressionist dream. But it's Reed's complex look at the disillusionments of childhood that is riveting and how it was almost totally ignored come award time is a puzzler.

    Director:
    Howard Hawks-Red River
    John Huston-Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Vincente Minnelli-The Pirate
    Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger-The Red Shoes-Winner
    Carol Reed-The Fallen Idol
    The Pirate is a piece of rococo nonsense, at times like a fever dream but Minnelli manages to keep a firm handle on the production, especially impressive since his leading lady and wife Judy Garland was falling to pieces during the making of it. Speaking of fever dreams The Red Shoes is a richly saturated nightmare that you can't look away from and while I prefer Fallen Idol overall the direction of Red Shoes is masterful.

    Actor:
    Humphrey Bogart-Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Rex Harrison-Unfaithfully Yours
    Laurence Olivier-Hamlet
    Ralph Richardson-The Fallen Idol-Winner
    Clifton Webb-Sitting Pretty
    This was the hardest category to select a winner. Five brilliant performances but I went with Richardson because whereas all the others had showy roles with spotlight moments Sir Ralph's work was full of more subtle touches.

    Actress:
    Joan Fontaine-Letter From an Unknown Woman-Winner
    Glynis Johns-Miranda
    Moira Shearer-The Red Shoes
    Barbara Stanwyck-Sorry, Wrong Number
    Jane Wyman-Johnny Belinda
    Glynis Johns, a terribly underappreciated actress, is a bewitching minx in Miranda. Missy Stanwyck is always worth watching and is excellent but the opening up of the play diminishes the impact of her performance. Shearer's work is very good but it came down to a choice between Jane's Belinda and Joan's Lisa. Wyman's profoundly touching but Fontaine's intricate work is more compelling. She's an actress I've never been fond of so if she can move me as much as she did I've got to give her the prize.

    Supporting Actor:
    Van Johnson-State of the Union
    Charles Laughton-The Big Clock
    Edward G. Robinson-Key Largo
    Anton Walbrook-The Red Shoes-Winner
    Richard Widmark-Road House
    All the others contributed marvelous work and I wasn't quite sure where to put Walbrook but since the only real star of Red Shoes is Shearer I put him in supporting and there he's my winner. His sad, disturbing portrait of a frustrated man is unbeatable.

    Supporting Actress:
    Mary Astor-Act of Violence
    Barbara Lawrence-Unfaithfully Yours
    Myrna Loy-Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
    Jean Simmons-Hamlet
    Claire Trevor-Key Largo-Winner
    Astor and Lawrence do so much in minimal screen time they're illustrations of what quality supporting work can add to a film. Jean Simmons is wonderful in Hamlet, and this is in no way a cut on her talent which was great, she's one of my favorite actresses, but Ophelia is an almost actress proof part. If only for her descriptions of the colors she wants her new home to have in Mr. Blandings Myrna Loy deserves this nomination but Claire Trevor trumps all comers with her sorrowful and broken Gaye Dawn, my only matching winner with the academy of the year.

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    1. Ooh, I like that split between The Fallen Idol and The Red Shoes. Trevor gives one of my favorite Oscar-winning performances, and I'd probably put Walbrook just outside of my Best Actor lineup (instead of supporting). I need to watch several of the films you nominated, especially Easter Parade and Letter From an Unknown Woman.

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