Winners indicated (*). Films I need to see include: Stage Door, Pépé le Moko, One Hundred Men and a Girl, Shall We Dance, Camille, Way Out West, Fire Over England, Conquest, Lady Killer, Dark Journey, Young and Innocent, A Damsel in Distress, The Prisoner of Zenda, You Only Live Once, and A Day at the Races.
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| The Awful Truth |
BEST PICTURE:
The Awful Truth*
Dead End
Make Way for Tomorrow
Night Must Fall
A Star is Born
BEST DIRECTOR:
Frank Capra, Lost Horizon
Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth*
Leo McCarey, Make Way for Tomorrow
William A. Wellman, A Star is Born
William Wyler, Dead End
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| Night Must Fall |
BEST ACTOR:
Cary Grant, The Awful Truth*
Fredric March, A Star is Born
Robert Montgomery, Night Must Fall
Victor Moore, Make Way for Tomorrow
Paul Muni, The Life of Emile Zola
BEST ACTRESS:
Beulah Bondi, Make Way for Tomorrow
Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth*
Janet Gaynor, A Star is Born
Luise Rainer, The Good Earth
Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas
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| Make Way for Tomorrow |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Edward Arnold, Easy Living
Ralph Bellamy, The Awful Truth
Humphrey Bogart, Dead End
Thomas Mitchell, The Hurricane
Joseph Schildkraut, The Life of Emile Zola*
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Fay Bainter, Make Way for Tomorrow
Anne Shirley, Stella Dallas
Claire Trevor, Dead End
May Whitty, Night Must Fall*
Jane Wyatt, Lost Horizon
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| A Star is Born |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Awful Truth*
Dead End
Lost Horizon
Make Way for Tomorrow
Night Must Fall
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Black Legion
Easy Living
In Old Chicago
The Life of Emile Zola
A Star is Born*
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| Dead End |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Black Legion
Dead End
The Good Earth
Lost Horizon*
A Star is Born
BEST FILM EDITING:
The Awful Truth*
Dead End
Lost Horizon
Night Must Fall
A Star is Born
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| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Captains Courageous
The Good Earth
The Hurricane
Lost Horizon*
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Heigh Ho", Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*
"Some Day My Prince Will Come", Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Whistle While You Work", Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Additional Categories
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| Lost Horizon |
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Dead End
The Good Earth
The Life of Emile Zola
Lost Horizon*
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
In Old Chicago
The Life of Emile Zola
Nothing Sacred
A Star is Born*
Wee Willie Winkie
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| The Good Earth |
BEST MAKEUP:
The Good Earth
In Old Chicago
The Life of Emile Zola*
BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
The Good Earth
The Hurricane*
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Good Earth
The Hurricane*
Lost Horizon
Updated: 3/19/15
YAY, a mini sweep for The Awful Truth!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I've only seen two films from this year :-P
Knew you'd love that.
DeleteReally? Haha, I had to scramble just to see most of the Best Picture nominees I could track down and a couple of others.
Oooh, I LOVE the original Snow White, and yeah the songs are all fun and lovely :D
ReplyDeleteP.S. Hope you'll *collect* the award I gave you
Yeah, the songs are great, as is the film. Snow White actually just missed a Best Picture nomination. :)
DeleteI will. It will be odd accepting a Wordpress award, though. ;)
I'm a little surprised by all the awards you gave to The Awful Truth. I'm going to have to give it another look, I liked it but it didn't bowl me over when I watched it.
ReplyDeletePicture:
Dead End
Make Way for Tomorrow
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Stage Door-Winner
A Star is Born
I'm not much of an animation fan but Snow White was so revolutionary in its day and so well made I think it belongs here. All the films are excellent but Stage Door is a perfect example of the way a multi character story should work.
Director:
Gregory La Cava-Stage Door-Winner
Mitchell Leisen-Easy Living
Leo McCarey-Make Way for Tomorrow
William Wellman-A Star is Born
William Wyler-Dead End
La Cava, with the assist of an unbelievable cast, makes you invest in the lives and struggles of all women in the Footlights Club. He was smart enough to listen to the actresses chatting during set-ups and incorporated the essence of that talk to make the film more real, something only a strong, clever director would do.
Actor:
Cary Grant-The Awful Truth
Fredric March-A Star is Born-Winner
Robert Montgomery-Night Must Fall
Victor Moore-Make Way for Tomorrow
Paul Muni-The Life of Emile Zola
We match! It was great to see Victor Moore who was always in support get a chance at the lead in Tomorrow and his work is exceptional. Still my choice is March's fallen star, he's able to convey both Norman Maine's uniqueness and his tragic flaws without a lot of showiness.
Actress:
Beulah Bondi-Make Way for Tomorrow
Luise Rainer-The Good Earth
Ginger Rogers-Stage Door
Sylvia Sidney-Dead End
Barbara Stanwyck-Stella Dallas-Winner
Whereas I thought Rainer was undeserving the previous year her work in The Good Earth even with her miscasting is very graceful, the best thing in that film. As with Moore it was great to see Beulah Bondi spotlighted in a lead which she plays beautifully. All the women in Stage Door were nomination worthy but Rogers managed to shine just a bit brighter than the rest. Sidney conveys that wonderful mixture of grit and vulnerability that was uniquely hers. Even though the film Stella Dallas is a hoary old chestnut what never gets old is Stanwyck's completely committed work as Stella. If for nothing else she should have won the Oscar for that last scene alone.
Supporting Actor:
Edward Arnold-Easy Living
Humphrey Bogart-Dead End
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.-The Prisoner of Zenda
Thomas Mitchell-Make Way for Tomorrow
Roland Young-Topper-Winner
Again all excellent work but Roland Young's Topper is just that.
Supporting Actress:
Constance Cummings-Stage Door
Isabel Jewell-Marked Woman
Anne Shirley-Stella Dallas
Claire Trevor-Dead End
Dame May Whitty-Night Must Fall-Winner
This was between two very different performances, Isabel Jewell's unstrung Emmy Lou and Dame May Whitty's somewhat dotty Mrs. Bramson. Jewell has the flashier role which she modulates well but Dame May hits all the proper notes in a tricky role.
I've seen The Awful Truth many times, and it remains one of my favorite screwball comedies. I even prefer it to Bringing Up Baby.
DeleteI didn't get a chance to see Stage Door before I posted these, but I'm dying to see it! We're pretty close on most of our nominees, though. Young just missed my Supporting Actor lineup, and Snow White just missed in Best Picture. Interestingly, this is currently the ONLY time I nominate William Wyler for Best Director, unlike the Academy.