No, no, not college hoops ("the two sweetest words in the English language after chorus girl," according to Robert Goulet), but the greatest actress tournament over at All Good Things. The semi-final pairings: Irene Dunne (Silent Era/1930s) versus Grace Kelly (1950s) and Vivien Leigh (1940s) versus Natalie Wood (1960s).
Due to some computer glitch, all the votes recorded on Wednesday, March 30, were somehow voided. So if you voted early, or haven't voted at all, be sure to get back over there. Don't let your candidate fall victim to a hanging chad.—MM, 3/31/11
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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