Here, by the way, is the list of the actresses Luise Rainer defeated for her back-to-back wins:
1936 Irene Dunne (Theodora Goes Wild) Gladys George (Valiant is the Word for Carrie) Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey) Norma Shearer (Romeo and Juliet)
1937 Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth) Greta Garbo (Camille) Janet Gaynor (A Star is Born) Barbara Stanwyck (Stella Dallas)
Norma Shearer and Janet Gaynor at least had already won Oscars, but Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck and Greta Garbo never did. And it's not like those actresses got nominated for fluff -- it was some of the best work of their careers ...
Interesting -- Rainer beat Dunne twice, a pair of GGs (initials, not cup sizes!) and two Oct. 6 babies (Lombard and Gaynor). There's probably something linking Shearer and Stanwyck, but for the love of me I can't think what it is.
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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I remember you Luise Rainer.
Luise must be staring up at the lady who should have won that first Oscar of hers...
http://pics.livejournal.com/vp19/pic/008bh5gz
Here, by the way, is the list of the actresses Luise Rainer defeated for her back-to-back wins:
1936
Irene Dunne (Theodora Goes Wild)
Gladys George (Valiant is the Word for Carrie)
Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey)
Norma Shearer (Romeo and Juliet)
1937
Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth)
Greta Garbo (Camille)
Janet Gaynor (A Star is Born)
Barbara Stanwyck (Stella Dallas)
Norma Shearer and Janet Gaynor at least had already won Oscars, but Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck and Greta Garbo never did. And it's not like those actresses got nominated for fluff -- it was some of the best work of their careers ...
Interesting -- Rainer beat Dunne twice, a pair of GGs (initials, not cup sizes!) and two Oct. 6 babies (Lombard and Gaynor). There's probably something linking Shearer and Stanwyck, but for the love of me I can't think what it is.
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