If top seed Carole Lombard expected a quiet second round, she was mistaken. Noisy upstairs neighbor Jean Arthur leads by four votes with 68 already cast.
But it's early days yet. You've got until 10 p.m. Saturday night to make yourself heard!
Well, you know, Jean Arthur wasn't in last year's tournament, so I had no real idea of how popular she might be. She was in a lot of great movies, but she doesn't seem to get a lot of blog-love.
I don't know how much more I can take of this...Carole has finally evened the match out with Jean and is tied...one more day. I have a feeling though this one might go into overtime!
I can't support Jean Arthur, at least in the 1930's. I think she was all wrong in YOIU CAN"T TAKE IT WITH YOU, although I don't blame her. Frank Capra certainly didn't improve on Kaufman & Hart--having her play the role as a ninny and nutty as her family, when the play's stage instructions says "she seems to have escaped the tinge of mild insanity that pervades the rest of them" And turning the fiance's stuffy but basically decent businessman father into a war profiteer trying to tear down their house..."Caparesque" my sweet patootie.
If top seed Carole Lombard expected a quiet second round, she was mistaken. Noisy upstairs neighbor Jean Arthur leads by four votes with 68 already cast.
I gotta admit, Lombard vs. Arthur is a REALLY hard choice. Like, REALLY hard. Like, WHY YOU HATE GOOD THINGS hard.
ReplyDeleteIt's because I'm evil ...
ReplyDeleteMan, come on Carole...if you want that rematch with Irene, you have to get by Jean!
ReplyDeleteI told Team Carole that this was not going to be an easy match; they better believe me now. Get out and vote for Lombard!
ReplyDeleteWell, you know, Jean Arthur wasn't in last year's tournament, so I had no real idea of how popular she might be. She was in a lot of great movies, but she doesn't seem to get a lot of blog-love.
ReplyDeleteMaybe her fans are just the silent type ...
"Look at 'em run! Now they know they've been in a war!"
ReplyDelete"Your Excellency!"
"They're fleeing like rats!"
"Your Excellency ... you're shooting your own men!"
"What?"
"You're shooting your own men!"
"Here's $5. Keep it under your hat. Never mind, I'll keep it under my hat."
I don't know how much more I can take of this...Carole has finally evened the match out with Jean and is tied...one more day. I have a feeling though this one might go into overtime!
ReplyDeleteI can't support Jean Arthur, at least in the 1930's. I think she was all wrong in YOIU CAN"T TAKE IT WITH YOU, although I don't blame her. Frank Capra certainly didn't improve on Kaufman & Hart--having her play the role as a ninny and nutty as her family, when the play's stage instructions says "she seems to have escaped the tinge of mild insanity that pervades the rest of them"
ReplyDeleteAnd turning the fiance's stuffy but basically decent businessman father into a war profiteer trying to tear down their house..."Caparesque" my sweet patootie.