Where was I? Oh, yes. The Monty Woolley Question. I have been asked privately many times now — too many times — "Monty Woolley? Is a supporting actor?" With those eyes like "Are you insane?!?" and then after I explain my reasoning, those eyes like you get when the doctor tells you that, yes, you are, in fact, insane. You poor, poor thing ...
So, Monty Woolley is now a lead actor — and you do what you want, but James Cagney be damned, I'm still voting for him! He was great!
Replacing Woolley (and Henry Travers) in the supporting actor category are Paul Henreid and some guy named Ronald Reagan in their best roles. In that category, as much as I like a sweaty Van Heflin in anything, especially Airport, I'm voting for Sig Ruman as "Concentration Camp" Ehrhardt in, with apologies to The Producers, the funniest movie ever made with Nazis in it, To Be Or Not to Be. Very, very hard to get a laugh with Nazis in the picture, especially these days with so many neo-Nazis running around. Neo or not, they're a bunch of genuine jackasses ...
But I digress. If you voted yesterday, you'll be able to vote for actor and supporting actor today. If you didn't vote yesterday, what the hell, man?!.
Have at it.
Best Actress of 1942 (Poll Closed)
Total Votes: 161
My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔. Best foreign-language picture winners are noted with an ƒ. A historical winner who won in a different category is noted with a ✱.
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