1945 Alternate Oscars

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 ✱.

1944 Alternate Oscars

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 ✱.

1943 Alternate Oscars

Some years, the choices are easier than others ...

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 ✱.

1942 Alternate Oscars

Alright already (or all right already, depending on your preferences. "Alright" has been in circulation since the end of the American Civil War, but "all right" is still more frequently used. Some people have strong opinions about this, as they seem to have strong opinions about everything. It's a symptom of the age as the United States begins to resemble Northern Ireland in the times of The Troubles. Me, I don't care) ...

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.

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 ✱.