Just yesterday I went to see Mildred Pierce on the big screen, in an original nitrate print, so this is a welcome coincidence! It was a great experience and the audience were loving the whole film.
@@oscarman42 To that scene, mostly slightly shocked gasps with several nervous giggles. There was also quite a lot more laughs than I remembered in the film.
My favorite and in my opinion the most deserved win of the 40's (alongside Olivia de Havilland winning for the heiress). The competition was strong and still she was able to overcome and get the trophy, truly a comeback.
Sounds like the crowd was pulling for Bergman or Crawford...glad Crawford won I think she gave best actress Oscar worthy performances in Possessed, Humoresque and Sudden Fear. And supporting nomination performances in Grand Hotel, The Women and Baby Jane
Bette Davis apparently was campaigning heavily for Ingrid Bergman and reportedly told her "YOU are going to win. I voted for YOU" (which is hypocritical given her constant insistence that Joan campaigned against HER later in 1963)
Yeah the source was the original Divine Feud book by Shaun Considine which I've heard mixed things about how true it really is but it's way more comprehensive and well researched than the miniseries it would end up being based on and so I'm inclined to believe the author on this one (I read the book way back years before the 2017 Feud was released and remember thinking it could work great in the miniseries format but I imagined it being stretched across multiple decades - maybe the 1920s, 30s, 40s, etc. building up their rivalry and split maybe between two actresses in each role kind of like the My Shadows Judy Garland miniseries - rather than what we got from Ryan Murphy which is fine as is but doesn't really hit as well as I hoped it would)
HAPPY SATURDAY FRIENDS! Someone, maybe Christina Crawford, said that Joan Crawford was absent from the Oscar ceremony because she could keep a "straight face" if she lost. Crawford wasn't ill, if fact she gave interviews from her bedside. I cannot decide if Ingrid Bergman should been nominated for SPELLBOUND vs BELLS OF ST. MARY'S. What an embarrassment of riches when it comes to these nominees
Right like Christina should be believed😂 But Crawford was sick that night and this according to someone who actually has researched into Joan’s life. That person is behind The Concluding Chapter of Crawford site. He knows his stuff.
Love this. Thank you! The only film of the five I watch over and over is "Love Letters." Love Jennifer Jones in any film! However, a close second place for me is "Leave Her to Heaven." Gene Tierney is so villainous and glamorous, she makes beautiful costar Jeanne Crain, um, almost plain by comparison in this technicolor "noir."
@@johnyzero2000 If I locate any I will definitely share them. I post a new Oscar video every Saturday. Another one featuring very rare footage is coming soon. Thank you for your viewership!
Actually, Crawford's chances of winning I think were enhanced due to three of the nominees: Bergman, Jones, & Garson winning the previous 3 years, and the fifth nominee Gene Tierney played a really rotten person, and they didn't give Best Actress Oscars for such roles back then.
It is a shame that actresses like Greer Garson and Jennifer Jones (as well as Claudette Colbert, Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, etc) aren't better remembered. Are Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and K. Hepburn bettered remembered because of a camp factor. Just wonderin' ...
Loretta Young, while a big star, was never in the same league as Crawford, Davis or Hepburn. Garson was huge, but it was for a very protracted period, rather than decades
Good question. It didn't always happen that the previous year's winner presented the award. In this year, Van Heflin presented both Supporting awards, even though he won two years prior.
Yeah attendance isn’t always perfect with last year’s winners showing up to bestow the new winners. But I always find it an imperfect Oscar show when all four don’t attend. This was the first year in 1946 where they started the tradition of last years lead female giving it to the new lead male winner with Bergman announcing Ray Milland as the winner. And what was to come with last year’s male winners bestowing the female winners (Bergman was the only one that showed up, understandably her nomination for TBOSM.) Joan herself skipped the ceremony in 1947 also, citing a case of stage fright, to give out lead actor to Fredric March.
@@oscarman42 Tierney is incredible in Leave Her to Heaven. I love her in Laura, but she's even better here, creating a sinister character who is mesmerizing in an excellent film. I must confess that while admitting her talents, I'm not a big Crawford fan. I have simply never connected to her emotionally.
Yes . Leave Her To Heaven is one of my mother’s favorites. I think I would go with Gene as well. I think it’s a favorite of Martin Scorsese. It may just be a personal preference of mine but I also prefer The Bell’s of Saint Mary over Going My Way. Maybe for the female influence especially with Ingrid.
@@kellie-nd1yp Thanks. I do feel better about my judgement knowing Scorsese thinks the same, I agree about the superiority of The Bells of St Mary's. Probably because of Bergman. I think it's stronger because less cliched than Going My Way.
She literally could not bear to be in public surrounded by all of Hollywood if she lost. It was a 'publicity trick' perhaps but a good move on her part. Could you imagine look on her face if HER Oscar went to the forgettable Greer Garson?
I imagine she was quite nervous and even fearful of losing since it was her first nomination after being in the business for so long. But what a triumph it would have been for her to stand up in front of her peers - many who disdained her talent - and clutch that Oscar. That would have overshadowed everyone else (in a way, her not being there did).
@@oscarman42 True, but receiving Oscar in bed pushed all of the other winners off the front page in the trades and made the night even more iconic imo.
Bergman should have won that Oscar! Full stop! A much finer actress and a finer performance than Crawford . Joan was a good actress , yes, but over acted that part like the Grand Diva she was, Melodrama for days. Accepting her award from a supposed sick bed was an even better performance. Subtlety was not her calling card.
Bergman's win the previous year was likely a factor in her not repeating - plus, the Academy couldn't resist honoring Crawford in her "comeback" role in a hit movie. Her choice of accepting the award is transparent.
This is amazing! Great job!Best Oscar channel on RUclips!
Thank you so much! Your viewership is appreciated!
Just yesterday I went to see Mildred Pierce on the big screen, in an original nitrate print, so this is a welcome coincidence! It was a great experience and the audience were loving the whole film.
I would love to see it with an audience. How was the reaction to the big scene on the staircase?
What an amazing experience!
@@oscarman42 To that scene, mostly slightly shocked gasps with several nervous giggles. There was also quite a lot more laughs than I remembered in the film.
@@DarkAngel459 That' scene is still shocking. What were the funny parts in the film?
@@oscarman42 I just mean that there was some witty dialogue that made people laugh, especially from Eve Arden and Jack Carson.
Ms. Crawford had very stiff competition, yet deservingly won the Oscar that year.
As the film was a box office success, her "comeback" couldn't be denied.
Omg this is truly RARE 😮😮😮😮 thank you for sharing it with us .
My pleasure! So glad you enjoy and appreciate Oscar's rich history.
Thank you. This is very nice! Love Oscar history!!
Thank you for your viewership! I love digging for rare treasures!
Wow! Great find!!
Thank you!
Thank you for posting
Happy you enjoyed it!
I think this was a deserving win, Mildred Pierce is an icon.
"Next thing I know you'll be knitting little booties..."
@@oscarman42 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@oscarman42 Little garments ..
@@bkynbiker19 Classic scene.
O filme é muito, muito bom! Joan estava otima❤
My favorite and in my opinion the most deserved win of the 40's (alongside Olivia de Havilland winning for the heiress). The competition was strong and still she was able to overcome and get the trophy, truly a comeback.
love joan!
One of her best performances!
Thank you so much for sharing!! So cool. So sad her Oscar now lives hidden in someone’s private collection. 😔
Glad you enjoyed it None of her children have her Oscar? Do you know where it is?
@@oscarman42 Her daughter Cathy who has passed away now auctioned it in the 90s The Concluding Chapter of Crawford said
@@goldduxt The Oscar sold for $426K in 2012. www.thewrap.com/joan-crawfords-mildred-pierce-oscar-sells-auction-58111/
Hopefully it will some day end up at the Smithsonian ❤
Gregory Peck must have had some year. He was in KEYS OF THE KINGDOM, VALLEY OF DECISION and SPELLBOUND
I have that clip too.
Sounds like the crowd was pulling for Bergman or Crawford...glad Crawford won
I think she gave best actress Oscar worthy performances in Possessed, Humoresque and Sudden Fear. And supporting nomination performances in Grand Hotel, The Women and Baby Jane
It's always interesting to hear the aidience's reaction after they play a video clip.
Supporting awards weren’t initiated until the 1936 films. I agree, she was great in “Grand Hotel”
Bette Davis apparently was campaigning heavily for Ingrid Bergman and reportedly told her "YOU are going to win. I voted for YOU" (which is hypocritical given her constant insistence that Joan campaigned against HER later in 1963)
@jamesa.romano8500 I never heard that before, but it certainly sounds like Davis LOL!
Yeah the source was the original Divine Feud book by Shaun Considine which I've heard mixed things about how true it really is but it's way more comprehensive and well researched than the miniseries it would end up being based on and so I'm inclined to believe the author on this one (I read the book way back years before the 2017 Feud was released and remember thinking it could work great in the miniseries format but I imagined it being stretched across multiple decades - maybe the 1920s, 30s, 40s, etc. building up their rivalry and split maybe between two actresses in each role kind of like the My Shadows Judy Garland miniseries - rather than what we got from Ryan Murphy which is fine as is but doesn't really hit as well as I hoped it would)
I can watch that movie over and over well deserved
It is a fun one to re-watch!
Thank you for posting this!
My pleasure!
Well deserved🙂 watching from Assam, India 😄
Welcome! It's a wonderful film (Blyth deserved to win too).
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She deserve it👏♥♥♥
The film she is likely most remembered for.
HAPPY SATURDAY FRIENDS!
Someone, maybe Christina Crawford, said that Joan Crawford was absent from the Oscar ceremony because she could keep a "straight face" if she lost. Crawford wasn't ill, if fact she gave interviews from her bedside.
I cannot decide if Ingrid Bergman should been nominated for SPELLBOUND vs BELLS OF ST. MARY'S.
What an embarrassment of riches when it comes to these nominees
Those were great years, weren't they? Joan sure looked good for being "very ill." 😉
Right like Christina should be believed😂
But Crawford was sick that night and this according to someone who actually has researched into Joan’s life. That person is behind The Concluding Chapter of Crawford site. He knows his stuff.
Don't believe Christina....she was 6 at this time.. she was clueless
Love this. Thank you! The only film of the five I watch over and over is "Love Letters." Love Jennifer Jones in any film! However, a close second place for me is "Leave Her to Heaven." Gene Tierney is so villainous and glamorous, she makes beautiful costar Jeanne Crain, um, almost plain by comparison in this technicolor "noir."
Based on the audio clips alone, Tierney was fierce!
@@oscarman42 Incredible film, especially for its time. Worth seeking out on the big screen
@@bkynbiker19 💯
@@oscarman42 That lake drowning scene with Gene in bathrobe and sunglasses, guiding 'Danny' to his death, is iconic.
Did the radio broadcast actually play sound clips from the nominated movies? Or were they edited into this video?
This is the actual broadcast. I just added the photos!
Wow I wish more radio broadcasts were available! I'm a total Oscar whore and I have subscribed to your channel.@@oscarman42
@@johnyzero2000 If I locate any I will definitely share them. I post a new Oscar video every Saturday. Another one featuring very rare footage is coming soon. Thank you for your viewership!
What song is playing when she wins? I can hear the lyrics but can’t place the song.
"The Way You Look Tonight"
@@oscarman42 Thank you!
@@brettdarling1178 Thanks for watching!
When she got home, Joan celebrated her win by beating Christina with her trophy.
Actually, Crawford's chances of winning I think were enhanced due to three of the nominees: Bergman, Jones, & Garson winning the previous 3 years, and the fifth nominee Gene Tierney played a really rotten person, and they didn't give Best Actress Oscars for such roles back then.
I agree. Plus, this was Crawford's big "comeback" film with a new studio, so she had momentum going into the ceremony.
It is a shame that actresses like Greer Garson and Jennifer Jones (as well as Claudette Colbert, Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, etc) aren't better remembered. Are Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and K. Hepburn bettered remembered because of a camp factor. Just wonderin' ...
I think Davis and Crawford were "larger than life" and.considered movie stars. Hepburn was never a popular actress; rather, a well-respected one.
@@oscarman42 Good point, as usual
@@ConanTheLibrarian-n5q There are no movie stars anymore...😦
Loretta Young, while a big star, was never in the same league as Crawford, Davis or Hepburn. Garson was huge, but it was for a very protracted period, rather than decades
@@bkynbiker19 5 consecutive nominations!
Where was last years winner, Bing Crosby, to announce Joan Crawfords name?
Good question. It didn't always happen that the previous year's winner presented the award. In this year, Van Heflin presented both Supporting awards, even though he won two years prior.
Yeah attendance isn’t always perfect with last year’s winners showing up to bestow the new winners. But I always find it an imperfect Oscar show when all four don’t attend. This was the first year in 1946 where they started the tradition of last years lead female giving it to the new lead male winner with Bergman announcing Ray Milland as the winner. And what was to come with last year’s male winners bestowing the female winners (Bergman was the only one that showed up, understandably her nomination for TBOSM.)
Joan herself skipped the ceremony in 1947 also, citing a case of stage fright, to give out lead actor to Fredric March.
@@Dennisanyone- I like the 'tradition' and am glad it is still honored today.
I remember the scene in Mommy Dearest that depicted the night of the Oscars, according to Christina Crawford.
Yes! Very reminiscent of what happened in this clip.
The film Mommie Dearest was not accurate.
I always assumed that what we saw in the film was the actual audio from the event lol
@@jamesa.romano8500 It was pretty close.
You couldn't believe a word out of that ungracious brat's mouth.
The video reminds me that I would have given the Oscar to Gene Tierney😊
I was thinking that based on the clips they showed LOL.
@@oscarman42 Tierney is incredible in Leave Her to Heaven. I love her in Laura, but she's even better here, creating a sinister character who is mesmerizing in an excellent film. I must confess that while admitting her talents, I'm not a big Crawford fan. I have simply never connected to her emotionally.
I meant, admiring her talents :)
Yes . Leave Her To Heaven is one of my mother’s favorites. I think I would go with Gene as well. I think it’s a favorite of Martin Scorsese.
It may just be a personal preference of mine but I also prefer The Bell’s of Saint Mary over Going My Way. Maybe for the female influence especially with Ingrid.
@@kellie-nd1yp Thanks. I do feel better about my judgement knowing Scorsese thinks the same, I agree about the superiority of The Bells of St Mary's. Probably because of Bergman. I think it's stronger because less cliched than Going My Way.
She literally could not bear to be in public surrounded by all of Hollywood if she lost. It was a 'publicity trick' perhaps but a good move on her part. Could you imagine look on her face if HER Oscar went to the forgettable Greer Garson?
I imagine she was quite nervous and even fearful of losing since it was her first nomination after being in the business for so long. But what a triumph it would have been for her to stand up in front of her peers - many who disdained her talent - and clutch that Oscar. That would have overshadowed everyone else (in a way, her not being there did).
@@oscarman42 True, but receiving Oscar in bed pushed all of the other winners off the front page in the trades and made the night even more iconic imo.
@@sweetbutterbaby Indeed it did.
Bergman should have won that Oscar! Full stop! A much finer actress and a finer performance than Crawford . Joan was a good actress , yes, but over acted that part like the Grand Diva she was, Melodrama for days. Accepting her award from a supposed sick bed was an even better performance. Subtlety was not her calling card.
Bergman's win the previous year was likely a factor in her not repeating - plus, the Academy couldn't resist honoring Crawford in her "comeback" role in a hit movie. Her choice of accepting the award is transparent.
Do you have the 1948 Oscars when Loretta Young upset?
There's a clip of it on YT: ruclips.net/video/y7JNv4Et4Jk/видео.html
@@oscarman42 Saw that one. Just wanted to hear the audible gasps when her name was called lol.
@@sweetbutterbaby Unfortunately that part of the ceremony isn't available.