I don't know what to say... Holliday was really amazing as Billie Dawn in "Born yesterday" and her triumph was not unfair at all, in my opinion. Of course, Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis and don't forget Anne Baxter, and Eleanor Parker, were magnificent too... It is hard to choose among them.
Quite astute, as usual. In terms of Grace Kelly, it should be remembered that she had a lot going for her, such as: 1) she was the MGM contract star, and MGM had the largest contingent in terms of the Academy membership (and in those days, the studios would dictate how their employees voted); 2) she was a young star who had a lot of momentum in terms of her career, being cast in major films by Fred Zinnemann (HIGH NOON), John Ford (MOGAMBO, and her first Oscar nomination), Alfred Hitchcock (DIAL M FOR MURDER, REAR WINDOW, TO CATCH A THIEF), even Elia Kazan (she was the frontrunner to play Edie in ON THE WATERFRONT but chose to work with Hitchcock instead, which is how Eva Marie Saint got the role). And she had won most of the awards during that year, including the New York Film Critics Circle (which gave her the award for three performances: DIAL M FOR MURDER, REAR WINDOW and THE COUNTRY GIRL). As you say, if she had been nominated for (say) REAR WINDOW, there might not be such a confusion, but THE COUNTRY GIRL is the kind of prestige project that has dated in the ensuing years. And Judy Garland had a bad reputation, for all the problems (lateness, delays) that had become part of the baggage she brought with her. In fact, A STAR IS BORN went over budget, and a lot of that was documented in the press at the time as being caused by Garland's problematic behavior. (Even George Cukor was quoted as being exasperated by the delays, so that in later years when he would lament how Garland lost the Oscar, it's highly duplicitous since his negativity was on record.) Plus: Jack Warner was furious at the budget overruns, and basically told Warner employees that they were under NO obligation to vote for Garland, and MGM tried to get their employees NOT to vote for Garland (since they had fired her for her "bad" behavior, and didn't want to reward it). If you have two huge blocks of voters being told NOT to vote for you, i don't think you have a chance! So the MGM star of the year (who would be Grace Kelly) was the obvious winner.
Garlands behavior was result of being abused by the industry and she deserved to be finally awarded. She was also a far bigger star than Grace Kelly though I love her too.
Love the research and the way you show old newspaper clippings to illustrate how Oscar races were viewed at the time they actually occurred. Another great video!
Garland won golden globe . Kelly’s least respected role was for country girl . Politics with Judy leaving mgm - fired. At a time when musical was dying - many mgm workers who we’re apart of mgm lost their jobs and blamed Judy even 5 yrs later making aa movie mocking the film industry . Judy’s performance was the pinnacle of her career . The very Best and will always be remembered . Kelly - stunning couldn’t act from a to B in emotion with that phony New England accent . She was a put on that relied on her looks for roles . Name onepartsheplayedwhere she became another person - not believable but looking at that exquisite face made one forget she couldn’t act .
They say Judy Garland had a bad reputation in Hollywood. However, I don't think that should have been taken into account. She should have received that Oscar, she after all gave the best performance and that's what they should have voted on and nothing else!!
Especially because we all understand now how her struggle with addiction began and how LB Mayer was responsible and no real help was allowed if it conflicted with work
I’ve got one more comment: can you please please please do a video explaining how on earth in 1974 Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class beat Ellen Burstyn for The Exorcist, Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were and Joanne Woodward in Summer Wishes Winter Dreams? It could not have been because she obviously gave the best performance, and it could not have been for sentimental reasons because she had just won three years previously. I have never been able to understand it.
I might do that year one day but will probably take some time; I tend to stick to older years as copyright is often not as strict but I haven't done a year from the 70s yet, so I will some day
I can't help but think that New York Film Critics' Best Actress winner Bette Davis would have won for All About Eve had they put Anne Baxter in supporting. But they did the right thing, Baxter was clearly co-lead, and also brilliant. Holiday gave a wonderful Oscar-worthy performance, but Bette and Gloria Swanson gave performances that are probably among the top 10-ish most iconic performances in cinema history (among leading actresses). Davis' Margot came in #6 among all performances, and #2 among lead actresses, from Premiere Magazine (Meryl Streep got #1 for Sophie's Choice).
I watched Born Yesterday the other night and had forgotten how good it is. I particularly enjoyed the scenes with Judy Holliday and William Holden. I think she deserved the Oscar . I agree that at the time many of the outcomes are not predestined .
Their setting up a camera crew at Judy Garland’s hospital room reminds me of 2021, when the Academy presented Best Actor as the last award of the night thinking that Chadwick Boseman was going to win. Thank God they didn’t do that the night that Glenn Close lost to Olivia Coleman!
Partially did that because Judy was in town during the ceremony they also did that on numerous ocassion for nominees who couldn't attend if they could (or permitted to do so). Many didn't get the same treatment is because they were out of town/country, doing work (stage or filming on location) or refused to be filmed.
"A Star is Born" was actually nominated for 6 Oscars. Most critics at the time boycotted it during awards time largely in protest against the unprecedented cuts Warner Brothers imposed on the film AFTER its general release. Garland did win a Golden Globe, but the boycott & widely publicized cuts may have also unintentionally affected Oscar voting. Kelly by contrast had a banner year with an impressive 3 box office hits in circulation that year!
Poor Eleanor Parker really downplayed herself. She's my personal third for Best Actress that year, including every woman who could possibly be nominated for that.
I think the 1950 race is reminiscent of the 1962 race wherein the "rising talent" won over two prestigious Hollywood icons who either already won (Davis had 2 and Hepburn had 1 as of 1962 and would win three more) or have been legendary (Davis, Hepburn, and Swanson, a silent film star). The Academy loves to honor new talent (e.g. in the case of Audrey Hepburn against Deborah Kerr and Grace Kelly over Judy Garland and her issues). It is unfair and disrespectful for Judy Holliday's win to be considered an upset given that 1) she was terrific in Born Yesterday and 2) won a Golden Globe for Musical/Comedy. The vote-splitting theory is nonsense because while Anne Baxter's Eve Harrington was an undeniable lead (more of a co-lead in All About Eve), I do not believe that she was considered a threat to Bette Davis' Margo Channing performance-wise because Bette Davis was more divine in it. The Academy also would not honor older actresses for being delusional and clinging to their heydays (in the case of Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard and again, Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane) because they perhaps perceived them as desperate attempts to win. They would not deny their talent by granting them a nomination. (Davis's claim that she was a frontrunner in the 1962 race was sketchy for me since the theater nominees: Bancroft, Page, and Remick won more critics' awards). Judy Holliday's win is shocking since she beat two Hollywood heavyweights but her win is not upsetting because she earned it fair and square.
@@ChrolliForever yeah and let’s be real, Bette Davis MADE All About Eve. Yes Anne Baxter did a good job but her role could never have been enough to compete with Bette, why she went lead is beyond me, and I honestly feel that probably didn’t sit well with the academy, no Anne Baxter was never realistically going to win, but still having her on the ballets probably did cause confusion or at least an avoidance of all about Eve in general
I think the problem with Bette Davis’ role in All about Eve was how intrinsically similar it was to Talulah Bankhead’s real life journey, as well as the fact that Davis had previously been picked instead of Bankhead for Oscar winning and nominated roles. In all honesty the real rivalry wasn’t Bette and Joan it was Bette and Talulah.
I like that you put so much into your research of your videos. Facts that I never knew are interesting to discover but if I had one criticism it would be the written blurbs that appear throughout about the subject. I have to stop the video to read them and that is a distraction. I have noticed in the videos that I watch on your channel that you utilize this method a lot. Other than that, your videos are very detailed and informative. Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you very much for your input! Yes, I noticed that in my earlier videos the newspaper snippets are too short to read and I now make them appear longer but I understand that they can still be seen as difficult to read - I will think about this, thanks a lot!
@@FritzandtheOscars Oh I'm glad you were not offended. I was hoping you would take my comment as constructive criticism. I honestly didn't think I would get a response, let alone it being so kind. Thank you for your interesting and enlightening videos. You have got yourself a new subscriber. 😊
You need to cover the 1992 Best Supporting Actress upset - Marissa Tomei beating Miranda Richardson(for her emotional performance in Damage), Vanessa Redgrave(in Howard's End), Joan Plowright(in Enchanted April) and Judy Davis(in Husbands and Wives). A comedy performance over all those dramatic ones.
I agree they were not upsets, but I would still consider Kelly’s win as one of the most undeserving of all time in this category. She overacts and is not convincing to me, while Judy is fantastic in her film. Judy Holiday is fine, I have no problem with her win. It’s the benefit of hindsight that voters don’t have at the time.
Hello Fritz! Great video as always. I wanted to make a request. I would really like you to review Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba, Glenda Jackson in Women in Love, Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond and Holly Hunter in The Piano and year 2005 especially Felicity Huffman in Transamerica. I think these performances and years are mostly ignored by the bloggers and best actress reviewers. I look foward to your in depth analysis about them.
The press and the voters at that time had the perception of people at that time who had actually seen those performances at movie theaters when those movies were first released. They were influenced by the impact that the films and its performances had at the time. Now we observe those "upsets" from the perspective of people from present time who consider those movies and performances according to the impact which they had left in history. To an actor or to a filmmaker, I believe that leaving your impact or legacy through the ages must be more important than winning a golden statuette. Nobody cares about Born Yesterday or The Country Girl today, but we still remember Sunset Boulevard and A Star is Born.
Not having seen The Country Girl I was SHOCKED to hear Bing Crosby's gravelly voice here in the stead of his usually trademark crooner voice. This was definitely against type for him as well, and part of me thinks that Grace's win may also have been a way of awarding Bing by other means as well, while still giving Brando the Best Actor Oscar (he had - after all - already been "robbed" of the award when he lost to Bogart in 1953). Awarding Grace could have been a way of killing two birds with one stone - obviously I have no proof of that but just IMHO
I never saw Grace's win as an upset, considering that she won every other major award for her work in The Country Girl. All except for the BAFTA, which didn't even go to Judy Garland.
Garland won golden globe . Kelly’s least respected role was for country girl . Politics with Judy leaving mgm - fired. At a time when musical was dying - many mgm workers who we’re apart of mgm lost their jobs and blamed Judy even 5 yrs later making aa movie mocking the film industry . Judy’s performance was the pinnacle of her career . The very Best and will always be remembered . Kelly - stunning couldn’t act from a to B in emotion with that phony New England accent . She was a put on that relied on her looks for roles . Name onepartsheplayedwhere she became another person - not believable but looking at that exquisite face made one forget she couldn’t act .
@@lenwelch2195 Yes. But then again, she won for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy while Grace won for Best Actress - Drama. They both won the award but in different categories.
@@LorraineMcFly garland was robbed the Oscar . Grace’s performance was pedestrian, who in the present day even knows of Graces film the country girl. Big bore
@@lenwelch2195 Don’t make delusional assumptions to sell your opinions as gospel truth… I have watched Country Girl recently and still think she deserved the win over Garland, that’s why she won all the precursor awards… It’s pretty rich when untalented trolls on the Internet desperately try to insinuate that a renowned actor can’t act, as if they know about acting more than critics and professional actors…
William Holden also co-starred with Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight in "Network." Similarly, Laurence Harvey co-starred with three Oscar winners (Simone Signoret, Elizabeth Taylor, and Julie Christie).
I thought that both Kelly and Garland were outshone by their costars. Crosby and Mason gave incredible performances, but no one was beating Brando for Best Actor that year.
As I interpret the Variety poll for the 1950 Oscars, if Bette Davis had been a bit nicer to her colleagues, she would have won her third Oscar. Something similar happened to Judy Garland -- if she hadn't earned a terrible reputation among her colleagues, she probably would have won as well.
Grace won the Golden Globe, New York Film Critics and the National Board of Review awards this year for Best Actress. Her win was far from a surprise or an upset.
And she was nowhere near as good as Judy Garland was. Thankfully, the film for which she beat (thanks to MGM politics) Judy Garland has been largely, and mercifully, forgotten.
Be Kind Rewind gets offended and insulted and in her feelings when people even SUGGEST that she do a 1950 Oscar race vid. But if and when she does it if that vid has so much as a passing resemblance to this vid ima cry plagiarism lol smdh
@nickxero2740No idea most recently she mocked people asking for it in the Breakfast at Tiffany's video... if I was a RUclipsr I wouldn't take to people telling me what to do videos on but it just comes off as flipping off her own viewing base and its basically a recipe for losing subscribers
I have never thought it is fair that Billie Holliday (I adore her) did over 1,000 performances of Born Yesterday and had the chance to perfect every nuance and intonation night after night before a LIVE audience whereas Bette Davis has to create a role out of a script and sheer talent. The same is true of Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker (hundreds of performances) AND both Holliday and Bancroft had already received Tony awards for what is basically the same performance.
And sorry but I really prefer Grace Kelly over Judy Garland. Kelly was a good actress and a dazzling presence on the screen, even without any glamour as it happened in "The country girl". Don't forget her brilliant work with Hitchcock ("Dial M for murder", "Rear window") released the same year... Garland was obviously more talented, as she was able to act and sing, but sometimes looked artificial...
Wish Kelly had been nominated for "Rear Window," as IMO she's at her very best in it, but Oscar is more impressed with the de-glam roles, and "Country Girl" was a big hit with a late 1954 release, so there you go.
There's no denying that Judy Holiday was an extremely special actor. She had something special. Kinda like Marylin.
I don't know what to say... Holliday was really amazing as Billie Dawn in "Born yesterday" and her triumph was not unfair at all, in my opinion. Of course, Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis and don't forget Anne Baxter, and Eleanor Parker, were magnificent too... It is hard to choose among them.
Quite astute, as usual. In terms of Grace Kelly, it should be remembered that she had a lot going for her, such as: 1) she was the MGM contract star, and MGM had the largest contingent in terms of the Academy membership (and in those days, the studios would dictate how their employees voted); 2) she was a young star who had a lot of momentum in terms of her career, being cast in major films by Fred Zinnemann (HIGH NOON), John Ford (MOGAMBO, and her first Oscar nomination), Alfred Hitchcock (DIAL M FOR MURDER, REAR WINDOW, TO CATCH A THIEF), even Elia Kazan (she was the frontrunner to play Edie in ON THE WATERFRONT but chose to work with Hitchcock instead, which is how Eva Marie Saint got the role). And she had won most of the awards during that year, including the New York Film Critics Circle (which gave her the award for three performances: DIAL M FOR MURDER, REAR WINDOW and THE COUNTRY GIRL). As you say, if she had been nominated for (say) REAR WINDOW, there might not be such a confusion, but THE COUNTRY GIRL is the kind of prestige project that has dated in the ensuing years. And Judy Garland had a bad reputation, for all the problems (lateness, delays) that had become part of the baggage she brought with her. In fact, A STAR IS BORN went over budget, and a lot of that was documented in the press at the time as being caused by Garland's problematic behavior. (Even George Cukor was quoted as being exasperated by the delays, so that in later years when he would lament how Garland lost the Oscar, it's highly duplicitous since his negativity was on record.) Plus: Jack Warner was furious at the budget overruns, and basically told Warner employees that they were under NO obligation to vote for Garland, and MGM tried to get their employees NOT to vote for Garland (since they had fired her for her "bad" behavior, and didn't want to reward it). If you have two huge blocks of voters being told NOT to vote for you, i don't think you have a chance! So the MGM star of the year (who would be Grace Kelly) was the obvious winner.
Garlands behavior was result of being abused by the industry and she deserved to be finally awarded. She was also a far bigger star than Grace Kelly though I love her too.
Love the research and the way you show old newspaper clippings to illustrate how Oscar races were viewed at the time they actually occurred. Another great video!
judy garland was ROBBED!!! PERIOD!!!!
Garland won golden globe . Kelly’s least respected role was for country girl . Politics with Judy leaving mgm - fired. At a time when musical was dying - many mgm workers who we’re apart of mgm lost their jobs and blamed Judy even 5 yrs later making aa movie mocking the film industry . Judy’s performance was the pinnacle of her career . The very Best and will always be remembered . Kelly - stunning couldn’t act from a to B in emotion with that phony New England accent . She was a put on that relied on her looks for roles . Name onepartsheplayedwhere she became another person - not believable but looking at that exquisite face made one forget she couldn’t act .
I THINK THEY GAVE LIZA INNELLI THE OSCAR TO MAKE UP FOR HER MOTHER NOT WINNING
THE FACT THAT JUDY GARLAND, HITCHCOCK AND KUBRICK DON'T HAVE AN OSCAR SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF THE ACADEMY
They say Judy Garland had a bad reputation in Hollywood. However, I don't think that should have been taken into account. She should have received that Oscar, she after all gave the best performance and that's what they should have voted on and nothing else!!
Yes but unfortunately Oscar’s politics are so unfair and petty
I disagree, Kelly’s performance was better…
Especially because we all understand now how her struggle with addiction began and how LB Mayer was responsible and no real help was allowed if it conflicted with work
I’ve got one more comment: can you please please please do a video explaining how on earth in 1974 Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class beat Ellen Burstyn for The Exorcist, Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were and Joanne Woodward in Summer Wishes Winter Dreams? It could not have been because she obviously gave the best performance, and it could not have been for sentimental reasons because she had just won three years previously. I have never been able to understand it.
I might do that year one day but will probably take some time; I tend to stick to older years as copyright is often not as strict but I haven't done a year from the 70s yet, so I will some day
I can't help but think that New York Film Critics' Best Actress winner Bette Davis would have won for All About Eve had they put Anne Baxter in supporting. But they did the right thing, Baxter was clearly co-lead, and also brilliant. Holiday gave a wonderful Oscar-worthy performance, but Bette and Gloria Swanson gave performances that are probably among the top 10-ish most iconic performances in cinema history (among leading actresses). Davis' Margot came in #6 among all performances, and #2 among lead actresses, from Premiere Magazine (Meryl Streep got #1 for Sophie's Choice).
One of Judy's disadvantages was probably her reputation
a reputation the studio system helped to build
I watched Born Yesterday the other night and had forgotten how good it is. I particularly enjoyed the scenes with Judy Holliday and William Holden. I think she deserved the Oscar .
I agree that at the time many of the outcomes are not predestined .
You are very good at this, you tackled a still touchy subject for some people and just presented the facts. Good job Sir!
Thanks a lot! I try my best! :)
Their setting up a camera crew at Judy Garland’s hospital room reminds me of 2021, when the Academy presented Best Actor as the last award of the night thinking that Chadwick Boseman was going to win. Thank God they didn’t do that the night that Glenn Close lost to Olivia Coleman!
Partially did that because Judy was in town during the ceremony they also did that on numerous ocassion for nominees who couldn't attend if they could (or permitted to do so). Many didn't get the same treatment is because they were out of town/country, doing work (stage or filming on location) or refused to be filmed.
"A Star is Born" was actually nominated for 6 Oscars. Most critics at the time boycotted it during awards time largely in protest against the unprecedented cuts Warner Brothers imposed on the film AFTER its general release. Garland did win a Golden Globe, but the boycott & widely publicized cuts may have also unintentionally affected Oscar voting. Kelly by contrast had a banner year with an impressive 3 box office hits in circulation that year!
Poor Eleanor Parker really downplayed herself. She's my personal third for Best Actress that year, including every woman who could possibly be nominated for that.
I think the 1950 race is reminiscent of the 1962 race wherein the "rising talent" won over two prestigious Hollywood icons who either already won (Davis had 2 and Hepburn had 1 as of 1962 and would win three more) or have been legendary (Davis, Hepburn, and Swanson, a silent film star). The Academy loves to honor new talent (e.g. in the case of Audrey Hepburn against Deborah Kerr and Grace Kelly over Judy Garland and her issues). It is unfair and disrespectful for Judy Holliday's win to be considered an upset given that 1) she was terrific in Born Yesterday and 2) won a Golden Globe for Musical/Comedy. The vote-splitting theory is nonsense because while Anne Baxter's Eve Harrington was an undeniable lead (more of a co-lead in All About Eve), I do not believe that she was considered a threat to Bette Davis' Margo Channing performance-wise because Bette Davis was more divine in it. The Academy also would not honor older actresses for being delusional and clinging to their heydays (in the case of Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard and again, Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane) because they perhaps perceived them as desperate attempts to win. They would not deny their talent by granting them a nomination. (Davis's claim that she was a frontrunner in the 1962 race was sketchy for me since the theater nominees: Bancroft, Page, and Remick won more critics' awards). Judy Holliday's win is shocking since she beat two Hollywood heavyweights but her win is not upsetting because she earned it fair and square.
Boy, did you ignore Anne Baxter and Eleanor Parker in the 1950 race!
@@caraqueno but they were never be a realistic alternate.
@@ChrolliForever yeah and let’s be real, Bette Davis MADE All About Eve. Yes Anne Baxter did a good job but her role could never have been enough to compete with Bette, why she went lead is beyond me, and I honestly feel that probably didn’t sit well with the academy, no Anne Baxter was never realistically going to win, but still having her on the ballets probably did cause confusion or at least an avoidance of all about Eve in general
I think the problem with Bette Davis’ role in All about Eve was how intrinsically similar it was to Talulah Bankhead’s real life journey, as well as the fact that Davis had previously been picked instead of Bankhead for Oscar winning and nominated roles. In all honesty the real rivalry wasn’t Bette and Joan it was Bette and Talulah.
Where was my notification botton when I needed it the most 😩🖤
The lists of Oscar losses is in many cases much more impressive that were the wins.
I like that you put so much into your research of your videos. Facts that I never knew are interesting to discover but if I had one criticism it would be the written blurbs that appear throughout about the subject. I have to stop the video to read them and that is a distraction. I have noticed in the videos that I watch on your channel that you utilize this method a lot. Other than that, your videos are very detailed and informative. Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you very much for your input! Yes, I noticed that in my earlier videos the newspaper snippets are too short to read and I now make them appear longer but I understand that they can still be seen as difficult to read - I will think about this, thanks a lot!
@@FritzandtheOscars Oh I'm glad you were not offended. I was hoping you would take my comment as constructive criticism. I honestly didn't think I would get a response, let alone it being so kind. Thank you for your interesting and enlightening videos. You have got yourself a new subscriber. 😊
I'm always open to contructive criticism as I'm no expert in making these kinds of videos so thanks a lot for your input and also for subscribing!
You need to cover the 1992 Best Supporting Actress upset - Marissa Tomei beating Miranda Richardson(for her emotional performance in Damage), Vanessa Redgrave(in Howard's End), Joan Plowright(in Enchanted April) and Judy Davis(in Husbands and Wives). A comedy performance over all those dramatic ones.
I might actually do that sometime :)
Thirty-two years later, Marisa Tomei's performance is regarded as a comedy classic. The voters got it right!
I agree they were not upsets, but I would still consider Kelly’s win as one of the most undeserving of all time in this category. She overacts and is not convincing to me, while Judy is fantastic in her film.
Judy Holiday is fine, I have no problem with her win.
It’s the benefit of hindsight that voters don’t have at the time.
Hello Fritz! Great video as always. I wanted to make a request. I would really like you to review Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba, Glenda Jackson in Women in Love, Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond and Holly Hunter in The Piano and year 2005 especially Felicity Huffman in Transamerica. I think these performances and years are mostly ignored by the bloggers and best actress reviewers. I look foward to your in depth analysis about them.
At some point I plan to review those performance but I cannot say yet when that will happen !
@@FritzandtheOscars Take your time. Your content is worth the wait.❤️
The press and the voters at that time had the perception of people at that time who had actually seen those performances at movie theaters when those movies were first released. They were influenced by the impact that the films and its performances had at the time. Now we observe those "upsets" from the perspective of people from present time who consider those movies and performances according to the impact which they had left in history. To an actor or to a filmmaker, I believe that leaving your impact or legacy through the ages must be more important than winning a golden statuette. Nobody cares about Born Yesterday or The Country Girl today, but we still remember Sunset Boulevard and A Star is Born.
Not having seen The Country Girl I was SHOCKED to hear Bing Crosby's gravelly voice here in the stead of his usually trademark crooner voice. This was definitely against type for him as well, and part of me thinks that Grace's win may also have been a way of awarding Bing by other means as well, while still giving Brando the Best Actor Oscar (he had - after all - already been "robbed" of the award when he lost to Bogart in 1953). Awarding Grace could have been a way of killing two birds with one stone - obviously I have no proof of that but just IMHO
I never saw Grace's win as an upset, considering that she won every other major award for her work in The Country Girl. All except for the BAFTA, which didn't even go to Judy Garland.
Garland won golden globe . Kelly’s least respected role was for country girl . Politics with Judy leaving mgm - fired. At a time when musical was dying - many mgm workers who we’re apart of mgm lost their jobs and blamed Judy even 5 yrs later making aa movie mocking the film industry . Judy’s performance was the pinnacle of her career . The very Best and will always be remembered . Kelly - stunning couldn’t act from a to B in emotion with that phony New England accent . She was a put on that relied on her looks for roles . Name onepartsheplayedwhere she became another person - not believable but looking at that exquisite face made one forget she couldn’t act .
@@lenwelch2195 Yes. But then again, she won for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy while Grace won for Best Actress - Drama. They both won the award but in different categories.
@@LorraineMcFly garland was robbed the Oscar . Grace’s performance was pedestrian, who in the present day even knows of Graces film the country girl. Big bore
@@lenwelch2195 I saw The Country Girl five times last year. I'm a huge fan of the movie.
@@lenwelch2195 Don’t make delusional assumptions to sell your opinions as gospel truth… I have watched Country Girl recently and still think she deserved the win over Garland, that’s why she won all the precursor awards… It’s pretty rich when untalented trolls on the Internet desperately try to insinuate that a renowned actor can’t act, as if they know about acting more than critics and professional actors…
Judy G was voted against for every reason but her performance. Judy H is the luckiest woman alive.
How to win an Oscar. Cast William Holden as your co star?
William Holden also co-starred with Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight in "Network." Similarly, Laurence Harvey co-starred with three Oscar winners (Simone Signoret, Elizabeth Taylor, and Julie Christie).
Little Fritzi's research is perfect.
I thought that both Kelly and Garland were outshone by their costars. Crosby and Mason gave incredible performances, but no one was beating Brando for Best Actor that year.
Yeah, Brando had it in the bag
The legendary Judy Garland’s career would not have been saved had she won this Oscar…
As I interpret the Variety poll for the 1950 Oscars, if Bette Davis had been a bit nicer to her colleagues, she would have won her third Oscar. Something similar happened to Judy Garland -- if she hadn't earned a terrible reputation among her colleagues, she probably would have won as well.
I think for sure Judy was.
Grace won the Golden Globe, New York Film Critics and the National Board of Review awards this year for Best Actress. Her win was far from a surprise or an upset.
And she was nowhere near as good as Judy Garland was. Thankfully, the film for which she beat (thanks to MGM politics) Judy Garland has been largely, and mercifully, forgotten.
What still bugging me is that Judy Holliday won over Bette Davis or Gloria Swanson. How tf?! 1950 oscar was kinda messy.
Loved this video! And in conclusion, Bette Davis was robbed 🤭
They may have wanted to invest in her future but she left holiday pretty soon after😂😂
Ausgezeichnet!
Be Kind Rewind gets offended and insulted and in her feelings when people even SUGGEST that she do a 1950 Oscar race vid. But if and when she does it if that vid has so much as a passing resemblance to this vid ima cry plagiarism lol smdh
@nickxero2740No idea most recently she mocked people asking for it in the Breakfast at Tiffany's video... if I was a RUclipsr I wouldn't take to people telling me what to do videos on but it just comes off as flipping off her own viewing base and its basically a recipe for losing subscribers
Gloria Swanson should have got an ocar that year.
What was Jane Wyman nominated for? The Blue Veil, I assume.
that was Magnificent Obsession
I have never thought it is fair that Billie Holliday (I adore her) did over 1,000 performances of Born Yesterday and had the chance to perfect every nuance and intonation night after night before a LIVE audience whereas Bette Davis has to create a role out of a script and sheer talent. The same is true of Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker (hundreds of performances) AND both Holliday and Bancroft had already received Tony awards for what is basically the same performance.
And sorry but I really prefer Grace Kelly over Judy Garland. Kelly was a good actress and a dazzling presence on the screen, even without any glamour as it happened in "The country girl". Don't forget her brilliant work with Hitchcock ("Dial M for murder", "Rear window") released the same year... Garland was obviously more talented, as she was able to act and sing, but sometimes looked artificial...
Wish Kelly had been nominated for "Rear Window," as IMO she's at her very best in it, but Oscar is more impressed with the de-glam roles, and "Country Girl" was a big hit with a late 1954 release, so there you go.
Kelly was beautiful and a competent actress. Not Oscar caliber though.