by Allan Fish
A tough year this one…
Best Picture M, Germany (7 votes)
Best Director Fritz Lang, M (9 votes)
Best Short Bimbo’s Initiation, US, Dave Fleischer (4 votes)
Best Actor Fredric March, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (6 votes)
Best Actress Barbara Stanwyck, The Miracle Woman (6 votes)
Best Supp Actor Dwight Frye, Dracula (14 votes)
Best Supp Actress Miriam Hopkins, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (8 votes)
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And my choices
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Best Picture M, Germany
Best Short LAUGHING GRAVY, US, James W.Horne
Best Director Fritz Lang, M
Best Actor Peter Lorre, M
Best Actress Ruan Lingyu, Love and Duty
Best Supporting Actor Dwight Frye, Dracula
Best Supporting Actress Lotte Lenya, Die Dreigroschenoper
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and on to 1932 – and if you think 1931 was tough…
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Best Picture/Director
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L’Affaire est dans le Sac (France…Pierre Prevert)
American Madness (US…Frank Capra)
Back Street (US…John M.Stahl)
The Bartered Bride (Germany…Max Ophuls)
Beauty and the Boss (US…Roy del Ruth)
The Big Broadcast (US…Frank Tuttle)
Big City Blues (US…Mervyn le Roy)
A Bill of Divorcement (US…George Cukor)
Blessed Event (US…Roy del Ruth)
A Blonde Dream (Germany…Paul Martin)
Blonde Venus (US…Josef von Sternberg)
Blondie of the Follies (US…Edmund Goulding)
The Blue Light (Germany…Leni Riefenstahl)
Boudu Sauvé des Eaux (France…Jean Renoir)
Broken Lullaby (US…Ernst Lubitsch)
Call Her Savage (US…John Francis Dillon)
Coiffeur pour Dames (France…René Guissart)
Les Croix de Bois (France…Raymond Bernard)
Daïnah la métisse (France…Jean Grémillon)
Doctor X (US…Michael Curtiz)
Durchlaucht amusiert sich (Germany…Conrad Wiene)
Extase (Czechoslovakia…Gustav Machaty)
Fanny (France…Marc Allégret)
A Farewell to Arms (US…Frank Borzage)
Freaks (US…Tod Browning)
Grand Hotel (US…Edmund Goulding)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (US…LowellSherman)
The Half-Naked Truth (US…Gregory la Cava)
Hell’s Highway (US…Rowland Brown)
Horse Feathers (US…Norman Z.McLeod)
Hot Saturday (US…William A.Seiter)
I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (US…Mervyn le Roy)
I Was Born, But (Japan…Yasujiro Ozu)
Island of Lost Souls (US…Erle C.Kenton)
Ivan (USSR…Alexander P.Dovzhenko)
Jewel Robbery (US…William Dieterle)
The Kid from Spain (US…Leo McCarey)
King Neptune (US…Bert Gillett)
Kongo (US…William Cowen)
Kühle Wampe (Germany…Slatan Dudow)
Lady with a Past (US…Edward H.Griffith)
Law and Order (US…Edward L.Cahn)
Liebelei (Germany/Austria…Max Ophuls)
The Living Dead (Germany…Richard Oswald)
The Lost Squadron (US…George Archainbaud)
Love Me Tonight (US…Rouben Mamoulian)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (Japan…Teinosuke Kinugasa)
Marie, Légende Hongroise (France/Hungary…Pal Fejos)
The Mask of Fu Manchu (US…Charles Brabin)
La Maternelle (France…Jean Benoit-Levy, Marie Epstein)
Me and My Gal (US…Raoul Walsh)
The Most Dangerous Game (US…Irving Pichel, Ernest B.Schoedsack)
The Mouthpiece (US…James Flood, Elliot Nugent)
Movie Crazy (US…Clyde Bruckman)
The Mummy (US…Karl Freund)
La Nuit de Carrefour (France…Jean Renoir)
Number Seventeen (UK…Alfred Hitchcock)
The Old Dark House (US…James Whale)
One Hour With You (US…Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor)
One Way Passage (US…Tay Garnett)
Pack Up Your Troubles (US…George Marshall, Ray McCarey)
Poil de Carotte (France…Julien Duvivier)
Que Viva Mexico! (Mexico/USSR (1979)…Sergei M.Eisenstein) UNFINISHED
Red Dust (US…Victor Fleming)
Red-Headed Woman (US…Jack Conway)
Scarface (US…Howard Hawks)
Shanghai Express (US…Josef von Sternberg)
The Sign of the Cross (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
A Simple Case (USSR…Vsevelod I.Pudovkin)
Skyscraper Souls (US…Edgar Selwyn)
Spring in the South (China…Cai Chusheng)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (US…Michael Curtiz)
Tarzan the Ape Man (US…W.S.Van Dyke II)
Thirteen Women (US…George Archainbaud)
This is the Night (US…Frank Tuttle)
Three on a Match (US…Mervyn le Roy)
Towed in a Hole (US…George Marshall)
Trouble in Paradise (US…Ernst Lubitsch)
Vampyr (France/Denmark…Carl T.Dreyer)
Veiled Aristocrats (US…Oscar Micheaux)
What Price Hollywood? (US…George Cukor)
What Scoundrels Men Are (Italy…Mario Camerini)
White Zombie (US…Victor Halperin)
Wild Rose (China…Sun Yu)
Your Money or Your Life (Czechoslovakia…Jindrich Honzl)
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Best Short
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Barnyard Olympics (US…Wilfred Jackson)
Betty Boop, M.D. (US…Dave Fleischer)
Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle (US…Dave Fleischer)
Chess-Nuts (US…Dave Fleischer)
The Dentist (US…Leslie Pearce)
Flowers and Trees (US…Bert Gillett)
Helpmates (US…James Parrott)
L’Idée (France…Berthold Bartosch)
Land Without Bread (Spain…Luis Buñuel)
Minnie the Moocher (US…Dave Fleischer)
The Music Box (US…James Parrott)
Taris, roi de l’eau (France…Jean Vigo)
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Best Actor
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Leslie Banks The Most Dangerous Game
John Barrymore Grand Hotel
John Barrymore A Bill of Divorcement
John Barrymore State’s Attorney
Harry Baur Poil de Carotte
Pierre Blanchar Les Croix de Bois
Maurice Chevalier Love me Tonight
Maurice Chevalier One Hour With You
John Gilbert Downstairs
Walter Huston American Madness
Boris Karloff The Mask of Fu Manchu
Boris Karloff The Mummy
Charles Laughton Island of Lost Souls
Harold Lloyd Movie Crazy
Herbert Marshall Trouble in Paradise
Paul Muni I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Paul Muni Scarface
William Powell Jewel Robbery
William Powell One Way Passage
Raimu Fanny
Pierre Renoir La Nuit de Carrefour
Lowell Sherman What Price Hollywood?
Michel Simon Boudu Sauvé des Eaux
Lee Tracy Blessed Event
Spencer Tracy Me and My Gal
Conrad Veidt Rome Express
Warren William The Mouthpiece
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Best Actress
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Annabella Marie Legende Hongroise
Constance Bennett What Price Hollywood?
Joan Bennett Me and My Gal
Clara Bow Call Her Savage
Nancy Carroll Broken Lullaby
Marlene Dietrich Shanghai Express
Marie Dressler Emma
Irene Dunne Back Street
Kay Francis One Way Passage
Ann Harding The Animal Kingdom
Jean Harlow Red Dust
Helen Hayes A Farewell to Arms
Miriam Hopkins Trouble in Paradise
Hedy Lamarr Extase
Jeanette MacDonald Love me Tonight
Marian Marsh Beauty and the Boss
Madeleine Renaud La Maternelle
Leni Riefenstahl The Blue Light
Magda Schneider Liebelei
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Best Supp Actor
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Lionel Barrymore Broken Lullaby
Lionel Barrymore Grand Hotel
Charles Butterworth Love me Tonight
Fernard Charpin Fanny
Charles Grandval Boudu Sauvé des Eaux
Edward Everett Horton Trouble in Paradise
Charles Laughton The Sign of the Cross
Robert Lynen Poil de Carotte
George Raft Scarface
Charles Ruggles Love me Tonight
Charles Ruggles Trouble in Paradise
Takeshi Sakamoto I Was Born, But…
Henry Stephenson Cynara
Ernest Thesiger The Old Dark House
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Best Supp Actress
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Mary Astor Red Dust
Joan Blondell Three on a Match
Mae Clarke Night World
Claudette Colbert The Sign of the Cross
Constance Cummings Movie Crazy
Bette Davis The Man Who Played God
Ann Dvorak Scarface
Billie Dove Blondie of the Follies
Ann Dvorak Three on a Match
Kay Francis Trouble in Paradise
Myrna Loy Love Me Tonight
Myrna Loy The Mask of Fu Manchu
Eva Moore The Old Dark House
Karen Morley Scarface
May Robson If I Had a Million
Sybille Schmitz Vampyr
Genevieve Tobin One Hour With You
Thelma Todd This is the Night
Winna Winifried La Nuit de Carrefour
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This is one of the richest years in cinema history, evidenced in every category. A top ten list for Best Picture, for example would still leave out many gems. The race for the top film is a torrid one between Lubitsch’s masterpiece and one of the greatest screen musicals ever made. The result of this painful decision for me, is simply to split, going with Lubitsch for the top spot and Rouben Mamoulian as Best Director. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s VAMPYR is another unquestionable masterpiece, as is Ozu’s I WAS BORN…BUT. The shorts are a stacked deck and the acting honors are hotly contested. Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette McDonald are pure magic and would surely win in another year.
Best Picture: Trouble in Paradise
Best Director: Rouben Mamoulian (Love Me Tonight)
Best Actor: Michel Simon (Boudu Sauve des Eaux)
Best Actress: Miriam Hopkins (Trouble in Paradise)
Best Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesiger (The Old Dark House)
Best Supporting Actress: Winna Winifred (La Nuit de Carrefour)
Best Short: The Music Box (James Parrot; Laurel & Hardy)
I am sure our friend and colleague Bob Clark, in particular, is thrilled at M and Fritz Lang winning the top two awards for 1931.
Richest years in cinema history Sam? Not so sure I agree. I’m not really sold that ANY film from this year really deserves the prize. I actually wonder whether Horse Feathers is the best film, but will save my Marx Brothers vote for 1933 and Duck Soup. I don’t love Trouble in Paradise, Love Me Tonight, Boudu, I was Born, Vampyr etc. In the end, I go with Scarface, but I’m not that passionate about the vote. Maybe Freaks, but it’s uneven.
If you’re struggling to find quality in 1932, Jon, you’ll not find it anywhere else. In terms of strength of depth only 1933 would top it. The ones you don’t love just about everyone else does.
Jon—
With all due respect and you are one of my very best online friends for all sorts of reasons, but I stand by my statement here, although I did say it was “one” of the best years. I just got off the phone a few hours ago with Allan, who completely agreed that 1932 was a tremendous year, in fact he said that the year had more entries in his book than any other in cinema history. The fact that you are not a fan of TROUBLE IN PARADISE, LOVE ME TONIGHT, I WAS BORN BUT, VAMPYR and BOUDU does not diminish their largely spectacular regard with most cineastes, nor does it invalidate them from being mentioned on all kinds of favorite and best lists. I honestly don’t know of a richer year (1933 is admittedly another) for American cinema, with the possible exception of 1939, which has been justly celebrated. Here are the films from 1932 that for me would rate either 5 or 4.5:
I Was Born…..But *****
Horse Feathers **** 1/2
Trouble in Paradise *****
Love Me Tonight *****
Vampyr *****
Boudu Sauve des Eaux *****
The Old Dark House *****
La Nuit de Carrefour **** 1/2
Grand Hotel *****
Scarface *****
Red Dust **** 1/2
Call Her Savage **** 1/2
A Farewell to Arms **** 1/2
The Sign of the Cross *****
Libelei **** 1/2
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang **** 1/2
The Most Dangerous Game *****
What Price Hollywood? **** 1/2
One Hour With You **** 1/2
Freaks **** 1/2
Blessed Event **** 1/2
The Island of the Lost Souls **** 1/2
The Mummy **** 1/2
The Living Dead **** 1/2
Kongo **** 1/2
The Mouthpiece **** 1/2
That’s 26 films with 4.5 or 5.0 ratings. I know Allan would be adding several others here, and this pre-code period is also a huge favorite for some others here. It is the one time when filmmakers were free to do as they wanted until after the code many years later. I understand that everything is a matter of taste and opinion and be rest assured I respect yours GREATLY. I am just defending my position here.
I definitely get you and Allan’s point here. It looks like you’re defining this by the depth of solid films. I think this year for me is highlighted by several near-great films, but nothing spectacular. I am somewhat underwhelmed by several of these. I don’t think any of these titles comes close to the impact of M or City Lights from 1931, nor Duck Soup or King Kong from 1933. I would take a few significant titles rather than a handful of solid films. That’s just me though..
Another thing to note, the votes below are very split across several films. This leads to two conclusions:
1- There are too many great films from this year to pick just one. (your point)
or
2- There is nothing from this year that truly stands out from the rest. (my point)
I will defend your right to vote Option B till the end of time, Jon. Only by having others be wrong can we be certain of our unnerving rightness.
In Jon’s defence, what can’t be argued is that Hollywood’s productivity dominated in the pre code era. In 1932, of 38 ****½ and above films, 24 of them were US releases. And Sam would have more – of those he listed above, there are 5 I have at **** or less.
I might also say John there’s an option (c) – many voters haven’t seen remotely all of the films up for consideration, which I think is more valid than (a) or (b).
I’ve been having a difficult time getting over to the PC today, as there is some testing going on at school. Hope to get to the diary by the afternoon.
Jon, your first point is indeed the one I embrace. It’s the years where a single film or a very few films dominate that are in actuality shallow of depth to varying degrees. 1932 like 1933 (and 1939) are years of endless riches. The fact that there are so many top choices is clearly indicative of the wealth from which to choose from and how as a result there is no real concensus. Yes, I do favor the Lubitsch because I believe it to be his greatest film, and he is one of the most gifted artists ever to work in the USA. But there are a number of other truly exceptional films here, that others have championed rightly.
It has to be option A all the way Jon. I decided during the 1930 poll to list a top five movies beneath my picks and found 1932 as almost impossible to accomplish. I’m amazed that I couldn’t mention The Most Dangerous Game, Trouble In Paradise, The Mummy, La Nuit Du Carrefour, Bordu Saved From Drowning, Horse Feathers and a few others. For me the impact of Vampyr is astounding. Certainly as great as M or City Lights in 1931. What we have with that Dreyer film is the perfect blend of German Expressionism, French Avant-Garde, and a fine sprinkling of the Universal Hollywood horror picture into a heady feature length sound film with a silent sensibility. I was surprised that Joel didn’t pick it as his top choice since he loves the French avant garde of the 20′s so much. Vampyr certainly echos that style but also happens to add more ingredients to the mix. In many ways I find Vampyr to be a culmination of everything the French were attempting in the previous decade when it comes to the experimental realm. Funny enough, I also doubt your top 2 titles of 1933 will even make my top five of that year.
Maurizio: I think you meant to say to Jon that it’s Option A all the way, no?
Well I can see there’s no way to continue this argument and it’s pointless anyway. I will save my fights for other, more important topics.
To be honest I’m kind of surprised I don’t have more love for Vampyr too. Theoretically I should be head-over-heels for it, not only because of the connection to 20s foreign cinema but because I’m generally big on Dreyer – I adore Day of Wrath, Passion of Joan of Arc, and am a big defender of Gertrud & Ordet. I do like & admire Vampyr (and it easily snagged my Cinematography award) but for some reason, after a couple of viewings, I haven’t really fallen in head-over-heels in love yet. Really not sure why – too high expectations maybe? One of these days it will worm under my skin for sure – all the right ingredients are there.
Yay for Fritz Lang winning best director (“M”) and Dwight Frye winning best supporting actor in “Dracula” in 1931.
I vote “Freaks” for best film in 1932.
I vote Tod Browning for best director (“Freaks”) in 1932.
I vote Boris Karloff for best actor in “The Mummy” in 1932.
I vote Takeshi Sakamoto for best supporting actor in “I Was Born, but…” in 1932.
I vote Zita Johann for best supporting actress in “The Mummy” in 1932.
Sorry for not e-mailing you the last choice, I only decided now.
Good on Freaks. If it hadn’t been for Scarface (I know that makes two gangsters in a row, kinda makes me wish I’d gone with The Struggle for ’31 as I originally planned) the Browning would have taken it for me. But I just adore the Hawks too much to pass it over.
Best Picture: Vampyr
Best Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Best Actor: Paul Muni
Best Actress: Miriam Hopkins
Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesiger
Supporting Actress: ((tie)) Winna Winifred and Sybille Schmitz
Top Five: 1. Vampyr 2. Freaks 3. I Am A Fugitive From The Chain Gang 4. The Old Dark House 5. Island Of Lost Souls
Muni for which film, Maurizio? Chain Gang or Scarface?
Chain Gang
I think you meant to pick Grand Hotel, Maurizio. MGM glamor, melodrama, and Wallace Beery in the same film – how can you say no?
I actually do like Grand Hotel a fair amount… more than Scarface to be honest.
Interesting; I like both, but I love Scarface. Both versions, to be honest, but we’ll wait till ’83 for that shit-storm haha…
Agreed with Sam. This is a helluva a year to choose from. So, here goes! PICTURE: LOVE ME TONIGHT. DIRECTOR: Robert Mamoulian (Love Me Tonight). SHORT: THE MUSIC BOX. ACTOR: Paul Muni (I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang). ACTRESS: Miriam Hopkins (Trouble In Paradise). SUPP ACTOR: Edward Everett Horton (Trouble In Paradise). SUPP ACTOR: Kay Francis (Trouble In Paradise).
Must agree, a fantastic year and all but impossible to choose.
Picture: Grand Hotel
Director: Edmund Goulding (Grand Hotel)
Actor: Lowell Sherman (What Price Hollywood? ) (…although I also love all three shortlisted John Barrymore performances, as well as Muni in Chain Gang, and William in The Mouthpiece).
Actress: Magda Schneider (Liebelei)
Supporting actor: Lionel Barrymore (Grand Hotel)
Supporting actress: Ann Dvorak (Three on a Match)
Short: L’Idée
They may not be my choices, but I love that you chose Sherman and Schneider as they won’t get votes and they were both magnificent.
1932 – another impossibly rich selection…
Film: I Was Born, But…
Director: Ozu (for I Was Born, But…)
Lead Actor: Karloff, in the Mummy (though my god, this is a tough one to choose – Karloff, Lee Tracy in Blessed Event, Laughton in Island of Lost Souls, are all on the short list all time.)
Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesiger (Old Dark House)
Lead Actress: Miriam Hopkins, in Trouble in Paradise
Supporting Actress: Kay Francis, Trouble in Paradise
Short Film: The Dentist, I suppose – I do love WC Fields
And adding a couple categories:
Script: Trouble in Paradise (Samson Raphaelson)
DP: I think I’ll go with Arthur Edeson’s work on Impatient Maiden, a typically handsome James Whale film shot in and around old Los Angeles – Bunker HIll and such.
Sound/Music: Love Me Tonight, for both, and their integration.
Tougher than 1931 only in that there seems like more choices, but I expect a tougher choice again for 1933.
Picture: The Sign of the Cross
Director: C. B. DeMille
Actor: Herbert Marshall, if only because I haven’t managed to see W. William at his reported peak in Mouthpiece. Also worthy of consideration are Powell and William in High Pressure and its near-instant politicized remake The Dark Horse, respectively.
Actress: Marsh. William’s pretty good in Beauty and the Boss too but he could do no wrong this year.
S. Actor: Laughton needs a nod in his breakthrough year but Guy Kibbee would be a strong challenger for The Dark Horse were he on the short list.
S. Actress: Dove. She had more chemistry with Davies in Blondie than Davies had with many of her male co-stars in the films I’ve seen. That film could be called the Showgirls of the Pre-Code era but it’s better than that sounds. My unlisted runner-up would be Anna May Wong for Shanghai Express.
Short: Music Box.
And since I brought up the topic of music let me commend the uncredited James Dietrich for his atmospheric contributions to The Mummy.
I agree Dove was a joy in Blondie, a far cry from the demure silent heroine from The Black Pirate, though of course the experience of making the film made her make her mind up to quite the business. A shame.
Also love any love for CB de Mille. The Sign of the Cross is one of the great trash masterpieces.
Yeah, next year’s not gonna be any easier, that’s for sure!
Feature: Scarface
Short: Minnie the Moocher (I should give it to the Bunuel or Laurel & Hardy for parity’s sake but I might as well admit I’m a Betty partisan. Next year will make 3 consecutive wins for her as Snow White’s the fairest of them all imo)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu (I Was Born, But…)
Actor: Michel Simon (Boudu Saved From Drowning)
Actress: Joan Bennett (Me & My Gal)
Ok, I realize so far my pushes have not succeeded very well, but I’m gonna try again. Bennett probably won’t win, but I’d love to see her get a solid showing. If anyone hasn’t seen Me and My Gal it’s on You Tube here:
Film’s a bit of a shaggy dog, but Bennett is simply delightful.
Supp. Actor: Ernest Thesiger (The Old Dark House)
Supp. Actress: Eva Moore (The Old Dark House)
Screenplay: Trouble in Paradise
Cinematography: Vampyr
Editing: Scarface
Honorable Mention: Freaks
Nothing wrong with being a Betty partisan, the greatest pre-code cartoon series of them all.
Shucks, the video is not showing up next to the link, as it usually does (at least not on my screen, though Sam’s video link does). Probably hurts Bennett’s chances even more.
The video link is showing up on my screen, Joel.
Yes, I fixed it. I always ensure links are put on a separate line from the comment text and then they show up.
Pic- Scarface and Hawks Director
Actress- Hopkins
Actor- Muni (Chain Gang)
Supp Actress- Dvorak (Scarface)
Supp Actor- Barrymore (Grand Hotel)
Picture: Trouble in Paradise
Director: Lubitsch
Actor: Maurice Chevalier
Actress: Jean Harlow
Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesiger
Supporting Actress: Claudet Colbert
Short: The Music Box
Film: Grand Hotel
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actor: Leslie Banks
Actress: Miriam Hopkins
Supp. Actor: Charles Laughton
Supp. Actress: Eva Moore
Short: The Music Box
One thing I have to say is my amazement at the love for Grand Hotel. This is one of Oscar’s biggest travesties, an art deco dinosaur on a par with Cavalcade. Sam has it at ***** and others have voted it in, I’m amazed. You can smell the mothballs. I don’t think it’d make my top 50 for 1932.
It’s far better than Cavalcade.
“Trouble in Paradise’ in a rout.
Film: ‘Trouble in Paradise’
Director: Lubitsch
Actress: Miriam Hopkins (‘Trouble in Paradise’)
Actor: Michel Simon (‘Boudu Saved from Drowning’)
S. Actress: Kay Francis (‘Trouble in Paradise’)
S. Actor: Edward Everett Horton (‘Trouble in Paradise’)
Not quite a rout, what about Herbie Marshall and his wooden leg?
Well, Allan — knock wood — I figure Herbie and his appendage will make appearances farther down the road in ‘The Little Foxes’, ‘The Letter’ , ‘The Razor’s Edge’, ‘Angel Face’ , though maybe not in ‘The Fly’ .
Nah, he’ll never come closer than 1932.
Yes, Trouble in Paradise is the top film of this year, and yes 1932 is one of the best years on record.
Best Film: Trouble in Paradise
Best Director: Ernst Lubitsch: Trouble in Paradise
Best Actor: Leslie Banks (The Most Dangerous Game)
Best Actress: Miriam Hopkins (Trouble in Paradise)
Best Short: The Dentist (Fields)
Best Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesinger (The Old Dark House)
Best Supporting Actress: Kay Francis (Trouble in Paradise)
I’ll go with TROUBLE IN PARADISE sweeping the majority of the awards as well. Funny enough, it’s one I was only lukewarm on when I first watched it, but subsequent views have solidified it as one of my all-time favorite comedies.
Looks like Lubitsch is going to run away with the Director award, so I’ll offer up a conciliatory vote for Dreyer and his most unique horror movie.
Best Film: Trouble in Paradise
Best Director: Carl T. Dreyer, Vampyr
Best Actor: Herbert Marshall, Trouble in Paradise
Best Actress: Miriam Hopkins, Trouble in Paradise
Best Supporting Actor: Ernest Thesinger, The Old Dark House
Best Supporting Actress: Kay Francis, Trouble in Paradise
Right on Troy!!!! So thrilled to see you here. Hope you and the girls are doing great!!!
Picture: Freaks
Short: Flowers and Trees
Actor: Muni, Scarface
Actress: Hopkins
Sup Actor: Barrymore, Grand Hotel
Sup Actress: Dvorak, Scarface
A special nod to the uncredited James Wong Howe (and Lee Garmes, the film’s official photographer) for posing and lighting Dietrich in black feathers (tail feathers from Mexican fighting cocks, according to Wikipedia!!) and couture Orientalia in ‘Shanghai Express’. Dietrich never looked more glamorous.
Just a second to vote on Vampyr and Dreyer.
Bless you Camolas.
Vampyr is now officially tied with Grand Hotel lol.
Oh, if it’s tied then I’ll vote for Vampyr to send Grand Hotel packing.
And since I’m here, I’ll place a vote for ol’ Clara in Call Her Savage. Can’t believe she doesn’t have one yet.
Picture / I Was Born, But…
Director / Josef von Sternberg / Shanghai Express
Actor / Herbert Marshall / Trouble in Paradise
Actress / Magda Schneider / Liebelei
Supporting Actor / Ernest Thesiger / The Old Dark House
Supporting Actress / Ann Dvorak / Three on a Match
A bit surprised by the lack of love for Shanghai Express…