by Allan Fish
Sunday coming round quicker each week…
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Best Picture The Third Man, UK (18 votes)
Best Director Carol Reed, The Third Man (13 votes)
Best Short Bad Luck Blackie, Tex Avery, US (5 votes)
Best Actor James Cagney, White Heat (14 votes)
Best Actress Setsuko Hara, Late Spring (13 votes)
Best Supp Actor Orson Welles, The Third Man (14 votes)
Best Supp Actress Joan Greenwood, Kind Hearts and Coronets (10 votes)
Best Cinematography Robert Krasker, The Third Man (19 votes)
Best Score Anton Karas, The Third Man (17 votes)
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Have to just say, I am really proud that Setsuko Hara won best actress with so many votes. That’s a credit to you all. And if not my choice, she was my 2nd choice. And Joan Greenwood, fantastic. Here’s my take…
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Best Picture THE THIRD MAN, UK
Best Short BEGONE DULL CARE, Canada, Norman McLaren
Best Director Carol Reed, The Third Man
Best Actor Dennis Price, Kind Hearts and Coronets
Best Actress Danielle Darrieux, Occupé toi d’Amélie
Best Supporting Actor Orson Welles, The Third Man
Best Supporting Actress Joan Greenwood, Kind Hearts and Coronets
Best Cinematography Robert Krasker, The Third Man
Best Musical Score Anton Karas, The Third Man
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and on to a new year, new decade…
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1950
Best Picture/Director
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All About Eve (US…Joseph L.Mankiewicz)
Annie Get Your Gun (US…George Sidney)
The Asphalt Jungle (US…John Huston)
Aventurera (Mexico…Alberto Gout)
La Beauté du Diable (France…René Clair)
The Blue Lamp (UK…Basil Dearden)
Born to Be Bad (US…Nicholas Ray)
Born Yesterday (US…George Cukor)
The Breaking Point (US…Michael Curtiz)
Broken Arrow (US…Delmer Daves)
Caged (US…John Cromwell)
Chronicle of a Love (Italy…Michelangelo Antonioni)
Cinderella (US…Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi)
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (Japan…Mikio Naruse)
D.O.A. (US…Rudolph Maté)
Death is a Caress (Norway…Edith Carlmar)
Dieu a Besoin des Hommes (France…Jean Delannoy)
The Dividing Line (US…Joseph Losey)
Domenica d’Agosto (Italy…Luciano Emmer)
Les Enfants Terribles (France…Jean-Pierre Melville)
The Enforcer (US…Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh)
Father of the Bride (US…Vincente Minnelli)
The Flame and the Arrow (US…Jacques Tourneur)
Francis, God’s Jester (Italy…Roberto Rossellini)
The Furies (US…Anthony Mann)
Genghis Khan (Philippines…Manuel Conde)
The Girl with Hyacinths (Sweden…Hasse Ekman)
Gone to Earth (UK…Michael Powell)
Gun Crazy (US…Joseph H.Lewis)
The Gunfighter (US…Henry King)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (UK…Frank Launder)
Harvey (US…Henry Koster)
In a Lonely Place (US…Nicholas Ray)
L’Ingenue Libertine (France…Jacqueline Audry)
Justice est Faite (France…André Cayatte)
King Lavra (Czechoslovakia…Karel Zeman)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (US…Gordon Douglas)
Manèges (France…Yves Allégret)
The Men (US…Fred Zinnemann)
Meurtres (France…Richard Pottier)
Millionaires of Naples (Italy…Eduardo de Filippo)
Miquette et sa Mère (France…Henri-Georges Clouzot)
A Mother’s Love (Japan…Hiroshi Shimizu)
The Munekata Sisters (Japan…Yasujiro Ozu)
Night and the City (UK…Jules Dassin)
No Man of Her Own (US…Mitchell Leisen)
No Peace Under the Olive Trees (Italy…Giuseppe de Santis)
Nous Irons à Paris (France…Jean Boyer)
Los Olvidados (Mexico…Luis Buñuel)
Orphée (France…Jean Cocteau)
Panic in the Streets (US…Elia Kazan)
Prince Bayaya (Czechoslovakia…Jiri Trnka)
Quai de Grenelle (France…Emil Reinert)
Rashomon (Japan…Akira Kurosawa)
Rio Grande (US…John Ford)
La Ronde (France…Max Ophuls)
Seven Days to Noon (UK…John Boulting, Roy Boulting)
So Long at the Fair (UK…Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher)
The Sound of Fury (US/UK…Cy Endfield)
Stars in my Crown (US…Jacques Tourneur)
State Secret (UK…Sidney Gilliat)
Stromboli (Italy…Roberto Rossellini)
Sunset Boulevard (US…Billy Wilder)
Suspicious Persons (Norway…Tancred Ibsen)
This Whole Life of Mine (China…Shi Hui)
Tormento (Italy…Raffaelo Matarazzo)
Union Station (US…Rudolph Maté)
Until We Meet Again (Japan…Tadashi Imai)
Wagonmaster (US…John Ford)
Winchester ’73 (US…Anthony Mann)
Woman on the Run (US…Norman Foster)
Women Without Names (Italy…Geza von Radvanyi)
Young Man With a Horn (US…Michael Curtiz)
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Best Short
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Un Chant d’Amour (France…Jean Genet)
Family Portrait (UK…Humphrey Jennings)
Mirror of Holland (Netherlands…Bert Haanstra)
Rabbit of Seville (US…Chuck Jones)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel (US…Chuck Jones)
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Best Actor
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Dana Andrews When the Sidewalk Ends
Humphrey Bogart In a Lonely Place
Marlon Brando The Men
Broderick Crawford Born Yesterday
John Dall Gun Crazy
Kirk Douglas Young Man With a Horn
Fernandel Meurtres
José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac
John Garfield The Breaking Point
Alec Guinness Last Holiday
Alec Guinness The Mudlark
Sterling Hayden The Asphalt Jungle
William Holden Sunset Boulevard
Shi Hui This Whole Life of Mine
Joel McCrea Stars in My Crown
Jean Marais Orphée
Robert Newton Treasure Island
Edmond O’Brien D.O.A.
Ulf Palme The Girl with Hyacinths
Gregory Peck The Gunfighter
Gérard Philipe La Beauté du Diable
Alastair Sim The Happiest Days of Your Life
Michel Simon La Beauté du Diable
James Stewart Harvey
James Stewart Winchester ’73
Marshall Thompson Dial 1119
Spencer Tracy Father of the Bride
Richard Widmark Night and the City
Richard Widmark Panic in the Streets
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Best Actress
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Anne Baxter All About Eve
Lauren Bacall Young Man With a Horn
Ingrid Bergman Stromboli
Lucia Bose Chronicle of a Love
Maria Casarès Orphée
Claudette Colbert Three Came Home
Peggy Cummins Gun Crazy
Bette Davis All About Eve
Danièle Delorme L’Ingénue Libertine
Joanne Dru Wagonmaster
Gloria Grahame In a Lonely Place
Jane Greer The Company She Keeps
Yuriko Hamada Angry Street
Eva Henning The Girl With Hyacinths
Judy Holliday Born Yesterday
Gertrude Lawrence The Glass Menagerie
Eleanor Parker Caged
Margaret Rutherford The Happiest Days of Your Life
Simone Signoret Manèges
Jean Simmons So Long at the Fair
Barbara Stanwyck The Furies
Barbara Stanwyck No Man of Her Own
Nicole Stéphane Les Enfants Terribles
Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard
Teresa Wright The Men
Jane Wyman The Glass Menagerie
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Best Supp Actor
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Luther Adler D.O.A.
Lyle Bettger Union Station
Lloyd Bridges The Sound of Fury
Louis Calhern The Asphalt Jungle
Roberto Cobo Los Olvidados
Finlay Currie The Mudlark
Cyril Cusack Gone to Earth
Anders Ek The Girl with Hyacinths
Edmund Gwenn Mister 880
Jack Hawkins State Secret
Sessue Hayakawa Three Came Home
Wei Heling This Whole Life of Mine
Juano Hernandez Stars in My Crown
Walter Huston The Furies
Miguel Inclan Los Olvidados
Sam Jaffe The Asphalt Jungle
Barry Jones Seven Days to Noon
Arthur Kennedy The Glass Menagerie
Herbert Lom State Secret
Millard Mitchell The Gunfighter
André Morell Seven Days to Noon
Masayuki Mori Rashomon
Zero Mostel The Enforcer
Zero Mostel Panic in the Streets
Jack Palance Panic in the Streets
François Perier Orphée
Edward Rigby The Happiest Days of Your Life
George Sanders All About Eve
Takashi Shimura Rashomon
Everett Sloane The Enforcer
Everett Sloane The Men
Art Smith In a Lonely Place
Francis L.Sullivan Night and the City
Frank Villard Manèges
Erich Von Stroheim Sunset Boulevard
Anton Walbrook La Ronde
Jack Warner The Blue Lamp
Robert Warwick In a Lonely Place
Richard Wattis The Happiest Days of Your Life
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Best Supp Actress
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Françoise Arnoul Quai de Grenelle
Joan Bennett Father of the Bride
Renée Cosima Les Enfants Terribles
Jane Cowl No Man of Her Own
Danielle Darrieux La Ronde
Hope Emerson Caged
Joyce Grenfell The Happiest Days of Your Life
Celeste Holm All About Eve
Victoria Horne Harvey
Josephine Hull Harvey
Glynis Johns State Secret
Jane Marken Manèges
Nancy Olson Sunset Boulevard
Thelma Ritter All About Eve
Olive Sloane Seven Days to Noon
Jan Sterling Caged
Kay Walsh Last Holiday
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Best Cinematography
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Kare Bergstrom Death is a Caress
Robert Burks The Enforcer
Robert Burks The Glass Menagerie
Christopher Challis Gone to Earth
Henri Decaë Les Enfants Terribles
William H.Daniels Winchester ’73
Daniel L.Fapp No Man of Her Own
Gabriel Figueroa Los Olvidados
Gunnar Fischer This Can’t Happen Here
Bert Glennon Rio Grande
Bert Glennon Wagonmaster
Max Greene Night and the City
Marcel Grignon Quai de Grenelle
Burnett Guffey In a Lonely Place
Russell Harlan Gun Crazy
Nicholas Hayer Orphée
Milton Krasner All About Eve
Ernest Laszlo D.O.A.
Ted McCord The Breaking Point
Joseph P.MacDonald Panic in the Streets
Otello Martelli Francis, God’s Jester
Otello Martelli Stromboli
Christian Matras La Ronde
Arthur Miller The Gunfighter
Victor Milner The Furies
Kazuo Miyagawa Rashomon
Ernest Palmer Broken Arrow
Piero Portalupi No Peace Under the Olive Trees
Harold Rosson The Asphalt Jungle
Domenico Scala, Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli Domenica d’Agosto
Charles Schoenbaum Stars in My Crown
John F.Seitz Sunset Boulevard
Göran Strindberg The Girl With Hyacinths
Robert L.Surtees King Solomon’s Mines
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Best Score
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Georges Auric Orphée
Fumio Hayasaka Rashomon
Alfred Newman All About Eve
Miklós Rózsa The Asphalt Jungle
Max Steiner The Breaking Point
Max Steiner Caged
Max Steiner The Flame and the Arrow
Oscar Straus La Ronde
Dimitri Tiomkin D.O.A.
Franz Waxman The Furies
Franz Waxman Night and the City
Franx Waxman Sunset Boulevard
has to be said, cinematography and actor especially are swines this year.
Another unforgettable year in cinema with (for me) twelve films all worthy of poll position: SUNSET BOULEVARD, RASHOMON, ALL ABOUT EVE, LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, NIGHT AND THE CITY, THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, ORPHEE, WAGON MASTER, WINCHESTER 73, IN A LONELY PLACE, LOS OLVIDADOS and LA RONDE. Still several others are exceptional as well. For noir fans, this is one of the greatest of years.
Best Picture: Night and the City
Best Director: Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Actor: Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders (All About Eve)
Best Supporting Actress: Renee Cosima (Les Enfants Terribles)
Best Short: Rabbit of Seville
Best Cinematography: Max Greene (Night and the City)
Best Score: Oscar Strauss (La Ronde)
Notes: The actor race came down for me to Richard Widmark, Humphrey Bogart and Ferrer, and in the end by the tiniest of margins I decided to stand with Oscar’s choice. Gloria Swanson’s performance in SUNSET BOULEVARD is not only the best of this year in a year when Bette Davis and Anne Baxter was tremendous, but it’s one of the greatest of all-time. RABBIT OF SEVILLE, one of the best cartoons ever made, is a crowning jewel in Chuck Jones’s celebrated output.
beyond……
Best Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve)
Best Editing: Jacqueline Sadoul (Orphee)
Best Art Direction: Hans Drier (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Costumes: Georges Annenkov (La Ronde)
Best Ensemble: All About Eve
Best Picture: Winchester ’73 (runner-up: Rashomon)
Best Director: Anthony Mann, W73
Best Actor: Widmark, Night and the City
Best Actress: Swanson, Sunset Blvd
Supporting Actor: Jaffe, Asphalt Jungle
Supporting Actress: Holm (RIP), All About Eve
Cinematography: Daniels, W73
Score: Waxman, Sunset Blvd.
Short: Rabbit of Seville
I vote “Harvey” for best film in 1950.
I vote Akira Kurosawa for best director (“Rashomon”) in 1950.
I vote “Rabbit of Seville” for best short in 1950.
I vote James Stewart for best actor in “Harvey” in 1950.
I vote Toshiro Mifune for best supporting actor in “Rashomon” in 1950.
I vote Josephine Hull for best supporting actress in “Harvey” in 1950.
I vote “Rashomon” for best cinematography.
I vote “Rashomon” for best score.
Feature: In a Lonely Place
Short: Rabbit of Seville
Director: John Huston (The Asphalt Jungle)
Actor: Humphrey Bogart (In a Lonely Place)
Actress: Bette Davis (All About Eve)
Supp. Actor: George Sanders (All About Eve)
Supp. Actress: Thelma Ritter (All About Eve)
Cinematography: Rashomon
Score: Sunset Blvd
Screenplay: Les Enfants Terribles
Editing: In a Lonely Place
honorable mention: Stromboli
Strike the editing award for the Ray, and give it to Orpheus instead. Even though I made up that category.
Oh and honorable mention should go to Gun Crazy too – I can’t believe that didn’t give it anything!
Picture: All About Eve
Director: Luis Bunuel, Los Olvidados
Actor: William Holden, Sunset Blvd.
Actress: Bette Davis, All About Eve
Sup. Actor: George Sanders, All About Eve
Sup. Actress: Thelma Ritter, All About Eve
Cinematography: John F. Seitz, Sunset Blvd.
Best Pic: Rashomon
Runners-up: All About Eve, Olvidados, Asphalt Jungle, In A Lonely Place
Best Dir: Kurasawa–Rashomon
Best Actors: Swanson–Sunset Blvd / Bogart–In A Lonely Place
Best Scr: Mank–All About Eve
Best Cin: Max Greene Night and the City
TOUGH YEAR. On any day of the week I could have screamed out SUNSET BOULEVARD, ALL ABOUT EVE, LES ENFANTS TERRIBLE or RASHOMON. However, hand it to Maurizio Roca for pleading with me to reconcile with Crime Noir films and I became a huge supporter of Jules Dassin. NIGHT AND THE CITY became a favorite of mine and I feel it’s nothing short of a masterpiece.
I have to go with Schmulee on the rest of these choices as he picked EXACTLY the same ones I picked…
PICTURE: NIGHT AND THE CITY
DIRECTOR: Billy Wilder (SUNSET BOULEVARD)
LEAD ACTOR: Jose Ferrer (CYRANO DE BERGERAC)
LEAD ACTRESS: Gloria Swanson (SUNSET BOULEVARD) This was the closest race for me. While I think that Swansons’ turn is one of the most iconic in all of American cinema, she just scratches in getting past Davis in a career reviving acid performance. Frankly, Davis reminded us all with ALL ABOUT EVE why she WAS Better Davis.
SUPPORTING ACTOR: George Sanders (ALL ABOUT EVE)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Renee Cosima (LES ENFANTS TERRIBLE)
SHORT: RABBIT OF SEVILLE
PHOTO: Max Greene (NIGHT AND THE CITY)
MUSIC: Oscar Strauss (LA RONDE)
Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard
Best Director: Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Actor: Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supporting Actor: Erich Von Stroheim (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull (Harvey)
Best Cinematography: John F. Seitz (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Score: Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard)
Another great year, and tougher to pick among the best films. (A lesser Ozu, and I haven’t seen the Naruse or Mizoguchi films made that year, leaving the field to others – the last time that will happen for a while.) Though that just means Kurosawa…
PICTURE: Rashomon
DIRECTOR: Kurosawa
LEAD ACTOR: Sterling Hayden
LEAD ACTRESS: Barbara Stanwyck, The Furies
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dan Duryea, Winchester 73
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Danielle Darrieux
SHORT: Rabbit of Seville
SCORE: Rashomon [though I don't know if this is really the best score, or just the best use of music, best integration of sound and sight]
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Miyagawa, Rashomon
Plus bonus picks:
Script: Winchester 73 [such a Freudian masterwork - that circulating rifle with no name on it - did Jacques Lacan have a hand in this script?]
PICTURE: Sunset Blvd. (followed by Gun Crazy, Rashomon, La Ronde, In a Lonely Place, Winchester ’73, All About Eve, Wagon Master, The Asphalt Jungle, Los Olvidados, Orphee, Panic in the Streets)
DIRECTOR: Billy Wilder, Sunset Blvd. (2nd: Joseph H. Lewis, Gun Crazy)
ACTOR: William Holden, Sunset Blvd. (2nd: Humphrey Bogart, In A Lonely Place)
ACTRESS: Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd. (2nd: Peggy Cummins, Gun Crazy)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Erich Von Stroheim, Sunset Blvd. (2nd: Sam Jaffee, The Asphalt Jungle)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Thelma Ritter, All About Eve (2nd: Celeste Holm, All About Eve)
SHORT: Rabbit of Seville (2nd: Gerald McBoing-Boing)
ORIGINAL SCORE: Franz Waxman, Sunset Blvd. (2nd: Oscar Straus, La Ronde)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: John Seitz, Sunset Blvd. (2nd (B&W): Russell Harlan, Gun Crazy)
FURTHER:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr., Sunset Blvd. (2nd: Robert Richards, Borden Chase and Stuart Lake, Winchester ’73)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto, Rashomon (2nd: Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls, La Ronde)
COLOR CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ernest Palmer, Broken Arrow
B&W ART DIRECTION: Sunset Blvd.
COLOR ART DIRECTION: Samson and Delilah
B&W COSTUME DESIGN: La Ronde
COLOR COSTUME DESIGN: Samson and Delilah
FILM EDITING: Winchester ’73
SOUND: Sunset Blvd.
SCORING OF A MUSICAL: Annie Get Your Gun
ORIGINAL SONG: “Mona Lisa” from Captain Carey USA
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Destination Moon
So many great films to choose in this year. Back when I did my annual countdown, I decided to give the nod to All About Eve over Sunset Boulevard…but now, I not only am considering giving it to either of those two films, but also giving strong consideration to In a Lonely Place. This is not even mentioning other favorites like The Asphalt Jungle and Night and the City. But, since I do need to make some sort of choice, here is what I will go with, splitting many of the votes between these films.
Best Picture: All About Eve (Mankiewicz)
Best Director: Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) [NOTE: I would have put Mankiewicz here also, but figure his real accomplish was actually his screenplay moreso than his direction.]
Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (In a Lonely Place)
Best Actress: Bette Davis (All About Eve)
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders (All About Eve)
Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm (All About Eve)
Best Cinematography: John F. Seitz (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Score: Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard)
Hey, ever thought of adding best screenplay to these polls? Just a thought.
Also, what is this Third Man you speak of? I’ve never heard of it.
david, it takes me hours as it is. People seem to want me to drop dead of exhaustion.
We can do without homilies from the head-master…
Not the only thing we can do without…
Pic- Sunset Blvd.
Dir- Billy Wilder
Actor- Richard Widmark (Night and the City)
Actress- Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.)
Supp Actor- George Sanders (All About Eve)
Supp Actress- Danielle Darrieux (La Ronde)
Score- Oscar Strauss (La Ronde)
Cinematography- Christian Matras (La Ronde)
Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard
Best Director: Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (In A Lonely Place)
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders (All About Eve)
Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull (Harvey)
Best Cinematography: John F. Seitz (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Score: Franx Waxman (Sunset Boulevard)
1950 was arguably the GREATEST year for film noirs. 4 of the finest noirs (each of which were 5-star masterpieces), viz. Sunset Blvd., In A Lonely Place, The Asphalt Jungle, and Night & the City, released this year. And then you have a few other decent noirs thrown in too, including the likes of D.O.A., Where the Sidewalk Ends, etc. And with the likes of Rashomon, Los Olvidados, and Winchester ’73 too thrown in, makes this a really power-packed year.
Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard [Just Missed: The Asphalt Jungle]
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon) & Billy Wilder (Sunset Blvd.)
Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (In A Lonely Place) [Just Missed: Richard Widmark (Night & the City)]
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.)
Best Supporting Actor: Miguel Inclan (Los Olvidados)
Best Cinematography: Max Greene (Night & the City)
Best Score: Franz Waxman (Sunset Blvd.)
Top 5:
1. Sunset Blvd.
2. The Asphalt Jungle
3. In A Lonely Place
4. Night & the City
5. Rashomon
Just Missed: Winchester ’73, Los Olvidados, D.O.A.
Best Film: Sunset Boulevard
Best Director: Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Actor: Richard Widmark (Night and the City)
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supp. Actor: George Sanders (All About Eve)
Best Supp. Actress: Josephine Hull (Harvey)
Best Short: Rabbit of Seville
Best Score: Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Cinematography: John Seitz (Sunset Boulevard)
Runner ups: Rashomon, All About Eve, Night and the City
Film – Los Olvidados
Director – Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve)
Short – Rabbit of Seville
Actor – Richard Widmark (Night and the City)
Actress – Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.)
Supporting Actor – Roberto Cobo (Los Olvidados)
Supporting Actress – Danielle Darrieux (La Ronde)
Cinematography – Max Greene (Night and the City)
Score – Oscar Strauss (La Ronde)
Film: Sunset Blvd.
Short: The Rabbit of Seville
Actor: William Holden – Sunset Blvd.
Actress: Gloria Swanson – Sunset Blvd.
Supporting Actor: Sam Jaffe – The Asphalt Jungle
Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm -All About Eve
Cinematography: Max Greene, The Night and the City
Score: Franz Waxman – Sunset Blvd.
One of the best years on record….
Best Picture: Rashomon
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa
Best Actor: Jose Ferrer
Best Actress: Judy Holiday
Best Supporting Actor: Masayuki Mori
Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm
Best Score: Rashomon
Best Cinematography: Rashomon
Best Short: Rabbit of Seville
Shubs Lahiri basically echo’s my own sentiment when it comes to 1950 and film noir. I consider this 12 month period as the best for the genre when we are talking about top heavy 5-star pictures. In fact I consider the same four movies of Night And The City, In A Lonely Place, Sunset Boulevard, and The Asphalt Jungle as the masterpieces of the bunch. Deciding between the four was difficult and almost impossible (especially with other classics like Rashomon, All About Eve, Orphee, and Los Olvidados in the mix) but I went with Boulevard overall.
Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard
Best Director: Jules Dassin (Night And The City)
Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (In A Lonely Place)
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supp Actor: Sam Jaffe (The Asphalt Jungle)
Best Supp Actress: Googie Withers (Night And The City)
Top Five: 1. Sunset Boulevard 2. Night And the City 3. In A Lonely Place 4. The Asphalt Jungle 5 (((tie))) Rashomon and Los Olvidados
The mighty ‘Rashomon’, one of the signal glories of the film world, towers above the rest, IMHO
Director: Akira Kurosawa (‘Rashomon’)
Actor: Gregory Peck (‘The Gunfighter’)
Actress: Bette Davis (‘All About Eve’)
S. Actor: George Sanders (‘All About Eve’) — where’s Aldo Fabrizi for Rossellini’s St. Francis film?
S. Actress: Danielle Darrieux (‘La Ronde’)
Photography: Kazuo Miyagawa (‘Rashomon’)
Music: Fumio Hayasaka (‘Rashomon’ )
Mark, I adore Kurosawa, and think this is a great film, but for me not as great as RAN, THRONE OF BLOOD, IKIRU and SEVEN SAMURAI. But who can really take you to task for what you say here?
For me it’s between Sunset Boulevard, In a Lonely Place, and All About Eve. Sunset Boulevard is probably the more perfect of the three but I can’t stay away from In a Lonely Place. It’s the one that follows me around and won’t let me go.
Best Picture: In a Lonely Place
Best Director: Nicholas Ray (In a Lonely Place)
Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (In a Lonely Place)
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supporting Actor: Erich von Stroheim (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm (All About Eve)
Best Cinematography: John F. Seitz (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Score: Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard)
Picture – Sunset Boulevard (US…Billy Wilder)
Director – Sunset Boulevard (US…Billy Wilder)
Short – Rabbit of Seville (US…Chuck Jones)
Actor – Humphrey Bogart In a Lonely Place
Actress – Bette Davis All About Eve
Sup Actor – George Sanders All About Eve
Sup Actress – Celeste Holm All About Eve
Best Picture: All About Eve (US…Joseph L.Mankiewicz)
Best Director: Rashomon (Japan…Akira Kurosawa)
Best Actor: William Holden Sunset Boulevard
Best Actress: Bette Davis All About Eve
Supporting Actor: George Sanders All About Eve
Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull Harvey
Cinematography: Kazuo Miyagawa Rashomon
Score: Franx Waxman Sunset Boulevard