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Day 2 of the Final Four has Bette Davis and Carole Lombard in complete control
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 31, 2013
The two matches in the final four of the favorite classic movie actress tourney have shaped up to be blow-outs. Top seeds Bette Davis and Carole Lombard are having very little trouble in their matches. Bette leads Diana Rigg 32-9 while Carole leads Doris Day 31-9 as of 8 pm EST. There is one more d read more
Technical issue with the matches
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 30, 2013
It appears there is an issue with the polls for both matches. So I am stopping those and re-starting new matches via Survey Monkey. Sorry about this but I want things to be fair and honest. Can't be sure things were on the up and up. Or if it was just a technical issue with blogger. Either way, it' read more
New polls..same results as Bette and Carole continue to dominate their matches
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 30, 2013
Due to an unfortunate problem with Blogger, I had to restart both matches of the final four for the favorite classic movie actress tourney. Bette Davis and Carole Lombard were both winning their respective matches and since I restarted them via Survey Monkey, they are still winning. As of 10:30 pm read more
A quick primer on Diana Rigg
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 29, 2013
The wonderful Diana Rigg
Carole Lombard. Bette Davis. Doris Day. All classic movie fans recognize these names immediately. But a few of my followers and friends have shook their heads and asked me who the heck is Diana Rigg. Since Diana is in the final four for this year's tourney, I thought it read more
The matches are underway...and Diana Rigg is ready!
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 29, 2013
The matches to decide who will face off in the championship match to decide the favorite classic movie actress of 2013 have begun. Carole Lombard faces Doris Day while Bette Davis takes on Diana Rigg. These matches will run through Tuesday evening at 6 pm EST.
Whoa Diana...it's just a read more
THE FINAL FOUR begins tomorrow
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 28, 2013
The Final Four for the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress will begin tomorrow and I think this year's foursome represents each specific era quite well. These four actresses: Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Doris Day and Diana Rigg are all making their first final four appearances. In the case of Dian read more
The third time's the charm as Carole Lombard is headed to the Final Four...
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 27, 2013
After two consecutive years of heart-breaking losses in the 30's era final match, Carole Lombard finally broke that streak with a win over Barbara Stanwyck 36-27. She previously had lost to Irene Dunne in 2011 and Ginger Rogers in 2012, who both coincidentally went on to win the Favorite Class read more
Elite Eight Round Update
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 26, 2013
After 2 days these are the current numbers for the matches currently going on....
Diana Rigg is happy as can be..leading Shirley Jones
CAROLE LOMBARD leads BARBARA STANWYCK 23-19
BETTE DAVIS leads RITA HAYWORTH 17-4
DORIS DAY leads AVA GARDNER 23-12
DIANA RIGG leads SHIRLEY JONES 17-13
Votin read more
The 40's and 50's eras final matches are underway
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 24, 2013
Just wanted to let everyone know that the final matches in the 40's and 50's era are now underway. Bette Davis faces Rita Hayworth in the 40's era while Doris Day faces Ava Gardner in the 50's era. The links to both eras are located on my right sidebar. Just click on the respective banners and read more
THE ELITE EIGHT
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 24, 2013
From the sweet sixteen round we are now at the elite eight. These upcoming four matches will decide who makes the final four. The eight women vying for the crown of 2013 favorite classic movie actress are:
1 BARBARA STANWYCK VS 1 CAROLE LOMBARD
Both women are number 1 seeds from their respec read more
A pair of number one seeds take a fall
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 24, 2013
One thing is for certain..this year's final four will be all newcomers to the big dance. A few days ago, reigning 60's era champion Natalie Wood was ousted by Shirley Jones. Today, two more top seeds followed suit. Judy Garland made an impressive rally but fell just short as she lost to Bette D read more
Sweet Sixteen Other era's update: Ava Gardner is leading Grace Kelly
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 23, 2013
A few more hours and the matches in the other era's will be complete. Here are the latest numbers:THE 40'S ERA
BETTE DAVIS leads JUDY GARLAND 43-38
RITA HAYWORTH leads GENE TIERNEY 39-23
THE 50'S ERA
AUDREY HEPBURN leads DORIS DAY 30-27
AVA GARDNER leads GRACE KELLY 37-20
THE 60'S ERA read more
Sweet Sixteen Round update
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 21, 2013
Leave it to the actresses of the 40's to produce the best matches of the sweet sixteen round so far. After getting off to a blistering start of a 24-14 lead, Bette Davis has seen her advantage over Judy Garland cut to 28-23. All of a sudden this looks like a match as Judy (who won the 40's era brac read more
A number one seed makes an early exit in round 3
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 20, 2013
March Madness rears it's head once again as round three of the favorite classic movie actress tourney produced a few shockers. The biggest being the loss by two-time Final Four finalist Natalie Wood to upstart Shirley Jones. Natalie had won the previous two tourneys 60's era bracket with ease b read more
SWEET SIXTEEN round begins in a few hours...
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 20, 2013
We have reached round 4 featuring the sweet sixteen remaining actresses. And it is an impressive list to be sure. These are the scheduled matches to begin this evening. Please note the rankings in each era. The 40's era is the only era with all four top seeds of their respective categories making i read more
A couple of No. 1 vs No. 2 matches in the 50's era bracket
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 20, 2013
Proving to be worthy of their top rankings, a pair of number 1 and 2 seeds have now started their matches in the 50's era bracket. No. 1 Audrey Hepburn takes on No.2 Doris Day while No. 1 Grace Kelly takes on no. 2 Ava Gardner. Their rankings are for their respective categories in this era. Kri read more
Barbara, Bette and Audrey continue to dominate this year's tourney with round 3 day one numbers..
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 18, 2013
Here are the latest numbers after day 1 of the third round of the favorite classic movie actress tourney. And three actresses in particular are flexing their muscles with another dominating round...Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis and Audrey Hepburn.
Stany is about to deliver a knock-out to Norma read more
3rd round of the 40's era is now underway
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 18, 2013
Lauren Bacall won the tie-breaker question poll over Ida Lupino late last night and now joins the party for the 3rd round action of the 40's era bracket. Here's the link to go vote on the matches which are some great ones: rosalind-russell.blogspot.com
BETTE DAVIS VS VIVIEN LEIGH
JUDY GAR read more
Carole Lombard and Myrna Loy are at it again....
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 17, 2013
For the third year in a row, Carole Lombard and Myrna Loy are facing each other in a match in the 30's bracket of the favorite classic movie actress tourney. It's become old hat for these two ladies and I got a chance to sit down with them both to talk about it.
Me: Good afternoon ladies. So gl read more
Two Marquee Matches highlight 3rd round of 50's era bracket
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 17, 2013
The 3rd round of the favorite actress tourney is underway in all eras except for the 40's, where a tie-breaker question will decide the winner between Lauren Bacall and Ida Lupino. That runs till this evening. But over in the 50's era there are two top notch matches taking place. Audrey Hepburn vs read more