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3rd Round Matches
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 17, 2013
3rd round action begins today and here are the four category final matches of the 30's era. Good luck to all the women who have made it this far.
THEY HAD FACES FINAL MATCH
1 GRETA GARBO
Tourney record (6-2)
2nd round victory over Kay Francis 44-18
VS
7 LILLIAN GISH
Tourney record (2-1)
2nd read more
2nd round of 30's era is now complete
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 16, 2013
The 30's era bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress is in the books. And there was no upsets to speak of. There was a record-setting match though as Joan Blondell crushed Ruby Keeler 71-3 for a 95% share of the votes, a record in tourney play. I love it when new records are set. In the read more
Round 2 update (2)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 16, 2013
Round 2 has intensified with some great matches that will go down to the wire. Here are the current numbers:
THE 30'S ERA
Eleanor Powell leads Bebe Daniels 41-24
Joan Blondell leads Ruby Keeler 65-2
Carole Lombard leads Jean Harlow 48-25
Myrna Loy leads Jean Arthur 47-24
Everything is go read more
It's called March Madness for a reason...
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 16, 2013
Loretta can't stand to watch as her match with Maureen O'Hara has
been a doozy...back and forth for the past day and a half
Less than a few hours ago I wrote a post updating round 2 of the Favorite Classic Actress Tourney and within that time frame we have had some lead changes. No, Ruby Keele read more
Round 2 results
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 16, 2013
Here are the numbers for the other eras just completed.
THE 40'S ERA
Rita Hayworth 35-21 over Lucille Ball
Loretta Young 33-30 over Maureen O'Hara
Gene Tierney 37-27 over Claire Trevor
Lauren Bacall 32-32 tie with Ida Lupino
We have our first tie with Ida Lupino rallying to tie Lauren Bacall a read more
50'S Era Matches are underway
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 14, 2013
The 8 second round matches from the fifties era are now up. The link is on the sidebar to the right where the Cyd Charisse photo is. There are some choice matches too including Marilyn Monroe vs Lana Turner, Ava Gardner vs Susan Sarandon and Elizabeth Taylor vs Eleanor Parker. read more
The British Invasion of the 60's era bracket features two very close matches
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 14, 2013
Over in the 60's era of the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, two of the four matches are very close. As of right now, Julie Andrews leads Maggie Smith by the count of 24-23 in a thrilling back and forth match. And the other close match is actually tied 24-24 between Angela Lansbury and Diana read more
The 50'S Era first round is now complete
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 13, 2013
After a slight delay the first round in the 50's era is now complete. Here are the numbers:
Elizabeth Taylor 32 to Dorothy Malone 26
Ava Gardner 49 to Jennifer Jones 9
Susan Hayward 46 to Joanne Woodward 12
Eleanor Parker 33 to Anne Baxter 25 read more
Half of second round matches are done
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 13, 2013
The 30's, 40's and 50's era wrapped up two of the four categories today and here are the numbers.
Dark horse Lillian Gish took down Gloria Swanson
with a thrilling comeback win
30'S ERA
Barbara Stanwyck beat Claudette Colbert 47-25
Norma Shearer beat Marlene Dietrich 39-32
Greta Garbo beat K read more
Second round matches (Funny Ladies and Singers/Dancers)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 13, 2013
This evening begins the other two categories of the 30's era bracket, Funny Ladies and Singers and Dancers. Here are the match-ups. And they will run through Saturday afternoon. Some choice matches here especially in the funny ladies category between my girl Carole and Jean Harlow. And Myrna Loy vs read more
Second round update (Day 1)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 11, 2013
Three of the four eras started yesterday (the 30's, 40's and 60's) while the 50's will begin their second round on Wednesday due to an issue with the survey site. But are the scores as of Monday evening.
THE 30'S ERA
Greta Garbo leads Kay Francis 25-11
Gloria Swanson leads Lillian Gish 21-17& read more
1950'S ERA Update
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 11, 2013
Kristen, who is hosting the 50's era portion of our favorite classic movie actress tourney just sent me an email with the current scores of the matches currently going on. They will run through Wednesday evening.
Elizabeth Taylor 27 to Dorothy Malone 9
Ava Gardner 30 to read more
50'S ERA first round second set matches had to be restarted...
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 10, 2013
Due to an issue with the survey site Kristen used for the second set of matches of the first round in the 50's era bracket, she had to restart those matches. The new survey is up and you can access it on the right sidebar under the 50's era banner with Cyd Charisse photo. The survey will be up thro read more
Second round matches begin now...
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 10, 2013
Here are the scheduled second round matches that begin now. Once again the first three days will be represented by two categories (They Had Faces and Pre-Code Babes). The matches will run through Wednesday evening. The second set of matches (Funny Ladies and Singers/Dancers) will begin immediately read more
The 2nd set of matches are completed and the first round is in the books
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 9, 2013
The second set of matches for the first round are done and completes a fun first week of tourney play. Here are the results for the eras that have been reported.
Eleanor Powell dances into round 2
1930'S ERA
Carole Lombard 58-7 over Margaret Dumont
Jean Harlow 54-9 over Margaret Sullavan
Je read more
First matches are done...and we have a few surprises
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 6, 2013
The first round is halfway done as two of the four categories are done. Not too many upsets occurred but there were a few. There were some close calls and then there were sere outright blow-outs. Here's the complete rundown of all the matches in all four eras.
1930'S ERA
BARBARA STANWYCK 43-7 read more
Audrey Hepburn scores a first ever shut out in tourney history
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 6, 2013
AUDREY HEPBURN 55-0 over PIER ANGELI
Audrey Hepburn means business this year. In the 50's era bracket which just wrapped up, Audrey took out the whipping stick on poor little Pier Angeli to post a 55-0 drubbing. The first ever shut out in tourney history. Quite an achievement. There have be read more
Second round action heats up
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 5, 2013
Things got a little closer in some matches for day 2 of round one. Here are the latest numbers:
1930'S ERA
Claudette Colbert leads Joan Crawford 49-33
Marlene Dietrich leads Ann Dvorak 40-37 (Ann has made a move from day one as she was down by as many as 17 votes)
Glenda Farrell lea read more
The Morning Movie: THE YOUNGEST PROFESSION (1943)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 5, 2013
Catching a little of this movie called The Youngest Profession (1943) on TCM this morning as I get ready for work. It stars Virginia Weidler as the Joan, a teen who chases down movie stars for their autographs. She even has her own group that she formed with her like minded girlfriends. She has read more
Classic Movie Actress Tourney Round 1 Update (Miriam Hopkins is disqualified)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 4, 2013
I thought I would update everyone on how the matches are going. First up, I have to disqualify Miriam Hopkins. It appears someone has hacked into Blogger and has tampered with the match. I thought that was the case during her play-in match with Mary Astor but wasn't for sure. Well I am now. Right b read more