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Few early surprises so far in first round action
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 4, 2013
The first full day of first round action in the 3rd Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress tourney is in the books and besides one disqualification, which I talked about in an earlier post, there are only a few upsets going on. Most of the top seeds are making early statements in convincing lead read more
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 3, 2013
It's finally here. After months of talking about it, the 3rd annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress tournament is underway. Well the 30's era portion here on All Good Things is anyway. Because of time zone differences the other blogs will be starting their eras a little later. But before the day is read more
2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: 1930's Era Bracket
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 2, 2013
Here are the scheduled matches in the 30's era bracket that will kick off tomorrow Sunday, March 3rd. Just wanted to post them now so everyone will have an idea of what to expect. My co-bloggers who are helping me with this tourney will post their respective matches for the eras they chose this wee read more
Some key matches to start March Madness
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 2, 2013
Just wanted to spotlight some matches that I think will be very competitive when the tourney starts tomorrow. I chosen a few from each era. Let's begin in the 30's era. First up:
1930'S ERA
No. 4 Claudette Colbert takes on no. 5 Joan Crawford in what should be a pivotal match. Both actresses are read more
Top Performers in tourney play
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 28, 2013
As the tourney draws nearer to it's Sunday start, I thought I would list the records of the top actresses who seem to thrive on competition and do extremely well. Bear in mind that two of the women on this list are not eligible to compete in the tourney due to their winning it in previous years. Th read more
Miriam Hopkins crushes Mary Astor in play-in match
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 27, 2013
After a close start Miriam Hopkins poured it on and whooped Mary Astor 91-28. Technically there are still 12 more hours to go but I am putting the mercy rule in effect and declaring Miriam the winner. It was an impressive win for Miriam, marking her very first victory in tournament play to ev read more
New Tourney Banner
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 27, 2013
My good friend Desiree, who is handling the 40's era of our Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, made this snazzy cool banner for my blog header pic. I think she did a great job. You may be wondering why these four select women. Well these are my final four pics: Carole Lombard (30's), Ann Sheri read more
Play-In Match Day 2 Update: Miriam Hopkins lead increases
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 26, 2013
After day 2 of the play-in match between Mary Astor and Miriam Hopkins to decide who grabs the final spot in the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament, Hopkins has exploded to lead by the count of 31-14. After day one, Hopkins led 9-8, so apparently word got out and her fans showed up in force. read more
A word from Mr. Bogart
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 26, 2013
I have enlisted the aid of Humphrey Bogart for the 3rd Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. He will make sure everything is fair, no drama between the women competing and that there is no tampering taking place. For the last two years there have been at least one match where the voting in read more
Play-In match update
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 25, 2013
After day one, the play in match between Mary Astor and Miriam Hopkins is a close affair with Hopkins leading by the score 9-8. The winner gets the 8th and final spot in the pre-code babes category of the 30's era bracket in the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament. Voting continues on th read more
Play-In Match underway between Mary Astor and Miriam Hopkins
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 24, 2013
A quick post to let everyone know that the play-in match between Mary Astor and Miriam Hopkins in the pre-codes category of the 30's era bracket is underway. Winner will claim the 8th and final spot in that category. Voting ends Wednesday evening and the poll is on the sidebar on the right. read more
ALL GOOD THINGS in March
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 24, 2013
March Madness returns in the form of my 3rd annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress tourney with another 128 actresses competing to see who's the favorite actress of them all. Joining me once again to help me put on this mammoth event is John of Mythical Monkey, Desiree of Rosalind Russell and wit read more
Stats for Mary Astor/Miriam Hopkins play-in match
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 23, 2013
For tomorrow's play in match between Mary Astor and Miriam Hopkins, I thought I would do a post about their stats and history here on All Good Things. I set it up just like when I do my match play matches. Voting starts Sunday morning and runs through Thursday evening 5 pm EST for what is sure read more
Play-In match for 30's era: Tough Broads/Pre-Code Babes
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 22, 2013
March Madness officially begins Sunday, March 3rd but there will be one play-in match in the 30's era bracket in the Tough Broads/Pre-Code Babes category. Miriam Hopkins and Mary Astor will face each other to see who grabs the 8th seed spot in this exciting category. The match will begin Sunday mor read more
Fabulous Films Of The 1940's Blogathon: Mr. And Mrs. Smith (1941)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 21, 2013
For my contribution to the Fabulous Films of the 1940's Blogathon I chose the only comedy Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, did, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring my all time favorite actress Carole Lombard. This is my favorite film of hers by the way. Screwball comedies are my favorite type read more
2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: Jane Greer
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 16, 2013
2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: Una Merkel
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 13, 2013
30's era competitor Una Merkel is getting ready to make her first appearance
in the favorite classic movie actress tourney... read more
Gloria Grahame talks about her huge upset win in the first tourney
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 11, 2013
Here is my second fantasy (mock) interview with an actress who has competed in my favorite classic movie actress tourneys. It's where I get to sit down and have a chat with the women if they were actually here in the studio. A few days ago I chatted with Vivien Leigh. Today it is Gloria Grahame. If read more
Top Movie Cops: Dave Bannion (The Big Heat)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 10, 2013
Tough cop Dave Bannion about to start some s@^t!
Name: Dave Bannion
Occupation: Detective Sergeant
First appearance: The Big Heat (1953)
Number of films: 1
Enemies: Mike Lagana (head crime boss); Vince Stone (Lagana's right hand man)
Family and friends: Katie (wife); Joyce (daughter); Debb read more
Ginger's record setting run in last year's tourney
All Good Things Posted by monty on Feb 9, 2013
Last year's Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney winner Ginger Rogers set some unbelievable scoring records as she just ran wild with some amazing victories. In fact her closest win was her very first match with Joan Blondell with the margin of victory being only 28 votes. After that, word got read more