02 Monday Nov 2015
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Directed: King Vidor
Year: 1931
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Borzage, Best Actor – Wallace Beery
Won: Best Actor – Wallace Beery
Plot in 25 Words: I can’t think of 25 words to describe this film because my brain is drowning from my tears. It’s been a month, I’m still crying.
02 Monday Nov 2015
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Directed: Mervyn LeRoy
Year: 1931
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A newspaper editor looking for a circulation boost reignites an upper class scandal. Suicide and class wars all fall on the shoulders of one man.
02 Monday Nov 2015
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Directed: Ernst Lubitsch
Year: 1931
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A sleazy Frenchman and his mistress set back feminism and women’s rights a few decades. Songs and laughter don’t help. I still feel dirty inside.
02 Monday Nov 2015
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Directed: Edgar Selwyn
Year: 1931
Nominated: Best Actress – Helen Hayes
Won: Best Actress – Helen Hayes
Plot in 25 Words: A bitter depressing tale of the result of having an illegitimate child, serving time in prison, and becoming a prostitute. Fairly bleak ending. Not cheerful.
02 Monday Nov 2015
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Directed: John Ford
Year: 1931
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A talented medical researcher gambles and loses everything in an effort to wipe out bubonic plague. Ethically dubious and highly emotional. A great medical drama.
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