20 Monday Jun 2016
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Directed: Lloyd Bacon
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: Bawdy naval comedy/drama, based on a lingering match of one-up-man ship. Throw in a bit of romance and a near death experience and job done.
20 Monday Jun 2016
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Directed: Frank Borzage
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: An outdated notion of a woman’s reputation is alive and well in the army. A silly dalliance causes no end of troubles but ends well.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Victor Schertzinger
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Borzage, Best Actress – Grace Moore
Plot in 25 Words: A romantic drama set in the romantic, dramatic world of opera. Love triangles and inappropriate workplace romances prevent a young star from realising her dream.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Alfred L. Werker
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: It’s a film about bankers. Doing banking things, using banking terms. In banks. It really doesn’t get any more interesting than that. Waste of time.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Cecil B DeMille
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A passionate epic, set in the sands of Egypt. Love. Betrayal. The world’s most infamous lovers. Made for a pretty boring film in the end.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Frank Capra
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Capra, Best Actor – Clark Gable, Best Actress – Claudette Colbert
Won: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Capra, Best Actor – Clark Gable, Best Actress – Claudette Colbert
Plot in 25 Words: A zany, road trip love story. A newspaper reporter and heiress are forced together on a cross-country expedition. Hilarious multi-Oscar winner – deserved more.
28 Thursday Apr 2016
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Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor
Best Actress
There are no films that jumped out at me, but a few of the names on the acting awards did. Clark Gable and Bette Davis certainly caught my eye. One film with four Oscar wins should also be worth it.
28 Thursday Apr 2016
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I’m starting to notice a new and disturbing trend. It seems to me that the Oscar board/committee is not overly keen on nominating comedies. Not a lot of laughs in this bunch.
Favourite – A clear winner – Cavalcade. I would watch that again and would happily accept a remake of this. Brilliant concept.
Least Favourite – A tie. 42nd Street or She Done Him Wrong. Not bad films, just instantly forgettable.
I took quite a long break halfway through this set, but I’m back with a renewed vigour. I just hope the films live up to the hype. I did some research lately and bought a couple of books that will hopefully help me with some of the background shenanigans.
28 Thursday Apr 2016
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Only one film this set.
State Fair – 1933 – Apparently quite a saucy film that had a lot of scenes cut for ‘moral’ reasons.
As far as I can tell, this film is available but I’ve really struggled to find it. Hopefully I’ll get another chance to watch it, I quite want to see Janet Gaynor in a speaking role.
28 Thursday Apr 2016
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Directed: Frank Lloyd
Year: 1933
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Lloyd, Best Actress – Diana Wynyard
Won: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Lloyd
Plot in 25 Words: An awesome trip through time and the memories of the Marryot family. Marriages, deaths and tragedies are all visited. A great Hollywood great with true class.
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