A Free Soul

29 Monday Jun 2015

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Directed: Clarence Brown

Year: 1931

Nominated: Best Director – Clarence Brown, Best Actor – Lionel Barrymore, Best Actress – Norma Shearer

Won: Best Actor – Lionel Barrymore

Plot in 25 Words: An alcoholic lawyer defends a mobster for murder, then has to defend HIS murderer after he abuses his daughter. Truly terrible romance decisions are made.

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The Front Page

29 Monday Jun 2015

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Directed: Lewis Milestone

Year: 1931

Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Lewis Milestone, Best Actor – Adolphe Menjou

Plot in 25 Words: A gaggle of newspapermen await news of an execution, but what’s that? An escape! A scrupulous hack hides him to help to clear his name.

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1930/31

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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Best Picture:

  • Cimarron
  • East Lynne
  • The Front Page
  • Skippy
  • Trader Horn

Best Director:

  • Norman Taurog – Skippy
  • Clarence Brown – A Free Soul
  • Lewis Milestone – The Front Page
  • Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron
  • Josef von Sternberg – Morocco

Best Actor

  • Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
  • Jackie Cooper – Skippy
  • Richard Dix – Cimarron
  • Fredric March – The Royal Family of Broadway
  • Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page

Best Actress

  • Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
  • Marlene Dietrich – Morocco
  • Irene Dunne – Cimarron
  • Ann Harding – Holiday
  • Norma Shearer – A Free Soul

1929/30 – Review

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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Well I think the theme of this year’s films was dishonest love. A few prostitute dramas and a few gold-diggers thrown in for good measure.

Thankfully I’ve found a new DVD site or my lost list would be a lot longer.

There was a pretty broad range of films this year. Big war epics, prison riots, and just simple dramas. My longest film list so far and it really seemed to drag on. Not my favourite collection so far.

Favourite – The Love Parade. Absolutely brilliant musical, I’ve been recommending to everyone!

Least Favourite – Disraeli. A hard choice because I struggled with so many this year.

Only a couple of films really stood out for one reason or another, but Love Parade is certainly the only one I’d watch again.

1929/30 – Lost Films

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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Another three films missing in action.

Condemned (1929) – Not available. It goes on the list. I plan to sporadically look for my ‘lost’ films just in case.

The Green Goddess (1930) – Not available. Every search I made just kept providing me with the film Tarzan and the Green Goddess. I highly doubt that will be on the Oscar list but I desperately want to see it. If only to satisfy my curiosity – surely it can’t be a film about the king of the jungle and the reserve firetrucks?!

The Rogue Song (1930) – A lost film which I’m not holding out much hope for.