21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: John Cromwell
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Actress – Bette Davis
Plot in 25 Words: A bleak story of life with a clubbed foot, where the only hint of joy is being mistreated by a prostitute. Over and over again.
21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: Gregory La Cava
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Actor – Frank Morgan
Plot in 25 Words: A bawdy comedy set in 16th century Florence. Adulterous ‘monarchy’ sleep around and try to catch each other out, using a sculptor for such purposes.
21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: W. S. Van Dyke
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – W. S. Van Dyke, Best Actor – William Powell
Plot in 25 Words: A private detective is lured out of retirement to solve a missing persons case. A murder turns the film into a classic whodunit. Guess who?
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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Directed: Frank Lloyd
Year: 1933
Nominated: Best Actor – Leslie Howard
Plot in 25 Words: A science fiction, time travelling escapade. Complete with all the shenanigans and cliches that go along with it. And bleak, depressing, death and loneliness for all.
10 Sunday Apr 2016
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Directed: Mervyn LeRoy
Year: 1932
Nominated: Best Film, Best Actor – Paul Muni
Plot in 25 Words: A Soldier ends up on a chain gang before escaping and becoming a minor celebrity. He ends up back on the gang and again escapes.
10 Sunday Apr 2016
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Directed: Alexander Korda
Year: 1933
Nominated: Best Film, Best Actor – Charles Laughton
Won: Best Actor – Charles Laughton
Plot in 25 Words: Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. A slightly more sympathetic view of history’s greatest womaniser. At times both funny and sad. A wonderfully alternative story.
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.
19 Sunday Jul 2015
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Directed: Rouben Mamoulian
Year: 1931
Nominated: Best Actor – Fredric March
Won: Best Actor – Fredric March
Plot in 25 Words: A classic monster story with plenty of action, intrigue and a smidge of romance. Wonderful special effects, and great acting make this a heroic horror.
07 Tuesday Jul 2015
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Directed: George Cukor & Cyril Gardner
Year: 1930
Nominated: Best Actor – Fredric March
Plot in 25 Words: A family of actors, famed on Broadway contemplate leaving the stage. There’s talking and dramatic hand gesturing. Sometimes in a cab. Did I watch this?
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