Posted: September 29th, 2008, 4:11 am
Gosh, if Marie Dressler and Jean Harlow weren't the stars of DINNER AT EIGHT who was?
One of my beefs with the Academy in the last decade is giving "supporting" Oscars and nominations to stars who are really playing starring roles if slightly secondary. Such nominations were extremely rare pre-1980 and I can think of only a few during the golden era - Olivia DeHavilland & Leslie Howard in GONE WITH THE WIND, and Paulette Goddard in SO PROUDLY WE HAIL but in those cases they were major stars playing a decided second fiddle to someone else.
I'm going to do like the newspaper/magazine critics do every Oscar season and post my "choices" and "who will win (or rather would have won)"
1927-28
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Lowell Sherman THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Lionel Barrymore SADIE THOMPSON
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Merna Kennedy THE CIRCUS
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Louise Dresser THE GARDEN OF EDEN
1928-29:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Lewis Stone THEIR OWN DESIRE
Best Supporting Actor (predict) John St. Polis COQUETTE
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Anita Page OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Belle Bennett THEIR OWN DESIRE
1929-30:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) James Hall HELL'S ANGELS
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Charles Bickford ANNA CHRISTIE
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Penny Singleton [Dorothy McNulty] GOOD NEWS
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Marie Dressler for ANNA CHRISTIE
1930-31:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Harry Myers CITY LIGHTS
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Pat O'Brien THE FRONT PAGE
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Maud Eburne LONELY WIVES
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Virginia Cherrill CITY LIGHTS
1931-32:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Richard Cromwell EMMA
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Preston Foster I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Una Merkel RED HEADED WOMAN
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Ann Dvorak SCARFACE
1932-33:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Frank Morgan BOMBSHELL
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Adolphe Menjou MORNING GLORY
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Mary Boland THREE CORNERED MOON
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Billie Burke DINNER AT EIGHT
1934:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Henry Wilcoxon CLEOPATRA
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Walter Connolly for IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Best Supporting Actress: (choice) Louise Beavers IMITATION OF LIFE
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Louise Beavers IMITATION OF LIFE
1935:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Donald Woods A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Fred Stone ALICE ADAMS
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Edna May Oliver DAVID COPPERFIELD
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Edna May Oliver A TALE OF TWO CITIES
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One of my beefs with the Academy in the last decade is giving "supporting" Oscars and nominations to stars who are really playing starring roles if slightly secondary. Such nominations were extremely rare pre-1980 and I can think of only a few during the golden era - Olivia DeHavilland & Leslie Howard in GONE WITH THE WIND, and Paulette Goddard in SO PROUDLY WE HAIL but in those cases they were major stars playing a decided second fiddle to someone else.
I'm going to do like the newspaper/magazine critics do every Oscar season and post my "choices" and "who will win (or rather would have won)"
1927-28
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Lowell Sherman THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Lionel Barrymore SADIE THOMPSON
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Merna Kennedy THE CIRCUS
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Louise Dresser THE GARDEN OF EDEN
1928-29:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Lewis Stone THEIR OWN DESIRE
Best Supporting Actor (predict) John St. Polis COQUETTE
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Anita Page OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Belle Bennett THEIR OWN DESIRE
1929-30:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) James Hall HELL'S ANGELS
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Charles Bickford ANNA CHRISTIE
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Penny Singleton [Dorothy McNulty] GOOD NEWS
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Marie Dressler for ANNA CHRISTIE
1930-31:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Harry Myers CITY LIGHTS
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Pat O'Brien THE FRONT PAGE
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Maud Eburne LONELY WIVES
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Virginia Cherrill CITY LIGHTS
1931-32:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Richard Cromwell EMMA
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Preston Foster I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Una Merkel RED HEADED WOMAN
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Ann Dvorak SCARFACE
1932-33:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Frank Morgan BOMBSHELL
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Adolphe Menjou MORNING GLORY
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Mary Boland THREE CORNERED MOON
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Billie Burke DINNER AT EIGHT
1934:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Henry Wilcoxon CLEOPATRA
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Walter Connolly for IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Best Supporting Actress: (choice) Louise Beavers IMITATION OF LIFE
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Louise Beavers IMITATION OF LIFE
1935:
Best Supporting Actor (choice) Donald Woods A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Best Supporting Actor (predict) Fred Stone ALICE ADAMS
Best Supporting Actress (choice) Edna May Oliver DAVID COPPERFIELD
Best Supporting Actress (predict) Edna May Oliver A TALE OF TWO CITIES
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