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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Alternate Best Actor 1937: Results

5. Claude Rains in They Won't Forget- Rains does his best and puts a great deal of effort in his performance, but his character unfortunately is paper thin.
4. Victor Moore in Make Way For Tomorrow- Moore gives a moving quiet performance of a man who witnesses society pass him by.
2 . Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Way Out West- There is no reason to separate them as together they create the greatest comedy duo ever, and show well there unique talent together in this film. ( In the overall rank I merely put them in alphabetical order.)
1. Cary Grant in The Awful Truth- Grant gives an entertaining and enjoyable performance that is a terrific example of his abilities as the lead of a romantic comedy.
Overall Rank:
  1. Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall
  2. Cary Grant in The Awful Truth
  3. Oliver Hardy in Way Out West
  4. Stan Laurel in Way Out West
  5. Fredric March in A Star is Born
  6. Ronald Colman in Lost Horizon
  7. Victor Moore in Make Way For Tomorrow
  8. Charles Boyer in Conquest
  9. Paul Muni in The Life Emile Zola
  10. Freddie Bartholomew in Captains Courageous  
  11. Claude Rains in They Won't Forget
  12. Paul Muni in the Good Earth
  13. Roland Young in Topper
  14. Cary Grant in Topper
  15. Edward Norris in They Won't Forget
  16. Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous 
  17. Jon Hall in The Hurricane
Next Year: 1974

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