Fritz and the Oscars

10/29/2009

Best Actress 1939: Irene Dunne in "Love Affair"

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When one thinks of love that begins on a boat, the Empire State Building and a wheelchair, then mostly these thoughts come up: An Affair to ...
10/28/2009

Best Actress 1939: Bette Davis in "Dark Victory"

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When you have an actress of such talent and such a long list of great performances as Bette Davis, it is hard to point out the one crowning ...
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10/27/2009

Best Actress 1939: Greer Garson in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"

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Greer Garson and the Academy…one of the biggest love stories of all time. She received an Oscar nomination for her movie debut and was nomin...
10/24/2009

Best Actress 1939

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The next year will be 1939 and the nominees were Bette Davis in Dark Victory Irene Dunne in Love Affair Greta Garbo in Ninotchka Greer ...
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Best Actress 1940 - The resolution!

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After having watched and reviewed all five nominated performances, it's time to pick the winner! 5. Martha Scott in Our Town Mar...

Best Actress 1940: Martha Scott in "Our Town"

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It’s always interesting to find one nominee among the five contenders for Best Actress whose name is not as familiar today anymore as it may...

Best Actress 1940: Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story"

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After having been declared ‘box-office poison’, Katharine Hepburn returned to the stage and regained respect and popularity in the comedy Th...
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10/23/2009

Best Actress 1940: Joan Fontaine in "Rebecca"

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Before 1940, Joan Fontaine was mostly known as the younger sister of Olivia de Havilland but she was able to outdo a lot of well-known actre...

Best Actress 1940: Ginger Rogers in "Kitty Foyle"

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Ginger Rogers received the only Oscar nominations of her career – and won the award – for her role as the title character in Kitty Foyle , a...
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10/20/2009

Best Actress 1940: Bette Davis in "The Letter"

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By 1939, Bette Davis had already won two Oscars for her work in Dangerous and Jezebel , but her most memorable and celebrated screen perfor...
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