Tue 20 Feb 2007
How green was my Oscar?
Posted by jporro under 100 Years... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition1 Comment
One of Clint Eastwood’s favorite movies is John Ford’s HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, the Academy’s best picture Oscar-winner in 1941. Watch Eastwood tell AFI here. As the 2007 Oscars approach, the Dallas Morning News is counting down the top five biggest Oscar Misses this week here. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY beating out CITIZEN KANE and THE MALTESE FALCON? SlashFilm.com says that’s not the only Oscar gaffe, they list them here. Rest assured, not matter who you think is right, CITIZEN KANE, THE MALTESE FALCON and HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY are all on the list of 400 nominated films competing for the top stop on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies – 10th Anniversary Edition. Check them out here.
One Response to “How green was my Oscar?”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
June 25th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
“How Green Was My Valley” was poignant and deserved to win the best picture of the year award. The academy was so right. That depiction of life in a small Welsh mining town-magnificent. How Sara Allgood lost the supporting award to Mary Astor for “The Great Lie” was outrageous.
There have been so many Oscar gaffes. Judy Garland, for “A Star is Born,” losing to “Country Girl’s” Grace Kelly. Susan Hayward not winning for “I’ll Cry Tomorrow” when Anna Magnani won for “Rose Tattoo.” How could the academy have given Jo Van Fleet the supporting award for “East of Eden” when she was so much better in “I’ll Cry Tomorrow.” That was the same year.
Kirk Douglas should have won for “Lust for Life.” Instead “The King and I” produced Yul Brynner as the winner. Ridiculous.
Dustin Hoffman should have snared the Oscar for “Midnight Cowboy.” John Wayne’s “True Grit” win was merely a popularity contest win. How could Jose Ferrer have lost for “Moulin Rouge?” Gary Cooper winning for “High Noon” was another popularity contest win.
Finally, “Mrs. Miniver” deserved to win the best picture of 1942 award. Am glad that it did. However, Greer Garson and Teresa Wright should have lost to Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper for “Now Voyager.”
Some other gaffes:
Deborah Kerr losing in “Separate Tables to Susan Hayward in 1958 for “I Want to Live!” Fellow nominees Shirley MacLaine in “Some Came Running” and Roz Russell in “Auntie Mame” were far better as well.