The 4th Day of Osc

Here is a preview of tomorrow's line-up. The theme has moved on to Best Supporting Actor.

Recommended: The unofficial Bette Davis theme continues with four films tomorrow to go with the three from today. They are Mr. Skeffington, The Corn is Green, Pocketful of Miracles, and Juarez. Otherwise, Picnic, The Asphalt Jungle, and Notorious are also good ones to catch.

Highly Recommended: I'm going to return to the Davis films here and recommend Juarez. None of these Davis films would make my top five list for her, but Juarez would be close because I also love Paul Muni who seems somewhat forgotten today though he was spectacular in his day.

Haven't Seen, but want to: Ride the Pink Horse leaps out at me from the list as Robert Montgomery is one of my favorites - though I generally prefer his work in the early 1930s and not the film noir 40s so much. I might try and tape this one though.

Really Not Interested: This award goes to Trial tonight. Nothing here seems to grab me about it. I have been wrong before though...




As for today, I did end up watching These Three which was good. Merle Oberon is stunning - I often forget that. I also saw All This, And Heaven Too and The Little Foxes. Both are good, though, as I said, Foxes overall is much better. I have thought about this before, but I was struck again watching both films as to how amazing Bette Davis close-ups are - I really think there are few finer in film at delivering a close-up. Shots of her face literally jar me out of my seat each and every time - either due to the beauty, innocence, and simplicity of her look in All This, the cold meanness of her look in Foxes, or, where I thought of it before, the sexual energy of her look in Dangerous. Breathtaking each and every time, even if for radically different reasons.