Frank Morgan is our new Star of the Week! To start with, we've posted to his page a video clip for his Rag-winning performance in Tortilla Flat, as well as reviews for the films that earned him his previous three nominations: A Lost Lady, The Wizard of Oz, and The Shop Around the Corner.
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Since we caught up yesterday with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen O'Hara, let's catch up with some of the guys today. Check out Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain and Walter Huston in Gabriel Over the White House. Enjoy!
To continue catching up with movies we've missed during previous Stars of the Week, here are a couple of classics that both earned Rag Awards: Check out A Place in the Sun and How Green Was My Valley! Enjoy and come back tomorrow for more.
All 17 reviews of Felix Bressart's movies have now been posted to his page, so here is your clue for the next star:
Both Felix Bressart and next week’s star earned Rag nominations for the movie they made together. Do you know who he is? Check back on Monday to find out if you're right. Have you enjoyed looking over the results of the latest ten years of Rag Awards? Let's give a round of congratulations to nominees and winners from the 1940s who have also enjoyed time as Star of the Week here on The Rag!
Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon nom., The Great Lie win, The Palm Beach Story nom.) Ann Blyth (Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid nom.) Felix Bressart (The Shop Around the Corner nom.) Kirk Douglas (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers nom.) Susan Hayward (Smash Up: The Story of a Woman nom.) Walter Huston (The Devil and Daniel Webster nom., The Treasure of the Sierra Madre win) Deborah Kerr (Edward, My Son win) Charles Laughton (They Knew What They Wanted nom., The Suspect win) Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives nom., An Act of Murder nom.) Robert Newton (This Happy Breed nom., Hatter's Castle win) David Niven (Enchantment nom.) Margaret O'Brien (Juvenile Award win) Maureen O'Hara (How Green Was My Valley nom., Sentimental Journey nom.) Gregory Peck (The Great Sinner nom.) Tyrone Power (This Above All nom., Nightmare Alley nom.) Mickey Rooney (Killer McCoy nom.) Frank Sinatra (The Miracle of the Bells nom.) Barbara Stanwyck (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers nom., Sorry, Wrong Number nom.) Elizabeth Taylor (Juvenile Award win) Robert Young (Joe Smith, American nom., Enchanted Cottage nom.) A toast to Felix Bressart, our new Star of the Week! You might not know who he is, so this is the perfect opportunity to rent some new (old) movies and expand your film education. To start with, his page includes a video clip from his Rag-nominated The Shop Around the Corner, as well as reviews for Ninotcka and To Be Or Not to Be. Enjoy! If you're looking for something romantic to watch this week, check out the Valentine's page for some ideas. Here are a couple of exciting dramas I just watched that I highly recommend: The V.I.P.s starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, about a delayed flight and the consequences; and This Could Be the Night, starring Jean Simmons who walks on the wild side. . .
Greta Garbo's 16 reviews are now posted to her page, and now it's time to guess next week's star. Get ready for your clue!
Next week’s star is a German refugee and a Rag nominee who first endeared himself to American audiences in a Greta Garbo movie. This is a hard one, but if you don't know his name, it's a great opportunity for you to learn all about a new silver screen actor! Check back on Thursday to find out who he is. As the theme song goes, it's time to dress up, dress up, dress up in your tuxes and gowns! It's Hot Toasty Rag time!
If you don't know what that means, the Members of the Board here at Hot Toasty Rag have our own awards ceremony that we often contrast against the Academy Awards. I post results online once a year, the morning after the Academy Awards; last year I posted results for the 1930s, and this year I'm proud to post results for the 1940s. Check out the tab at the top for the full list of our awards. Included in each year will be a full list of nominees and winners compared to those honored by the Academy, as well as a video presentation of each ceremony. Enjoy! (And feel free to sing along) Are any of you going to watch the Academy Awards tonight? The Members of the Board of the Hot Toasty Rag Awards are going to be having our own ceremony, to announce more nominees and winners of the silver screen era. Last year, I posted the results from the 1932-1939 ceremonies, and I hope you've enjoyed looking over our choices. Come back tomorrow for results of the 1940-1949 ceremonies!
A special congratulations to all 1930s Rag nominees and winners who have also enjoyed time as Stars of the Week: Joan Crawford (Grand Hotel nom., Mannequin nom.) Judy Garland (Juvenile Award win) Greta Garbo (The Painted Veil win, Camille nom., Ninotchka nom.) Katharine Hepburn (Little Women win, Alice Adams win) Walter Huston (Dodsworth nom.) Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII win, Mutiny on the Bounty nom., Rembrandt nom., The Hunchback of Notre Dame nom.) Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde win, A Star Is Born nom.) Paul Muni (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang win, Hi, Nelly! nom., Bordertown nom., The Good Earth win) David Niven (The Dawn Patrol nom.) Mickey Rooney (Juvenile Award win) Barbara Stanwyck (Stella Dallas win) Spencer Tracy (Boys Town nom.) Bobs Watson (Juvenile Award win) Robert Young (The Wet Parade nom.) Greta Garbo's reviews have all been posted, but since it's the special awards weekend, we're going to hold off on the next clue for few days. Instead, let's catch up with a few previous stars. Check out Katharine Hepburn in The Little Minister, Kathryn Grayson in That Midnight Kiss, Susan Hayward in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, and Bing Crosby in Road to Utopia. Enjoy!
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