KellyGarland

[nmartin]

KellyGarland#0

Posted: 12/26/05 at 8:57pm

I'm watching "The Country Girl" on TCM and Grace Kelly is pretty good, but how the hell did she win the Oscar over Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born"? I know Garland is bound to have pissed a lot of people off, but she couldn't have made them that angry.

[Glebb]

re: KellyGarland#1

Posted: 12/26/05 at 9:19pm

Where's AndyHardy when you need him?
I've never seen "The Country Girl".

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[fflagg]

re: KellyGarland#2

Posted: 12/26/05 at 9:27pm

Grace Kelly was not bad in "The Country Girl". I have never seen the play so am not sure how old she is supposed to be.

Grace Kelly won due to money; as much as Judy Garland kicked ass in ASIB the film ran over budget due to her and was considered a flop due to its release in its long and shorter version. I think some people blamed her and Sid Luft for the film coming in long and overbudget.

Kelly had 4 hit films in 1954 in more than one studio: THE COUNTRY GIRL, DIAL M FOR MURDER, REAR WINDOW, and THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI. There is nothing Oscar likes more than someone who can bring in the bacon. If ASIB had been a hit JG would have won and done more films.

When Julie Andrews was nommed for MARY POPPINS, 20th Century Fox released THE SOUND OF MUSIC. When it became a huge hit she was bound for Oscar. I personally would have voted for Kim Stanley in SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON and given Julie an Oscar for THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY [for which she was not nommed].

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[Rathnait62]

re: KellyGarland#3

Posted: 12/26/05 at 9:30pm

I'll never get over Garland not winning for Star is Born. It just proves that the Academy Awards were a travesty even back then.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson