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Category: 1950

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019

Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)

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January 7, 2019April 2, 2019

Quicksand (1950)

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October 21, 2018June 24, 2019

Tea For Two (1950)

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Woman On The Run

July 16, 2016September 11, 2018

Woman On The Run

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The Big Hangover

March 4, 2016September 12, 2018

The Big Hangover

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Daybreak In Udi

September 19, 2015September 18, 2018

Daybreak In Udi

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Broken Arrow (1950)

March 19, 2015September 21, 2018

Broken Arrow (1950)

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The Beauty Of The Devil (Beauty And The Devil) (La Beaute du Diable)

November 1, 2014September 24, 2018

The Beauty Of The Devil (Beauty And The Devil) (La Beaute du Diable)

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February 25, 2014June 24, 2019

Sunset Blvd.

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BEST ACTRESS 1968: We've all had to deal with Babs' insecurities in some form or another over the years, and how much you can deal with it (IS IT THE LEFT SIDE OR THE RIGHT SIDE WE CAN'T PHOTOGRAPH I CAN'T REMEMBER?!?!?) depends on how much you love her (and what the fuck is wrong with you that you don't love her, you fascist), but even at your least tolerant of her often adorably inhumane whimsy, you must know that it's not great for the self-esteem of the girl whose stepfather told her she was too ugly to have ice cream that the Academy only felt they could give BARBRA STREISAND an Oscar if they also gave one to the more venerated and established KATHARINE HEPBURN at the same time. Ingrid Bergman made the room gasp when she announced one of the few Oscar ties in Academy history and the only one in this category, going to Hepburn for a second year in a row, this time as Eleanor of Aquitaine in THE LION IN WINTER, and for the film debut of singer Streisand, reprising the role that she played on stage about a zillion times as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL. Hepburn is at least much more interesting than she was in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, but the film is more Peter O'Toole's show than hers, and as wonderful as she is (and as gracious as Babs was in her acceptance speech saying it was an honour to be in her company), it's ridiculous that Barbra's charisma, timing and surprising ease in front of a movie camera didn't merit a solo Oscar simply because the movie wasn't called Tragic Girl. Is there anyone who can be so funny just by holding up her greasepaint cans and saying that the "makeup helps?" Who else is that endearing while being so self-effacing ("We'd be happy to wait while you change," "I'd have to change too much, nobody could wait that long"), then delivers a host of songs in that unmistakable a-touch-too-nasal-to-make-her-human belt? Audiences made it clear that they were ready to leave Julie Andrews' old world nice white girl charm behind and embrace this undeniably ethnic superstar, why was the Academy hedging their bets?

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