1935 Best Actress (feat. Manish Mathur)
And the Runner-Up Is
English - November 10, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 169 MB - ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsFilm History TV & Film Film Reviews film oscars awards movies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Manish Mathur of It Pod to be You and Queer and Now to discuss the 1935 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Bette Davis won for her performance in "Dangerous," beating Elisabeth Bergner in "Escape Me Never," Claudette Colbert in "Private Worlds," Katharine Hepburn in "Alice Adams," Miriam Hopkins in "Becky Sharp," and Merle Oberon in "The Dark Angel." We discuss all of these performances and discuss why the confirmed runner-up was the runner-up.
0:00 - 14:43 - Introduction
14:44 - 30:04 - Elisabeth Bergner
30:05 - 43:18 - Claudette Colbert
43:18 - 1:00:43 - Katharine Hepburn
1:00:44 - 1:12:57 - Miriam Hopkins
1:12:58 - 1:26:10 - Merle Oberon
1:26:11 - 1:37:04 - Bette Davis
1:37:05 - 1:51:44 - Why Bette Davis won / Twitter questions
1:51:45 - 1:58:54 - Why was ____ the runner-up?
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Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov
Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley
Artwork: Brian O'Meara