Final Match - Bette Davis vs. Judy Garland

Final match starts now until Monday....

So sorry, everyone, for the delay. I got a little behind in the tournament. Good luck to these two great ladies!!!

The Final Four to Battle it Out...

We will find out the final 2 in the 1940s era soon.... Here are the matches...

 

GENE TIERNEY            VS.           JUDY GARLAND

 

BETTE DAVIS                          VS.          LUCILLE BALL

Round 3 for FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR & SINGERS/DANCERS

These are the ladies who will be in the next round of matches to narrow them down to a winner of each category:

FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR

ROSALIND RUSSELL VS. LUCILLE BALL

SINGERS/DANCERS

JUDY GARLAND VS. RITA HAYWORTH

Personally, the Roz & Lucy match is the toughest one for me so far. I both adore them so much.... good luck to all!

Winners of SOPHISTICATES and DRAMA QUEENS categories

These matches weren't super close, but we now have the winners of the DRAMA QUEENS and SOPHISTICATES categories for the 1940s era!

These were the results:

Gene Tierney vs. Lauren Bacall 53-45
Bette Davis vs. Olivia de Havilland 53-44

Congratulations to

GENE TIERNEY

SOPHISTICATES

and........

BETTE DAVIS

DRAMA QUEENS

Tomorrow starts the beginning of the second part of Round 3 to find out who are the winners of the Funny Ladies/Girls Next Door and Singers/Dancers categories!!

Start of Round 3 for the SOPHISTICATES & DRAMA QUEENS

Now it is time to start finding out who will be the WINNERS of their categories, starting with the SOPHISTICATES and the DRAMA QUEENS.

Here are the contenders:

SOPHISTICATES

GENE TIERNEY VS. LAUREN BACALL

DRAMA QUEENS

BETTE DAVIS VS. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

Round 2 FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR and SINGERS/DANCERS Results

WOW, that was one intense round! Roz and Jane Wyman both put up quite a fight. They were neck and neck for just about the entire Round 2, Lucy being in an intensely close match with Eve Arden as well. Even Judy didn't fare so well because it was probably expected that she would win by a landslide, but she won by just several votes. On the other hand, Rita Hayworth crushed her competition from the start (Ann Miller).

These are the final vote counts for Round 2 (Record number of votes on my blog for the first match):

Rosalind Russell vs. Jane Wyman 79-74
Lucille Ball vs. Eve Arden 68-66
Judy Garland vs. Betty Grable 58-54
Rita Hayworth vs. Ann Miller 59-40

In the end, there were no upsets, but can I get a "hip hip hooray" for our girl ROZ?

She says she is just exhausted after that match, but relieved, to say the least!

Matches for Round 2: FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR and SINGERS/DANCERS

Here are the matches staring tomorrow 3/15:

FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR
ROSALIND RUSSELL VS. JANE WYMAN

 

LUCILLE BALL vs. EVE ARDEN

 

SINGERS/DANCERS
JUDY GARLAND vs. BETTY GRABLE

RITA HAYWORTH vs. ANN MILLER

SOPHISTICATES and DRAMA QUEENS Round 2 Results

WOW, three upsets here, I have to say! Things like this just make this tournament more exciting, really.

Vivien Leigh, who won the entire 1940s era, last year, unfortunately lost to Gene Tierney. I was very shocked to see this, but what a fight Gene put up and won, too!

Two other upsets occurred with Olivia de Havilland beating out Katharine Hepburn, and Lauren Bacall beating Ingrid Bergman. However, the reigning drama queen, Bette Davis, beat her opponent, as was expected.

These are the final vote counts for this part of the tournament:

Vivien Leigh vs. Gene Tierney 44-51
Ingrid Bergman vs. Lauren Bacall 37-54
Bette Davis vs. Joan Fontaine 58-39
Katharine Hepburn vs. Olivia de Havilland 44-54

P.S. FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR and SINGERS/DANCERS polls for Round 2 will be up tomorrow =)

Round 2 of 1940s era Classic Movie Actress Tournament to start Monday 3/12

Hello, everyone!

I'm putting up tomorrow's matches for you, so you can see who will be up in the polls soon.... Should be a great Round 2!

SOPHISTICATES

VIVIEN LEIGH vs. GENE TIERNEY

 


INGRID BERGMAN vs. LAUREN BACALL

 


DRAMA QUEENS

BETTE DAVIS vs. JOAN FONTAINE

KATHARINE HEPBURN vs. OLIVIA de HAVILLAND

 

Results of Part 2 of Round 1!

And the polls have officially closed for the end of Round 1 of 1940s era of the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress tournament! We already know the finalists for Round 1 of the first two categories, but this is how it turned out for Round 1 for the FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR and SINGERS/DANCERS categories.

Rosalind Russell vs. Jeanne Crain 58-17

(I knew our girl Roz could do it, and she knocked it out of the park!)

Jane Wyman vs. Donna Reed 47-43

(This one was a close match all the way through. Sometimes when I checked, Jane was winning, and sometimes Donna was winning. What a match!)

Lucille Ball vs. Maureen O’Hara 53-37

(I have to say, this one was the most interesting for me. Lucy seemed to be losing pretty badly in the beginning, but then she really went ahead and got quite a few votes and won out in the end)

Eve Arden vs. Teresa Wright 35-27

(Funny lady Eve Arden and Girl next door Teresa Wright battled each other in this one, and Eve had the lead most of the time, but it was still pretty close)

Judy Garland vs. Margaret O’Brien 57-12

(This probably isn’t too surprising. The one and only Judy Garland beat out Margaret O’Brien by an astonishing 45 votes)

Betty Grable vs. June Allyson 39-25

(This one was also a fairly close match, but Betty’s million dollar legs beat out June’s girl-next-door smile in the end)

Rita Hayworth vs. Hedy Lamarr 48-19

(I wasn’t sure how this one would play out, but Rita really beat out Hedy in this match of the beautiful bombshells)

Ann Miller vs. Virginia Mayo 34-24

(Ann had the lead on Virginia the entire way, but it was a pretty good match)

P.S. Round 2 with the finalists of Round 1 will begin on Monday, March 12^th. See you then :)

Classic Movie Actress Tournament - 1940s era FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR and SINGERS/DANCERS

Time for the actresses in the categories “FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR” and “SINGERS/DANCERS” to battle it out in the first round for the 1940s era!!! Good luck to all of them. Here are the matches in these categories. I will put up the polls on the sidebar right after I publish this post:

FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR

ROSALIND RUSSELL

Known for: His Girl Friday (1940), Auntie Mame (1958)

VS.

JEANNE CRAIN

Known for: State Fair (1945), A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

JANE WYMAN

Known for: The Lost Weekend (1945), Johnny Belinda (1948)

VS.

DONNA REED

Known for: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), From Here to Eternity (1953)

LUCILLE BALL

Known for: The Long, Long Trailer (1953), Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968)

VS.

MAUREEN O’HARA

Known for: Miracle on 34^th Street (1947), The Quiet Man (1952)

EVE ARDEN

Known for: Stage Door (1937), Mildred Pierce (1945)

VS.

TERESA WRIGHT

Known for: Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

SINGERS/DANCERS

JUDY GARLAND

Known for: The Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

VS.

MARGARET O’BRIEN

Known for: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949)

BETTY GRABLE

Known for: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

VS.

JUNE ALLYSON

Known for: The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Little Women (1949)

RITA HAYWORTH

Known for: Gilda (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

VS.

HEDY LAMARR

Known for: Samson and Delilah (1949), Algiers (1938)

ANN MILLER

Known for: On the Town (1949), Kiss Me Kate (1953)

VS.

VIRGINIA MAYO

Known for: White Heat (1949), The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

Get to voting, everyone!! Polls close 3/10 at 11 PM (PST). Have fun!