1935 Best Actress (feat. Manish Mathur)

11/10/21 • 118 min

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

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

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1934 Best Actress (feat. Kimberly Pierce)

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Kimberly Pierce of Ticklish Business to discuss the 1934 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Claudette Colbert won for her performance in "It Happened One Night," beating Grace Moore in "One Night of Love" and Norma Shearer in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," plus write-in candidate Bette Davis in "Of Human Bondage." We discuss all of these performances and discuss why the confirmed runner-up was the runner-up.

0:00 - 8:37 - Introduction

8:38 - 23:05 - Grace Moore

23:06 - 43:09 - Norma Shearer

43:10 - 1:04:00 - Bette Davis

1:04:01 - 1:21:30 - Claudette Colbert

1:21:31 - 1:53:25 - Why Claudette Colbert won / Twitter questions

1:53:26 - 1:59:29 - 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

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1936 Best Actress (feat. Izzy from Be Kind Rewind)

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Izzy from the Be Kind Rewind YouTube channel to discuss the 1936 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Luise Rainer won for her performance in "The Great Ziegfeld," beating Irene Dunne in "Theodora Goes Wild," Gladys George in "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie," Carole Lombard in "My Man Godfrey," and Norma Shearer in "Romeo and Juliet." We discuss all of these performances and discuss why the confirmed runner-up was the runner-up.

0:00 - 7:35 - Introduction

7:36 - 23:13 - Irene Dunne

23:14 - 36:59 - Gladys George

37:00 - 54:04 - Carole Lombard

54:05 - 1:06:53 - Norma Shearer

1:06:54 - 1:18:39 - Luise Rainer

1:18:40 - 1:36:17 - Why Luise Rainer won / Twitter questions

1:36:18 - 1:42:24 - Why was ____ the runner-up?

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