Classic Hollywood Dramas Tournament (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

Okay, here we go!


Round 1 - Bracket 1

Inherit the Wind vs. Written on the Wind


Round 1 - Bracket 2

The Caine Mutiny vs. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)


Hey, I'm in a silly mood this morning.

Feel free to keep seconding and thirding the nominated films. Let's see if we can get enough to use as wild cards. My post above has the updated list.

 

[Jim_K]

abstain
Mutiny on the Bounty

 

[Agee Bassett]

Written on the Wind
The Caine Mutiny

 

[Lew Crippen]

Third:

Grand Hotel

 

[Lew Crippen]

Written on the Wind

Mutiny on the Bounty

 

[Jan H]

ABSTAIN
The Caine Mutiny

 

[Rand]

Inherit the Wind

The Caine Mutiny

 

[Brook K]

Mutiny on the Bounty (tough, both are excellent)


A nomination I just thought of:

Cape Fear

 

[Gabe D]

Inherit the Wind
The Caine Mutiny

 

[Jeff_A]

Inherit the Wind
Mutiny on the Bounty

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Abstain (love Inherit the Wind though)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

 

[Bill J]

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

 

[SteveGon]

Inherit the Wind wins 3 - 2.
Mutiny on the Bounty wins 6 - 4.


Round 1 - Bracket 3

All About Eve vs. A Star is Born (1954)


Round 1 - Bracket 4

The Lost Weekend vs. To Have and Have Not


Brook, Cape Fear is from 1962. Please keep the seconds and thirds coming for the wild card list.

 

[Brook K]

A Star Is Born (tough draw, I'm afraid it's going to lose this one)

To Have And Have Not

 

[Agee Bassett]

All About Eve
The Lost Weekend

 

[Jan H]

A Star is Born
The Lost Weekend

 

[Rain]

All About Eve

 

[Jeff_A]

All About Eve
The Lost Weekend

 

[Evan Case]

The Lost Weekend

So Mr. Deeds isn't considered dramatic enough then? It's not outright comely afterall (less than Stalag 17, for one), with plenty of (melo)drama wrung from Jean Arthur's betraying of Deeds, the plight of the common man, and the court trial where Deeds could potentially be locked up and his fortune sent to greedy relatives instead of starving farmers. Plus, Cooper and Arthur play it pretty much straight. It fits the classic Hollywood Drama mold better than several already in, I'd say (and better than the already excised Capra films It Happened One Night and You Can't Take it With You, which feature more overtly comic characters).

I admit my Pinocchio nomination was more of a reach though.

Evan

 

[Evan Case]

Third Fury and The Lost Horizon

Evan