Directors HTF Tournament: Reviving the Icons of Cinema (3 Viewers)

[Dome Vongvises]

Vickie_M said:

Hope your interview went well Dome.

Thanks. Part of me says I spoke my heart, and I did well. The other part can't help but scrutinize every stupid thing I might've said.
John Wayne wins 6 - 5
James Stewart wins 7 - 4
Humphrey Bogart wins 9 - 1
Toshiro Mifune wins 7 - 3
Bracket Two, Round Two
North
1. Alfred Hitchcock
vs.
8. James Coburn
South
1. Billy Wilder
vs.
9. Marlene Dietrich
East
1. Orson Welles
vs.
8. Claude Rains
West
1. David Lean
vs.
8. Rock Hudson
Personal Opinion: I'm going the directors' route on this one, especially Lean. He lost a good fifteen years because of Pauline Kael. And yes, I do think it's her fault.
Cutoff: March 11, 2003, 08:00 EST
I will be gone from Tuesday through Friday, but hopefully my friend in Lexington has an Internet connection I can use.

 

[Bill J]

Alfred Hitchcock
Billy Wilder
Orson Welles
David Lean

 

[Ric Bagoly]

James Coburn
Billy Wilder
Orson Welles
David Lean

 

[george kaplan]

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Orson Welles

Rock Hudson

 

[SteveGon]

James Coburn - Hey, I like the guy.
Billy Wilder
Orson Welles
David Lean

 

[Gabe D]

Alfred Hitchcock
Billy Wilder
Orson Welles
David Lean

 

[Rand]

Alfred Hitchcock I like Coburn's work a lot but can't vote against Hitch.
Billy Wilder Very easy, one of the greatest directors against an actress I've never cared for.
Claude Rains This was the tough one. Hard to vote against a great director and excellent actor in Welles. But Rains was very possibly the greatest character actor in film and would grace many more films than Welles.
David Lean See Hitchcock vote above.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

I vote for the #1's across the board.

 

[Brook K]

All the directors, Marlene Dietrich would be the only vote even moderately close.

 

[Jim_K]

Hitchcock
Wilder
Rains
Lean

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Alfred Hitchcock wins 7 - 2
Billy Wilder wins 9 - 0
Orson Welles wins 7 - 2
Davd Lean wins 8 - 1

brb with next matchup

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Bracket Two, Round Two
North
4. Vivian Leigh
vs.
5. F.W. Murnau
South
4. Buster Keaton
vs.
5. Carl Theodore Dreyer
East
4. Judy Garland
vs.
5. Jean Renoir
West
4. Gene Kelly
vs.
5. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cutoff: March 13, 2003; 02:30PM EST

 

[SteveGon]

F.W. Murnau - Though Leigh is definitely hotter.
Buster Keaton
Jean Renoir
Krzysztof Kieslowski

 

[Brook K]

F.W. Murnau

The next 3 are virtually impossible decisions

Carl Th. Dreyer
Judy Garland (could be the other way if I'd seen more than 2 Renoir films)
Gene Kelly (my favorite classic Hollywood star. Just imagine him in Chicago)

 

[Rand]

Vivian Leigh
Buster Keaton
Judy Garland
Gene Kelly

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Gotta go with the directors again... #5's across the board for me.

 

[george kaplan]

F.W. Murnau

Buster Keaton

Judy Garland

Gene Kelly

 

[Jim_K]

Leigh

Keaton

Renoir

Kelly

 

[Bill J]

F.W. Murnau
Buster Keaton
Jean Renoir
Gene Kelly

 

[Steeve Bergeron]

Vivien Leigh !!!