Tag Archives: Bing Crosby

If then, maybe… How Oscar can get it wrong and what can happen when it does

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Random thoughts on a series of Oscar “what-ifs”: 1939—Jimmy Stewart should have won for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington or maybe Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind. The winner that year was Robert Donat for Goodbye, Mr. Chips in … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A Star is Born, A Streetcar Named Desire, Al Pacino, Bing Crosby, Casablanca, Clark Gable, Coquette, Denzel Washington, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Grace Kelly, Hamlet, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, James Mason, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, King Richard, Laurence Olivier, Life is Beautiful, Malcolm X, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, On Golden Pond, Oscar, Oscars, Paul Lukas, Robert Donat, Roberto Benigni, Scent of a Woman, The African Queen, The Country Girl, The Grapes of Wrath, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The. Philadelphia Story, Watch on the Rhine, Will Smith | Leave a comment

Stars Are Born: A Comparison of the Five “A Star is Born” Films

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Mark DuPré

There isn’t much of any interest in movie theaters these days, so it’s a good time to remind everyone of all the classics available to enjoy. In fact, it’s always a good time to view the classics. So here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles, Newer films, Older Films | Tagged 1932, 1937, 1954, 1976, 2018, A Star is Born, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Adolphe Menjou, Andy Devine, Barbara Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Bat, Batman, Bing Crosby, Bradley Cooper, Climb Every Mountain, Constance Bennett, D.W. Griffith, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Evergreen, Frank Pierson, Frederic March, Gene Fowler, George Cukor, Gone with the Wind, Humphrey Bogart, James Mason, Jane Murfin, Janet Gaynor, Joan Bennett, Judy Garland, Kris Kristofferson, Lady Gaga, Lionel Stander, Louise Beavers, Lowell Sherman, Maestro, Marlon Brando, May Robson, Meet Me in St. Louis, On the Waterfront, Owen Moore, Paul Williams, Peggy Wood, Rebecca, RKO Pathé, Robert Carson, Sunrise, Sunset Boulevard, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Caine Mutiny, The Country Girl, The High and the Mighty, The Ox-Bow Indcident, The Wizard of Oz, William Wellman | Leave a comment

A Trip to the ‘30s: Peg O’ My Heart, Lady for a Day, Morning Glory, and King of Jazz

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Mark DuPré

Saw a trio of films that turned to be central to the 1933 Best Actress race. Katherine Hepburn won her first Oscar for a somewhat strange performance in Morning Glory, playing an actress who goes from young, innocent, naïve, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Star is Born, Adolph Menjou, Bing Crosby, Busby Berkeley, C. Aubrey Smith, Cavalcade, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frank Capra, Frank Lloyd, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Harvey Weinstein, It Happened One Night, John Boles, Katherine Hepburn, King of Jazz, Lady for a Day, Laurette Taylor, Lowell Sherman, Marion Davies, May Robson, Morning Glory, Onslow Stevens, Paul Whiteman, Peg O' My Heart, Robert Riskin, The Great Ziegfeld, The Rhythm Boys, three-strip Technicolor, two-strip Technicolor, Universal, What Price Hollywood?, Will Rogers, William Randolph Heart | Leave a comment

#OscarsSoSilly

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Mark DuPré

The Oscars should be taken seriously on a few levels. Sometimes they actually reward and encourage great work. At other times, they at least call attention to work that might otherwise be ignored. They can jumpstart a stalling career (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged #OscarsSoSilly, #OscarsSoWhite, A Beautiful Mind, A Place in the Sun, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Named Desire, African Queen, Airport, Al Pacino, All About Eve, All the President's Men, An American in Paris, Anne Baxter, Around the World in 80 Days, Ben Hur, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Born Yesterday, BUtterfield 8, Capote, Cecil B. DeMille, Chaplin, Charles Laughton, Charlton Heston, Citizen Kane, City Slickers, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Cocoon, Cold Mountain, Coquette, Dances with Wolves, Dangerous, Denzel Washington, Dial M for Murder, Don Ameche, Donna Reed, Driving Miss Daisy, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Burstyn, Erin Brockovich, Franchot Tone, George Chakiris, George Clooney, Ginger Rogers, Going My Way, Golden Globes, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Grace Kelly, Grace Moore, Greer Garson, Hallie Barry, Hattie McDaniel, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Hollywood Foreign Press, Humphrey Bogart, It Happened One Night, Jack Lemmon, Jack Palance, James Steward, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Tandy, Jezebel, John Ford, John Mills, John Wayne, Judy Garland, Judy Holiday, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Kitty Foyle, La Vie en Rose, Leonard DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, McLaglen, Monster's Ball, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mutiny on the Bounty, Myrna Loy, Nicole Kidman, Norma Shearer, Of Human Bondage, Olivier, On Golden Pond, On the Waterfront, Orson Welles, Oscar, Oscars, Out of Africa, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rear Window, Rebecca, Renee Zellweger, Requiem for a Dream, Robert Donat, Robert Duvall, Rocky, Russell Crowe, Ryan’s Daughter, Save the Tiger, Scent of a Woman, Still Alice, Sunset Boulevard, Syriana, Tender Mercies, The Artist, The Caine Mutiny, The Color of Money, The Country Girl, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Hours, The Informer, The Philadelphia Story, The Reader, The Revenant, The Shootist, The Sting, The Thin Man, Training Day, True Grit, Victor, West Side Story, William Powell | Leave a comment

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A Trip to the ‘30s: Peg O’ My Heart, Lady for a Day, Morning Glory, and King of Jazz

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