The Leading Ladies of the 1940's!- That is right, we here at Love Those Classic Movies! (LTCM) are back at it once again; providing the best of the best from a new decade in focus - the 1940's!
These ladies you will truly embody the 1940's from their outstanding projects in this specific decade which due to their quality stand the test of time.
Let us hear from you on your thoughts, maybe you agree, disagree or have someone of worthy mention. It is a very difficult task at hand which is never taken lightly on our end. We will be publishing our "Leading Men of the 1940s" shortly along with other wonderful decades such as the 1960s, 1930's, 1920's and more! Now take a seat and have a read of whom we consider the true definition of a classic lady of the 1940s.
The ten top leading ladies deemed as the defining women of the 1940's are:
Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Greer Garson, Jennifer Jones, Ida Lupino, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, & Ingrid Bergman!
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Ingmar Bergman
Plot:
This classic 1970's Swedish motion picture was directed by the famous Ingmar Bergman. Charlotte Andergast (Bergman) is a very well established and famous concert pianist who was never much a
mother to her two children. A big decision is made that Charlotte will go visit her children that she has not seen in seven years. First child she visits is her eldest, Eva (Ullman). Eva lives in the desolate country along with her husband Viktor (Halvar Björk). The youngest of her two children being Helena (Nyman) was put into a mental institution due to being both physically/mentally disabled. Charlotte made the decision to place her youngest daughter into this institution years ago. Unknown to her, Eva decided to remove her sister Helena from the institution and had her instead live with her.
Charlotte stays the evening with her two daughters and throughout the course gets worse. This is when Eva with all her emotions finally was able to lash out towards her mother whom she had a lot of right to do so and finally get it all out. An evening where both mother and daughter shared hurtful and regretful statements from what they missed or were neglected of getting. This is one evening that both daughters and mother will forever be changed and forever needed in order to close a chapter of all of their lives.
Norma Shearer receiving her Best Actress Oscar for The Divorcee from Conrad Nagel
Hello My Fellow Movie Buffs,
It is that time of year where we all get all excited about any and everything Academy Awards! We will on an annual basis celebrate the best of the best winners in Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Direcotr, Costume Designer, etc....
We will look at the various locations that the Academy Awards were held along with the magnitude of hosts through the years. We will look at the acceptance speeches, the red carpet arrivals and much much more. Basically this post will look at EVERYTHING the best regarding the Academy Awards.
From the classic movie guy:
In this post we will look at the past winners and locations that the ceremony was held in through lovely images. I absolutely love this new addition to this group and hope you do to...be on the lookout for more installments. This is coming from the guy ever since I can remember being a wee lad taking naps to stay up late with my mother to watch our version of the Super Bowel and having treats.....watching who wore what and see who won what....we loved it and still do! It is a tradition for me that I have and always will love to take part in...now if only I can get myself on the red carpet!!!!
SO LIGHTS...CAMERA....ACTION....let the event begin!!!!!!!
1936 luise rainer paul muni and frank capra
1939 Best Actor: Specert Tracey & Best Actress: Bette Davis
1940 Best Director Victor Fleming for Gone With The Wind
1940 Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDaniel for her role in Gone With The Wind presented by Fay Bainte
1941 Best Actor: Jimmy Stewart & Best Actress: Ginger Rogers
1942 Best Actor: Gary Cooper Best Actress: Joan Fontaine Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp
1943 Best Actress: Greer Garson Best Actor: James Cagney
1945 Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman
1946 Best Score: Miklos Rozsa with presenter Ginger Rogers
1947 Best Supporting Actress: Anne Baxter
1950 22nd Annual Academy Awards @ Pantages Theatre
1951 Presenter Gloria Swanson along with Jose Ferrer and winner Judy Holliday
1952 Pantages Theatre Stage for the Academy Awards Ceremony
1959 Best Actor David Niven & Best Actress Susan Hayward
1961 Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor scene with Eddie Fisher @ the Governors Ball
Best Actres: Bette Davis
nineth annual award at biltmore hotel
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan and Best Supporting Actress: Gale Sondergaard
Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten & Angela Lansbury
Gaslight: "Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!"
This MGM classic directed by George Cukor is a masterpiece of a thriller and suspense.
Won a total of 2 Academy Awards: Best Lead Actress for Ingrid Bergman &
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration in 1945 along with a Golden Globe for Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman, what an outstanding year for Ingrid Bergman!!!
Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton & Angela Lansbury (what a cast!)
Plot: In London, at Thorton Square, the famous opera singer Alice Alquist is strangled and murdered. The legend beauty had suitors but no one still years later has an idea whom ended up killing this famous woman. Years later Alice's niece now grown up named Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is also a great beauty and has inherited a great wealth and the home on Thorton Square that once was her aunt's home and where she was murdered. For year's this home has been left standing still with no one living in it. During a trip to Italy, Paula is studying music she meets a dashing man there named Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer).
Paula madly in love with Gregory and his charming ways during there time in Italy. They both have a fast engagement and quickly get married.
Gregory finds out that Paula owns a lovely home in England and they decide to take up residense there which happens to be her aunt's old home. They open the home up and hire new staff for the large house and start living a very happy married lifestyle in London. They go to parties and operas and really enjoy one another's company so life seems to be going perfectly.
Then things start taking a change for the worse for Paula. Gregory get' very upset from a letter that Paula locates amongst her aunt's items from a gentleman caller year's before for some unknown reason. Gregory starts to play games and psychologically torture Paula. Paula starts to hear things going on upstairs and does not leave the house so her mind starts playing evil things on her. A nervous breakdown is what Paula is having at this time along with insecurity and memory problems. When the Scotland Yard policeman Brian Cameron (Joseph Cotton) sees Gregory Anton in a tourist place, he immediately recognizes Gregory and Paula whom looks just like her aunt though he does not know Gregory.
Brian the Scotland Yard Policeman than decides to look into investigating Gregory and the connection between him and the unsolved murder of Paula's aunt. Paula continues to be driven mad in her own home by her own husband it seems. Will someone such as the young Brian from Dcotland Yard be able in time to help Paula before it is too late?
This is such a classic 40's must see film and one of my very favorite suspence films of the era!!
One of my all time fav Ingrid Bergman films! Charles Boyer plays such a great villain!
