All Good Things Posted by monty on June 5, 2016

After the recent successes of my Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, some readers were curious as to when I would be doing another tourney spotlighting the men. Back in 2013 Cary Grant won the inaugural mens tourney which was a no-brainer but now he is ineligible to compete this time...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 20, 2016

Well I recently had to restart the final match in this year's favorite classic movie actress tourney due to the poll being compromised in what looked like in favor of Doris Day. Well now the same thing has happened again as one of my best and very trustworthy friends told...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 17, 2016

It's been another great tourney and now we have arrived at the final match. 40's era champion Greer Garson vs 50's era champion Doris Day. Some important milestones for both ladies have been achieved this tourney so I wanted to give everyone the stats and achievements that were accomplished. First   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 17, 2016

I've seen this many times before when the tallies in a match started zooming up ridiculously fast over a short period of time. Doris Day just registered over 30 votes in less than 5 minutes, which even with word spreading fast that seems highly irregular. So I have no choice...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 15, 2016

Both semi-final matches in the 6th Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney started and finished a different way, but the results were pretty much the same. In match one Doris Day jumped out big over Myrna Loy and cruised to a big lead of nearly 55 votes at one point....   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 9, 2016

Ladies and gentlemen this year's Final Four in the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney is now underway. These two matches will run through Friday evening with the winners going on to the championship match on Saturday. Here are the four women who made it to the big dance. Stats: Myrna...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 9, 2016

Well only one match is officially over but the other three matches are pretty much done too as the leads are insurmountable in the 2 hours left. First that epic match in the 40's era bracket came to a close with Greer Garson pulling away from Rosalind Russell 601-457. Both...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 4, 2016

My good friend Crystal Pacey is holding a Bette Davis blogathon and I so wanted to contribute to it. So here's a review of In This Our Life: IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942) Top notch drama with Olivia de Havilland sharing the screen with grand diva Bette Davis. They play...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 3, 2016

Round 5 (The Elite 8) is now underway. I have the 30's and 60's era final matches taking place here while you can find the 40's and 50's era final matches by clicking on the links below. These matches will run through Saturday afternoon to decide who will be going...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on April 2, 2016

With one of the most amazing comebacks, Myrna Loy defeated Barbara Stanwyck 51-48. Myrna had trailed by as many as 13 votes for most of the week until she made a move beginning late Thursday. She will now face Margaret Lockwood, the last of the tourney underdogs as Margaret herself...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 27, 2016

So we move on with the sweet sixteen round as things begin to get a little tight. The bracket winners of each era will now face off against each other to set the stage for next week's era finals to see who goes on to be a final four finalist....   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 26, 2016

Round 3 is now complete and here are the final tallies: Barbara Stanwyck crushed Norma Shearer 80-24 Myrna Loy defeated Claudette Colbert with ease 71-31 Marlene Dietrich defeated Kay Francis 60-35 Margaret Lockwood defeated Jeanette MacDonald 54-38 Congrats to these 4 ladies as they move on t   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 20, 2016

Here we go with round 3 of the 6th Annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. These matches will run through Saturday afternoon with the winners moving on to the Sweet Sixteen Round. Click on the links below to vote on the other eras as well: the 40's era: mythicalmonkey the...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 18, 2016

The second round in the 30's era has come to a close and here are the results: First up in the ICONS bracket, there was a thrilling match between Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer which saw Norma win 49-43 while Barbara Stanwyck easily took down Jean Harlow 80-22. INTERNATIONAL APPEAL...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 13, 2016

Ok so the first round action in the 2016 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney is in the books. Now on to round two. These matches can be voted on through Friday afternoon, then the winners will square for round 3 beginning on Sunday. As before the 30's era brackets will...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 9, 2016

We are off and running with the 2016 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney and here are the results from the first set of matches that wrapped up today. No major shockers or upsets to speak of and really only a few close ones. In the 30's era bracket held here...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 9, 2016

After an excellent start with the first set of matches, we continue on with round one next set of matches here in the 30's era. Voting will run through Saturday afternoon. Then round two will begin on Sunday with the winners of round one facing off against each other. To...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on March 6, 2016

Welcome to the 2016 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. I will be hosting the 30's era brackets on this blog. Voting starts right now and the matches are posted below. First round action will focus on the two categories, Drama Queens and Screwball Queens. Matches will be up through Wednesday...   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on February 20, 2016

Wow here we go...with another favorite classic movie actress tourney! It's the sixth one I've had the honor of hosting. And this one seems filled with so many actresses who could potentially be crowned champion. Here's a little primer to get everyone up to speed. First, the five previous tou   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on January 19, 2016

March Madness, Classic Movie Actress style will soon be upon us as the 6th annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney returns. Wow, can't believe this will be the sixth one. Time has just zipped along and these tourneys just seem to get better and better each year. Once again 132...   read more