Throwback Muriels: 1954

Sunday, August 14, 2011

1954

Picture:
M. Hulot’s Holiday
Rear Window
On the Waterfront
The Earrings of Madame de…
The Saga of Anatahan
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Johnny Guitar
Diary of a Country Priest
A Star Is Born
Magnificent Obsession

Director:
Jacques Tati, M. Hulot’s Holiday
Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window
Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront
Max Ophuls, The Earrings of Madame de…
Josef von Sternberg, The Saga of Anatahan

Male Lead:
Claude Laydu, Diary of a Country Priest
Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
James Mason, A Star Is Born
James Stewart, Rear Window
Masayuki Mori, Ugetsu

Female Lead:
Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
Danielle Darrieux, The Earrings of Madame de…
Ingrid Bergman, Voyage to Italy
Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones
Jane Wyman, Magnificent Obsession

Male Supporting:
Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront
Anton Walbrook, La Ronde
Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront
Karl Malden, On the Waterfront
Vittorio De Sica, The Earrings of Madame de…

Female Supporting:
Machiko Kyo, Ugetsu
Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront
Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
Grace Kelly, Rear Window
Mercedes McCambridge, Johnny Guitar

Screenplay:
The Earrings of Madame de…
Rear Window
On the Waterfront
M. Hulot’s Holiday
Diary of a Country Priest

Ensemble:
M. Hulot’s Holiday
On the Waterfront
Beat the Devil
La Ronde
The Saga of Anatahan

Cinematography:
Ugetsu (Miyagawa)
The Earrings of Madame de… (Matras)
Rear Window (Burks)
Magnificent Obsession (Metty)
On the Waterfront (Boris Kaufman)

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Administrative Stuff

In keeping with the spirit of the project I started this past winter, I’ve decided to continue formulating lists of retrospective nominees by year. Of course, as we move backwards in time I’d estimate that some years will be pretty lean. Therefore, I fear I will have to stop when I feel I can’t fill out a satisfactory ballot, although this probably won’t happen for a while yet.

As with the present-day Muriels, I based these old-school awards on the film’s NYC commercial release date. Since Mike D’Angelo’s eligibility lists don’t go back past 1998, I used the listed release dates in IMDb for this purpose. And much like the contemporary Muriels, if a movie remains unreleased in Gotham within five years of its international release date, it is ineligible for nominations. Sadly, that means I couldn’t throw any nominations at, say, Play Time, Satantango, the films of Yasujiro Ozu, or (sniff) Jeanne Dielman. So it goes.

Additionally, I reserve the right to allow ties here, especially in the case of movies featuring same-sex co-leads who are equally awesome. Several Bergman films spring to mind here, but there will no doubt be other occurrences as well.

Finally, I’ve decided to limit these lists to a “big nine” (picture, director, 4 acting categories, screenplay, ensemble, and cinematography). Much as I would have loved to include Best Cinematic Moment- probably my favorite Muriels category- here as well, I have a feeling that I’d forget some embarrassingly obvious choices and would prefer to save myself the bother.

As before, I’ll post one of these here per day as long as I’m able. I’ll try to remember to update these as needed, but I make no promises.

By the way, here’s a link to the 1995-2009 throwback Muriels I posted this winter. In time, I’ll probably move them over here, but until then this’ll have to do.