Even though Laurence wasn't there, I'm glad my favorite, Doug Jr., accepted it. He was incredibly close friends with Laurence ever since Larry came to Hollywood.
Oh how elegant a and still in a way smooth the Oscars were in the fifties! Today it's basically an implausible cocktail party joke. I mean seriously, what happened to class?!
I take it back then that the actors dubbed in-place-of receiving had a choice to not say anything or not. That wouldn't happen today. Still, well deserved Oscar for everything.
The Best Actor should of gone to (In Order): #1 Humphrey Bogart for The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, #2 Laurence Olivier for Hamlet (UK), #3 Anton Walbrook for The Red Shoes (UK), #4 John Wayne for Red River, #5 Lamberto Maggiorani for The Bicycle Thief (aka Bicycle Thieves) (Italy), #6 Clifton Webb for Sitting Pretty, #7 Orson Welles for Macbeth, #8 Montgomery Clift for The Search (Switzerland), #9 Edward G. Robinson for Key Largo, #10 Montgomery Clift for Red River, #11 James Stewart for Call Northside 777 (aka Calling Northside 777), #12 John Garfield for Force Of Evil, #13 Dick Powell for To The Ends Of The Earth, #14 Cary Grant for Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. NOTE: Dan Dailey for When My Baby Smiles At Me didn't make the cut.
john edwards You're insane if you don't think Olivier was the clear winner. What he did with Hamlet was virtually impossible. I'm guessing you know close to nothing about Shakespeare, verse, acting for Shakespeare techniques, etc.
You take things too seriously, Bob. Getting foolishly nasty ain't polite. But then again, in today's nutty American society, you've got a foot in the door.
Hey John, Right on! Except scratch Webb who was never not the same smug acting style, be it Laura or this one or anything. How he ever got op billing anything - above Loy and Rogers and anyone else bewilders me. But what the hell - it's only a game. But I do like your 3 year old choices.
I'm honestly fascinated how elegant and still plain the Oscars looked back in the fourties... Today the whole thing is basically an implausible, predictable cocktail party joke. I mean whatever happened to class?! No presenting actress would be introduced like that today!
I must say Laurence Olivier was excellent in Hamlet however i do think the Oscar should of gone to Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure Of Sierra Madre plus John Wayne should of at least got a nomination for his performance in Red River and Olivier on the other hand should of won it for Richard III as i thought it was far more entertaining and one of his finest performances.
Not a bad actor was Olivier, he made several good performances, but one of the worst choices ever. His acting in Hamlet was so dull and boring! A bad Movie too. I would have voted for the great Clift as Stevenson in the Search, he was amazing. Though Webb comes Close. But the funny Mr. Hope and Bogart should have been nominated for the Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the Paleface. Instead of Daileys not so convincing performance in My Baby Simles at Me, and Oliviers ridiculos win. I actually Think Bogart is one of the most overrated actors in Cinema history, but his C. Dobbs was his best career work, imo. Clifts Stevenson was also the best of his! However Olivier was a completely poor an lame choice.
He received his Oscar because his performance of Hamlet was considered the best ever in that role. It is still considered the benchmark for any actor who plays Hamlet.
Dr. Strangelove You're a total ignorant fool making an ass of yourself. Olivier in Hamlet was sublime. I was swept away, absolutely fell in love and wrote poems to him afterward. Same thing happened when I watched Wuthering Heights. No one else did this to me. As far as I'm concerned he's the greatest actor who ever lived.
One of the most deserved oscars of all time.
Humphrey Bogart should've won for " The Treasure of Sierra Madre, " and he wasn't even nominated! That was his best performance!
One of the most well-deserved wins ever. He was absolutely phenomenal.
All these people bitching about Olivier's win have obviously never studied Hamlet. This was back in the days when voters were smart and well educated
Best Hamlet acting.Excellent performance.Rest in peace great actor.
Apparently John Barrymore was even better
@@rossl5908 I don't believe it.
@@rossl5908Olivier himself had said that he was deeply influenced by seeing Barrymore's performance when he was young.
RIP and long live Sir Laurence Olivier (May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989), aged 82
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Even though Laurence wasn't there, I'm glad my favorite, Doug Jr., accepted it. He was incredibly close friends with Laurence ever since Larry came to Hollywood.
Oh.
Happy Birthday, Sir Laurence Olivier! All my admiration for you!
I adored him in Hamlet. Fell totally and wrote poems to Hamlet. Odd that he didn't say anything, though. Greatest actor of all.
A win for the great Olivier.
Absolutely divine actor
Lovely acceptance speech.
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
Loretta Young is indeed one of the loveliest stars!
The greatest actor I´ve ever seen!
clear articulate voices.
Oh how elegant a and still in a way smooth the Oscars were in the fifties! Today it's basically an implausible cocktail party joke. I mean seriously, what happened to class?!
It went down the toilet. And we got Trumpie as president.
i wish i could one day play Hamlet
I take it back then that the actors dubbed in-place-of receiving had a choice to not say anything or not. That wouldn't happen today. Still, well deserved Oscar for everything.
Thanks! Pleas could you also upload Walter Hustons win that same year for the treasure of the Sierra made
His costar, Humphrey Bogart, should've won the Best Actor Award!
It beats the current day's hammy overdone and overwrought acceptance speeches. Apparently the guy was Fairbanks Jr., although you'd never know it.
Please upload Phil Collins 2000 Best Song win video!!
No speeches for the winners?
Could you please include the acceptance speeches as well?
There was no acceptance speech for this award.
Oh, okay thanks. I was wondering why a lot of the older awards ended after the statuette was given.
Oscars Did Douglas Fairbank Jr. not say a word, this was cut off it seems.
I am so frustrated
I don't get it, why he Did not do a speech?
The Best Actor should of gone to (In Order): #1 Humphrey Bogart for The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, #2 Laurence Olivier for Hamlet (UK), #3 Anton Walbrook for The Red Shoes (UK), #4 John Wayne for Red River, #5 Lamberto Maggiorani for The Bicycle Thief (aka Bicycle Thieves) (Italy), #6 Clifton Webb for Sitting Pretty, #7 Orson Welles for Macbeth, #8 Montgomery Clift for The Search (Switzerland), #9 Edward G. Robinson for Key Largo, #10 Montgomery Clift for Red River, #11 James Stewart for Call Northside 777 (aka Calling Northside 777), #12 John Garfield for Force Of Evil, #13 Dick Powell for To The Ends Of The Earth, #14 Cary Grant for Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. NOTE: Dan Dailey for When My Baby Smiles At Me didn't make the cut.
LOL. Let's petition the Academy to reconsider.
john edwards You're insane if you don't think Olivier was the clear winner. What he did with Hamlet was virtually impossible. I'm guessing you know close to nothing about Shakespeare, verse, acting for Shakespeare techniques, etc.
You take things too seriously, Bob. Getting foolishly nasty ain't polite. But then again, in today's nutty American society, you've got a foot in the door.
Hey John, Right on! Except scratch Webb who was never not the same smug acting style, be it Laura or this one or anything. How he ever got op billing anything - above Loy and Rogers and anyone else bewilders me. But what the hell - it's only a game. But I do like your 3 year old choices.
@@danielstanwyck2812 He's not being nasty. He's being honest.
I'm honestly fascinated how elegant and still plain the Oscars looked back in the fourties... Today the whole thing is basically an implausible, predictable cocktail party joke. I mean whatever happened to class?! No presenting actress would be introduced like that today!
Vicky 12 Times change, suck it up.
CrankyCthulhu Oh wow, you gotta be a tough one who's never criticized a thing ^^
forties
可惜他没去现场领奖
They should’ve said he couldn’t be here or say why he wasn’t there
Short :(
WHY WASNT HE THERE
I must say Laurence Olivier was excellent in Hamlet however i do think the Oscar should of gone to Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure Of Sierra Madre plus John Wayne should of at least got a nomination for his performance in Red River and Olivier on the other hand should of won it for Richard III as i thought it was far more entertaining and one of his finest performances.
Montgomery Clift was robbed that year.
He was not. Olivier was the deserved winner.
Politically agsinst oscar academy
Ah, for the good old days when ladies dressed like ladies.
Humphrey Bogart Should've been nominated and won.
Can't possibly compare Bogart to Olivier.
I agree with you 100 percent!
Montgomery should have won he was the best this year. What a disappointment.
I dont like him
Not a bad actor was Olivier, he made several good performances, but one of the worst choices ever. His acting in Hamlet was so dull and boring! A bad Movie too. I would have voted for the great Clift as Stevenson in the Search, he was amazing. Though Webb comes Close. But the funny Mr. Hope and Bogart should have been nominated for the Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the Paleface. Instead of Daileys not so convincing performance in My Baby Simles at Me, and Oliviers ridiculos win. I actually Think Bogart is one of the most overrated actors in Cinema history, but his C. Dobbs was his best career work, imo. Clifts Stevenson was also the best of his! However Olivier was a completely poor an lame choice.
dr strangelove The problem is your uneducated on Shakespeare. Olivier achieved the impossible with Hamlet.
K
@@deltacos3187 Well typed, Dr. Amercan folks tend to part with common sense at birth.
He received his Oscar because his performance of Hamlet was considered the best ever in that role. It is still considered the benchmark for any actor who plays Hamlet.
Dr. Strangelove You're a total ignorant fool making an ass of yourself. Olivier in Hamlet was sublime. I was swept away, absolutely fell in love and wrote poems to him afterward. Same thing happened when I watched Wuthering Heights. No one else did this to me. As far as I'm concerned he's the greatest actor who ever lived.