Jane Wyman. Finally, I see her accepting the Oscar for Best Actress for playing the deaf mute in Johnny Belinda. Nice presentation by Robert Montgomery and presenting by Ronald Coleman, who won the Oscar for A Double Life two years earlier. Thanks a million for showing this.
I love her. It was binging her movies that really got me into classic movies. All That Heaven Allows was my first introduction to her, I find her one of the most naturally charming of actresses. I've seen almost all her films.
I recently saw Johnny Belinda again. I saw it as a child in 1948 and never forgot it. Ms Wyman's performance is perfect, her demeanor is totally in character, and yet the charm of the character is never lost. I saw the academy awards presentation just now on You Tube and marvel at the dignity and decorum of the stage, the presenters and the ambience. So different from the awards ceremonies of today which are a circus.
Johnny Belinda has held a little known Oscar record for over 75 years. While it won for best actress, it lost in all the other categories in which it was nominated = ELEVEN. Its the ONLY film with 11 category losses. The Turning Point and The Color Purple lost all of their 11 nominations but both movies were only nominated in 10 categories.
That was quite a list of contenders for best actress. Tough competition. I wish Ronald Colman could have continued speaking. In my opinion, the best male speaking voice in the English language.
Two great ladies of cinema who rose to the occasion of being in the spotlight and yet maintaining their dignity. Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis Reagan are two thoroughbreds whose lives reflect the highest of personal standards. Each maintained a mutual respect for each other as one no longer enjoyed the spotlight of being Mrs. Ronald Reagan.
+Jay Young Jane Wyman was a true star. But with all due respect, Nancy Davis was never a "great lady of the cinema." She was even less important on screen than her husband and if she had not married a future President, nobody would remember her today.
TheChannel.TV I disagree. The few roles she did have before meeting Reagan showed me that she would have gone on to become a top name in the business. In a short role opposite titanic Barbara Stanwyck in which she played the character "Helen," she held her own. And in most other brief roles she did the same. Unfortunately, she was a co-dependent woman who subordinated herself to her husband, a classic pattern in all too many women of her time. Peggy Dow would've gone on to great stardom, for example, but for her need of being someone's wife. No, I disagree. The jury is hung on your comment. Sorry.
+Jay Young If the jury is "hung," where did you get your verdict? I think you're allowing your political Nancylove to color your retrospective judgment, but you're certainly entitled to your delusions.
TheChannel.TV Uh-oh! Someone doesn't like Nancy Davis Reagan. At least you could've filled me in a little. You see, we on the ground don't have what you have and that is a closer, more personal look at celebrities. "Delusions"? I don't think so. But I would like to hear more of your view.
The saddest night of Ronald Reagan's life: he sat there alone in the audience, watching his now ex-wife Jane Wyman, accept her Oscar. No wonder Jane gave one of the shortest acceptance speeches in history and quickly dashed off the stage.
@@zyxw2024 how is it odd? How would you feel if your partner of 10 years finally achieves the greatest award of their profession, and you have to sit and watch it in front of you, and aren't there to congratulate them because they want nothing to do with you?
Irene Dunne should have won for "I Remember Mama". This was her fifth and final nomination and she is often rightfully described as the best actress never to have won an Academy Award. She also deserved a win 11 years earlier for "The Awful Truth". It is a mystery to me why the Hollywood establishment shunned her. Maybe she was just too independent for their liking and too real to drink the Kool-Aid. She said "Acting isn't everything.,living is." Wow, she knew the difference between the dream machine and reality.
I agree; but much before I read this, I felt all five deserved the award that year. I think the overall excellence of her movie, and the power of her role gave Wyman the edge.
Jane Wyman was deeply touching in Johnny Belinda. Her intensified preparation for this role hardly showed. The resistance in her stunted emotions early in the film and the way her eyes carefully followed Lew Ayres' hands after she learned to sign made this character whole without a single word of dialog. And her Lord's prayer scene was so beautiful. However, at the risk of sounding like Kanye West, Olivia de Havilland gave one of the greatest performances of ALL TIME in the Snake Pit as the troubled lead character, Virginia. No one who saw her in it will ever forget. (Memorable non-speech by Jane, though.)
+TheChannel.TV I Think Wyman had the greatest performance of all the leading female actress performances of the year for playing Mrs. MacDonald, De Havilland deserved he Oscars for the heiress and my cousin Rachel and also to each his own maybe!:)
+dr strangelove This was very likely the most competitive year for the best actress honor the academy ever faced and I did love Ms Wyman's performance, but Ms de Havilland's work in The Snake Pit is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest in film history. I agree she richly deserved the award the following year for the Heiress and with the "maybe" for To Each His own. I have yet to see My Cousin Rachel, but I doubt very much whether it measures up to the winner that year, Shirley Booth in Come back Little Sheba, simply the finest lead performance by any actress that I have ever seen. If, upon seeing Rachel, I should change my mind, I will be, to say the least, astounded.
+TheChannel I havent seen come back, Little Sheba yet, I guess im going too, but of all the performances by leading females in 1952 I Think De havilland or even Harris for the member of the wedding was the best that year and deserved the best actress Oscar! Also, do you Think Mrs. Wyman deserved any Oscar at all?;)
I finally saw My Cousin Rachel and Ms de Havilland was very good just as she usually is, but it is ridiculous to compare that merely competent performance w/ Julie Harris's masterpiece of adolescent angst in The Member of the Wedding. You would never know she was 26. It is shameful, however, that her brilliant costar Ethel Waters was not nominated right alongside her. She would have been the rightful owner of the honor of the 1st black actress to be cited in the lead category instead of Dorothy Dandridge 2 yrs later. Having said all this, I still think Shirley Booth earned the Oscar and every other award bestowed that yr. for her classic interpretation of Lola Delaney. Both contemporary and historical consensus bears this out. Her heartbreaking realism was the type rarely seen at that time in Hollywood. She is magnificent. And no I can't say Ms Wyman deserved an Oscar only because of the more deserving work of other actresses. But I admired her and she was wonderful as Belinda.
@@drstrangelove6558 Completely agree. The Heiress was de Havilland's best performance & Wyman deserved this Oscar. It's just a shame it was to be the last time the wonderful Barbara Stanwyck was nominated & she never won one which is one of a good many Oscar injustices over the decades.
+dr strangelove "Key Largo" is not only one of my favorites but also included in my library of cd's. However, I thought your observation short sighted for not mentioning that brilliant performance of the fallen singer by Claire Trevor. Now, that I think of it, there were several other noteworthy performances.
Yes, the reason why I Not mentioning Trevor was beacuse she won the Oscar for best SUPPORTING actress, she was not lead in key largo, but she was also incredible in it as bacall was!;)
+dr strangelove Ms Fontaine was certainly at her best in LFAUW but there was simply no space for her on the list in this highly competitive year to which Mr Colman alluded. The academy did manage to pick the five best. Ms Bacall's role in Key Largo, and Humphrey Bogart's, were barely mentionable compared to the other actors in the film.
+TheChannel.TV I Still going to put out Bergman in joan of arc and maybe put in Fontaine or Bacall or even Jennifer Jones for portait of Jennie, But it is Hard to chose for me, Im steel Thinking Wyman deserved this one and De Havilland or Dunne at a Close Second. But Now, I Maybe still agree with you that Fontaine had no space to be nominated.:)
She was such an underrated beauty and a fantastic actress. But Olivia de Havilland should have won that year for her astonishing performance in "The Snake Pit".
@@javiervalverde2374 I can respect your opinion, but just because one would win the Oscar in previous years should not rule them out winning again if it's deserving. Paul Newman should have won 5 Oscars in his lifetime.
Not really, even thur she was brilliant, she had won only two years before, plus she won the following year in a much stronger role. As for Bergman she won for Gaslight and in truth Barbara Stanwyck should have won for double indemnity (1944) As for Irene Dunne I can honestly say she never move me in any movie she made. The right actress was awarded the prize.
@@gamers7800 It should've been Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama because of her heartbreaking portrayal of a mother. Even though you don't like her work, a lot of people did back then and she was a top box office draw.
While Jane definitely deserved the Oscar that night, Hollywood for many years awarded those who portrayed characters with disabilities. Patty Duke won for The Miracle Worker for her role as Helen Keller and Cliff Robertson won for the 1968 movie Charly in which he portrayed a mentally challenged man.
The first wife of Ronald Reagan. Imagine how would it have been like if Jerry Lewis was vice president and she was First Lady and Jack Benny was the Treasury
Damn, Ronald Colman definitly had one of the best and coolest voices. Pure class.
I recently watched once more Johnny Belinda and I cried. So simple,so well-acted....great cinema!!!
Jane Wyman. Finally, I see her accepting the Oscar for Best Actress for playing the deaf mute in Johnny Belinda. Nice presentation by Robert Montgomery and presenting by Ronald Coleman, who won the Oscar for A Double Life two years earlier. Thanks a million for showing this.
Absolutely one of the greatest actors of all time. A stupendous performance as the matriarch of Falcon Crest. Ms. Wyman is one of my favorite Pepe.
I love her. It was binging her movies that really got me into classic movies. All That Heaven Allows was my first introduction to her, I find her one of the most naturally charming of actresses. I've seen almost all her films.
Mr Ronald Colman absolute excellent actor and in real life a true gentlemen . He served during WWI .
So elegant
Probably the greatest speech in Oscar history!
I recently saw Johnny Belinda again. I saw it as a child in 1948 and never forgot it. Ms Wyman's performance is perfect, her demeanor is totally in character, and yet the charm of the character is never lost. I saw the academy awards presentation just now on You Tube and marvel at the dignity and decorum of the stage, the presenters and the ambience. So different from the awards ceremonies of today which are a circus.
What an amazing era.
I would listen to Ronald Coleman reading the telephone book. What a beautiful voice!
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She was awesome in Falcon Crest
Johnny Belinda has held a little known Oscar record for over 75 years. While it won for best actress, it lost in all the other categories in which it was nominated = ELEVEN. Its the ONLY film with 11 category losses. The Turning Point and The Color Purple lost all of their 11 nominations but both movies were only nominated in 10 categories.
*losses
That was quite a list of contenders for best actress. Tough competition. I wish Ronald Colman could have continued speaking. In my opinion, the best male speaking voice in the English language.
Well, he was no Arnold Stang.
@@akrenwinkle It is too bad he didn't live long enough to hear Don Adams' voice impersonation of him on Get Smart.
@@vin.handle Stang outlived Adams, both long, long after Get Smart. Whether Stang thought he was Adams' inspiration, I dunno.
In interviews Jane said she never selected to win - considering the competition. And was stunned when her name was announced
LOVEEEEEEEEE Jane Wyman
Two great ladies of cinema who rose to the occasion of being in the spotlight and yet maintaining their dignity. Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis Reagan are two thoroughbreds whose lives reflect the highest of personal standards. Each maintained a mutual respect for each other as one no longer enjoyed the spotlight of being Mrs. Ronald Reagan.
+Jay Young Jane Wyman was a true star. But with all due respect, Nancy Davis was never a "great lady of the cinema." She was even less important on screen than her husband and if she had not married a future President, nobody would remember her today.
TheChannel.TV I disagree. The few roles she did have before meeting Reagan showed me that she would have gone on to become a top name in the business. In a short role opposite titanic Barbara Stanwyck in which she played the character "Helen," she held her own. And in most other brief roles she did the same. Unfortunately, she was a co-dependent woman who subordinated herself to her husband, a classic pattern in all too many women of her time. Peggy Dow would've gone on to great stardom, for example, but for her need of being someone's wife. No, I disagree. The jury is hung on your comment. Sorry.
+Jay Young If the jury is "hung," where did you get your verdict? I think you're allowing your political Nancylove to color your retrospective judgment, but you're certainly entitled to your delusions.
TheChannel.TV Uh-oh! Someone doesn't like Nancy Davis Reagan. At least you could've filled me in a little. You see, we on the ground don't have what you have and that is a closer, more personal look at celebrities. "Delusions"? I don't think so. But I would like to hear more of your view.
+TheChannel.TV Ï Agree with Wyman was a better star then Reagan, But Reagan is still a great actress.
The saddest night of Ronald Reagan's life: he sat there alone in the audience, watching his now ex-wife Jane Wyman, accept her Oscar. No wonder Jane gave one of the shortest acceptance speeches in history and quickly dashed off the stage.
What an odd thing to say.
@@zyxw2024 how is it odd? How would you feel if your partner of 10 years finally achieves the greatest award of their profession, and you have to sit and watch it in front of you, and aren't there to congratulate them because they want nothing to do with you?
"...he sat there alone in the audience,"
Did Jane Wyman feel alone when she watch Reagan twice win the Presidency?
Irene Dunne should have won for "I Remember Mama". This was her fifth and final nomination and she is often rightfully described as the best actress never to have won an Academy Award. She also deserved a win 11 years earlier for "The Awful Truth". It is a mystery to me why the Hollywood establishment shunned her. Maybe she was just too independent for their liking and too real to drink the Kool-Aid. She said "Acting isn't everything.,living is." Wow, she knew the difference between the dream machine and reality.
garbo also never won an award until 1955, 13 years after her last film, and it was honorary for "unforgettable screen performances".
Jane Wyman reminds me a little bit of Princess Leila in this outfit...
Jesus. What a lineup! I love Jane. Especially because of Falcon Crest. She’s terrific. How great to see this!
I agree; but much before I read this, I felt all five deserved the award that year. I think the overall excellence of her movie, and the power of her role gave Wyman the edge.
Great speech too!!
Irene (5 nom.) and Barbara (4) never won... And Deborah Kerr, Garbo, Gloria Swanson... Today Glenn Close deserves her award after 6 nominations.
Jane Wyman was deeply touching in Johnny Belinda. Her intensified preparation for this role hardly showed. The resistance in her stunted emotions early in the film and the way her eyes carefully followed Lew Ayres' hands after she learned to sign made this character whole without a single word of dialog. And her Lord's prayer scene was so beautiful. However, at the risk of sounding like Kanye West, Olivia de Havilland gave one of the greatest performances of ALL TIME in the Snake Pit as the troubled lead character, Virginia. No one who saw her in it will ever forget. (Memorable non-speech by Jane, though.)
+TheChannel.TV I Think Wyman had the greatest performance of all the leading female actress performances of the year for playing Mrs. MacDonald, De Havilland deserved he Oscars for the heiress and my cousin Rachel and also to each his own maybe!:)
+dr strangelove This was very likely the most competitive year for the best actress honor the academy ever faced and I did love Ms Wyman's performance, but Ms de Havilland's work in The Snake Pit is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest in film history. I agree she richly deserved the award the following year for the Heiress and with the "maybe" for To Each His own. I have yet to see My Cousin Rachel, but I doubt very much whether it measures up to the winner that year, Shirley Booth in Come back Little Sheba, simply the finest lead performance by any actress that I have ever seen. If, upon seeing Rachel, I should change my mind, I will be, to say the least, astounded.
+TheChannel I havent seen come back, Little Sheba yet, I guess im going too, but of all the performances by leading females in 1952 I Think De havilland or even Harris for the member of the wedding was the best that year and deserved the best actress Oscar! Also, do you Think Mrs. Wyman deserved any Oscar at all?;)
I finally saw My Cousin Rachel and Ms de Havilland was very good just as she usually is, but it is ridiculous to compare that merely competent performance w/ Julie Harris's masterpiece of adolescent angst in The Member of the Wedding. You would never know she was 26. It is shameful, however, that her brilliant costar Ethel Waters was not nominated right alongside her. She would have been the rightful owner of the honor of the 1st black actress to be cited in the lead category instead of Dorothy Dandridge 2 yrs later. Having said all this, I still think Shirley Booth earned the Oscar and every other award bestowed that yr. for her classic interpretation of Lola Delaney. Both contemporary and historical consensus bears this out. Her heartbreaking realism was the type rarely seen at that time in Hollywood. She is magnificent.
And no I can't say Ms Wyman deserved an Oscar only because of the more deserving work of other actresses. But I admired her and she was wonderful as Belinda.
@@drstrangelove6558 Completely agree. The Heiress was de Havilland's best performance & Wyman deserved this Oscar. It's just a shame it was to be the last time the wonderful Barbara Stanwyck was nominated & she never won one which is one of a good many Oscar injustices over the decades.
Olivia De Havilland the finest the finest performance of her career in The Snake Pit
Agreed! She was one of my favorite actresses.
She was even better in The Snake Pit than she was in the two films for which she won, To Each His Own, and The Heiress.
Have to disagree, her performance in The Heiress was her best.
Both Olivia deHavilland in the Snake Pit and Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry, Wrong Number gave superior performances and should have won.
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Cute speech.
Well deserved:) But I also Think Bacall and Fontaine Should been nominated for Key largo and Letter from an uknown woman.
+dr strangelove "Key Largo" is not only one of my favorites but also included in my library of cd's. However, I thought your observation short sighted for not mentioning that brilliant performance of the fallen singer by Claire Trevor. Now, that I think of it, there were several other noteworthy performances.
Yes, the reason why I Not mentioning Trevor was beacuse she won the Oscar for best SUPPORTING actress, she was not lead in key largo, but she was also incredible in it as bacall was!;)
+dr strangelove Ms Fontaine was certainly at her best in LFAUW but there was simply no space for her on the list in this highly competitive year to which Mr Colman alluded. The academy did manage to pick the five best. Ms Bacall's role in Key Largo, and Humphrey Bogart's, were barely mentionable compared to the other actors in the film.
+TheChannel.TV I Still going to put out Bergman in joan of arc and maybe put in Fontaine or Bacall or even Jennifer Jones for portait of Jennie, But it is Hard to chose for me, Im steel Thinking Wyman deserved this one and De Havilland or Dunne at a Close Second. But Now, I Maybe still agree with you that Fontaine had no space to be nominated.:)
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She was such an underrated beauty and a fantastic actress. But Olivia de Havilland should have won that year for her astonishing performance in "The Snake Pit".
She had already won in 1946. Irene Dunne should've won
@@javiervalverde2374 I can respect your opinion, but just because one would win the Oscar in previous years should not rule them out winning again if it's deserving. Paul Newman should have won 5 Oscars in his lifetime.
Not really, even thur she was brilliant, she had won only two years before, plus she won the following year in a much stronger role. As for Bergman she won for Gaslight and in truth Barbara Stanwyck should have won for double indemnity (1944) As for Irene Dunne I can honestly say she never move me in any movie she made. The right actress was awarded the prize.
@@mrjones29 Nonsense, share the wealth!
@@gamers7800 It should've been Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama because of her heartbreaking portrayal of a mother. Even though you don't like her work, a lot of people did back then and she was a top box office draw.
While Jane definitely deserved the Oscar that night, Hollywood for many years awarded those who portrayed characters with disabilities. Patty Duke won for The Miracle Worker for her role as Helen Keller and Cliff Robertson won for the 1968 movie Charly in which he portrayed a mentally challenged man.
so elegant clothes 🙂
Today's winners should try to keep their mouths shut, too, as Ms. Wyman says.
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The first wife of Ronald Reagan. Imagine how would it have been like if Jerry Lewis was vice president and she was First Lady and Jack Benny was the Treasury
I would have been nominated Joan Fontaine (Letter from an unknow woman) over Ingrid Bergman (Joan of Arc)
Mrs. Reagan wins.
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