Smackdown over at Stinkylulu

It's this time of the month again, and Stinkylulu has organized yet another fantastic smackdown, this time celebrating the supporting actress nominees for 1959. I've had the pleasure to participate and rescreen all the films again. To see my comments and everyone else's, go here.

I was quite suprised that Shelley Winters won the first of her two Oscars for her portrayal or Mrs. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank. I think she is good in it, but she came nowhere near her competitors. My winner is Juanita Moore, undoubtedly the best in the bunch as the long suffering mother of fellow nominee Susan Kohner in Imitation to Life. Go figure, I had even forgotten most of the plot involving Lana Turner and Sandra Dee, all my memories of the first time I saw the film were of that incredible mother-daughter dilemma.

In a close second spot comes Hermione Baddeley, whose clever performance in A Room at the Top might be the shortest ever to be nominated. And yet it's much better than most of the stuff we are getting lately in this category.

Well, without further ado, go and enjoy the smackdown.