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TIEBREAKER Poll Question

With the help of my friend Monty, I have figured out a poll question to break the tie between LAUREN BACALL and IDA LUPINO…

The poll will appear on the sidebar ASAP and please vote so we can break the tie between them! Thank you! 🙂 This poll will run through tomorrow evening.

FINAL RESULTS of Round 2 for SOPHISTICATES and FILM NOIR FEMMES… and a SURPRISE!


Here are the final results for Round 2 of SOPHISTICATES and FILM NOIR FEMMES!

SOPHISTICATES



RITA HAYWORTH beat Lucille Ball 35-21


LORETTA YOUNG beat Maureen O’Hara 33-30 (very close match!)


FILM NOIR FEMMES


GENE TIERNEY beat Claire Trevor 37-27

SURPRISE! We have a tie between LAUREN BACALL and IDA LUPINO! This is the first tie I have ever had since participating in this tournament, so I will think of a question to ask my readers concerning these two actresses, and put it in the siderbar ASAP. I will let you all know!




Polls are now OPEN for SOPHISTICATES and FILM NOIR FEMMES – Round 2!

Here are the matches that will appear tonight in the polls on my sidebar to the right:

SOPHISTICATES


Rita Hayworth
Born 1913
Known for: Gilda
VS
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Known for: The Big Street

Loretta Young
Born 1913
Known for: The Bishop’s Wife
VS
Maureen O’Hara
Born 1920
Known for: Miracle on 34th Street

FILM NOIR FEMMES

Gene Tierney
Born 1920
Known for: Laura

VS

Claire Trevor
Born 1910
Known for: Murder, My Sweet

Lauren Bacall
Born 1924
Known for: The Big Sleep

VS

Ida Lupino
Born 1918
Known for: High Sierra

Final Results of Round 1!

Hello, everyone!

Unfortunately, our girl Roz didn’t make it through Round 1, Maureen O’Hara receiving twice as many votes! But good luck to her in the rest of the tournament. Better luck next time, Roz! Here are the full results for the 1940s era of the Classic Movie Actress Tournament!

SOPHISTICATES

Rita Hayworth beat Eve Arden 27-21

Loretta Young beat Hedy Lamarr 36-19


Maureen O’Hara beat Rosalind Russsell 38-19

Lucille Ball beat Betty Grable 29-19


FILM NOIR FEMMES

Gene Tierney beat Carole Landis 33-8

Lauren Bacall beat Linda Darnell 29-26

Ida Lupino beat Veronica Lake 38-15
Claire Trevor beat Jane Greer 30-25


DRAMA QUEENS

Bette Davis beat Jane Wyman 55-4

Vivien Leigh beat Joan Fontaine 49-15

Ingrid Bergman beat Greer Garson 45-14
Olivia de Havilland beat Katharine Hepburn 43-25


ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS

Judy Garland beat Margaret O’Brien 51-8

Ann Miller beat Donna Reed 37-28

Teresa Wright beat June Allyson 43-10

Virginia Mayo beat Jeanne Crain 35-27

Congratulations to all the actresses who made it through Round 1! 🙂 Round 2 will start up tomorrow evening.