SHOULDA…WOULDA…COULDA….OR………
The Greatest Slights in the History of Movies
(OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES THAT SHOULD HAVE WON
but were SLIGHTED by Academy Voters)
THE LADIES:
1. DORIS DAY….5 slights;1 nomination; no wins
(Record holder as # 1 Female Box Office Attraction in history)
“Love Me or Leave Me” (not even a nomination!!!!)
“The Man Who Knew Too Much”
“Calamity Jane” (classic performance)
“Young at Heart”
“Midnight Lace”
“Pillow Talk” (at least a nomination..but not a winner)
2. JUDY GARLAND….(3 slights:2 nominations; no wins)
(Always among the top 20 moneymakers in the movies)
“Meet Me in St. Louis” (an acknowledged classic)
“A Star is Born” ( a nomination, but no winner)
“Judgement at Nuremberg” (nomination, but no winner)
“Easter Parade”
“Summer Stock”
3. DEBORAH KERR: (3 slights, 6 nominations; 0 wins)
(always gave a top rated performance)
“Edward My Son” (nomination; no win)
“From Here to Eternity” (nomination; no win)
“The King and I” (nomination; no win)
“Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” (nomination;no win)
“Separate Tables” (nomination; no win)
“The Sundowners” (nomination; no win)
“Tea and Sympathy”
“An Affair to Remember”
“ Beloved Infidel”
4. RITA HAYWORTH: (never nominated;5 slights)
(gigantic sex symbol and famous sweater girl; 40’s/50’s)
“Gilda”
“Cover Girl”
“Miss Sadie Thompson”
“Pal Joey”
“Separate Tables”
5. MARILYN MONROE (5 slights/no nominations)
(Biggest sex symbol in the history of the movies)
“Niagra”
“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
“Seven Year Itch”
“Bus Stop” (superior performance)
“Some Like it Hot”
THE MEN:
1. ROCK HUDSON (6 slights/ 1 nomination/ no wins)
(world film favorite 4 years in a row)
“Giant” (nomination; no winner)
“A Farewell To Arms”
“Something of Value”
“Pillow Talk”
“Seconds”
“Ice Station Zebra”
2. PETER O’TOOLE (8 nominations; no wins)
(unbelievable, isn’t it????)
“Lawrence of Arabia” (nomination; no win)
“Beckett” (nomination; no win)
“Lion in Winter” (nomination; no win)
“Goodbye Mr. Chips” (nomination; no win)
“The Ruling Class” (nomination; no win)
“The Stunt Man” (nomination; no win)
“My Favorite Year” (nomination; no win)
“Venus” (nomination; no win)
3. GENE KELLY ( 5 slights; 1 nomination; no wins)
(major film influence in movie musicals of 40’s and 50’s)
“For Me and My Gal”
“Cover Girl”
“Anchors Away” (nomination; no win)
“On The Town”
“An American in Paris”
“Singing in the Rain” (not even a nomination!!!)
4. ALFRED HITCHCOCK ( 7 slights; 6 nominations/ no wins)
(undoubtedly one of most famous directors of all time)
“Rebecca” (nomination; no win)
“Suspicion”
“Lifeboat” (nomination; no win)
“Spellbound” (nomination;no win)
“Rear Window” (nomination; no win)
“Psycho” (nomination; no win)
“Rope”
“To Catch A Thief”
“The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956 version)
“The Wrong Man”
“Vertigo”
“North by Northwest”
“The Birds”
5. CARY GRANT (13 slights/NO NOMINATIONS/NO WINS)
(considered the “greatest male movie star of all time”)
“Bringing Up Baby”
“Gunga Din”
“My Favorite Wife”
“Philadelphia Story”
“Suspicion”
“Arsenic and Old Lace”
“Night and Day”
“Notorious”
“The Bishop’s Wife”
“To Catch a Thief”
“An Affair to Remember”
“North by Northwest”
“That Touch of Mink”
