The 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards: Part Two

Six down, twelve to go! After yesterday's spreading-of-the-wealth, the 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards conclude today with Music Awards, Writing Awards, Lead Acting, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Director, and Best Picture of the Year! Remember to reacquaint yourself with the complete roster of nominees and the Top Ten.

Now, on with the show:

The 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards Nominees!

Twelve days delayed, but here they are - the nominees for the 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards! For context, these were the 74 films screened:

The 39 Steps

$1,000 a Minute

Alice Adams

All the King's Horses

Anna Karenina

Barbary Coast

Becky Sharp

The Big Broadcast of 1936

Black Fury

The Bride of Frankenstein

Broadway Hostess

Broadway Melody of 1936

The Call of the Wild

Captain Blood

Cardinal Richelieu

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Charlie Chan's Secret

China Seas

The Clairvoyant

Clive of India

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

The Crusades

Curly Top

Dangerous

Dante's Inferno

The Dark Angel

David Copperfield

The Devil is a Woman

Escape Me Never

Folies Bergère de Paris

"G" Men

The Gay Deception

The Glass Key

Go Into Your Dance

Gold Diggers of 1935

I Dream Too Much

The Informer

King of Burlesque

Last Days of Pompeii

Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Love Me Forever

Mad Love

Man on the Flying Trapeze

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Mark of the Vampire

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Les Miserables

Moscow Laughs

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mysterious Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Naughty Marietta

A Night at the Opera

Night Life of the Gods

Peter Ibbetson

Private Worlds

The Raven

Red Salute

Roberta

Ruggles of Red Gap

Sanders of the River

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scoundrel

Shanghai

She

Sylvia Scarlett

Thanks a Million

Top Hat

The Wandering Jew

Werewolf of London

Check out the Top Ten, while you're at it. And now - the nominees:

My Top Ten of 1935

The Academy offered a Top Twelve, and while I toyed with doing so as well, I found that I was having a harder time deciding #11 and #12 than I did #'s 1-10. So let us keep it simple, keep it to a Top Ten, and apologize to the titles I considered for those extra two spots: Call of the Wild, The Crusades, The Devil is a Woman, Gold Diggers of 1935, The Last Days of Pompeii, and Les Misérables.

1935: Histories and Horrors

Twelve more films from 1935 - and by the way, some of my favorites of the entire year are in this group: