And so begins the first day of the Retro Hollmann Awards of 1953!
It was a long process, a marathon of "this one, no this one!" Constant changes, choices worthy of Sophie. Finally culminating in what you now see here.
What did I have to choose from, though? You know I saw more than just the Academy Award Nominees. Here is the complete list of 1953 releases I saw, in alphabetical order:
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Above and Beyond
All the Brothers were Valiant
The Band Wagon
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
The Big Heat
The Bigamist
A Blueprint for Murder
Calamity Jane
Call Me Madam
Captain Scarface
The Captain's Paradise
City That Never Sleeps
The Cruel Sea
The Desert Rats
Fear and Desire
From Here to Eternity
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Girl on the Run
Glen or Glenda?
The Hitch-Hiker
Hondo
House of Wax
How to Marry a Millionaire
I, the Jury
I Confess
The Importance of Being Earnest
Invaders from Mars
Jennifer
The Joe Louis Story
Julius Caesar
Kiss Me Kate
Knights of the Round Table
Lili
The Limping Man
Little Fugitive
The Man in the Attic
Man on a Tightrope
Martin Luther
The Maze
Miss Sadie Thompson
The Mississippi Gambler
Mogambo
The Moon is Blue
The Naked Spur
Niagara
Peter Pan
Pickup on South Street
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Salome
Seminole
Shane
Sins of Jezebel
Small Town Girl
Stalag 17
The Story of Three Loves
Titanic
Torch Song
Vicki
War of the Worlds
Wicked Woman
The Wild One
Young Bess
That's a total of 65 films, the usual amount for the Retro series. I know that seems low, but I do what I can.
The first six categories, for a total of 18, are: Best Sound, Best Visual Effects (an honorary award to War of the Worlds, that year, but I'll give it a full category), Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Ensemble (not an Academy category), and Best Editing!
Shall we begin?
