The nominees were ...
- Walter Brennan in Kentucky
- John Garfield in Four Daughters
- Gene Lockhart in Algiers
- Robert Morley in Marie Antoinette
- Basil Rathbone in If I Were King
... when they should have been ...
- Lew Ayres in Holiday
- Marcel Dalio in Grand Illusion
- John Garfield in Four Daughters
- Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Charles Ruggles in Bringing Up Baby
And the Oscar went to ...
A Technicolor feature, handsomely filmed by Ernest Palmer, this Romeo and Juliet in the bluegrass story about lovers (Loretta Young and Richard Greene) from rival horse-raising clans gave Brennan the second of his three Oscar wins.
... when it should have gone to ...
Ayres plays the trapped, alcoholic son of the Seton clan in this superb romantic comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and directed by George Cukor. The film was a disappointment at the box office, which may explain why it received only one nomination: for art direction. Today it's regarded as a classic, thanks to the sparkling performances of its leads, but also to Ayres's poignant role, a melancholy counterpoint to the generally comic tone of the movie. Ayres began as a bit player and first gained notice when he was cast in the leading role in All Quiet on the Western Front. In 1938 he began playing Dr. Kildare in the popular series of MGM programmers, but his career was interrupted by World War II, during which, having been influenced by the antiwar sentiment of All Quiet, he declared himself a conscientious objector. Although there was a great deal of public outrage at his decision, Ayres served with distinction as a combat medic in the South Pacific. He resumed his career with an Oscar-nominated role in Johnny Belinda, and continued to work in film and television well into the 1980s.
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| Lew Ayres, Doris Nolan, and Cary Grant in Holiday |
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