Rd 7 Screwball Comedies Tourney

Here we go with rd 7:

RD 6 Screwball Comedies Tourney

Here we go with rd 6:

Rd 5 Screwball Comedies Tourney

Here we go with rd 5

Rd 4 Screwball Comedies Tourney

Here we go with rd 4

Rd 3 Screwball Comedies Tourney

Here we go with rd 3:

Rd 2 Screwball Comedies Tourney

Here we go with rd 2

Screwball Comedies Tourney Rd 1

Here we go with rd 1 of our Screwball Comedies Tourney, with 12 films competing..

Final round in the Favorite Screwball Comedies Tourney now underway

Here we go with the final round in the Favorite Screwball Tourney. Winner takes all. Polls will close on Sunday afternoon at 3pm.

Round 9 now underway

Only 2 more rounds left. Round 9 will run through Thursday morning 9am.

Round 8 now underway

Here we go with round 8 matches in the Favorite Screwball Comedies Tourney. Polls close on Tuesday morning.

Round 7 now underway

Getting very exciting now as we move on to round 7 of the Favorite Screwball Comedies Tourney. Polls close on Saturday afternoon.

Round 6 ready to roll

Here we go with round 6 in the Favorite Screwball Comedy Tourney. Matches wrap up Wednesday morning.

Round 5 is alive

Round 5 means we're halfway through the screwball comedies tournament. This round wraps up Sunday morning.

Round 4 Let's Go

Here we go with round 4 of the Favorite Screwball Comedy Tourney. Matches close on Thursday morning.

Round 3 in Screwball Comedies Tourney is a go

Round 2 in Favorite Screwball Comedy Tourney now underway

Matches will run through Friday 1pm

First round in Screwball Comedies Tourney now underway

Here we go with a new tourney to kick off the new year. 14 screwball comedies chosen by 14 friends. Let's get started with round 1, which ends on Tuesday afternoon.

Screwball Film Tourney Day 2 Update

A lot of the matches which were blow-outs haven't changed much as the leaders have increased their lead to even bigger amounts. But there are some matches that are back and forth that will probably go down to the wire on Friday. Ball of Fire leads Sullivan's Travels 19-17 and it has been a back and forth match since day one. I don't know how it will turn out. An even closer match is taking place between The Palm Beach Story and Libeled Lady. Currently Beach leads by the score of 15-14. Can't get much closer than that. And there is one match which started out as a massacre has suddenly became more interesting. Case in point, one of the top 4 seeds, Trouble in Paradise was getting trounced by My Favorite Wife after day one to the tune of 14-2. The score now is 18-11, still in Wife's favor but Paradise has made it a match now. Another interesting match is going on between The Lady Eve and Ninotchka with Eve up 17-12. Very close. Here are the complete scores of all the matches through day 2:

The women of Trouble in Paradise made a big move

on day 2 to make it a match with My Favorite Wife

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 31
THE MORE THE MERRIER 7

MERRILY WE LIVE 20
THE GILDED LILY 6

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 23
TWENTIETH CENTURY 14

HIS GIRL FRIDAY 33
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR 7

MY MAN GODFREY 29
EASY LIVING 7

THE AWFUL TRUTH 23
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 14

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 21
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHT WIFE 11

BALL OF FIRE 19
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 17

MY FAVORITE WIFE 18
TROUBLE IN PARADISE 11

THE LADY EVE 17
NINOTCHKA 12

THE PALM BEACH STORY 15
LIBELED LADY 14

THE THIN MAN 21
HOLIDAY 6

BRINGING UP BABY 24
BOMBSHELL 4

MIDNIGHT 20
THE GOOD FAIRY 7

TO BE OR NOT TO BE 22
THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES 4

THEODORA GOES WILD 17
TOPPER 9

And we're off and running...

The favorite screwball film tourney is underway. I got the matches up and running here and over at my other blog, All Good Things. Here's the link to make things convenient:  poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com

Matches will run through Friday evening. One vote per match per person. This should be fun.

You see if we win, we will be praised as the favorite

screwball film ever. Understand comrade?

By the numbers...

In preparation of the upcoming screwball comedy tourney, I thought I would share some stats about some of the stars and directors competing.

Cary has the most films in competition by far...

Most films by an actor competing in tourney: Cary Grant (8) - Bringing Up Baby, Topper, The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Awful Truth, My Favorite Wife, His Girl Friday and Holiday.

Stick with me Coop and I'll teach you everything about

screwball comedies....

Most films by an actress: Claudette Colbert (5) - It Happened One Night, The Gilded Lily, Midnight, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, and The Palm Beach Story.

Mr. Lubitsch with his customary cigar....

Most films by a director: Ernst Lubitsch (4) - Ninotchka, Trouble in Paradise, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, and To Be Or Not To Be.

Kate and Cary..what a pair

Most films by a pair: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn (3) - Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, and Holiday.

Side note:

I could have easily expanded this tourney to 64 films but I knew I would not have sufficient time what with the holidays and work. So a lot of notable films did not make the cut: such as Nothing Sacred, Vivacious Lady, No Time For Comedy and Design For Living among others. Maybe for my next tourney, I will make it much more bigger to include a lot more films. Anyway, the fun begins in two more days.