List your acting nominations for 1958

List your acting nominations for 1958 May 19, 2021 12:23:13 GMT

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Post by rudeboy on May 19, 2021 12:23:13 GMT

May 19, 2021 6:15:25 GMT moviemouth said:

May 19, 2021 6:09:55 GMT rudeboy said:

I think she's borderline, but I had a hard job filling best actress and it was such a major, star-making role for her that I edged her into leading. Also her role is much more central than any of my supporting line-up so it seemed unfair to place her among them.

Fair enough, though I don't even consider her borderline.

She might be more "central" than any of your supporting actress nominees, but I can't speak to that. I have only seen Wendy Hiller and obviously she is more central than her.

For me either someone is the lead of a movie or they aren't. The only lead character in the movie is Frank Sinatra. Orson Welles is far more central in Touch of Evil than Shirley MacLaine is in Some Came Running and you have him supporting.

I am just explaining how I do it btw, I am not telling you what your opinion should be.

Fair enough. I usually go leading if it’s a performance I’m on the fence about. Welles is an interesting one - it’s so long since I saw Touch of Evil that I don’t recall whether he seemed more of a co-lead. He certainly made a powerful impression.

Some Came Running is a favourite and while MacLaine is certainly secondary to Sinatra, hers is a character and performance which I always think of when I think of the film. I may rethink the next time I watch it, which I hope is soon.