1934 Best Actress (feat. Kimberly Pierce)

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Kimberly Pierce of Ticklish Business to discuss the 1934 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Claudette Colbert won for her performance in “It Happened One Night,” beating Grace Moore in “One Night of Love” and Norma Shearer in “The Barretts of Wimpole Street,” plus write-in candidate Bette Davis in “Of Human Bondage.” We discuss all of these performances and discuss why the confirmed runner-up was the runner-up.

0:00 – 8:37 – Introduction

8:38 – 23:05 – Grace Moore

23:06 – 43:09 – Norma Shearer

43:10 – 1:04:00 – Bette Davis

1:04:01 – 1:21:30 – Claudette Colbert

1:21:31 – 1:53:25 – Why Claudette Colbert won / Twitter questions

1:53:26 – 1:59:29 – Why was ____ the runner-up?

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Theme/End Music: “Diamonds” by Iouri Sazonov

Additional Music: “Storming Cinema Ident” by Edward Blakeley

Artwork: Brian O’Meara