1935 Best Actress (feat. Manish Mathur)

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Manish Mathur of It Pod to be You and Queer and Now to discuss the 1935 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Bette Davis won for her performance in “Dangerous,” beating Elisabeth Bergner in “Escape Me Never,” Claudette Colbert in “Private Worlds,” Katharine Hepburn in “Alice Adams,” Miriam Hopkins in “Becky Sharp,” and Merle Oberon in “The Dark Angel.” We discuss all of these performances and discuss why the confirmed runner-up was the runner-up.

0:00 – 14:43 – Introduction

14:44 – 30:04 – Elisabeth Bergner

30:05 – 43:18 – Claudette Colbert

43:18 – 1:00:43 – Katharine Hepburn

1:00:44 – 1:12:57 – Miriam Hopkins

1:12:58 – 1:26:10 – Merle Oberon

1:26:11 – 1:37:04 – Bette Davis

1:37:05 – 1:51:44 – Why Bette Davis won / Twitter questions

1:51:45 – 1:58:54 – 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