Alternate Best Actor 1935: Results

5. Paul Muni in Black Fury- Muni overacts as usual. He has a moment or two of descent acting but most of the time he just yells in an a needlessly loud fashion.

Best Scene: I guess when he finds out his girlfriend has left him. 

4. Errol Flynn in Captain Blood- Aside from one scene of weakness Flynn gives a charming performance that effortlessly carries his film.

Best Scene: Any of the swashbuckling scenes.

3. Charles Laughton in Ruggles of Red Gap- Laughton gives a particularly modest performance but still gives a very strong performance that is very funny but also quite moving when it needs to be.

Best Scene: Ruggles recites the Gettysburg Address. 

2. Robert Donat in 39 Steps- Donat is great as the wrong man playing well the down to earth reactions but as well giving a very charming and quite humorous performance as well.

Best Scene: Hannay finds himself handcuffed to a woman who believes him to be a murderer.

1. Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein- This is actually a pretty strong year for lead actors, and I think the academy could have been bothered to nominate more than four actors for the Oscar. It was a close one but my runner up for the year goes to Boris Karloff  who finds new ground with the monster giving a oddly enough tender performance as the monster learns to talk, and attempts to relate to others.

Best Scene: The Monster meets his Bride.

Overall Rank:

1. Victor McLaglen in The Informer
2. Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein
3. Robert Donat in 39 Steps 
4. Charles Laughton in Ruggles of Red Gap
5. Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty
6. Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities
7. Fredric March in Les Miserables
8. Claude Rains in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
9. Charles Laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty
10. Peter Lorre in Crime and Punishment 
11. Groucho Marx in Night At the Opera
12. Errol Flynn in Captain Blood
13. Fred Astaire in Top Hat
14. Bela Lugosi in The Raven
15. Freddie Bartholomew in David Copperfield
16. Boris Karloff in The Raven 
17. Frank Lawton in David Copperfield
18. Seymour Hicks in Scrooge
19. Douglass Montgomery in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
20. Paul Muni in Black Fury 

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