Winner '55: First Saw It:		Marty March 2000, on video
		Bridesmaids:		Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo
		My Vote:		Marty trounces the two I've seen, but I have hope for Roberts and Picnic
		Overlooked:		East of Eden, All that Heaven Allows, The Wages of Fear, The Night of the Hunter

Marty
First screened in March 2000 / Most recently screened in December 2007

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Director: Delbert Mann. Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Joe Mantell, Augusta Ciolli, Jerry Paris, Karen Steele. Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky (based on his teleplay).

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Twitter Capsule: Hard to suss why it caught the zeitgeist so fully on release, but perceptive, patient, gentle. Borgnine, Blair a sweet pair.

VOR: ④  Maybe the most famous example of prestige TV inspiring a critically and popularly embraced film. Relic of U.S. media's brief, mid-50s embrace of working-class stories.

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Photo © 1955 United Artists

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Picture
★	Best Director: Delbert Mann
★	Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine
	Best Supporting Actress: Betsy Blair
	Best Supporting Actor: Joe Mantell
★	Best Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky
	Best Cinematography (Black & White): Joseph LaShelle
	Best Art Direction (Black & White): Ted Haworth & Walter M. Simonds; Robert Priestley
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Actor (Drama): Ernest Borgnine
Other Awards:
	Cannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or (Best Picture); OCIC Award
	Directors Guild of America: Best Director
	Writers Guild of America: Best Written American Drama
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Picture; Best Actor (Borgnine)
	National Board of Review: Best Picture; Best Actor (Borgnine)
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Foreign Actress (Blair); Best Foreign Actor (Borgnine)

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