From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all so much for your submissions, propaganda, votes, and all-around support for this silly little tournament. Never did we think we would get so much love and we're glad to bring to light the career and highlights of one of the world's greatest actors - Mr. William Claude Rains.
This blog still will remain active and will continue to be Tumblr's hotspot for all things Claude Rains-related and we'll be hosting more tournaments in the future as well as keeping up with reblogs and other fun stuff. We're likely going to be announcing the start date for The Queen of the Claudes mini-tournament sometime soon and our ask box is always open for questions, comments, and general silliness!
Again, thank you all so very much for keeping this blog alive and here's to the beginning of a beautiful friendship. :)
Oh God, I'm so scared. I'm rooting for Sidney Poitier, Gregory Peck, Vincent Price, James Stewert, and Peter Falk. I know at least one of them will fall in this next round, I just hope none of them are pitted against each other. :(
James Dean
Omar Sharif
James Shigeta
Sidney Poitier
Jeremy Brett
Cary Grant
Buster Keaton
Gregory Peck
Paul Robeson
Sessue Hayakawa
Vincent Price
Toshiro Mifune
Harry Belafonte
James Stewart
Gene Kelly
Peter Falk
Kisses and hugs also for every hot man loserboy who didn't make it through. Have fun in the shadow realm!
Like last time, additional propaganda for me to add to the poll posts can be sent to my ASKS in the interim between now (Sunday night) and the night of the 30th (Tuesday night). I will take video links, photos, and text propaganda, but not gifs. You can also save your propaganda until round 4 begins and I will post/boost as usual.
Damn girl, you're built like a mini fridge (derogatory)
Might make a sideblog dedicated to turning random things into anime girls would yall submit requests for it? Here’s an example btw:
I know that I've made this joke before, but the fact that the second Doctor's hat is almost always slightly off-screen always gives me big Doug Dimmadome vibes.
But to be fair, the actual length of his hat is also too funny for me to take seriously anyway.
Just noticed that Mr. 104's shirt is decorated with the periodic table. What a dork.
Also, he and Larry are the cutest couple ever and if they don't get a happy ending, murder is an option. Why did he have to have such a cute laugh when Larry talked about him taking care of Keeg?!
I'm making a sideshow for my boyfriend about Discworld and why I like it, and for this slide I will explain how I became an instant Pratchett fan but why it took me a bit to warm up to Gaiman's writing.
Also I'm going to introduce him to my favorite characters:
So... next week is it, huh? What have we learned so far?
1. Jane and the other personalities are going to be okay.
2. Single parent Larry continues to get shit on from every possible angle. "How could you say something so cruel?" he asked Keeg 1, knowing full well the universe has always been against him.
3. Rita's probably not going to do anything.
4. Laura beating herself up was probably a good thing mentally? Idk.
5. Niles is dead. Hella dead. Never coming back. However, for better or for worse, he's always going to influence the team.
6. Who even knows what's going on with Cliff anymore. He's all over the place.
I don't count Cyborg because we always knew he was going to get through this.
Excuse me, but who was going to tell me that the guy who played Milligan is 6'6?! Surely that can't be right?
No wonder he voiced Thor in the latest God of War, the dude could have been Thor if Marvel possessed any sense.
Some of the best Steven gifs I have in my folder; happy Tuesday.
Patrick Troughton (Jason and the Argonauts)—He's really good as a man beknighted by harpies whose immediate first reaction to being beknighted by harpies is to stuff as much bread down his shirt as possible. I won't mention his other roles (though im thinking about them. hard) and i just want to say everything about him is just a little guy, a tiny little little man, a man here for hopes and dreams and frivolity (but dont fuckin cross him you will get yoinked!!!!)
Giulietta Masina (La Strada, Fortunella, Nights of Cabiria)—To me, she is the DEFINITION of scrungly little guy, always, but especially in La Strada. She is hilarious, adorable and heartbreaking all in one. She was born in a wet cardboard box all alone. She is the slapstick clown woman of my dreams. She gets called an "ugly artichoke" TWICE in that film (not true, very brutal, but quite funny - she's the wife of the director too, might I add). Her face is so brilliant, no one ever emoted like she did. She is Pierrot Hot, simple as. Gif of the exact moment I fell in love with her upon first seeing this film, if you wanna include it: [link]
This is round 2 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here. Reminder that this is a movie bracket, not a TV bracket, so no TV-related propaganda will be accepted.
[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]
Giulietta:
She's Italian, isn't that enough? No? Fine. She also won two Cannes film awards and is best known for her character in La Strada, in which she played a young woman who fell in love with her captor and witnessed the cruelty of humanity, but still never really lost her child-like spirit.
Masina has a wonderful impish, scrungly quality to her that made her perfect for her iconic Sad Clown type roles. She got tons of comparisons to Chaplin (who despite being handsome, certainly *played* scrungles) and goddamn if they aren’t true. Like yes, she’s obviously beautiful when glammed up, but even in promotional photos, Masina always has this weirdo quality to her. I could see her playing a strange little goblin sidekick to Columbo as he solves a murder in Italy. Even in Nights of Cabiria, where she’s ostensibly playing an object of desire, Masina carries herself with a gait usually reserved for old crones and character actors, (which only makes her yearning for happiness more tragic!).
Patrick:
Huh?! If this is true, that's amazing! Maybe if they win stuff Disney might put them back on the streaming service?
With Tony Hale and Marta Kessler both being nominated for the first time for mbs!
Terrible jokes and ramblings and OH GOD, THE PAIN! THE UNENDURABLE AGONY! (howdy)
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