This is the third time that we have done this tournament ….but the first time that we decided to document the results as we work through the tournament. In 2014 Spencer Tracy was the last person standing. In 2015 Humphrey Bogart won. Who will be the last person standing in 2016?
The rules to qualify for the tournament: Actor/actress had to star in a movie before 1960, star in at least 30 movies and be ranked in the Top 64 when looking at the average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score for their movies.
The rules to advance to the next round: The first four rounds are a best-of-five movie matchup. The last two rounds (Final Four & Finals) are a best-of-seven. Using a random number generator each actor/actress’ movie is drawn from their Top 30 UMR rated movies. The movie with the higher UMR score wins that matchup. First one to either 3 or 4 wins moves to the next round. Movie can only be used once for the entire tournament….which is why 30 movies is the minimum to qualify for the tournament. This continues until only one actor/actress is left.
2016 Classic Actor Movie Tournament Bracket
The better the Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) average score the higher the seed. That means Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, James Stewart and Gregory Peck are the Top Seeds.
3 Years 3 Champs. 2016 Cary Grant 2015 Humphrey Bogart 2014 Spencer Tracy
Cecil B. DeMille Side of Bracket
See how the stars advanced or got eliminated in this Cecil B. DeMille bracket. Matchups and Results.
Round 1
Round 2
Sweet 16
Elite 8
Final Four
Elite 8
Sweet 16
Round 2
Round 1
#1 Spencer Tracy
#2 Humphrey Bogart
#16 Peter O'Toole
#1 Spencer Tracy
#2 Humphrey Bogart
#15 Irene Dunne
#1 Spencer Tracy
#7 Charlton Heston
#8 Ginger Rogers
#9 James Cagney
#7 Charlton Heston
#7 Charlton Heston
#9 James Cagney
#1 Spencer Tracy
#10 David Niven
#1 Spencer Tracy
#7 Charlton Heston
#4 Elizabeth Taylor
#3 Bing Crosby
#13 Natalie Wood
#4 Elizabeth Taylor
#3 Bing Crosby
#14 Shirley Temple
#4 Elizabeth Taylor
#6 Jack Lemmon
#5 Frank Sinatra
#12 Walter Matthau
#6 Jack Lemmon
#6 Jack Lemmon
#12 Walter Matthau
#11 William Powell
Alfred Hitchcock Side of Bracket
See how the stars advanced or got eliminated in this Alfred Hitchcock bracket. Matchups and Results.
Seed
Round 1
Round 2
Sweet 16
Elite 8
Final Four
Elite 8
Sweet 16
Round 2
Round 1
1
#1 James Stewart
#2 Clark Gable
16
#16 Jerry Lewis
#1 James Stewart
#2 Clark Gable
#15 John Garfield
#1 James Stewart
#2 Clark Gable
8
#8 Gene Kelly
#8 Gene Kelly
#7 Robert Mitchum
#7 Robert Mitchum
9
#9 Maureen O'Hara
#2 Clark Gable
#10 Dean Martin
#1 James Stewart
#2 Clark Gable
4
#4 William Holden
#3 Katharine Hepburn
13
#13 Charles Laughton
#4 William Holden
#3 Katharine Hepburn
#14 Vincent Price
#4 William Holden
#3 Katharine Hepburn
5
#5 Marlon Brando
#12 Doris Day
#6 Myrna Loy
#6 Myrna Loy
12
#12 Doris Day
#11 Edward G. Robinson
William Wyler Side of Bracket
See how the stars advanced or got eliminated in this William Wyler bracket. Matchup and Results.
Round 1
Round 2
Sweet 16
Elite 8
Final Four
Elite 8
Sweet 16
Round 2
Round 1
#1 Cary Grant
#2 John Wayne
#16 Rock Hudson
#1 Cary Grant
#2 John Wayne
#15 Richard Widmark
#1 Cary Grant
#2 John Wayne
#8 Ingrid Bergman
#9 Barbara Stanwyck
#7 Anthony Quinn
#7 Anthony Quinn
#9 Barbara Stanwyck
#1 Cary Grant
#10 Lana Turner
#1 Cary Grant
#2 John Wayne
#4 Henry Fonda
#3 Paul Newman
#13 Sidney Poitier
#4 Henry Fonda
#3 Paul Newman
#14 Lee Marvin
#4 Henry Fonda
#3 Paul Newman
#5 Judy Garland
#6 Bob Hope
#6 Bob Hope
#12 Errol Flynn
#12 Errol Flynn
#11 Kirk Douglas
Billy Wilder Side of Bracket
See how the stars advanced or got eliminated in this Billy Wilder bracket. Matchups and Results.
Round 1
Round 2
Sweet 16
Elite 8
Final Four
Elite 8
Sweet 16
Round 2
Round 1
Seed
#1 Gregory Peck
#2 Gary Cooper
2
#16 Ava Gardner
#1 Gregory Peck
#2 Gary Cooper
#15 Orson Welles
15
#1 Gregory Peck
#2 Gary Cooper
#8 Olivia de Havilland
#9 James Mason
#10 Susan Hayward
#7 Fred Astaire
7
#9 James Mason
#1 Gregory Peck
#10 Susan Hayward
10
#1 Gregory Peck
#6 Tyrone Power
#4 Burt Lancaster
#3 Mickey Rooney
3
#13 Joan Crawford
#13 Joan Crawford
#3 Mickey Rooney
#14 Betty Grable
14
#5 Bette Davis
#6 Tyrone Power
#5 Bette Davis
#5 Bette Davis
#6 Tyrone Power
#6 Tyrone Power
6
#12 Shirley MacLaine
#11 Laurence Olivier
11
This tournament means nothing…it is just a fun activity that we like to do. Please no wagering…lol. Not sure when we will start…and when we will finish…..but we will have fun completing this tournament.
17 thoughts on “2016 Classic Movie Tournament: Cary Grant Wins!”
So Cary Grant is this year’s winner!
Congratulations. Really both finalists are top notch.
My drivel part of my comment…since that is the term you like to use ..
So ends my personal 2016 awards season. Will just check out on youtube the memorial videos from award shows that still feature them the next day or so afterwards. Otherwise, since lifetime awards are rarely show in Canada and I have no interest in actors my age or younger unless they are from Hollywood families and have ties from past generations I cannot see myself watching award shows anymore.
TCM’s 31 days of Oscar theme of degrees of separation makes no sense here since the channel does not own the rights to some of the movies so I guess I’ll be skipping introductions and conclusions for the next month.
Hmmm less than a week to be the same age as Jack Benny. Why couldn’t I have been born during the summer?
Your Peck almost won…Grant was done to 22nd An Affair To Remember and 24th Father Goose….while Peck had 3rd Gentleman’s Agreement, 7th 12 O’Clock High and 8th The Omen left…..all would have beaten Grant…but he fell short by one movie when his last high number movie…The Boys From Brazil was called…..it was fun.
Thanks for the drivel part. Not thinking you will be missing much. The Revenant will get called early and often. That is strange about TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar. Hey Jack Benny stayed 39 forever….my mom still claims to be 39….so you can too. But the 40 bandwagon has room for you…..just in case you do not want to be 39 anymore.
Claudette Colbert will be the next page. That will be the 47th AFI Screen Legend completed…only leaving the 3 silent movie stars…Gish, Pickford and Keaton…hard to believe that project is getting so close to the end.
As always….I appreciate your visit and your comment.
Hey Flora
1. Yep Grant and Peck are the last two standing
2, Grant’s movies left 3rd, 6th, 8th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 26th and 27th
3. Peck’s movies left 3rd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, and 28th
4. Thinking Peck has the edge.
5. I figured you would know who Eldred was.
6. I like that “My Darling Greg as I like to call him vs. Even I’d Like to be Cary Grant.”
7. This silly fun is almost over. But I glad I put it all on paper.
Thank for stopping by.
Hey Flora….thanks for the comment. I am having fun with this tournament…..granted I know it is pretty silly…..but it is still fun. In 2014 I did not have enough classic actors to field a 64 person tournament…..two years later and I had to leave out 20 or so people. Your favorite, Mr. Peck, has a good chance to be this years champ…..he is the only one not to lose a single matchup yet. If anything I will have the results in a better place when 2017 comes around.
This is the third time that we have done this tournament ….but the first time that we decided to document the results as we work through the tournament. In 2014 Spencer Tracy was the last person standing. In 2015 Humphrey Bogart won. Who will be the last person standing in 2016?
To see how Cary Grant survived the Final Four find the results here. 2016 Final Four Matchups and Results.
So Cary Grant is this year’s winner!
Congratulations. Really both finalists are top notch.
My drivel part of my comment…since that is the term you like to use ..
So ends my personal 2016 awards season. Will just check out on youtube the memorial videos from award shows that still feature them the next day or so afterwards. Otherwise, since lifetime awards are rarely show in Canada and I have no interest in actors my age or younger unless they are from Hollywood families and have ties from past generations I cannot see myself watching award shows anymore.
TCM’s 31 days of Oscar theme of degrees of separation makes no sense here since the channel does not own the rights to some of the movies so I guess I’ll be skipping introductions and conclusions for the next month.
Hmmm less than a week to be the same age as Jack Benny. Why couldn’t I have been born during the summer?
Your Peck almost won…Grant was done to 22nd An Affair To Remember and 24th Father Goose….while Peck had 3rd Gentleman’s Agreement, 7th 12 O’Clock High and 8th The Omen left…..all would have beaten Grant…but he fell short by one movie when his last high number movie…The Boys From Brazil was called…..it was fun.
Thanks for the drivel part. Not thinking you will be missing much. The Revenant will get called early and often. That is strange about TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar. Hey Jack Benny stayed 39 forever….my mom still claims to be 39….so you can too. But the 40 bandwagon has room for you…..just in case you do not want to be 39 anymore.
Claudette Colbert will be the next page. That will be the 47th AFI Screen Legend completed…only leaving the 3 silent movie stars…Gish, Pickford and Keaton…hard to believe that project is getting so close to the end.
As always….I appreciate your visit and your comment.
Maybe 2017 will be Peck’s year.
I knew as soon as I saw Eldred vs. Archie I knew who the last two standing were. 🙂
Only in school was Gregory referred to by his first name.
My Darling Greg as I like to call him vs. Even I’d Like to be Cary Grant..
Flora
Oh, and Peck said once he could feel Grant’s fingerprints all over the scripts he was given to read.
Flora
Hey Flora…I could see that. I do not think Peck was the only one getting Grant’s refused movies. Grant turned down many many classic roles.
Hey Flora
1. Yep Grant and Peck are the last two standing
2, Grant’s movies left 3rd, 6th, 8th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 26th and 27th
3. Peck’s movies left 3rd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, and 28th
4. Thinking Peck has the edge.
5. I figured you would know who Eldred was.
6. I like that “My Darling Greg as I like to call him vs. Even I’d Like to be Cary Grant.”
7. This silly fun is almost over. But I glad I put it all on paper.
Thank for stopping by.
This page is silly but fun, I agree.
These last few days, I need a bit of silliness
Pretty good Final Four….Peck, Gable, Grant and Tracy. Now I am trying to figure how to do the last rounds here on the website.
Bruce:
Am I correct in guessing that the directors are supposed to be like Fantasy Basketball team owners?
Was not going to comment but I see that only Steve Lensman has commented.
Flora
Hey Flora….thanks for the comment. I am having fun with this tournament…..granted I know it is pretty silly…..but it is still fun. In 2014 I did not have enough classic actors to field a 64 person tournament…..two years later and I had to leave out 20 or so people. Your favorite, Mr. Peck, has a good chance to be this years champ…..he is the only one not to lose a single matchup yet. If anything I will have the results in a better place when 2017 comes around.
Directors are more like the managers. One day I will have enough directors to do a tournament for them….on the classic side that is a long way to go.