Best Actress 1941, Part 5: Joan Fontaine in "Suspicion" & Olivia de Havilland in "Hold back the Dawn 

Thank you so much! Yes, it seems like this - in a way they remind of Bette and the other Joan; Bette was always fun and open in her interviews, Joan very careful and considerate

Thanks so much! :)

Marvel Audubon Ms. Fontaine is all you stated, but for you to post that uninformed bit about Ms de Havilland, speaks volumes of one who's never been in the presence of either one. Ms. DeHavilland is a breathtaking beauty of substance & stature, who took on Warner Bros & won! It's in history of Ca. Legislature as the De Havilland decision..look it up

No! I will admit no such thing! They are both Hollywood legends for a reason! Several reasons!

@@jeffreysuggs2799 calm thyself, sweetie

@@jeffreysuggs2799*Fontaine was better than Havilland in all these interviews.*

Thanks so much for sticking around! 😀

I know her performance has a lot of fans but I'm just not one of them...I do adore her in general, however

Paul lemon Joan was funny looking. Olivia is way more beautiful 😊

I believe Joan; um, Olivia, not so much.

@@VTMCompany Me, too. Joan told funny stories, Olivia was defensive.

Glad you enjoyed it!

David Biddle Olivia was way more attractive

Yes, it's admirable how she recognised the problems in her career and was willing to fight to get better parts

I think she is fantastic in GWTW but yes, in no way a leading performer...but of course, in those days, leading and supporting was determined less by screentime and more by "star or no star" and in that case, she probably had a right to be upset

Marcel, this is a black male posting, Melanie was a large supporting role, so she could've been a lead actress contender, especially over Greer Garden in Mr.Chips! Politics plays a role in every aspect of our lives, two reasons Ms de Havilland may not have won, G W T W was an MGM flick, Mr. Mayer may have pressed MGM voters t vote for Ms McDaniel who was an MGM player, & also to silence black opposition to the flick! He pressed voters to go for Robert Donate over Clark Gable

I had never considered the MGM contract player angle but you're probably right. I do love Olivia but it always irked me that whenever she would recount losing to Hattie no matter how many years later she would always acknowledge being extremely upset ("there was no god!") and that the way she got over it was that she realized Melanie was a co-lead rather than a supporting player and it was only fair to lose in the category, rather than because losing meant that Hattie could make history. Reportedly Irene Selznick had to take her into the backroom on Oscar night and tell her to suck it up because this was an important moment for Hattie and the black community as a whole. I could very well be wrong and at some point she did talk about it, but my guess is in part the reason could be she might have been ashamed of the moment and didn't want to admit to it fully. As it is it's obvious she and Hattie didn't have any big problem because they would go on to do In This Our Life together and they would share ANOTHER impactful end scene together lol

@@jeffreysuggs2799what does ur race have to do with anything? It doesn’t make you sound less ridiculous or more credible. Hattie McDaniel simply gave the best performance that year. She also gave a much lauded performance in “Alice Adams” which garnered her much praise.

Marcel Audubon You are a fool . You must not have seen the Heiress

@@christiansoldier77 sorry, sweetie, no one with as bizarre a collection of far right, faux christian videos as you have on your channel gets to call anyone else a fool! 🤣😆🤣 you're in for a few surprises on the judgment day, little lady. You can be forgiven for thinking perhaps I had never seen The Heiress since, like many of Olivia de Haviland's efforts, it was such a compete box office flop but, alas I have seen it. She was certainly cast correctly as the forgettable little mousey type, wasn't she? Unfortunately, to see the role played believably we have to turn to Jennifer Jason Leigh in Washington Park many years later.

​@@christiansoldier77 , only someone with limit intelligence insults another person unnecessarily. Learn to communicate without insults.

@@jae6335 So you are just proving how unintelligent you are right?

Have you ever had the honor of meeting Ms.DeHavilland in person? No! You have not, or you wouldn't have pasted that malarkey! Have I had the honor? Yes I have! She was a queen! Gracious, generous with her time, & patient with the starstruck, not a trace of condescension or racism. A Grand Dame to be sure!

@@jeffreysuggs2799 Olivia's remarks regarding her GWTW co-star Hattie McDaniel's Academy Award win in the supporting category, were unacceptable and despicable.

O Geez I love Paulette! Vivien Leigh was wonderful as Scarlett, but I would have loved to see Paulette in the role.

Your take on Ms De Havilland..I like it not

​@@paulamiles9559 I would've loved to have seen Bette Davis's rendition of Scarlett

@@jeffreysuggs2799 Yeah, we liked her for Scarlett also.

Don’t forget how Hattie McDaniel mopped the floor with dear, dull dishrag Olivia in that staircase scene in Gone with the Wind.

Agree 💯. Though I have to say she looked so beautiful in the film.

Best actress nomination for her role in GWTW…what went on in her head?

Olivia only reached out to her when she needed money /cash!

I am glad for this observation. I have the same feeling. She is false. And very very cunning and manipulative.