Maggie Smith presenting John Mills with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Ryan's Daughter" at the 43rd Academy Awards® in 1971.
@@angelabolton4478 Yes she was the epitome of British class and sophistication. Drop dead sexy as well. Love that movie. Magnificent cast and performances from all. Niven,Sellers,Guinness and Columbo doing his Bogart PD spin.
I think John Mills could possibly be the nicest man who ever lived! His fellow actors and friends simply gush over him and I myself think he is utterly fantastic. 'Dobson's Choice' being my favourite. 'The Truth about Spring' with daughter Hayley a close second. Love him to bits.
This is one of those moments that was magical for me. I saw Ryan's Daughter on a roadshow run, which is the way they did it in those days. It was reserved seats. I saw it at a matinee and at the time, was a big fan of Mitcum and loved Sarah Myles and John Mills. I spent the whole movie looking for John Mills. I was 13 when I saw this so I had to wait until the credits. All I knew is that I was outdone by the guy who played the mute. Then, to my shock, it was John Mills!!!! I'll never forget leaving the theatre thinking there's no way he doesn't win an Oscar for this, and he did.
Love how clearly thrilled Maggie was for him... he wrote in his autobiography that he knew he'd won before she even said his name, just from the way she was smiling 😊
Darling Maggie. She presented the first award of the evening to Mills because she was appearing in DESIGN FOR LIVING at the Ahmanson Theater across the Music Center (That may be her costume she's wearing) and would be onstage when the Best Actor was presented. Hence it was devised that Maggie & Goldie would switch (no doubt consideration was given to ratings as Goldie was a big TV star at the time). Maggie later joined the party at the Governor's Ball.
Absolutely loved (Sir) John Mills - the quintessential English gentleman (not unlike David Niven). Such a stunningly beautiful film, very underrated and a much deserved Oscar win. Just fabulous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧
I know he said he didn't expect it but you could see he was telling himself "It's now or never." Lean asked him if he had ever won an Oscar after filming a few scenes of him in Ryan's Daughter, he knew this would be the role that would get Mills the gold.
That was the quickest award given to an actor without all the hoopla that goes on now. On the award shows these days the actor thanks 50 people and by the time they are done, people are bored, I mean after all they didnt invent a cancer cure.......short sweet and to the point ....
John Mills for the win, yes, but it would've been wonderful had his co-star Trevor Howard also been nominated. "Ryan's Daughter" is a highly underrated film.
I Agee. Trevor Howard played a great Father Collins. Just that his role was more than a supporting role, imo. So Howard would probably have no shot against George C Scott in that category. But it would have been a well deserved nomination and interesting in the supporting role for Howard. John Mills probably would have still won. Cause, I think , it was Mills' crowning achievement. Great movie, very underrated.
He was great even in classic movies like "The October Man" which should then should have been recognized by the Oscars. Will watch Ryan's Daughter next.
One of only three times that someone won an Oscar for a role that they never spoke a single word in the film; the other instances were Jane Wyman for "Johnny Belinda" and Holly Hunter in "The Piano".
Ten years prior, his daughter Hayley won the special (and what turned out to be the last one awarded) Juvenile Oscar for her work in the 1960 film "Pollyanna". I am in the middle of her memoirs right now, and she wrote that when the special mini-Oscar arrived in the mail, absolutely no fuss was made of it, and her parents hid it away. Hayley wrote that with benefit of hindsight, she suspects her father may have been a bit hurt that his 14-year-old daughter received an Oscar before he had, but the topic - even the fact that she'd won an Oscar - never surfaced.
Its spooky! John and juliet look like twins! The best character actor ever. From the original mr chips to 80 days to Ryan. This is what this award is made for!
1971 Oscars (awarding 1970 released films, made in 1969) Played Pip in the original Great Expectations, father of Hayley and Juliet Mills. In Ryan's daughter he played the "village idiot", a mute role.
0:50 It would have been amazing if Chief Dan George would have won. It would’ve been a great moment in Oscar history. He was great in “Little Big Man” - a great and under appreciated film.
Dear Sir John Mills. David Lean told him during the making of 'Ryans Daughter' that he was on Oscar winning form with his performance of 'Michael'. So i don't think it was too great a surprise to win it. Deservedly though.
Those were the days when the Oscars had class.... Dame Maggie Smith gives an Oscar to John Mills....I would have PAID the academy to be a seat filler back then LOL
+Coordinator UBB Of course she wasn't a dame yet... except the good old kind. And I'm not even sure they had seat-fillers back then because you often saw lots of empty chairs. I guess some power that be (was?) eventually decided it looked too bleak on color TV so they started hiring people to briefly occupy them.
How in the world was Gene Hackman a supporting actor in I Never Sang For My Father? He is the main character and is in almost every scene of that film.
+Bob Sewvello That's exactly right. He shared the lead with Melvyn Douglas who was rather magnificent and simply had to be up for best actor. But it's still a disingenuous practice I wish the academy would stop once and for all. Instead it's only becoming more obvious and contrived. Hackman probably could never have been nominated as a lead even if he had been designated as such. If a person fails to make the cut for a nomination, tough. Putting him/her in the wrong category because it is considered an easier win just insults everybody's intelligence and possibly cheats a more deserving candidate.
Plus John Mills is also better known for being the father of the wonderful and famous Walt Disney film star of the 1960's Miss Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills younger sister.
Why didn't Maggie present lead actor? She won leading and Goldie Hawn who presented Lead Actor won Supporting. It should have been the other way around. But I guess Maggie was happier to give it to John Mills. :)
I never saw Ryan's Daughter and I never heard of John Mills beforfe I saw this Clip. I thought tht LIttle Big Man was a great Movie. Dustin Hoffman was great in the Movie and so was Chief Dan George as his Adopted Grandfather. I wish Chief Dan George had won. Maybe tthe Academy was afraid if Chief DAn George won, he would make a very Pr- Native American Speech. Somehting which Marlon Brand'o' s Nativve American friend did just a cople of years later.
hey the crystal...Never cared for Hayley???....WHY????.....you must have some kind of inborn glitch ..still ,to each his/her own...I feel sad for you ....to me she is walking Sunshine. Personified. Period. ....but....you can't please all the people all the time.I am bias...Hayley Power!!!!....and Proud of it ...ADORE THE WHOLE MILLS FAMILY I DO....BRITISH ACTING ROYALTY....and Sir John Was Incredible(!!!!!!!!) in the film"Ryan's Daughter"(and ...YES...it SHOULD. have been a DOUBLE. win...Two Oscars should have been presented in that category,with The TERRIFIC Mr. Chief Dan George Co-winning for "Little Big Man"...What a Beautiful,Noble,Regal Soul HE WAS!!!!...there was a time when occasionally double wins would in certain categories happen, but that idea slowly faded away as the films of true excellence got fewer and farther between anymore trashy garbage was getting made.. as you can see ,it doesn't happen anymore...how Wonderful to know how received one with his family with him ,right there,never saw footage of his wife, Mary Hayley Bell Mills...Bless Her Heart. ....AWESOMNESS!!!...Juliet and her husband too....only WHERE was Dear Hayley that night???....MAJOR BUMMER....He Definitely Earned That Oscar...Rest In Glorious Peace,Dearest Sir John Mills...May Floating Angels Ever So Gently Serenade Thee In Thy Temporary Sleep Until You Rise Again ,Sir ....and you WILL Rise Again,One Sweet Day....We Who Adore You Can Only Wait...Looking Forward To It....Love And Peace To The Entire Mills Family.....FOREVER....peace....(§). :>)
hey the crystal...Never cared for Hayley???....WHY????.....you must have some kind of inborn glitch ..still ,to each his/her own...I feel sad for you ....to me she is walking Sunshine. Personified. Period. ....but....you can't please all the people all the time.I am bias...Hayley Power!!!!....and Proud of it ...ADORE THE WHOLE MILLS FAMILY I DO....BRITISH ACTING ROYALTY....and Sir John Was Incredible(!!!!!!!!) in the film"Ryan's Daughter"(and ...YES...it SHOULD. have been a DOUBLE. win...Two Oscars should have been presented in that category,with The TERRIFIC Mr. Chief Dan George Co-winning for "Little Big Man"...What a Beautiful,Noble,Regal Soul HE WAS!!!!...there was a time when occasionally double wins would in certain categories happen, but that idea slowly faded away as the films of true excellence got fewer and farther between anymore trashy garbage was getting made.. as you can see ,it doesn't happen anymore...how Wonderful to know how received one with his family with him ,right there,never saw footage of his wife, Mary Hayley Bell Mills...Bless Her Heart. ....AWESOMNESS!!!...Juliet and her husband too....only WHERE was Dear Hayley that night???....MAJOR BUMMER....He Definitely Earned That Oscar...Rest In Glorious Peace,Dearest Sir John Mills...May Floating Angels Ever So Gently Serenade Thee In Thy Temporary Sleep Until You Rise Again ,Sir ....and you WILL Rise Again,One Sweet Day....We Who Adore You Can Only Wait...Looking Forward To It....Love And Peace To The Entire Mills Family.....FOREVER....peace....(§). :>)
+J Mason The same sentiment to Mr.Chief Dan George...May The Angels Also Be Ever So Gently Serenade Thee In thy Temporary Sleep,Also ,Until You Awaken Also....ADORED him as well......oops...a typo ...previous post....double Oscar wins happened while the excellence in film was still happening, until the Plethora of trashy garbage started getting spewed out by hollywood(as the directors' ever-increasing brain damage from all the drugs starting manifesting on film)...oh well..at least there is the "good old days" to view and look back on...peace(§). :>)
Ryan's Daughter is remembered as a flop and a bad movie by David Lean, but it won some oscars, well deserved. I dont think it's the bad film history says it is.
Critics hated it, audiences- esp in Europe- loved it. You can thank Pauline Kael for ripping David Lean so much that he didn't make any more movies until 1983.
ITA! He had won prestigious critics-awards prior to the Oscars Even so, John Mills had the advantage of a long career.. So it was a career achievement award, although well deserved!
John Mills is wonderful as the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter, but Richard "So... what's the story?" Castellano would have won my vote as the vulgarian Italian papa in Lovers and Other Strangers, a hilarious but almost forgotten movie. It should make the rounds more often. People would fall in love with it. Beatrice Arthur, Gig Young, Anne Meara, Harry Guardino, Diane Keaton (her debut), Anne Jackson, Bonnie Bedelia, etc. People ran to see it in 1970 through word of mouth. It could be just as popular as a vintage movie with a little effort from TCM, e.g. Bea Arthur has possibly the film's funniest line when her son announces his intent to divorce: "You know who I blame? The Ecumenical Council!!"
I totally agree with you about "Lovers and Other Strangers". For me, it's a wonderful memory and trip back to the '70s. I really miss the raw, openness/honesty of those times. People weren't primarily concerned with impressing other people - it was more like "hey, we're all in this together". I really respect all the actors in the movie -- I think I would have loved to have had them over to a dinner party!
RIP Sir John Mills (February 22, 1908 - April 23, 2005), aged 97
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Well deserve win for John Mills. His role of mute Michael in Ryans Daughter was absolutely magnificent. I also loved Maggie Smith's curtsy!
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*Well-deserved
So pleased for Sir John, a lovely man and a most deserving choice.
Maggie was so beautiful and so elegantly dressed... She's amazing!
Watch "Murder By Death". She was drop dead gorgeous in that.
Yes, and just because she is homely doesnt mean she cant act. And now close to 100, she looks even worse.
Nah she ugly here too
@@angelabolton4478 Yes she was the epitome of British class and sophistication. Drop dead sexy as well. Love that movie. Magnificent cast and performances from all. Niven,Sellers,Guinness and Columbo doing his Bogart PD spin.
I think John Mills could possibly be the nicest man who ever lived! His fellow actors and friends simply gush over him and I myself think he is utterly fantastic. 'Dobson's Choice' being my favourite. 'The Truth about Spring' with daughter Hayley a close second. Love him to bits.
Tarn, I'm in TOTAL agreement! Loved Mills in Hopson's Choice and Charles Laughton was wonderful in it as well! Also, an early David Lean film.
You have both got it wrong! It was called Hobson's Choice.
I totally agree I always got a very good vibe from him in all his performances. Cheers Sir John!!
Hobson's Choice......
Same, I love him in Hopson's Choice, he's a sweety guy in that movie
great acting ,great actor,great man sorely missed.
This is one of those moments that was magical for me. I saw Ryan's Daughter on a roadshow run, which is the way they did it in those days. It was reserved seats. I saw it at a matinee and at the time, was a big fan of Mitcum and loved Sarah Myles and John Mills. I spent the whole movie looking for John Mills. I was 13 when I saw this so I had to wait until the credits. All I knew is that I was outdone by the guy who played the mute. Then, to my shock, it was John Mills!!!! I'll never forget leaving the theatre thinking there's no way he doesn't win an Oscar for this, and he did.
Ha ha...... I was thinking, "Where did they get this guy from?". I was shocked to see it was John Mills.
Love how clearly thrilled Maggie was for him... he wrote in his autobiography that he knew he'd won before she even said his name, just from the way she was smiling 😊
It should have been Chief Dan.
Darling Maggie. She presented the first award of the evening to Mills because she was appearing in DESIGN FOR LIVING at the Ahmanson Theater across the Music Center (That may be her costume she's wearing) and would be onstage when the Best Actor was presented. Hence it was devised that Maggie & Goldie would switch (no doubt consideration was given to ratings as Goldie was a big TV star at the time). Maggie later joined the party at the Governor's Ball.
Maggie Smith presented the Best Supporting Actor Award as she had to return to
the theatre where she was performing in a play in Los Angeles.
My goodness, Maggie looks incredible with the shoulder length hair!!!!!
You notice that too? She had just given birth to Toby Stephens several months before
She looked absolutely radiant! The best I've seen her.
Very well deserved. A stunning performance
He was outstanding. So good in Swiss Family Robertson
Ryan''s daughter ....my god that movie is amazing and John Mills is fabulous in a very hard role
Soo happy to see this clip, so happy for Sir. John Mills. He is my personal heartthrob and heartache ❤
Maggie Smith seemed more happy from him than his own daughters
Absolutely loved (Sir) John Mills - the quintessential English gentleman (not unlike David Niven).
Such a stunningly beautiful film, very underrated and a much deserved Oscar win. Just fabulous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧
Wonderful actor! Amazing, he won for a role and did not say a word
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Maggie Smith ❤❤❤ That ist what I call a truely elegant and classy Lady.
Really talented actor and a great English everyman in many parts.
And so VERY well deserved!!!
Helluva performance, it was pretty risky of being too silent or cornball but by God he absolutely nailed it.
I loved his performance in David Leans Ryan Daughter
+Lisa Edwards He was also great in Swiss family Robinson
Everyone sits in total silence while the nominees' names are read out... feels very strange now.
Beautiful Maggie Smith 💖
Love Maggie Smith
Well deserved 👏 Mr. Mills 🏆
I know he said he didn't expect it but you could see he was telling himself "It's now or never." Lean asked him if he had ever won an Oscar after filming a few scenes of him in Ryan's Daughter, he knew this would be the role that would get Mills the gold.
That was the quickest award given to an actor without all the hoopla that goes on now. On the award shows these days the actor thanks 50 people and by the time they are done, people are bored, I mean after all they didnt invent a cancer cure.......short sweet and to the point ....
John Mills is so gentlemanly and pure and so inherently *nice*, man I can't help but love him.
R.I.P John Mills. Too bad I was just 1 year old when he died 😭
Maggie Smith could read my shopping list and still sound like a Bach's composition
John Mills was a wonderfully talented actor and a true gentleman, dearly missed.
RIP John Mills
Maggie Smith!
John Mills for the win, yes, but it would've been wonderful had his co-star Trevor Howard also been nominated. "Ryan's Daughter" is a highly underrated film.
I Agee. Trevor Howard played a great Father Collins. Just that his role was more than a supporting role, imo. So Howard would probably have no shot against George C Scott in that category. But it would have been a well deserved nomination and interesting in the supporting role for Howard. John Mills probably would have still won. Cause, I think , it was Mills' crowning achievement. Great movie, very underrated.
I agree the scenery.of Kerry Ireland so beautiful
He was great even in classic movies like "The October Man" which should then should have been recognized by the Oscars. Will watch Ryan's Daughter next.
Wow, what a diverse field of nominees that year!
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One of only three times that someone won an Oscar for a role that they never spoke a single word in the film; the other instances were Jane Wyman for "Johnny Belinda" and Holly Hunter in "The Piano".
Good Gaaaawd Maggie! 😂
John Mills a gentleman as ever.
Wonderful Autor with a so great performance in RYAN'S DAUGHTER and with two fantastice daughters.
Gosh, Maggie looks GORGEOUS!!!
Classy British Actors!
Ten years prior, his daughter Hayley won the special (and what turned out to be the last one awarded) Juvenile Oscar for her work in the 1960 film "Pollyanna". I am in the middle of her memoirs right now, and she wrote that when the special mini-Oscar arrived in the mail, absolutely no fuss was made of it, and her parents hid it away. Hayley wrote that with benefit of hindsight, she suspects her father may have been a bit hurt that his 14-year-old daughter received an Oscar before he had, but the topic - even the fact that she'd won an Oscar - never surfaced.
Great actor
As good as John Mills was, I think Chief Dan George deserved the Oscar. His performance in Little Big Man was so relatable and pure.
Its spooky! John and juliet look like twins! The best character actor ever. From the original mr chips to 80 days to Ryan. This is what this award is made for!
Great actor especially in old British films like this happy breed and Hobson's choice
1971 Oscars (awarding 1970 released films, made in 1969) Played Pip in the original Great Expectations, father of Hayley and Juliet Mills. In Ryan's daughter he played the "village idiot", a mute role.
what a top man..top family..
While I love John Mills... I kind of wished Chief Dan George had won.
Gene Hackman was just gorgeous in "I never sang for my father".
0:50 It would have been amazing if Chief Dan George would have won. It would’ve been a great moment in Oscar history.
He was great in “Little Big Man” - a great and under appreciated film.
Damn! he was so different as michael in Ryan's daughter! what a chameleonic performance!
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Clemenza and Jack Woltz were nominated!!! 😉😉
How clever. That was sarcastic, you couldn't tell otherwise.
Just watched Juliet Mills do an introduction for "Ryan's Daughter" on Turner Classics. She mentioned this speech, so I had to check it out.
Christopher Jones and Robert Mitchum deserved the Oscars IMO
Dear Sir John Mills.
David Lean told him during the making of 'Ryans Daughter' that he was on Oscar winning
form with his performance of 'Michael'. So i don't think it was too great a surprise to win it.
Deservedly though.
John Mills em uma das mais espetaculares performances do cinema em a filha de Ryan!
That's SIR John Mills.
So that's how professor McGonagall looked like when she was young.
A very popular winner
Those were the days when the Oscars had class.... Dame Maggie Smith gives an Oscar to John Mills....I would have PAID the academy to be a seat filler back then LOL
+Coordinator UBB Of course she wasn't a dame yet... except the good old kind. And I'm not even sure they had seat-fillers back then because you often saw lots of empty chairs. I guess some power that be (was?) eventually decided it looked too bleak on color TV so they started hiring people to briefly occupy them.
Cool guy!!
Jesus. Look how young she is.
BTW, John Mills was the only actor to be present to accept the award just to let you guys know!!!!!
I love how she came like Jean Brodie (ie the outfit).....so funny!!!
Clemenza and Jack Woltz both in the same category the same year.
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How in the world was Gene Hackman a supporting actor in I Never Sang For My Father? He is the main character and is in almost every scene of that film.
Probably out of respect for Melvin Douglas.
+Bob Sewvello That's exactly right. He shared the lead with Melvyn Douglas who was rather magnificent and simply had to be up for best actor. But it's still a disingenuous practice I wish the academy would stop once and for all. Instead it's only becoming more obvious and contrived. Hackman probably could never have been nominated as a lead even if he had been designated as such. If a person fails to make the cut for a nomination, tough. Putting him/her in the wrong category because it is considered an easier win just insults everybody's intelligence and possibly cheats a more deserving candidate.
It's not the first time that's happened. Tatum O'Neal was in practically every frame of Paper Moon but she still was called a "supporting" actress.
Juliet is so pretty here
So like her son ! Of course !
İyi bir adama benziyor❤
That's his other daughter Juliet Mills (also a wonderful actress)!
Plus John Mills is also better known for being the father of the wonderful and famous Walt Disney film star of the 1960's Miss Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills younger sister.
Professor McGonogal! =)
So Clemenza and Jack Woltz were nominated???
Why didn't Maggie present lead actor? She won leading and Goldie Hawn who presented Lead Actor won Supporting. It should have been the other way around. But I guess Maggie was happier to give it to John Mills. :)
I never saw Ryan's Daughter and I never heard of John Mills beforfe I saw this Clip. I thought tht LIttle Big Man was a great Movie. Dustin Hoffman was great in the Movie and so was Chief Dan George as his Adopted Grandfather. I wish Chief Dan George had won. Maybe tthe Academy was afraid if Chief DAn George won, he would make a very Pr- Native American Speech. Somehting which Marlon Brand'o'
s Nativve American friend did just a cople of years later.
Modest guy.
Was he sitting next to daughter Haley Mills?
Was Gene Hackman in every movie made between 1967 and 1973? He seemd to be nominated a lot then.
Fatima Jones Juliet and Mary HayleyBell
1:20 John Mills got a good taste of Maggie's signature red hair--- (kiss fail)
Loved him in Hobson's choice ! Love his daughter Juliet too, she was amazing in Avanti ! Never cared much for Hayley Mills though.
hey the crystal...Never cared for Hayley???....WHY????.....you must have some kind of inborn glitch ..still ,to each his/her own...I feel sad for you ....to me she is walking Sunshine. Personified. Period. ....but....you can't please all the people all the time.I am bias...Hayley Power!!!!....and Proud of it ...ADORE THE WHOLE MILLS FAMILY I DO....BRITISH ACTING ROYALTY....and Sir John Was Incredible(!!!!!!!!) in the film"Ryan's Daughter"(and ...YES...it SHOULD. have been a DOUBLE. win...Two Oscars should have been presented in that category,with The TERRIFIC Mr. Chief Dan George Co-winning for "Little Big Man"...What a Beautiful,Noble,Regal Soul HE WAS!!!!...there was a time when occasionally double wins would in certain categories happen, but that idea slowly faded away as the films of true excellence got fewer and farther between anymore trashy garbage was getting made.. as you can see ,it doesn't happen anymore...how Wonderful to know how received one with his family with him ,right there,never saw footage of his wife, Mary Hayley Bell Mills...Bless Her Heart. ....AWESOMNESS!!!...Juliet and her husband too....only WHERE was Dear Hayley that night???....MAJOR BUMMER....He Definitely Earned That Oscar...Rest In Glorious Peace,Dearest Sir John Mills...May Floating Angels Ever So Gently Serenade Thee In Thy Temporary Sleep Until You Rise Again ,Sir ....and you WILL Rise Again,One Sweet Day....We Who Adore You Can Only Wait...Looking Forward To It....Love And Peace To The Entire Mills Family.....FOREVER....peace....(§). :>)
hey the crystal...Never cared for Hayley???....WHY????.....you must have some kind of inborn glitch ..still ,to each his/her own...I feel sad for you ....to me she is walking Sunshine. Personified. Period. ....but....you can't please all the people all the time.I am bias...Hayley Power!!!!....and Proud of it ...ADORE THE WHOLE MILLS FAMILY I DO....BRITISH ACTING ROYALTY....and Sir John Was Incredible(!!!!!!!!) in the film"Ryan's Daughter"(and ...YES...it SHOULD. have been a DOUBLE. win...Two Oscars should have been presented in that category,with The TERRIFIC Mr. Chief Dan George Co-winning for "Little Big Man"...What a Beautiful,Noble,Regal Soul HE WAS!!!!...there was a time when occasionally double wins would in certain categories happen, but that idea slowly faded away as the films of true excellence got fewer and farther between anymore trashy garbage was getting made.. as you can see ,it doesn't happen anymore...how Wonderful to know how received one with his family with him ,right there,never saw footage of his wife, Mary Hayley Bell Mills...Bless Her Heart. ....AWESOMNESS!!!...Juliet and her husband too....only WHERE was Dear Hayley that night???....MAJOR BUMMER....He Definitely Earned That Oscar...Rest In Glorious Peace,Dearest Sir John Mills...May Floating Angels Ever So Gently Serenade Thee In Thy Temporary Sleep Until You Rise Again ,Sir ....and you WILL Rise Again,One Sweet Day....We Who Adore You Can Only Wait...Looking Forward To It....Love And Peace To The Entire Mills Family.....FOREVER....peace....(§). :>)
+J Mason The same sentiment to Mr.Chief Dan George...May The Angels Also Be Ever So Gently Serenade Thee In thy Temporary Sleep,Also ,Until You Awaken Also....ADORED him as well......oops...a typo ...previous post....double Oscar wins happened while the excellence in film was still happening, until the Plethora of trashy garbage started getting spewed out by hollywood(as the directors' ever-increasing brain damage from all the drugs starting manifesting on film)...oh well..at least there is the "good old days" to view and look back on...peace(§). :>)
Ryan's Daughter is remembered as a flop and a bad movie by David Lean, but it won some oscars, well deserved. I dont think it's the bad film history says it is.
It's an amazing movie. The only reason the sexist critics hated it was because the main character was a young woman.
@@DeepScreenAnalysis The movie did very well at the box office.
Critics hated it, audiences- esp in Europe- loved it. You can thank Pauline Kael for ripping David Lean so much that he didn't make any more movies until 1983.
I agree the scenery of Kerry Ireland is so beautiful
Really should have been Chief Dan George.
10 points for Gryffindor!
Chief Dan George should have won this.
Bollocks to you.
ITA! He had won prestigious critics-awards prior to the Oscars Even so, John Mills had the advantage of a long career.. So it was a career achievement award, although well deserved!
John Mills is wonderful as the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter, but Richard "So... what's the story?" Castellano would have won my vote as the vulgarian Italian papa in Lovers and Other Strangers, a hilarious but almost forgotten movie. It should make the rounds more often. People would fall in love with it. Beatrice Arthur, Gig Young, Anne Meara, Harry Guardino, Diane Keaton (her debut), Anne Jackson, Bonnie Bedelia, etc. People ran to see it in 1970 through word of mouth. It could be just as popular as a vintage movie with a little effort from TCM, e.g. Bea Arthur has possibly the film's funniest line when her son announces his intent to divorce: "You know who I blame? The Ecumenical Council!!"
I totally agree with you about "Lovers and Other Strangers". For me, it's a wonderful memory and trip back to the '70s. I really miss the raw, openness/honesty of those times. People weren't primarily concerned with impressing other people - it was more like "hey, we're all in this together". I really respect all the actors in the movie -- I think I would have loved to have had them over to a dinner party!
What happened to John's arm?
Shouldn’t Goldie Hawn have presented this? She was the previous year’s Best Supporting Actress
Maggie was appearing in a play and she had to go to the stage. So Goldie presented best actor.
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Think you mean "Hobson's".
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He's the exact opposite of his role. Great acting.
Winduct wasnt he in the original cats!
I agree
I feel bad for Clemenza and Jack Woltz, well mostly for Clemenza.
Poor Dan George--def should have won.
gman2010ification no - he was great but John Mills was best that year
Why the hell Maggie Smith was presenting supporting actor and Goldie hawn leading Actor
So ah what does that mean? Is he sorted into Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff?
Jhon mills
I’m very very sorry if I’ve ever hurt offended or upset you in anyway shape or form because I did not mean to
Pete Clemenza
John Mills. Gene Hackman. .....