The rules to qualify for the tournament: Actor/actress had to star in at least 25 movie….and had to be ranked in the Top 64 when looking at the average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. The men’s Top Seeds are Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Tom Hanks and Gary Cooper. The women’s Top Seeds are Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor.
The rules to advance to the next round: The first four rounds are a best-of-three 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 25 UMR rated movies. The movie with the higher UMR score wins that matchup. First one to either 2 or 4 wins moves to the next round. Movie can only be used once for the entire tournament….which is why 25 movies is the minimum to qualify for the tournament. This continues until only one actor/actress is left. For the first time…we have enough actresses to have their own tournament.
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And we down to 32….round one is over….some of the casualities? Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, James Cagney, William Powell, Michael Caine and Marlon Brando…..results posted later today.
I for one am having fun with this.
Interesting.
Van Johnson a 7 seed? Seems strange when compared to some of the stars with a worse seeding. Go Duke! That could be for the Blue Devils and Wayne.
On the actress side Lucille Ball ahead of Greta Garbo? That makes no sense at all. So when does this tournament start?
Hey SteinHOF…. it is a combination of Lucy’s movie career being underrated and Garbo’s movie career lacking great statistical moves.
As for the start date…normally I go at the same page as the NCAA tourney ….so come next Sunday night they will have 16 teams left and we will have 16 actors and actresses.
So Thursday I will drag out the random number generator and get rolling.
Hey SteinHOF……in hindsight maybe we should have excluded Van as almost his entire career was filled with supporting roles. I threw out people like Lionel Barrymore, Donald Crisp, Walter Brennan and Peter Lorre for just that reason. All of those actors had outstanding averages when looking at their Top 25 UMR movies.
I will remember your comment if the Duke Blue Devils or Duke Wayne win either of these tournaments. Thanks for the visit.
Hey SteinHOF…it means nothing but I have fun with it….as I look forward to “playing” this tournament,
Top UMR Average For Actor/Actress Top 25 UMR Movies
Actor AvgOfTotalRolePts
Spencer Tracy 69.14
James Stewart 68.46
Tom Hanks 67.56
Gary Cooper 67.43
Cary Grant 66.98
Humphrey Bogart 66.39
Gregory Peck 66.30
John Wayne 65.30
Katharine Hepburn 65.29
Harrison Ford 65.24
Clark Gable 65.06
Jack Nicholson 64.96
Dustin Hoffman 64.75
Gene Hackman 63.66
Mickey Rooney 63.64
Paul Newman 63.54
Burt Lancaster 63.43
Henry Fonda 63.11
William Holden 62.92
Judy Garland 62.72
Tom Cruise 62.64
Bing Crosby 62.27
Clint Eastwood 61.88
Robert Redford 61.83
Elizabeth Taylor 61.74
Tyrone Power 61.71
Bette Davis 61.50
Myrna Loy 61.34
Howard Hawks 61.33
Cecil B. DeMille 61.28
Olivia de Havilland 61.28
Marlon Brando 61.17
Ginger Rogers 61.14
Bob Hope 61.04
Van Johnson 60.55
Morgan Freeman 60.50
William Powell 60.37
Robert Duvall 60.27
Fred Astaire 60.19
Walter Pidgeon 59.96
Robert DeNiro 59.90
James Cagney 59.66
Meryl Streep 59.60
Maureen O’Hara 59.59
David Niven 59.57
Matt Damon 59.49
Michael Caine 59.48
Frank Capra 59.48
Sean Connery 59.48
Gene Kelly 59.36
Frank Sinatra 59.19
Claudette Colbert 59.18
Ingrid Bergman 59.10
Jack Lemmon 58.77
Barbara Stanwyck 58.65
Robert Mitchum 58.32
Fredric March 57.96
Edward G. Robinson 57.95
Fred MacMurray 57.90
Brad Pitt 57.69
Al Pacino 57.51
Charlton Heston 57.36
Ray Milland 57.29
Wallace Beery 57.22
Errol Flynn 57.06
James Mason 56.88
Lana Turner 56.80
Shirley Temple 56.62
Laurence Olivier 56.56
Robert Taylor 56.54
Dean Martin 56.45
Susan Hayward 56.44
Robin Williams 56.29
Deborah Kerr 56.09
Orson Welles 55.96
Kirk Douglas 55.83
Dana Andrews 55.77
Mel Gibson 55.57
Diane Keaton 55.29
Joan Crawford 55.00
Van Heflin 54.82
Anthony Hopkins 54.72
Natalie Wood 54.66
Eddie Murphy 54.65
Tony Curtis 54.52
Joan Fontaine 54.49
Doris Day 54.46
Mary Pickford 54.42
Shirley MacLaine 54.41
Bill Murray 54.40
Alan Ladd 54.38
Jean Arthur 54.32
Irene Dunne 53.85
Jane Fonda 53.72
Betty Grable 53.68
Gene Tierney 53.62
Donna Reed 53.57
Sigourney Weaver 52.89
Greer Garson 52.85
Sally Field 52.73
Ava Gardner 52.57
Rita Hayworth 52.48
Lucille Ball 52.32
Marlene Dietrich 52.23
Paulette Goddard 52.05
Julia Roberts 52.01
Lauren Bacall 51.54
Audrey Hepburn 51.01
Scarlett Johansson 50.47
Susan Sarandon 50.41
Deanna Durbin 50.18
Marilyn Monroe 50.02
Jeanette MacDonald 49.74
Julianne Moore 49.66
Lillian Gish 49.62
Debbie Reynolds 49.43
Jean Harlow 49.06
Glenn Close 48.96
Amy Adams 48.33
Greta Garbo 48.23
Jodie Foster 48.16
Jennifer Jones 48.15
Faye Dunaway 48.08
Esther Williams 48.03
Cameron Diaz 47.76
Cate Blanchett 47.59
Carole Lombard 46.96
Natalie Portman 46.60
Paul Muni 46.59
Elizabeth Banks 46.53
Sandra Bullock 46.13
Nicole Kidman 46.06