Chapter 188: Wreaking
Not only Hollywood investors are paying attention to Tony Downing, but many half-popular actresses are even brighter when they see him, and they can't wait to stick to it immediately, such a young and golden boss is too rare, even a little-known little girl like Audrey Hepburn can be popular with him, so why don't you try it? No matter how you look at it, she is much more feminine than Hepburn, a little girl, and taking a step back, even if she can't mix with Hepburn, it's not bad to be a Russell.
So before the official awards, Tang Ning was full of people here, and many people were looking for all kinds of excuses to talk to him, but how could Tang Ning have the heart to socialize with them now, after all, his main business now is not to make movies, so they all pushed it to Jimmy, and Jimmy couldn't ask for such a conversation, especially for the proximity of those little actresses. And Hepburn, who was beside Tangning, saw so many glamorous or bewitching women rushing towards his boss, and he grabbed his arm tightly to declare his sovereignty.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the awards ceremony to officially begin, and when they returned to their seats, Downing and Hepburn finally breathed a sigh of relief, while Jimmy reluctantly said goodbye to a little actress.
The first award was Best Supporting Actress, which was won by Donna Reed from "Troubled Times" (also known as Immortal). Speaking of which, in this Oscar, the big winner besides "Roman Holiday" is "Troubled Times", which was shortlisted for eight nominations, and this film based on James Jones's novel is the best film of the 20th century to show the Pearl Harbor incident. He exposed all kinds of ugly and dark phenomena such as factional struggles within the US military, officers being arrogant and domineering, and mistreating soldiers, and expressed the tragedy of honest soldiers who were unwilling to go along with the dirt and were finally swallowed up by the huge military machine. And before the Oscar, he also won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes. One of the most classic scenes is the hero and heroine kissing on the beach, and the waves crashing against their bodies, which has been borrowed from countless movies since then.
Downing never knew this award-winning Donna Reed, but he admired her long legs very much, and thought that if there was a suitable opportunity in the next play, Jimmy could go to her to shoot it, but I didn't know after this award. Will she be worth too much. What Downing didn't know was that in fact, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress this time was already the pinnacle of Donna Reed, and since then, she has not found a suitable role. slowly faded out of the showbiz.
In addition, "Gone with the Wind" also won Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), Best Cinematography (a rare black-and-white film at the time), Best Sound Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Director (Fred Zinaman) and Best Picture, and was nominated for Best Actor (Montgomery Clift), Best Actress (Deborah Cole), Best Costume Design and Best Score (Drama, Comedy).
Although Downing was very confident that Hepburn would win the Best Actress beforehand, he couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart for the strong performance of "Loyal Souls in Troubled Times" now. Because in the previous awards, "Roman Holiday" only won one Best Screenplay, and all the other nominations were lost, even well-known directors like William Wheeler failed to compete for Best Director, but let Fred of "Troubled Times" take it away, and Eddie Albert, who was selected for Best Supporting Actor, couldn't compete for Frank Sinatra.
And Deborah Cole, who competed with Hepburn for Best Actress, is a well-known actress, the Scottish-born British actress became famous for her 1947 film "Black Narcissus", in fact, it is more interesting that she has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress six times, but none of them won, this tragic experience is much more tragic than Leonardo.
Speaking of which. Hepburn was able to be nominated for Best Actress, and it also had something to do with Downing's insistence, at first William Wheeler made Hepburn's name very small and placed it in an inconspicuous corner of the poster, but after Downing knew, he insisted on putting Audrey Hepburn's name in the starring role, because he was an investor, so William Wheeler had to do it, but when Hepburn was nominated for Best Actress, William Wheeler had to admire Downing's eyesight.
Fortunately, the final result did not deviate from the trajectory of history. Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress as he wished, and Hepburn said excitedly: "To be able to win this honor, I want to thank director William Wheeler, I didn't worry about him a lot during the filming; Thank you, Mr. Gregory Peck. selfless guidance during the filming process; I am grateful to my mother for supporting me at all times. But my most important thank you is my boss, Mr. Tony Downing, because without you, Audrey Hepburn would not be where she is today! ”
In the face of Hepburn's excited speech, Downing's heart was also very excited, because this time he witnessed the entire growth experience of a legendary movie star. Maybe without her, Hepburn would still be as successful as in history, but it was definitely not so smooth and natural, so now he has a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
At the celebration banquet that night, Downing was drunk by Hepburn and Jimmy, and after Jimmy threw Downing into the hotel room, he turned to Hepburn who was blushing behind him and said: "Sister, brother can only help you get here, and then it depends on yourself whether you can get your wish." ”
That night, Tang Ning had a very beautiful and absurd dream, in which he tirelessly galloped on a beautiful and soft body under him, regardless of the other party's feelings, vented again and again, until finally exhausted his physical strength, and then fell asleep deeply. (This paragraph really can't be written in detail, one is afraid of harmony, and the other is afraid that there will be Hepburn fans spraying me, so the Spring and Autumn penmanship, please forgive me.) )
The next morning, after Tang Ning was stimulated by the warm sun, he slowly woke up, when he just got up, but found that there was actually a person next to him, take a closer look, it turned out to be the beautiful Hepburn was curled up in his arms, although she was still beautiful, but her hair was unkempt, snow-like skin was full of raging traces, and the corners of her eyes were slightly tear stains, at this time Tang Ning suddenly realized, it turned out that he was raging in his dream last night was the goddess in his heart, and he suddenly felt guilty! (To be continued.) )