Eugene Pallette vs. Mischa Auer
Not to take anything away from Mischa Auer's amusing performance as the eccentric artist who is Mrs. Bullock's protege, but how on earth did the Academy Awards people choose Auer in his rather small part to nominate for Best Supporting Actor and ignore the hilarious Eugene Pallette as the exasperated Mr. Bullock? Auer has only a funny bit or two but Pallette has countless great lines (many of the movies' funniest) and I think he deserved the award to say nothing of a nomination!!! I wonder if some of the Academy members had confused the two since neither were actually stars in the era although Pallette had been around since silent days.
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