About this episode
This week on the season premiere of And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes TCM host Alicia Malone to discuss the 1940 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Ginger Rogers won for her performance in "Kitty Foyle," beating Bette Davis in "The Letter," Joan Fontaine in "Rebecca," Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story," and Martha Scott in "Our Town." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Rogers. 0:00 - 10:56 - Introduction 10:57 - 29:33 - Bette Davis 29:34 - 53:21 - Joan Fontaine 53:22 - 1:13:07 - Katharine Hepburn 1:13:08 - 1:32:15 - Martha Scott 1:32:16 - 1:51:15 - Ginger Rogers 1:51:16 - 2:09:32 - Why Ginger Rogers won / Twitter questions 2:09:33 - 2:15:03 - Who was the runner-up? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis ! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Alicia Malone on Twitter Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara