Paper Moon
Stunt casting gave Paper Moon an extra publicity push when it came out in 1973. Ryan O’Neal and his nine-year-old daughter Tatum were the headline-grabbing coupling, and the PR machine was glowing white hot by the time of the 1974 Academy Awards, when Tatum won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. This propelled the movie back into the big picture palaces and shot Tatum into the record books as the youngest winner of a competitive Oscar. Supporting actress schmupporting actress. As is entirely obvious from the first frame to the last, Tatum is obviously the lead in this movie. Madeline Kahn, who was in fact the supporting actress, said as much at the … Read more