Dudley Moore him an unprecedented status as a romantic leading man. Moore followed up with the comedy film "Wholly Moses!", which was not a major success. In 1981 Moore appeared in the title role of the comedy "Arthur", an even bigger hit than "10". Co-starring Liza Minnelli and Sir John Gielgud, it was both commercially and critically successful, Moore receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, whilst Gielgud won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Arthur's stern but compassionate manservant. Moore lost to Henry Fonda (for "On Golden Pond"). He did, however, win a Golden Globe award for Best
Stepping Out (1991 film) great success of her film, "Cabaret", for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress, Minnelli starred in three films, "Lucky Lady", "A Matter of Time", and "New York, New York", all of which failed at the box office. In 1981, she co-starred with Dudley Moore in the hit comedy film "Arthur". After that, in 1988, she teamed with Burt Reynolds in the film "Rent-a-Cop" and again with Moore in the comedy "", both of which were financial failures. There was anticipation that "Stepping Out" would re-establish Minnelli's film career. Originally "Stepping Out" was to be released in the spring