My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films

01 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

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A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat

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1. White Heat (1949)

2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)

4. Regeneration (1915)

5. Band of Angels (1957)

6. Sadie Thompson (1928)

7. Gentleman Jim (1942)

8. Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)

9. High Sierra (1941)

10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

11. Pursued (1947)

12. Colorado Territory (1949)

13. They Drive by Night (1940)

14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

15. Me and My Gal (1932)

16. The Big Trail (1930)

17. The Man I Love (1947)

18. Dark Command (1940)

19. Manpower (1941)

20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)

21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)

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1. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

2. The World in His Arms (1952)

3. Along the Great Divide (1951)

4. The Tall Men (1955)

5. Distant Drums (1951)

6. Battle Cry (1955)

7. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

8. The Naked and the Dead (1958)

9. A Distant Trumpet (1964)

10. Saskatchewan (1954)

11. The Lawless Breed (1953)

12. The King and Four Queens (1956)

13. Gun Fury (1953)

14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)

15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

My Favorite Erich von Stroheim Films

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Drama, Erich von Stroheim, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 306

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Blind Husbands, Foolish Wives, Greed, Queen Kelly, The Merry Widow 1925, The Wedding March

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1. Greed (1924)
(I saw it on a 1999 VHS tape)

2. Foolish Wives (1922)

3. Blind Husbands (1919)

4. The Merry Widow (1925)

5. The Wedding March (1928)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

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1. Queen Kelly (1929/1932)

My Favorite Josef von Sternberg Films

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Josef von Sternberg, Lists, Music, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 306, War

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An American Tragedy, Anatahan, Blonde Venus, Crime and Punishment, Dishonored, Jet Pilot, Macao, Morocco, Shanghai Express, The Blue Angel, The Devil is a Woman, The Docks of New York, The Last Command, The Salvation Hunters, The Scarlet Empress, The Shanghai Gesture, Underworld

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1. The Scarlet Empress (1934)

2. The Docks of New York (1928)

3. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

4. Anatahan (1953)

5. Morocco (1930)

6. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

7. Shanghai Express (1932)

8. The Blue Angel (1930)

9. The Last Command (1928)

10. Underworld (1927)

11. The Salvation Hunters (1925)
(I watched it on youtube. Choose the link that gives a running time of 1:25:43)

12. Blonde Venus (1932)

13. Dishonored (1931)

14. An American Tragedy (1931)

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1. Crime and Punishment (1935)

2. Macao (1952)
(co-directed with Nicholas Ray)

3. Jet Pilot (1957)

My Favorite King Vidor Films

26 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, King Vidor, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Top 306, War, Western

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Bardelys the Magnificent, Billy the Kid, Bird of Paradise, Duel in the Sun, H.M. Pulham Esq., Hallelujah, La Boheme, Not So Dumb, Our Daily Bread, Show People, Stella Dallas, Street Scene, The Big Parade, The Champ, The Citadel, The Crowd, The Patsy 1928, The Texas Rangers 1936, The Wedding Night

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1. The Crowd (1928)

2. Our Daily Bread (1934)

3. The Big Parade (1925)

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1. Show People (1928)

2. The Patsy (1928)
(no relation to the 1964 Jerry Lewis film)

3. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

4. La Boheme (1926)

5. Street Scene (1931)

6. Not So Dumb (1930)

7. Our Daily Bread (1934)

8. Duel in the Sun (1946)

9. Hallelujah (1929)

10. Billy the Kid (1930)

11. Bird of Paradise (1932)

12. Stella Dallas (1937)

13. The Champ (1931)

14. The Citadel (1938)

15. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

16. The Wedding Night (1935)

17. The Texas Rangers (1936)

My Favorite Sam Taylor Films

18 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Sam Taylor, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 305, Uncategorized

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For Heaven's Sake, Girl Shy, Hot Water, My Best Girl, Safety Last, The Freshman 1925, Why Worry?

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1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

2. My Best Girl (1927)

3. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
(no relation to the 1990 film)

4. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

5. For Heaven’s Sake (1926)

6. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

7. Why Worry? (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

My Favorite Victor Sjostrom Films

05 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, American Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Romance, Silent Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Swedish Filmmakers, Top 305, Victor Sjostrom

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He Who Gets Slapped, The Phantom Carriage, The Scarlet Letter 1926, The Wind

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1. The Wind (1928)
(I saw it on and old VHS tape)

2. The Phantom Carriage (1921)

3. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

4. The Scarlet Letter (1926)

My Favorite Jean Renoir Films

16 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Indian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Jean Renoir, Lists, Music, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Television, Top 304, War

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A Day in the Country (Short Film), Boudu Saved from Drowning, Charleston Parade (Short Film), Elena and Her Men, French Cancan, Grand Illusion, La Bete humaine, La Chienne, La Marseillaise, Madame Bovary 1934, Nana, On purge bebe, Picnic on the Grass, Swamp Water, The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946, The Elusive Corporal, The Golden Coach, The Little Match Girl (Short Film), The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (TV Film), The Lower Depths 1936, The River, The Rules of the Game, The Southerner, The Woman on the Beach, This Land Is Mine, Toni

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1. The Rules of the Game (1939)

2. The Golden Coach (1952)

3. The Woman on the Beach (1947)

4. French Cancan (1954)

5. Grand Illusion (1937)

6. Picnic on the Grass (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

7. La Chienne (1931)

8. La Bête Humaine (1938)

9. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

10. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

11. Toni (1935)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

12. A Day in the Country (1936)
(Short Film)

13. The River (1951)

14. The Southerner (1945)

15. Elena and Her Men (1956)

16. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1969)
(French/German/Italian TV Film)

17. The Elusive Corporal (1962)

18. La Marseillaise (1938)

19. The Lower Depths (1936)

20. The Little Match Girl (1928)
(Short Film)

21. Nana (1926)

22. The Whirlpool of Fate (1925)

23. The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (1959)
(French TV Film)

24. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

25. On purge bebe (1931)

26. Charleston Parade (1927)
(Short Film)

27. Madame Bovary (1934)

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1. This Land Is Mine (1943)

2. Swamp Water (1941)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, Austrian Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, G.W. Pabst, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 304, War

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Diary of a Lost Girl, Don Quixote 1933, Kameradschaft, L'Atlantide, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Love of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918

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1. Pandora’s Box (1929)

2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

3. Kameradschaft (1931)

4. Westfront 1918 (1930)

5. The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)

6. The Threepenny Opera (1931)

7. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
(co-directed with Arnold Fanck)

8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)

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1. Don Quixote (1933)

2. L’Atlantide (1932)

My Favorite Fred C. Newmeyer Films

15 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Fred C. Newmeyer, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 305

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A Sailor-Made Man, Among Those Present (Short Film), Dr. Jack, Girl Shy, Grandma's Boy 1922, Hot Water, Never Weaken (Short Film), Now or Never (Short Film), Number Please? (Short Film), Safety Last, The Freshman 1925, Why Worry?

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1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)

2. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)
(no relation to the 1990 film)

3. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)

4. Grandma’s Boy (1922)
(no relation to the 2006 film)

5. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)

6. Dr. Jack (1922)

7. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)

8. Why Worry? (1923)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1. Never Weaken (1921)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)

2. Number, Please? (1920)
(co-directed with Hal Roach)

3. Among Those Present (1921)

4. Now or Never (1921)
(co-directed with Hal Roach)

My Favorite F.W. Murnau Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, F.W. Murnau, Fantasy, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 310

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City Girl, Faust, Nosferatu 1922, Phantom, Sunrise, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Tartuffe, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The Haunted Castle, The Last Laugh

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1. Sunrise (1927)

2. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)

3. The Last Laugh (1924)

4. Nosferatu (1922)

5. Faust (1926)

6. City Girl (1930)

7. Tartuffe (1925)

8. Phantom (1922)

9. The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)

10. The Haunted Castle (1921)

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