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1. Casque d’Or (1952)
2. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
3. Le Trou (1960)
4. Falbalas (1945)
My Favorite Jacques Becker Films (New)
03 Wednesday May 2017
Category Archives: 1940’s Cinema
My Favorite George Cukor Films (New)
28 Wednesday Dec 2016
Posted in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, George Cukor, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 100
Tags
A Star Is Born 1954, Adam's Rib, Born Yesterday 1950, Camille, David Copperfield, Dinner At Eight, Gaslight 1944, Holiday, It Should Happen to You, Little Women 1933, My Fair Lady, Sylvia Scarlett, The Marrying Kind, The Philadelphia Story, The Women 1939
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1. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
2. The Marrying Kind (1952)
3. Little Women (1933)
(This is the one with Katharine Hepburn)
4. Les Girls (1957)
5. Camille (1936)
6. A Star Is Born (1954)
(This is the version with Judy Garland)
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1. Adam’s Rib (1949)
2. Holiday (1938)
3. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
4. The Women (1939)
(Not the 2008 version)
5. Gaslight (1944)
(This is the version with Ingrid Bergman)
6. Dinner at Eight (1933)
7. It Should Happen to You (1954)
8. David Copperfield (1935)
9. Born Yesterday (1950)
(Not the 1993 version)
10. My Fair Lady (1964)
My Favorite William Castle Films (New)
06 Tuesday Dec 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Thriller, Top 100, William Castle
Tags
13 Frightened Girls, 13 Ghosts 1960, Homicidal, House on Haunted Hill 1959, I Saw What You Did, Macabre, Mr. Sardonicus, Strait-Jacket, The Tingler, When Strangers Marry, Zotz!
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1. The Tingler (1959)
2. House on Haunted Hill (1959) (Not the 1999 version)
3. Homicidal (1961)
4. 13 Ghosts (1960) (Not the 2001 version)
5. When Strangers Marry (1944)
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1. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
2. Macabre (1958)
3. Strait-Jacket (1964)
4. 13 Frightened Girls (1963)
5. I Saw What You Did (1965)
6. Zotz! (1962)
My Favorite Andre De Toth Films (New)
22 Tuesday Nov 2016
Tags
Carson City, Crime Wave 1954, Dark Waters, Day of the Outlaw, House of Wax 1953, Man in the Saddle, Pitfall, Ramrod, Springfield Rifle
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1. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
2. Crime Wave (1954)
3. House of Wax (1953)
4. Pitfall (1948)
5. Ramrod (1947)
6. Dark Waters (1944)
7. Man in the Saddle (1951)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Carson City (1952)
2. Springfield Rifle (1952)
My Favorite Robert Rossen Films (New)
17 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Robert Rossen, Romance, Sport, Top 100
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1. All the King’s Men (1949)
2. Body and Soul (1947)
3. Lilith (1964)
4. The Hustler (1961)
5. Island in the Sun (1957)
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1. Johnny O’Clock (1947)
My Favorite George Sidney Films (New)
13 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, George Sidney, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 100
Tags
Anchors Aweigh, Annie Get Your Gun, Bathing Beauty, Kiss Me Kate, Show Boat 1951, The Harvey Girls, The Three Musketeers 1948, Thousands Cheer, Ziegfeld Follies
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1. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
2. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
3. The Harvey Girls (1946)
4. Bathing Beauty (1944)
5. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
(Segments: “Here’s to the Girls”, “Pay the Two Dollars” and “When Television Comes”)
6. The Three Musketeers (1948)
(This one is with Gene Kelly)
7. Thousands Cheer (1943)
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1. Show Boat (1951)
(This remake is in color)
2. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
My Favorite George Stevens Films (New)
06 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, George Stevens, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 100, War, Western
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A Damsel in Distress, A Place in the Sun, Alice Adams, Annie Oakley, Giant, Gunga Din, I Remember Mama, Shane, Swing Time, The More the Merrier, The Talk of the Town, Vivacious Lady, Woman of the Year
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1. A Place in the Sun (1951)
2. Shane (1953)
3. Giant (1956)
4. Alice Adams (1935)
5. Annie Oakley (1935)
6. I Remember Mama (1948)
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1. The Talk of the Town (1942)
2. Vivacious Lady (1938)
3. A Damsel in Distress (1937)
4. Woman of the Year (1942)
5. The More the Merrier (1943)
6. Swing Time (1936)
7. Gunga Din (1939)
My Favorite Carol Reed Films (New)
03 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, British Cinema, Carol Reed, Crime, Drama, English Filmmakers, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Thriller, Top 100, War
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1. The Third Man (1949)
2. The Stars Look Down (1940)
3. Night Train to Munich (1940)
4. Odd Man Out (1947)
5. The Fallen Idol (1948)
My Favorite Otto Preminger Films (New)
28 Friday Oct 2016
Tags
Advise & Consent, Anatomy of a Murder, Angel Face, Bonjour Tristesse, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Daisy Kenyon, Laura, Such Good Friends, The Man with the Golden Arm
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1. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
2. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
3. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
4. Advise & Consent (1962)
5. Angel Face (1953)
6. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
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1. Laura (1944)
2. Such Good Friends (1971)
3. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
My Favorite Joseph L. Mankiewicz Films (New)
16 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
A Letter to Three Wives, All About Eve, Guys and Dolls, House of Strangers, Julius Caesar, No Way Out 1950, People Will Talk, Sleuth 1972, Suddenly Last Summer, The Barefoot Contessa, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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1. All About Eve (1950)
2. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
3. Julius Caesar (1953)
4. No Way Out (1950)
(No relation to the 1987 film)
5. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
6. People Will Talk (1951)
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1. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
2. House of Strangers (1949)
3. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
4. Guys and Dolls (1955)
5. Sleuth (1972)
(Not the 2007 version)
