1950’s Cinema

My Favorite Josef von Sternberg Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

2.   Anatahan (1953)

3.   The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

4.   Thunderbolt (1929)

5.   The Scarlet Empress (1934)

6.   The Docks of New York (1928)

7.   Morocco (1930)

8.   Shanghai Express (1932)

9.   The Blue Angel (1930)

10. The Last Command (1928)

11. Underworld (1927)

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

13. Blonde Venus (1932)

14. Dishonored (1931)

15. An American Tragedy (1931)

My Favorite Luchino Visconti Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   The Leopard (1963)

2.   Senso (1954)

3.   Death in Venice (1971)

4.   Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

5.   Bellissima (1951)

6.   La Terra Trema (1948)

7.   White Nights (1957)

8.   Ossessione (1943)

9.   Ludwig (1972)

10. Conversation Piece (1974)

11. The Damned (1969)

12. The Innocent (1976)

13. The Stranger (1967)
(I watched it on youtube)

14. Sandra (1965)
(I watched it on youtube)

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

1.   Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “Il Lavoro”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Edgar G. Ulmer Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Detour (1945)

2.   The Black Cat (1934)
(no relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story)

3.   The Naked Dawn (1955)

4.   Bluebeard (1944)

5.   Ruthless (1948)

6.   Strange Illusion (1945)

7.   Her Sister’s Secret (1946)

8.   The Strange Woman (1946)

9.   Murder Is My Beat (1955)

10. The Man from Planet X (1951)

11. People on Sunday (1930)
(co-directed with Robert Siodmak)

My Favorite Francois Truffaut Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Jules and Jim (1962) 

2.   The 400 Blows (1959)

3.   The Green Room (1978)
(no relation to the 2015 film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   The Woman Next Door (1981)

5.   Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

6.   The Soft Skin (1964)

7.   Stolen Kisses (1968)

8.   The Wild Child (1970)

9.   Small Change (1976)

10. The Story of Adele H. (1975)

11. Two English Girls (1971)

12. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)

13. The Last Metro (1980)

14. Day for Night (1973)

15. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)

16. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

17. The Bride Wore Black (1968)

18. Bed and Board (1970)

19. Confidentially Yours (1983)

20. Love on the Run (1979)

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

1.   Antoine and Colette (1962)

2.   The Mischief Makers (1957)

3.   A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard)

Note: The reason you do not see 1971’s Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me on here is because it has been available to see on Blu-Ray/DVD here in the United States. Therefore, I have never seen it.

My Favorite Jacques Tourneur Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Stars in My Crown (1950)

2.   Cat People (1942)

3.   Night of the Demon (1957)

4.   I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

5.   The Leopard Man (1943)

6.   Out of the Past (1947)

7.   Wichita (1955)

8.   Canyon Passage (1946)

9.   The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

10. Great Day in the Morning (1956)

11. Anne of the Indies (1951)

12. Nightfall (1957)

13. Stranger on Horseback (1955)

14. Way of a Gaucho (1952)

15. Appointment in Honduras (1953)

My Favorite Andre De Toth Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Day of the Outlaw (1959)

2.   Play Dirty (1969)

3.   Pitfall (1948)

4.   Crime Wave (1954)

5.   Ramrod (1947)

6.   Man in the Saddle (1951)

7.   House of Wax (1953)

8.   The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   Springfield Rifle (1952)

2.   The Bounty Hunter (1954)

3.   Riding Shotgun (1954)

4.   Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

5.   Carson City (1952)

6.   The Indian Fighter (1955)

My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Playtime (1967)

2.   Parade (1974)

3.   Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

4.   Jour de Fete (1949)

5.   Mon Oncle (1958)

6.   Trafic (1971)

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

1.   Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)

2.   School for Postmen (1947)

3.   Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)

My Favorite Frank Tashlin Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

2.   The Alphabet Murders (1965)

3.   The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

4.   The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)

5.   Bachelor Flat (1962)

6.   The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

7.   Artists and Models (1955)

8.   Susan Slept Here (1954)

9.   Son of Paleface (1952)

10. The First Time (1952)

11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)

12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)

13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

14. It’s Only Money (1962)

15. The Geisha Boy (1958)

16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

17. Cinderfella (1960)

18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)

20. Caprice (1967)

21. Say One for Me (1959)

My Favorite Andrei Tarkovsky Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Stalker (1979)

2.   Andrei Rublev (1966)

3.   The Mirror (1975)

4.   Solaris (1972)

5.   The Sacrifice (1986)

6.   Nostalghia (1983)

7.   Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

8.   Voyage in Time (1983)
(Documentary)

9.   The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)

10. There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
(co-directed with Alexsandr Gordon)
(I watched it on youtube)

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

1.   The Killers (1956)
(co-directed with Marika Beiku and Alexsandr Gordon)