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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

1. Queen Kelly (1929/1932)

My Favorite Georges Melies Films

07 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in Adventure, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Georges Melies, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Music, Pre-1920's Cinema, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Top 310, Uncategorized

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A Fantastical Meal, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night, A Trip to the Moon, An Adventurous Automobile Trip, Baron Munchausen's Dreams, Blue Beard, Cinderella 1899, Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies, Fat and Lean Wrestling Match, Going to Bed Under Difficulties, Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants, Joan of Arc 1900, The Astronomer's Dream, The Bewitched Inn, The Christmas Angel, The Conquest of the Pole, The Devil in a Convent, The Devil's Castle, The Diabolic Tenant, The Eclipse, The Enchanted Well, The Famous Fox Trick, The Four Troublesome Heads, The Haunted Castle, The Impossible Voyage, The Infernal Cauldron, The Living Playing Cards, The Magician, The Magician's Cavern, The Man With the Rubber Head, The Melomaniac, The Merry Frolics of Satan, The One-Man Band, The Vanishing Lady, Tunnelling the English Channel

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

1. The Conquest of the Pole (1912)

2. Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)

3. A Trip to the Moon (1902)

4. The Impossible Voyage (1904)

5. Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)

6. An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905)

7. Blue Beard (1901)

8. Cinderella (1899)
(not the Disney animated version or the 2015 live-action version)

9. The Astronomer’s Dream (1898)

10. The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)

11. The One-Man Band (1900)

12. The Diabolic Tenant (1909)

13. The Melomaniac (1903)

14. The Bewitched Inn (1897)

15. A Nightmare (1896)

16. The Haunted Castle (1896)

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

1. The Eclipse (1907)

2. The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)

3. The Living Playing Cards (1905)

4. The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

5. The Enchanted Well (1903)

6. Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)

7. The Man With the Rubber Head (1901)

8. Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)

9. A Fantastical Meal (1900)

10. Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)

11. Joan of Arc (1900)

12. The Devil in a Convent (1899)

13. The Magician (1898)

14. The Devil’s Castle (1897)

15. The Vanishing Lady (1896)

16. The Famous Box Trick (1898)

17. Baron Munchausen’s Dreams (1911)

18. The Magician’s Cavern (1901)

19. The Christmas Angel (1904)

20. A Terrible Night (1896)

My Favorite Ernst Lubitsch Films

28 Monday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Ernst Lubitsch, Fantasy, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Musical, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 314, War

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Angel, Anna Boleyn, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Broken Lullaby, Carmen 1918, Cluny Brown, Design for Living, Eternal Love, Heaven Can Wait 1943, I Don't Want to Be a Man, Lady Windermere's Fan, Madame DuBarry, Monte Carlo, Ninotchka, One Hour With You, Sumurun, That Uncertain Feeling, The Doll, The Love Parade, The Marriage Circle, The Merry Widow 1934, The Oyster Princess, The Shop Around the Corner, The Smiling Lieutenant, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, The Wild Cat, To Be or Not to Be 1942, Trouble in Paradise

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

1. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

2. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

3. One Hour with You (1932)
(with assistance from George Cukor)

4. Heaven Can Wait (1943)

5. The Wild Cat (1921)

6. The Love Parade (1929)

7. Monte Carlo (1930)

8. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

9. Design for Living (1933)

10. The Marriage Circle (1924)

11. Eternal Love (1929)

12. Broken Lullaby (1932)

13. Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925)

14. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)

15. The Oyster Princess (1919)

16. Madame DuBarry (1919)

17. The Doll (1919)

18. Anna Boleyn (1920)

19. Sumurun (1920)

20. The Merry Widow (1934)

21. Angel (1937)

22. Cluny Brown (1946)

23. Ninotchka (1939)

24. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

25. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

26. Bluebeard’s Eight Wife (1938)

27. Carmen (1918)

28. I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films

19 Saturday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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American Guerrilla in the Philippines, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956, Clash by Night, Cloak and Dagger, Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: The Indian Tomb, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: The Tiger Of Eschnapur, Fury 1936, Hangmen Also Die!, Harikari, House by the River, Human Desire, Liliom, M, Man Hunt, Metropolis, Ministry of Fear, Moonfleet, Rancho Notorious, Scarlet Street, Secret Beyond the Door, Spies, The Big Heat, The Blue Gardenia, The Return of Frank James, The Spiders Parts I and II, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Woman in the Window, Western Union, While the City Sleeps, Woman in the Moon, You and Me, You Only Live Once

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

1. M (1931)

2. Spies (1928)

3. Scarlet Street (1945)

4. While the City Sleeps (1956)

5. Liliom (1934)

6. Fury (1936)

7. The Woman in the Window (1944)

8. You Only Live Once (1937)

9. Moonfleet (1955)

10. The Big Heat (1953)

11. Rancho Notorious (1952)

12. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

13. Die Nibelungen (1924)

14. Destiny (1921)

15. The Tiger of Eschnapur/The Indian Tomb (1959)
(a.k.a. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic)

16. Metropolis (1927)

17. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

18. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

19. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

20. You and Me (1937)

21. Clash by Night (1952)

22. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

23. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

24. Human Desire (1954)

25. House by the River (1950)

26. Ministry of Fear (1944)

27. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

28. Man Hunt (1941)

29. Western Union (1941)

30. The Return of Frank James (1940)

31. Cloak and Dagger (1946)

32. Woman in the Moon (1929)

33. The Spiders Parts I and II (1919/1920)

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

1. Harikari (1919)

2. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

My Favorite Buster Keaton Films

09 Wednesday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Buster Keaton, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Sport, Top 314, Western

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Allez Oop (Short Film), Blue Blazes (Short Film), College, Convict 13 (Short Film), Cops (Short Film), Day Dreams (Short Film), Go West, Grand Slam Opera (Short Film), Hard Luck (Short Film), My Wife's Relations (Short Film), Neighbors (Short Film), One Run Elmer (Short Film), One Week (Short Film), Our Hospitality, Seven Chances, Sherlock. Jr, Steamboat Bill Jr., Tars and Stripes (Short Film), The Balloonatic (Short Film), The Blacksmith (Short Film), The Boat (Short Film), The Cameraman, The Electric House (Short Film), The Frozen North (Short Film), The General 1926, The Goat (Short Film), The Gold Ghost (Short Film), The Haunted House (Short Film), The High Sign (Short Film), The Love Nest (Short Film), The Navigator, The Paleface 1922 (Short Film), The Playhouse (Short Film), The Rough House (Short Film), The Scarecrow (Short Film), Three Ages

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

1. The General (1926)
(co-directed with Clyde Bruckman)

2. Sherlock Jr. (1924)

3. The Navigator (1924)
(co-directed with Donald Crisp)

4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
(co-directed with Charles Reisner)

5. The Cameraman (1928)
(co-directed with Edward Sedgwick)

6. Our Hospitality (1923)
(co-directed with John G. Blystone)

7. Seven Chances (1925)

8. Go West (1925)

9. Three Ages (1923)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (1917-1923)

1. One Week (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

2. The Scarecrow (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

3. The Goat (1921)
(co-directed with Malcolm St. Clair)

4. Cops (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

5. The Playhouse (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

6. The High Sign (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

7. Neighbors (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

8. The Electric House (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

9. The Boat (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

10. Hard Luck (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

11. Convict 13 (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

12. The Love Nest (1923)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

13. The Blacksmith (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

14. The Paleface (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)
(no relation to the Bob Hope movie)

15. The Haunted House (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

16. Day Dreams (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

17. The Balloonatic (1923)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

18. My Wife’s Relations (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

19. The Frozen North (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

20. The Rough House (1917)
(co-directed with Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (1934-1937) (Educational Pictures)

1. Grand Slam Opera (1936)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

2. Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

3. One Run Elmer (1935)
(allegedly, Charles Lamont co-directed)

4. Allez Oop (1935)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

5. The Gold Ghost (1934)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

6. Blue Blazes (1936)
(co-directed with Raymond Kane)

7. Mixed Magic (1936)
(co-directed with Raymond Kane)

8. Tars and Stripes (1935)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

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

1. College (1927)
(co-directed with James W. Horne)

My Favorite Abel Gance Films

19 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, Abel Gance, Biography, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Silent Cinema, Top 313, War

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J'accuse!, La Roue, Napoleon 1927

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

1. Napoleon (1927)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2. La Roue (1923)

3. J’accuse (1919)

My Favorite John Ford Films

13 Friday Apr 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, Film Directors, Greatest, History, John Ford, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Television, Top 314, War, Western

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3 Bad Men, 3 Godfathers, 7 Women, Bucking Broadway, Cheyenne Autumn, Doctor Bull, Donovan's Reef, Drums Along the Mohawk, Fort Apache, Four Sons, Gideon's Day (a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard), Hangman's House, How Green Was My Valley, How the West Was Won (The Civil War), Judge Priest, Mary of Scotland, Mogambo, My Darling Clementine, Pilgrimage, Rio Grande, Sergeant Rutledge, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Stagecoach, Steamboat Round the Bend, Straight Shooting, The Fugitive 1947, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hurricane 1937, The Informer, The Iron Horse, The Last Hurrah, The Long Gray Line, The Long Voyage Home, The Lost Patrol, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Prisoner of Shark Island, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Sun Shines Bright, The Whole Town's Talking, The Wings of Eagles, The World Moves On, They Were Expendable, Tobacco Road, Two Rode Together, Up the River, Wagon Master, Wagon Train (The Colter Craven Story) (TV Series), Young Mr. Lincoln

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

1. Wagon Master (1950)

2. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

3. Fort Apache (1948)

4. 7 Women (1966)

5. Stagecoach (1939)

6. The Fugitive (1947)
(no relation to the 1993 film)

7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

8. The Quiet Man (1952)

9. My Darling Clementine (1946)

10. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

11. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

12. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

13. Judge Priest (1934)

14. The Searchers (1956)

15. Pilgrimage (1933)

16. 3 Bad Men (1926)

17. Gideon’s Day (1958)
(a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard)

18. Hangman’s House (1928)

19. The Wings of Eagles (1957)

20. Four Sons (1928)

21. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

22. They Were Expendable (1945)

23. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

24. The Long Voyage Home (1940)

25. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

26. The Iron Horse (1924)

27. Tobacco Road (1941)

28. The Long Gray Line (1955)

29. The Informer (1935)

30. Two Rode Together (1961)

31. 3 Godfathers (1948)

32. Rio Grande (1950)

33. The Whole Town’s Talking (1935)

34. Doctor Bull (1933)

35. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

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

1. How the West Was Won (1962)
(Segment: “The Civil War”)

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

1. Wagon Train (1957-1965)
(Episode from Season 4: “The Colter Craven Story”)

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

1. Donovan’s Reef (1963)

2. Mogambo (1953)

3. The Last Hurrah (1958)

4. The Hurricane (1937)

5. Mary of Scotland (1936)

6. The Lost Patrol (1934)

7. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

8. The World Moves On (1934)

9. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

10. Up the River (1930)

11. Bucking Broadway (1917)

12. Straight Shooting (1917)

My Favorite Louis Feuillade Films

12 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in Action, Adventure, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Louis Feuillade, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 313

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Fantomas (Film Serial), Judex (Film Serial), Les Vampires (Film Serial)

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

1. Les Vampires (1915/1916)
(Film Serial)

2. Judex (1916)
(Film Serial)

3. Fantomas (1913/1914)
(Film Serial)

My Favorite Allan Dwan Films

09 Monday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Musical, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 314, Uncategorized, War, Western

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A Modern Musketeer, Driftwood, Heidi 1937, Manhandled, Robin Hood 1922, Sands of Iwo Jima, Silver Lode, Slightly Scarlet, The Iron Mask 1929, Zaza

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

1. Silver Lode (1954)

2. Driftwood (1947)

3. Robin Hood (1922)

4. Slightly Scarlet (1956)

5. Manhandled (1924)

6. Zaza (1923)

7. The Iron Mask (1929)

8. A Modern Musketeer (1917)

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

1. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

2. Heidi (1937)

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