My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films (Revised and Updated)

06 Monday Jun 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100, War, Western

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Colorado Territory, Dark Command, High Sierra, Manpower, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, The Big Trail, The Bowery, The Man I Love, The Roaring Twenties, The Strawberry Blonde, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, Uncertain Glory, What Price Glory 1926, White Heat

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

1. White Heat (1949)

2. Regeneration (1915)

3. High Sierra (1941)

4. Sadie Thompson (1928)

5. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

6. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
(Douglas Fairbanks version)

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

1. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

2. The Roaring Twenties (1939)

3. Dark Command (1940)

4. They Drive By Night (1940)

5. The Big Trail (1930)

6. What Price Glory (1926)
(Silent Version)

7. The Bowery (1933)

8. Manpower (1941)

9. Colorado Territory (1949)

10. The Man I Love (1947)

11. Pursued (1947)

12. Uncertain Glory (1944)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films (Revised and Updated)

08 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Noir, Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 100, War, Western

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American Guerilla in the Philippines, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956, Clash by Night, Cloak and Dagger, Destiny, Die Nibelungen, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic, Fury 1936, Hangmen Also Die!, Harakiri, 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, 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. Metropolis (1927)

3. While the City Sleeps (1956)

4. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic (1959)

5. The Big Heat (1953)

6. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

7. Spies (1928)

8. Die Nibelungen (1924)

9. Scarlet Street (1945)

10. The Woman in the Window (1944)

11. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

12. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

13. Rancho Notorious (1952)

14. House by the River (1950)

15. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

16. Destiny (1921)

17. The Spiders (1919/1920)

18. Harakiri (1919)

19. Liliom (1934)

20. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) (Not the 2009 version)

21. Woman in the Moon (1929)

22. Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

23. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

24. Ministry of Fear (1944)

25. You Only Live Once (1937)

26. Man Hunt (1941)

27. Human Desire (1954)

28. Western Union (1941)

29. You and Me (1938)

30. The Return of Frank James (1940)

31. Clash by Night (1952)

32. Fury (1936) (No releation to the 1978 or 2014 films)

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

1. Cloak and Dagger (1946)

2. Moonfleet (1955)

3. American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950)

My Favorite D.W. Griffith Films (Revised and Updated)

21 Monday Sep 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, D.W. Griffith, Drama, Greatest, History, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Top 100

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A Calamitous Elopement, A Corner in Wheat, A Drunkard's Reformation, A Romance of Happy Valley, A Trap for Santa Claus, America 1924, An Arcadian Mind, At the Altar, Balked at the Altar, Betrayed by a Handprint, Broken Blossoms, Death's Marathon, Enoch Arden Parts I and II, Father Gets in the Game, Friends 1912, Getting Even, Her First Biscuits, His Trust, His Trust Fulfilled, Home Sweet Home, In the Border States, Intolerance, Isn't Life Wonderful, Judith of Bethulia, Lucky Jim, Money Mad, One Exciting Night, One Is Business the Other Crime, Orphans of the Storm, Pippa Passes or the Song of Conscience, Ramona, Resurrection, Romance of a Jewess, Sally of the Sawdust, Swords and Hearts, The Adventures of Dollie, The Avenging Conscience, The Battle, The Birth of a Nation 1915, The Black Viper, The Burglar's Dilemma, The Cord of Life, The Country Doctor, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Curtain Pole, The Fugitive 1910, The Girl Who Stayed at Home, The Girls and Daddy, The Golden Louis, The Greatest Question, The Hessian Renegades, The House with Closed Shutters, The Idol Dancer, The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals, The Last Drop of Water, The Lesser Evil, The Lonedale Operator, The Lonely Villa, The Love Flower, The Lure of the Gown, The Miser's Heart, The Mothering Heart, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, The Narrow Road, The New York Hat, The Painted Lady, The Politician's Love Story, The Renunciation, The Rocky Road, The Sealed Room, The Song of the Shirt, The Sorrows of Satan, The Sunbeam, The Transformation of Mike, The Unchanging Sea, The Voice of the Violin, The White Rose, Those Awful Hats, True Heart Susie, Way Down East, What the Daisy Said

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

1. Intolerance (1916)

2. Broken Blossoms (1919)

3. Way Down East (1920)

4. True Heart Susie (1919)

5. Orphans of the Storm (1921)

6. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

7. Isn’t Life Wonderful (1924)

8. The Greatest Question (1919)

9. A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)

10. The White Rose (1923)

11. Home, Sweet Home (1914)

12. The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)

13. The Love Flower (1920)

14. The Idol Dancer (1920)

15. Judith of Bethulia (1914)

16. The Avenging Conscience (1914)

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

1. America (1924)

2. The Sorrows of Satan (1926)

3. One Exciting Night (1922)

4. Sally of the Sawdust (1925)

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

1. The Adventures of Dollie (1908)

2. Balked at the Altar (1908)

3. Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)

4. The Black Viper (1908)

5. A Calamitous Elopement (1908)

6. Father Gets in the Game (1908)

7. Money Mad (1908)

8. Romance of a Jewess (1908)

9. The Song of the Shirt (1908)

10. At the Altar (1909)

11. The Cord of Life (1909)

12. A Corner in Wheat (1909)

13. The Country Doctor (1909)

14. The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)

15. The Curtain Pole (1909)

16. A Drunkard’s Reformation (1909)

17. Getting Even (1909)

18. The Girls and Daddy (1909)

19. The Golden Louis (1909)

20. Her First Biscuits (1909)

21. The Hessian Renegades (1909)

22. The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)

23. The Lonely Villa (1909)

24. Lucky Jim (1909)

25. The Lure of the Gown (1909)

26. Pippa Passes or the Song of Conscience (1909)

27. The Politician’s Love Story (1909)

28. The Renunciation (1909)

29. Resurrection (1909)

30. The Sealed Room (1909)

31. Those Awful Hats (1909)

32. A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)

33. The Voice of the Violin (1909)

34. An Arcadian Maid (1910)

35. The Fugitive (1910)

36. The House with Closed Shutters (1910)

37. In the Border States (1910)

38. Ramona (1910)

39. The Rocky Road (1910)

40. The Unchanging Sea (1910)

41. What the Daisy Said (1910)

42. The Battle (1911)

43. Enoch Arden Parts I and II (1911)

44. His Trust (1911)

45. His Trust Fulfilled (1911)

46. The Last Drop of Water (1911)

47. The Lonedale Operator (1911)

48. The Miser’s Heart (1911)

49. Swords and Hearts (1911)

50. The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)

51. Friends (1912)

52. The Lesser Evil (1912)

53. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)

54. The Narrow Road (1912)

55. The New York Hat (1912)

56. One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)

57. The Painted Lady (1912)

58. The Sunbeam (1912)

59. The Transformation of Mike (1912)

60. An Unseen Enemy (1912)

61. Death’s Marathon (1913)

62. The Mothering Heart (1913)

NOTE: I have watched all of these films and shorts on either VHS or DVD.

My Favorite Abel Gance Films (New)

20 Sunday Sep 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, Abel Gance, Biography, Cinema, Drama, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100, War

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J'accuse!, La Roue, Napoleon

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

1. J’accuse! (1919)

2. Napoleon (1927)

3. La Roue (1923)

My Favorite John Ford Films (Revised and Updated)

17 Thursday Sep 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, History, John Ford, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100, 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 Men and a Prayer, Four Sons, Gideon's Day, Hangman's House, How Green Was My Valley, How the West Was Won, 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, The Informer, The Iron Horse, 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 World Moves On, They Were Expendable, Tobacco Road, Two Rode Together, Wagon Master, Wee Willie Winkle, Young Mr. Lincoln

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

1. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

2. Stagecoach (1939)

3. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

4. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

5. The Quiet Man (1952)

6. Judge Priest (1934)

7. The Informer (1935)

8. Tobacco Road (1941)

9. The Searchers (1956)

10. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

12. Two Rode Together (1961)

13. Wagon Master (1950)

14. Pilgrimage (1933)

15. Fort Apache (1948)

16. My Darling Clementine (1946)

17. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

18. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

19. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

20. 7 Women (1966)

21. The Fugitive (1947)

22. Hangman’s House (1928)

23. Four Sons (1928)

24. 3 Bad Men (1926)

25. The Iron Horse (1924)

26. The Long Gray Line (1955)

27. The Whole Town’s Talking (1935)

28. 3 Godfathers (1948)

29. Gideon’s Day (1958)

30. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

31. Mogambo (1953)

32. They Were Expendable (1945)

33. Rio Grande (1950)

34. The Long Voyage Home (1940)

35. The Hurricane (1937)

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

1. Bucking Broadway (1917)

2. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

3. Straight Shooting (1917)

4. Doctor Bull (1933)

5. Mary of Scotland (1936)

6. The Lost Patrol (1934)

7. The World Moves On (1934)

8. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

9. Wee Willie Winkle (1937)

10. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

11. Donovan’s Reef (1963)

12. How the West Was Won (1963)
(Segment: The Civil War)

My Favorite Louis Feuillade Films (Revised and Updated)

16 Wednesday Sep 2015

Posted by John Charet in Adventure, Cinema, Crime, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Louis Feuillade, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Top 100

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Fantomas, Judex, Les Vampires, Tih Minh

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

1. Tih Minh (1918) (Serial)

2. Les Vampires (1915) (Serial)

3. Judex (1916) (Serial)

4. Fantomas (1913) (Serial)

My Favorite Charlie Chaplin Films (Revised and Updated)

08 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, Drama, Family, Greatest, Lists, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Top 100

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A King in New York, A Woman of Paris, Chaplin at Keystone, Chaplin's Mutual Comedies, City Lights, Limelight, Modern Times, Monsieur Verdoux, The Chaplin Revue, The Circus, The Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, The Kid

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

1. City Lights (1931)

2. The Gold Rush (1925)

3. Modern Times (1936)

4. The Kid (1921)

5. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

6. The Circus (1928)

7. Limelight (1952)

8. A Woman of Paris (1923)

9. The Great Dictator (1940)

10. The Pilgrim (1923)
(Part of 1959’s The Chaplin Revue)

11. A King in New York (1957)

12. Shoulder Arms (1918)
(Part of 1959’s The Chaplin Revue)

13. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

14. A Dog’s Life (1918)
(Live-Action Short)
(Part of 1959’s The Chaplin Revue)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Box Sets)

1. Charlie Chaplin: The First National Collection (1918-1923)/(2000)

2. Chaplin’s Mutual Comedies (1916-1917)/(2014)

3. Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies (1914-1917)/(2015)

4. Chaplin At Keystone (1914)/(2010)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films (Final Revision)

02 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 100, Western

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Clash by Night, Destiny, Die Nibelungen, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic, House by the River, Human Desire, M, Man Hunt, Metropolis, Rancho Notorious, Scarlet Street, Secret Beyond the Door, Spies, The Big Heat, The Blue Gardenia, The Spiders, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Woman in the Window, While the City Sleeps, Woman in the Moon, You Only Live Once

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

1. M (1931)

2. Spies (1928)

3. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

4. Metropolis (1927)

5. Die Nibelungen (1924)

6. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

7. The Big Heat (1953)

8. Scarlet Street (1945)

9. While the City Sleeps (1956)

10. The Woman in the Window (1944)

11. Rancho Notorious (1952)

12. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

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

1. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic (1959)

2. The Spiders (1919)

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

4. Destiny (1921)

5. Woman in the Moon (1929)

6. You Only Live Once (1937)

7. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

8. House by the River (1950)

9. Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

10. Man Hunt (1941)

11. Human Desire (1954)

12. Clash by Night (1952)

My Favorite Louis Feuillade Films (Final Revision)

23 Monday Sep 2013

Posted by John Charet in Adventure, Crime, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Louis Feuillade, Pre-1920's Cinema, Silent Cinema

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Fantomas, Judex, Les Vampires, Tih Minh

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

1. Les Vampires (1915-1916)

2. Tih Minh (1918)

3. Judex (1916)

4. Fantomas (1913)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films

06 Thursday Jun 2013

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 100, Western

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956, Clash by Night, Destiny, Die Nibelungen, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic, House by the River, Human Desire, M, Man Hunt, Metropolis, Rancho Notorious, Scarlet Street, Secret Beyond the Door, Spies, The Big Heat, The Blue Gardenia, The Spiders, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Woman in the Window, While the City Sleeps, Woman in the Moon, You Only Live Once

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

1. M (1931)

2. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic (1959)

3. Metropolis (1927)

4. Spies (1928)

5. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

6. Die Nibelungen (1924)

7. The Big Heat (1953)

8. Scarlet Street (1945)

9. The Woman in the Window (1944)

10. Rancho Notorious (1952)

11. While the City Sleeps (1956)

12. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

13. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

14. Woman in the Moon (1929)

15. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

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

1. The Spiders (1919)

2. You Only Live Once (1937)

3. House by the River (1950)

4. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

5. Man Hunt (1941)

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

7. Destiny (1921)

8. Human Desire (1954)

9. Clash by Night (1952)

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My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite D.W. Griffith Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Abel Gance Films (New)

My Favorite John Ford Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Louis Feuillade Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Charlie Chaplin Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films (Final Revision)

My Favorite Louis Feuillade Films (Final Revision)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films