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The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

6.) Quinn starred in "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" (1969).

Little Women (1949)

Fred MacMurray was in Double Indemnity (1944) with Barbara Stanwyck

Beat the Devil (1953) Next--wearing the wrong color dress (sorry Azure for the incomplete post).

Robert Walker

Reunion in France (1942)

Gary Cooper

The Angel Wore RED (1960)

The 39 Steps (1935)

Top 25 Not Already Mentioned: 1. "Casablanca" (1942) 2. "Some Like It Hot" (1959) 3. "Cluny Brown" (1946) 4. "Laura" (1944) 5. "On The Town" (1949) 6. "Blood Money" (1933) 7. "Something For Everyone" (1970) 8. "King Kong" (1933) 9. "Rawhide" (1951)--Western suspense with Susan Hayward and Tyrone Power. 10."Pursued" (1947)--Western noir with Robert Mitchum & Judith Anderson. 11. "Double Indemnity" (1944) 12. "Angel Face" (1953) 13. "Silk Stockings" (1957) 14. "Funny Face" (1957) 15. "Ninotchka" (1939) 16. "Two Mules For Sister Sara" (1970) 17. "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" (1949) 18. "One, Two, Three" (1961) 19. "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) 20. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) 21. "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (1949) 22. "The Mouse That Roared" (1959) & "The Mouse on the Moon" (1963) 23. "Alien" (1979) & "Aliens" (1986) 24. "The War of The Worlds" (1953) 25. "The Leopard Man" (1943)

LawrenceA--Thanks for alerting me this thread was ending. Here's my Top Ten, 1930's--90's, plus three leftover Top Movies: 1930's--"Bride of Frankenstein" (1935)--Perfect blend of humor, horror, and parody. Darn near flawless. 1940's--"Citizen Kane" (1941)--Not a Favorite film, but too many advances are made in camerawork, plot, just Everything, so I can't ignore it; "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) is a close second, despite studio interference. 1950's--"Singin' in The Rain" (1952)--THE musical; perfect blend of music, comedy, and satirization of the period when the movies learned to Talk; Jean Hagen is priceless as Lina. 1960's--"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962). 1970's--"Taxi Driver" (1976)--Everyday life as a horror film; watch for director Martin Scorsese's cameo. 1980's--"The War of the Roses (1989)--Everyone knows screwball comedy: TWOTR is a small dose of that, then screwball divorce, played out in deadly earnest. 1990's--"Serial Mom" (1994)--The ultimate Hitchcock tribute and spoof; the more you know about Hitchcock's films and television series, the funnier the film is. 8. "Scary Movie" (2000)--One of the Ten Best Spoofs . I saw it opening night where I lived, in a packed theater, with an audience of film buffs who knew horror cliches inside and out. The roof almost came off the theater from the laughter, film was so consistently funny and on target. 9. "Gone With the Wind" (1939). 10. "Beat the Devil" (1954)--Spy spoof to end them all; Jennifer Jones is hysterically funny as a compulsive liar who gets a thrill out of each lie.

"Beat the Devil" (1953)--Gloriously funny spy spoof where the stars are outshone by the supporting cast. Stars Humphrey Bogart & Gina Lollobrigida (as a London born lady). Jennifer Jones goes blonde and steals the film as a compulsive liar, and Robert Morley is close behind as an Englishman who is interested in uranium. Some of the best lines appear to be ad-libbed; "Shall I get the hymnbooks?" Script trouble dogged the film, and the script was rewritten 2-3 days ahead of the shooting schedule. Is The happy accident where near-disaster turned out fine. 9.5/10 stars.

All times E.S.T.: Ernst Lubitsch day: 4:30 p.m.-- "The Love Parade" (1929) 8:00 p.m.--"Ivy"--(1947)--Joan Fontaine isn't playing a wet blanket for once. 9:45 p.m.--"The Black Book"--(1949)--aka "Reign of Terror"--Anthony Mann directed, William Cameron Menzies Produced what TCM in their article on the film call "an 18th Century noir. Sounds fascinating.

"Gorgo" (1961)--Great Britains' contribution in the Monster movie fad that swept the screen in the 50's and early 60's. Special Effects are well done; film starts out as Disaster film, then goes the "sunken treasure with Something guarding it" route. You can predict the plot from there. But film is quite well done and worth a watch. Is on YT 7/10 stars. Warning: For some reason, there is a "K" in the middle of the screen on the copy I saw on YT that goes from indistinct to prominent ( doesn't ruin the film, IMHO, and colors it is superimposed on make it indistinct for more than half the film).

"Something For Everyone" (1970)--A comedy about money, and what people will do to get it. Angela Lansbury and Michael York are terrific. A cynical, sarcastic delight. 9/10 stars "Anatahan" (1953)--Among director Josef von Sternbergs' final films, film is nearly incoherent, tied together only by von Sternberg's philosophical musings as a soundtrack. There are long portions of the film in Japanese, with no subtitles. Film has a following. I apparently missed some symbolism. Interesting camerawork. 5/10 stars.

Wonderful Wilder film, with the cynicism tempered for WW II. As OP said earlier, Baxter is better than remembered; she carries off certain parts of the film darn near flawlessly. Whole cast is good. A gem that isn't well enough known. Thank you LornaHansonForbes, for the alert!

Sounds like a fascinating movie; especially given the current Oscar scandal. An answer to D. W. Griffiths' 1915 film. Not a perfect film (the reviews said he was a first-time director). Regardless of technical mistakes, a film I want to see (the worst critical review gave it three stars).

Monday, January 25th; horror director Tod Brownings' day: All times E.S.T.: 6:00 a.m.--"The Unholy Three" (1925) 10:45 a.m.--"West of Zanzibar" (1928) 2:45 p.m.--"Freaks" (1932)--The 'Must See" if you haven't already seen it. 4:00 p.m.--"Fast Workers" (1933)--Maltin rates it one & a half stars; is better than that & one of Silent film star John Gilberts' last films. 5:15 p.m.--"Mark of the Vampire"--(1935) This makes my TCM month.

The two comediennes had one thing in common: a brilliant sense of timing. That is a gift that can't be taught, IMHO, whether timing one-liners or a slapstick pratfall.

In the conversations I had with Fred, he was a gentleman and taught me a lot about camera technique and basics. He is missed.

LawrenceA--by the last sentence, I meant I quit watching new films, and started concentrating on old films I didn't have to go to, for TMI reasons.

2002: Didn't see ten films worth recommending: 1.) "The Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers" 2.) "Bowling for Columbine" 3.) "The Laramie Project" 4.) "Chicago" 5.) "Ripleys' Game" ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````2003: 1.) "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" 2.) "Gone With The Wind (re-release) 3.) "Bruce Almighty" 4.) "Alien" (re-release) 5.) "A Mighty Wind" 6.) "The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" 7.) "Charlies' Angels: Full Throttle" 8.) "Legally Blonde II: Red, White, and Blonde" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is where I respectfully leave this thread. My knowledge of movies ends here, and I see no reason to repeat Top Ten box-office lists or critical lists.

Douible post.

2001: 1.) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" 2.) "The Mummy Returns"--Was perfect escapist entertainment in summer, with dazzling Special Effects. 3.) "Some Like It Hot" re-release--I saw it 9/8/2001. 4.) "Shrek" 5.) "Heartbreakers" 6.) "Moulin Rouge" 7.) "Cats and Dogs" 8.) "Legally Blonde" 9.) "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" 10.) "Scary Movie II"--Uneven comedy has at least two perfect sequences;one is the "Charlies' Angels" (2000) parody, part of which is on YT.