Gershwin fan Posted February 17, 2018 My list of favorite foreign films of 1937 - 1.) Grande Illusion, Jean Renoir, France 2.) Un Carnet de Bal, Julien Duvivier, France 3.) Green Fields, Edgar G. Ulmer and Jacob Ben-Ami, USA 4.) Pepe Le Moko, Julien Duvivier, France 5.) Drole de Drame, Marcel Carne, France 6.) Lenin in October, Mikhail Romm and Dmitri Vasilyev, USSR 7.) Peter the First, Vladimir Petrov, USSR I have also seen the photo still recreation of Sergei Eisenstein's Bezhin Lug that is available on YouTube. Also how do I make my titles in bold? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, Gershwin fan said: Also how do I make my titles in bold? Highlight the words and then click on the 'B' in the top left tool bar. Alternatively, highlight the words and use command-B. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 17, 2018 1937 Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir, France Song at Midnight, Weibang Ma-Xu, China Pepe le Moko, Julien Duvivier, France 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted February 17, 2018 La Grande Illusion, Jean Renoir, France Pépé le Moko, Julien Duvivier, France Pygmalion, Ludwig Berger, Netherlands 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 17, 2018 Here are the 1001 Movies foreign-language entries for 1937 that I'm aware of: Song at Midnight aka Midnight Song, Weibang Ma-Xu, China Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir, France Pepe le Moko, Julien Duvivier, France I've seen all of the entries from the beginning through the early 1950's, with the exception of one British movie from 1943, so these lists will resemble my own listings for the next several years of films. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gershwin fan Posted February 17, 2018 43 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: Here are the 1001 Movies foreign-language entries for 1937 that I'm aware of: Song at Midnight aka Midnight Song, Weibang Ma-Xu, China Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir, France Pepe le Moko, Julien Duvivier, France I've seen all of the entries from the beginning through the early 1950's, with the exception of one British movie from 1943, so these lists will resemble my own listings for the next several years of films. From the foreign additions. These titles are available in the foreign additions of this book- 1.) Pensionat Paradiset, Weyler Hildebrand (Swedish edition) 2.) Juha, Nyrki Tapiovaara (Finnish edition) 3.) Drôle de Drame, Marcel Carne (France edition) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted February 18, 2018 1. Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir, France 2. Humanity and Paper Balloons, Sadao Yamanka, Japan 3. Street Angel, Yuan Muzhi, China 4. Pearls of the Crown, Sacha Guitry, France 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 18, 2018 The 1938 Academy Awards saw the first foreign language film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. It was … Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 18, 2018 Other New York Film Critics Foreign Film nominees for 1937 were … Baltic Deputy (1937) Iosif Khefitis, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Russia The winner of the 1938 New York Film Critics Best Foreign Film was … Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France The winner of the 1939 New York Film Critics Best Foreign Film was … Harvest/Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, France 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 19, 2018 The National Board of Review 1936 top foreign language films included …. A Daughter of the Samurai (1937) Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami, Japan [which makes you think that the imdb has the release date wrong] The National Board of Review 1937 top foreign language films included …. Baltic Deputy (1937) Iosif Khefitis, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Russia The Spanish Earth (1937) Joris Ivens, USA [this had various international versions] The winner of the 1938 National Board of Review Best Foreign language film was …. Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France Other nominees were … Un Carnet de Bal (1937) Julien Duvivier, France Peter the First (1937) Vladimir Petrov, Russia The National Board of Review 1939 top foreign language films included …. Harvest/Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, France The winner of the 1941 National Board of Review Best Foreign language film was …. Pepe Le Moko (1937) Julien Duvivier, France 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted February 19, 2018 A forgotten film star is Lily Bouwmeester from the Netherlands. Here you see her as the flower girl Elisa Doeluttel in the Dutch adaptation of G. B. Shaw's Pygmalion, before her transformation into a fair lady. Johan de Meester played professor Higgins. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 20, 2018 Michael Gebert’s Golden Armchair Award for the 1937 foreign film was … Pepe Le Moko (1937) Julien Duvivier, France Michael Gebert’s Golden Armchair Award for the 1938 foreign film was … Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 21, 2018 The Late Mathias Pascal (1937) by Pierre Chenal, France is a remake of Feu Mathias Pascal (1926) by Marcel L'Herbier. The silent version has been on TCM. I found it a bit of a slog but then I prefer to see silents in a theatre. The story in both involves a hen-pecked husband who is under the thumb of his live-in mother-in-law. He hits the road and soon his clothes are stolen by a vagrant who later drowns. The authorities find identification on the body and pronounce it that of Mathias Pascal. When Mathias receives this news he takes the opportunity to start a new life. He wins a fortune at Monte Carlo and meets a girl. But of course complications arise. What set this version apart from its predecessor was the performance of Pierre Blanchar who is perfect as the innocent who drifts along as fate would have it. There is perhaps something Chaplinesque about his character. Isa Miranda co-stars. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 21, 2018 Il Signor Max (1937) by Mario Camerini is an Italian Telefoni Blanchi comedy starring a young Vittorio De Sica. It is essentially a mistaken identity film. De Sica owns a modest news stand but has a rich friend who loans him his luggage (with his embossed name) to go on a cruise. De Sica falls in with the jet set and tags along with them through Europe. Will he have the sense to see that it is the travelling maid who will be his true love? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 21, 2018 These foreign language films won awards at the 1937 Venice Film Festival …. Scipione L’Africano (1937) Carmine Gallone, Italy Un Carnet de Bal (1937) Julien Duvivier, France 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gershwin fan Posted February 21, 2018 Lenin in October - Film about Lenin's activities immediately up to and following the October Revolution. Stalin had a prominent role in this movie but was edited out in the post-Stalinist era. Peter the Great - Film about Peter the Great's war with Sweden. Decent historical film from that era. Bezhin Lug - This one is a photo still recreation (I hope the original turns up someday). It's a retelling of the story of Pavel Morotzov - a kid who tries to stop his reactionary father from destroying Soviet buildings and equipment. One of the most famous lost films the still recreation is worth a watch. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess of Tap Posted February 21, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 12:06 AM, Bogie56 said: The 1938 Academy Awards saw the first foreign language film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. It was … Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France I actually had to watch this movie and write an essay for a college English class, but there were no snacks or extra credit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) We're getting a bit of a jump on 1938 in order to fit in an end of the decade review. My top FF films of 1938 of the 8 that I have seen are …. 1. Alexander Nevsky (1938) Sergei Eisenstein, Russia 2. La Bete Humaine (1938) Jean Renoir, France 3. Mollenard/Hatred (1938) Robert Siodmak, France 4. The Baker’s Wife (1938) Marcel Pagnol, France 5. Port of Shadows (1938) Marcel Carne, France 6. A Woman’s Face (1938) Gustaf Molander, Sweden and I’ve also seen … Dollar (1938) Gustaf Molander, Sweden Edited February 28, 2018 by Bogie56 deleted The Challenge 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 23, 2018 1938 La Bete Humaine, Jean Renoir, France Olympia, Leni Riefenstahl, Germany The Baker's Wife, Marcel Pagnol, France 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gershwin fan Posted February 23, 2018 My list for 1938- 1.) Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein, USSR 2.) Volga- Volga, Grigory Aleksandrov, USSR 3.) The Country Bride, Ivan Pyryev, USSR 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gershwin fan Posted February 23, 2018 From the foreign additions of the 1001 Movies book there are two movies on the Finnish edition's list- 1.) Varastettu Kuolema (Stolen Death), Nyrki Tapiovaara (Finnish Edition) 2.) Niskavuoren Naiset (Women of Niskavouri), Valentin Vaala (Finnish Edition) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 23, 2018 4 hours ago, Gershwin fan said: From the foreign additions of the 1001 Movies book there are two movies on the Finnish edition's list- 1.) Varastettu Kuolema (Stolen Death), Nyrki Tapiovaara (Finnish Edition) 2.) Niskavuoren Naiset (Women of Niskavouri), Valentin Vaala (Finnish Edition) These can be added to: Olympia, Leni Riefenstahl, Germany The Baker's Wife, Marcel Pagnol, France 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 24, 2018 Other New York Film Critics Foreign Film nominees for 1938 were … Professor Mamlok (1938) Adolf Minkin, Gerbert Rappaport, Russia The winner of the 1940 New York Film Critics Best Foreign Film was … The Baker’s Wife (1938) Marcel Pagnol, France Other nominees were … Hotel du Nord (1938) Marcel Carne, France 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted February 24, 2018 Hôtel du Nord, Marcel Carné, France La Bête humaine, Jean Renoir, France Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein, USSR Olympia, Leni Riefenstahl, Germany Port of Shadows, Marcel Carné, France 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted February 25, 2018 1. The Childhood of Maxim Gorky, Mark Donskoi, Soviet Union 2. La Marseillaise, Jean Renoir, France 3. Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
