dagoldenage Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I thought I'd bring this over to favorites from the general page. I got a lot of responses to my 1940 Top 10 list a few months back, including some who voted for other years. So I wanted to get something started on 1941. It seems there is not a lot of appreciation, outside of Citizen Kane. But there a number of movies from '41 that may not be classics but are favorites of mine that I could easily watch many times. And what a great year for Gary Cooper and Babara Stanwyck. My Top 10: 1. Suspicion 2. Penny Serenade 3. Meet John Doe 4. Ball of Fire 5. Sergeant York 6. Little Foxes, The 7. How Green Was My Valley 8. Maltese Falcon, The 9. Lady Eve, The 10. Love Crazy Best of the rest: The Devil and Miss Jones, I Wake Up Screaming; Shadow of the Thin Man; Sullivan’s Travels; Buck Privates; Sun Valley Serenade. Best Actor: Gary Cooper (Sergeant York) Best Actress: Joan Fontaine (Suspicion) Supporting Actor: Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon) Supporting Actress: Mary Astor (The Great Lie) Titles watched: 109 Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 This is one of the better years for me. I like a lot of films in '41. 1. Citizen Kane 2. The Devil and Daniel Webster 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. High Sierra 5. Man Hunt 6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 7. Meet John Doe 8. The Shepherd of the Hills 9. I Wake Up Screaming 10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 11. Suspicion 12. Blues in the Night 13. Rage in Heaven 14. How Green Was My Valley 15. All Through the Night 16. The Lady Eve 17. Western Union 18. Nothing But the Truth 19. Johnny Eager 20. Out of the Fog 21. The Wolf Man 22. Ball of Fire 23. Dumbo 24. Among the Living 25. The Strawberry Blonde 26. Texas 27. The Sea Wolf 28. The Shanghai Gesture 29. **** Tonk 30. That Uncertain Feeling 31. H.M. Pulham, Esq. 32. They Died with Their Boots On 33. Ringside Maisie 34. Sullivan's Travels 35. The Gay Falcon 36. The Flame of New Orleans 37. Hold That Ghost 38. Shadow of the Thin Man 39. The Bride Came C.O.D. 40. Sundown 41. Hold Back the Dawn 42. Penny Serenade 43. When Ladies Meet 44. That Hamilton Woman 45. The Little Foxes 46. A Woman's Face 47. The Big Store 48. Maisie Was a Lady 49. Confirm or Deny 50. Belle Starr 51. Buck Privates 52. Love Crazy 53. Road to Zanzibar 54. In the Navy 55. Blood and Sand 56. Tobacco Road 57. Sergeant York Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (Gary Cooper, Robert Montgomery)Best Actress: Barbara Stanwyck (Ida Lupino, Ingrid Bergman)Supporting Actor: Van Heflin (Laird Cregar, Harry Carey)Supporting Actress: Rita Hayworth (Teresa Wright, Sara Allgood)Best Director: Orson Welles (John Ford, Preston Sturges) Link to post Share on other sites
movieman1957 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Many more for me from 1941 than 1942. I have "I Wake Up Screaming" but haven't made time for it yet. Otherwise, there are many with which I agree. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I'm definitely not a huge fan of 1942. But 1941 is quite excellent to me. I Wake Up Screaming is a creepy kind of film noir. I definitely recommend it. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I'm definitely not a huge fan of 1942. But 1941 is quite excellent to me. I Wake Up Screaming is a creepy kind of film noir. I definitely recommend it. 1941 is clearly one of my favorite movies years (if not the favorite). A lot of first rate early noirs, comedies, westerns and dramas. Best year for Warners but other studios had sucesss as well. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I agree, 1941 has a great mix of genres. One of the best you will ever find. And when it comes to films placing in my top 100 for the 40s, 1941 places third behind 1948 and 1946 as my favorite years of the decade. My love of film noir is the biggest reason why. Link to post Share on other sites
faceinthecrowd Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 This is one of the better years for me. I like a lot of films in '41. 1. Citizen Kane 2. The Devil and Daniel Webster 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. High Sierra 5. Man Hunt 6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 7. Meet John Doe 8. The Shepherd of the Hills 9. I Wake Up Screaming 10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 11. Suspicion 12. Blues in the Night 13. Rage in Heaven 14. How Green Was My Valley 15. All Through the Night 16. The Lady Eve 17. Western Union 18. Nothing But the Truth 19. Johnny Eager 20. Out of the Fog 21. The Wolf Man 22. Ball of Fire 23. Dumbo 24. Among the Living 25. The Strawberry Blonde 26. Texas 27. The Sea Wolf 28. The Shanghai Gesture 29. **** Tonk 30. That Uncertain Feeling 31. H.M. Pulham, Esq. 32. They Died with Their Boots On 33. Ringside Maisie 34. Sullivan's Travels 35. The Gay Falcon 36. The Flame of New Orleans 37. Hold That Ghost 38. Shadow of the Thin Man 39. The Bride Came C.O.D. 40. Sundown 41. Hold Back the Dawn 42. Penny Serenade 43. When Ladies Meet 44. That Hamilton Woman 45. The Little Foxes 46. A Woman's Face 47. The Big Store 48. Maisie Was a Lady 49. Confirm or Deny 50. Belle Starr 51. Buck Privates 52. Love Crazy 53. Road to Zanzibar 54. In the Navy 55. Blood and Sand 56. Tobacco Road 57. Sergeant York Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (Gary Cooper, Robert Montgomery) Best Actress: Barbara Stanwyck (Ida Lupino, Ingrid Bergman) Supporting Actor: Van Heflin (Laird Cregar, Harry Carey) Supporting Actress: Rita Hayworth (Teresa Wright, Sara Allgood) Best Director: Orson Welles (John Ford, Preston Sturges) The censor is at work again, on no. 29. Proving that censors are not only buttinskis who should mind their own business, but that they're also stupid. Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 1 The Maltese Falcon 2 Citizen Kane 3 Sullivan's Travels 4 High Sierra 5 Suspicion 6 They Died with Their Boots On 7 The Lady Eve 8 The Litle Foxes 9 You'll Never Get Rich 10 The Great Lie Director: Orson Welles (Huston, Sturges) Actor: Humphrey Bogart (Orson Welles, Cary Grant) Actress: Veronica Lake (Mary Astor, Barbara Stanwyck) Supporting actor: Joseph Cotton (Sydney Greenstreet, Nigel Bruce) Supporting actress: Hattie McDaniel (Agnes Moorehead, Gladys George) Link to post Share on other sites
speedracer5 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The WWII era is probably one of my favorite time periods in film making. 1941 is no exception. These are my favorites (in no particular order): 1. Citizen Kane 2. They Died With Their Boots On 3. Dive Bomber 4. Shadow of the Thin Man 5. The Maltese Falcon 6. Dumbo 7. High Sierra 8. I Wake Up Screaming 9. The Little Foxes 10. The Lady Eve 11. Suspicion 12. Footsteps in the Dark 13. Love Crazy 14. Moon Over Miami 15. Skylark If there are any notable exclusions, it's probably because 1) I haven't seen it yet; or 2) I have seen it and didn't like it. Sometimes I have trouble remembering which year a particular movie came out, whenever I compile year-specific lists, I try to look up a list of films that were released in that year. On Google, a large group of movie posters pop up to show you major films that debuted that year. I wish that movie posters still looked how they did back then. The movie posters were so much cooler. Instead of just taking screenshots from the film and slapping them onto a poster; many of these posters were actual works of art. I love the "Sullivan's Travels" poster. I haven't seen the movie yet; but love the poster! Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 My list of the greatest movies of 1941 is: Masquerade (1941) Tamara Makarova was a great beauty and wonderful actress. Nikolai Mordvinov had a presence which few actors can equal. It is a story of base emotions of people who should be above such things. Anton Ivanovich Is Angry (1941) It is a wonderful musical comedy of manners. The 47 Ronin (1941) It is the story of supreme loyalty and self-sacrifice. Volpone (1941) This is a wonderful comedy! "When you've been here for three months like me, you'll be used to jail. The food is not good but the rats are friendly." The Lady Eve (1941) This is one of my favorite movies of all time! It is hilarious with subtle comedy, overt comedy and a bit of slapstick. The scene on the train is superb beyond measure! Major Barbara (1941) It is Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Sybil Thorndike and Robert Newton and it was written by George Bernard Shaw. What is not to love? The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) This is an hilarious comedy mystery! I feel it is one of Ealing's best. Will Hay is a treasure! Charley's Aunt (1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Dumbo (1941) Link to post Share on other sites
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