Monday, November 12, 2007

My fifty favorite movies...

...of all time:

50 A Taste of Honey B&W 61 __ 1:40 Not the song
49 Carmen Jones col 54 __ 1:45 Dandridge/Horne
48 The Thin Man B&W 34 __ 1:33 Dick Powell & Myrna Loy
47 In Old Chicago B&W 37 __ 1:35 Ameche/Faye
46 Cain Mutiny col 54 33 2:05 Worst casting
45 Hud B&W 63 __ 1:52 Patricia Neal44 Meet me in StLooey col
44 29 1:53 "I don' wanna move to StL"
43 Days of Wine/Roses B&W 62 __ 1:57 Lemon/Remick
42 Devil's Desciple B&W 59 __ 1:25 Kdouglas:
41 Night Tide B&W 61 __ 1:24 Dennis Hopper
40 Snakepit B&W 48 23 1:48 Olivia deHaviland
39 Born Yesterday B&W 50 __ 1:43 Holiday/Crawfor
38 Young Philadelphians B&W 59 05 2:16 Paul w/o blue eyes
37 Heartbreak Kid col 72 41 1:44 Interesting
36 Vertigo col 58 24 2:00 Kim Novak
35 Boys' Town B&W 38 __ 1:38 Tracy/Rooney
34 All The Kings's Men B&W 49 38 1:49 Brod Crawford
33 West Side Story col 61 31 2:35 Marselaise effect
32 High Noon B&W 52 21 1:24 "He's comin' inta town now, jeb"
31 Lolita B&W 62 __ 2:32 VW jump
29 Sargeant York B&W 41 23 2:14 My father took me in 1941
28 Invasn of Bdy Snatch B&W 56 29 1:20 Don't check laundry after this
27 My Darling Clementin B&W 46 __ 1:37 Fonda/Mature at OK Corral
26 Ace In The Hole B&W 51 05 1:51 KDouglas
25 Anatomy of a Murder B&W 59
24 2:40 The UP at its best24 Run Silent Run Deep B&W 58 05 1:33 Manitowoc WI
23 The Tin Star B@W 57 05 1:32 Hanoi Jane's Dad
22 Champion B&W 49 __ 2:39 KDouglas
21 Bad&Beautiful B&W 52 __ 1:58 KDouglas/Gloria Grahame
20 MutineyOnBounty B&W 35 24 2:15 Laughton/Gable
19 Lost Weekend B&W 45 24 1:41 Ray Milland on 3rd Ave/NYC
18 Gone w/ Wind col 39 24 3:39 Don' kno nothin bout birthin babies
17 Witness 4 Prosecut B&W 57 31 1:54 Laughton/Lanchester/Deitrich.TyPower
16 Wages of Fear B&W 53 30 2:36 NitroGlycerin
15 WizardOfOz col 39 33 1:41 Over the Rainbow
14 New Faces of 1952 col 54 06 1:38 Ertha Kitt, Alice Ghostley
13 Yankee Doodle Dandy B&W 42 23 2:06 Cagney
12 The Graduate col 67 34 1:45 "No, this is completely baked..."
11 Medusa Challenger col 77 __ 0:25 Joe Montgna on our Outer Drive Bridge
10 The Hustler B&W 61 32 2:15 "I'm shootin' pool, Fats...."
09 Little Big Man col 70 26 2:30 Saw in Sweden
08 Harold & Maude col 71 26 1:31 Ruth Gordon
07 Trouble w/ Harry col 55 18 1:38 Hitchcock in Vermont
06 One Two Three B&W 61 05 1:55 Jimmy C for 1:53 - no dancing
05 Horse's Mouth col 58 27 1:36 Greatest final scene
04 Shane col 53 34 1:58 "Kin you shoot, Shane?"
03 My Fair Lady col 63 36 2:50 Been better w/ Andrews?
02 TreasureSieraMadre B&W 48 30 2:06 "We don' need no stinking bahdges..."
01 Casablanca B&W 42 25 1:42 Marsellaise

2 comments:

quietman said...

The trouble with Harry is vastly underrated.

quietman said...

Thin Man with WILLIAM POWELL, deserves a much higher rating.

I still recommend Cinema Paradiso for all my movie loving friends.