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Best Films – 1943

Andre Soares on August 31, 2004 — Leave a Comment

Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterful Vredens dag / Day of Wrath is a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by ingénue Lisbeth Modin and accused witch Anna Svierkier add a touch of humanity to the horrors shown on screen. It is not a coincidence that Vredens Dag was made in 1943, a time when [...]

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Best Films – 1925: Fred Niblo's BEN-HUR, Ernst Lubitsch's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN

Andre Soares on August 14, 2004 — 1 Comment

Ramon Novarro and May McAvoy in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ BEST FILM Ben-Hur d: Fred Niblo (assisted by Christy Cabanne, Alfred L. Raboch, B. Reeves Eason); scr: Carey Wilson, Bess Meredyth, June Mathis; titles: Katherine Hilliker, H. H. Caldwell The Big Parade d: King Vidor; scr: Laurence Stallings, Harry Behn; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Her Sister from Paris d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Hans [...]

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Best Films – 1923: Charles Chaplin's A WOMAN OF PARIS, Rex Ingram's SCARAMOUCHE

Andre Soares on August 14, 2004 — Leave a Comment

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Edna Purviance (left) suffers in style in Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris BEST FILM Cameo Kirby d: John Ford; scr: Robert N. Lee Scaramouche d: Rex Ingram; scr: Willis Goldbeck The White Rose d, scr: D.W. Griffith A Woman of Paris d, scr: Charles Chaplin CHECK THESE OUT Souls for Sale d, scr: Rupert Hughes Alla Nazimova in Salome BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY [...]

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