Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity FILM The Bandwagon d: Vincente Minnelli; scr: Adolph Green, Betty Comden The Big Heat d: Fritz Lang; scr: Sidney Boehm Blowing …
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Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey in Forbidden Games Best Film El Bruto / The Brute, dir.: Luis Buñuel; scr.: Luis Buñuel & Luiz Alcoriza. Carrie, dir.: William Wyler; scr.: Ruth Goetz …
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FILM Ace in the Hole / The Big Carnival d: Billy Wilder; scr: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman The African Queen d: John Huston; scr: James Agee L’Auberge rouge …
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Simone Signoret, Gérard Philipe in La Ronde Best Film All About Eve, dir. & scr.: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Annie Get Your Gun, dir.: George Sidney; scr.: Sidney Sheldon. Caged, dir.: …
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Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan in Letter from an Unknown Woman. FILM Anna Karenina d: Julien Duvivier; scr: Jean Anouilh, Guy Morgan, Julien Duvivier Cry of the City d: Robert Siodmak; …
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Best Film Black Narcissus , dir. & scr.: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. Crossfire , dir.: Edward Dmytryk; scr.: John Paxton. A Double Life, dir.: George Cukor; scr.: Ruth Gordon …
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Gilda with Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. Best Film Anna and the King of Siam, dir.: John Cromwell; scr.: Talbot Jennings & Sally Benson. Dragonwyck, dir. & scr.: Joseph L. …
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John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat FILM I Bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us d: Vittorio De Sica; scr: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Giulio Viola, …
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Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful Day of Wrath / Vredens dagis a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by …
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Alan Ladd in This Gun for Hire FILM Bambi d: David Hand; scr: Larry Morey and others The Black Swan d: Henry King; scr: Ben Hecht, Seton I. Miller Casablanca …
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Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath. Best Film The Blue Bird, dir.: Walter Lang; scr.: Ernest Pascal. Busman’s Honeymoon / Haunted Honeymoon, dir.: Arthur B. Woods; scr.: Monckton Hoffe, …
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The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir FILM Gone with the Wind d: Victor Fleming; scr: Sidney Howard Le Jour se lève / Daybreak d: Marcel Carné; scr: Jacques …
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Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold in You Can’t Take It with You Best Film The Adventures of Robin Hood d: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley; scr: Seton I. …
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Sacha Guitry, The Story of a Cheat. FILM Follow the Fleet d: Mark Sandrich; scr: Dwight Taylor Fury d: Fritz Lang; scr: Bartlett Cormack, Fritz Lang Libeled Lady d: Jack …
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Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Clark Gable in China Seas FILM Alice Adams d: George Stevens; scr: Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner China Seas d: Tay Garnett; scr: Jules Furthman, James K. …
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Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street FILM The Barretts of Wimpole Street d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart The Count of Monte Cristo …
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FILM Beauty and the Boss d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Joseph Jackson Blessed Event d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Howard J. Green Jewel Robbery d: William Dieterle; scr: Erwin S. …
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Willi Fritsch and Lilian Harvey in Congress Dances FILM À nous la liberté / Liberty for Us d, scr: René Clair City Streets d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: Max Marcin, Oliver …
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Made at the dawn of the sound era, All Quiet on the Western Front remains the best war film ever made. Despite some brave (and not so brave) attempts by …
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The Crowd with Eleanor Boardman and James Murray. FILM The Crowd d: King Vidor; scr: King Vidor, James V. A. Weaver; titles: Joseph W. Farnham The Docks of New York …
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George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor in Sunrise. FILM Breakfast at Sunrise d: Malcolm St. Clair; scr: Fred De Gresac, Gladys Unger The Enemy d: Fred Niblo; scr: Willis Goldbeck, Agnes …
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John Barrymore and Mary Astor in Don Juan. Best Film Dancing Mothers, dir.: Herbert Brenon; scr.: Forrest Halsey. Don Juan, dir.: Alan Crosland; scr.: Bess Meredyth; titles: Walter Anthony & …
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The Last Laugh with Emil Jannings (right). Best Film Black Oxen, dir.: Frank Lloyd; scr.: Frank Lloyd & Mary O’Hara. The Enchanted Cottage, dir.: John S. Robertson; scr.: Josephine Lovett; …
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Edna Purviance suffers in style in Charles Chaplin’s 1923 drama A Woman of Paris. BEST FILM Cameo Kirby d: John Ford; scr: Robert N. Lee Scaramouche d: Rex Ingram; scr: …
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Ok, so Max Schreck (literally, Max Fright) was not romantic leading man material, but he did quite well for himself as the creepiest vampire of them all, Nosferatu. Those who …
Adam’s Rib with Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, and Katharine Hepburn. Best Film Adam’s Rib, dir.: George Cukor; scr.: Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin. Beyond the Forest, dir.: King Vidor; scr.: …
Children of Paradise with Pierre Brasseur and Arletty. FILM Blithe Spirit d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward Boule de suif / Angel and Sinner d: Christian-Jaque; scr: Henri Jeanson Brief …
Orson Welles in Citizen Kane FILM Cheers for Miss Bishop d: Tay Garnett; scr: Sheridan Gibney, Adelaide Heilbron Citizen Kane d: Orson Welles; scr: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles The …
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant in The Awful Truth FILM The Awful Truth d, scr: Leo McCarey Camille d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, James Hilton, Zoe Akins The Hurricane d: …
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina. Best Film Baby Face, dir.: Alfred E. Green; scr.: Gene Markey & Kathryn Scola. The Barbarian, dir.: Sam Wood; scr.: Anita Loos & Elmer Harris. …
Alexandra Schmidt in Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness Best Film Eternal Love d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Hanns Kräly; titles: H. H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker The Last of Mrs. Cheyney d: …
Ramon Novarro and May McAvoy in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ FILM Ben-Hur d: Fred Niblo (assisted by Christy Cabanne, Alfred L. Raboch, B. Reeves Eason); scr: Carey Wilson, …