Dedications: My four late friends Rory, Stan, Bryan, Jeff - shine on you crazy diamonds, they would have blogged too. Then theres Garry from Brisbane, Franco in Milan, Mike now in S.F. / my '60s-'80s gang: Ned & Joseph in Ireland; in England: Frank, Des, Guy, Clive, Joe & Joe, Ian, Ivan, Nick, David, Les, Stewart, the 3 Michaels / Catriona, Sally, Monica, Jean, Ella, Anne, Candie / and now: Daryl in N.Y., Jerry, John, Colin, Martin and Donal.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Lists

The joy of lists! Over at IMDB (The International Movie Database) they have been doing threads on bests of each decade, here - for the record - are my choices .... They have not gone on to the '70s yet, so thats to follow ...

1930s

BRINGING UP BABY / THE SCARLET EMPRESS / ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS / NINOTCHKA / THE AWFUL TRUTH / MATA HARI / BLOND VENUS / THE SIGN OF THE CROSS / THE 39 STEPS / RICH & STRANGE / MIDNIGHT MARY / MAN'S CASTLE  /  LADIES IN LOVE / OF HUMAN BONDAGE / MARKED WOMAN / SWING TIME / THE GAY DIVORCE / THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD / THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH & ESSEX / JEZEBEL / MARIE ANTOINETTE / HOLIDAY / SYLVIA SCARLETT / DARK VICTORY / QUEEN CHRISTINA / SHANGHAI EXRESS / 42ND STREET / LOVE ME TONIGHT / THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN.

1940s

CASABLANCA / BLACK NARCISSUS / I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING / NOTORIOUS / BRIEF ENCOUNTER / THIS HAPPY BREED /  THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS / GREAT EXPECTATIONS / OLIVER TWIST / THE HEIRESS / WHISKEY GALORE / KIND HEARTS & CORONETS / IN WHICH WE SERVE / THE WAY TO THE STARS /
TO BE OR NOT TO BE / SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS / DOUBLE INDEMNITY / THE MORTAL STORM / ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE / CITIZEN KANE / THE FALLEN IDOL / ROADHOUSE / THE BLUE DAHLIA / THE PALM BEACH STORY / MEET ME IN ST LOUIS / THE PIRATE / EASTER PARADE / BICYCLE THIEVES / A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH / LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN / ODD MAN OUT / NOW VOYAGER / THE GREAT LIE / OLD ACQUAINTANCE / MILDRED PIERCE / GILDA / LAURA / LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN / MY FOOLISH HEART / DESERT FURY / LADY FROM SHANGHAI / LA OTRA / LES MAUDITS (THE DAMNED) / IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY.

1950s

ALL ABOUT EVE / SUNSET BOULEVARD / EAST OF EDEN / GIANT / THE BANDWAGON / TOKYO STORY / REAR WINDOW / A STAR IS BORN / SENSO / NORTH BY NORTHWEST / VERTIGO / ANATOMY OF A MURDER /
SOME LIKE IT HOT / LES GIRLS / GENEVIEVE / DESIGNING WOMAN / IN A LONELY PLACE / LA NOTTE BRAVA / I VITELLONI / UMBERTO D / IL GRIDO  / THE SEVENTH SEAL / JOHNNY GUITAR / SEVEN MEN FROM NOW / THE SEARCHERS / THE QUIET MAN /
FRIENDLY PERSUASION / RIFIFI / THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT / KISS ME DEADLY / ON THE WATERFRONT / PATHER PANCHALI / FUNNY FACE / HOUSEBOAT / THE SEA WALL (THIS ANGRY AGE) / KNAVE OF HEARTS / TOUCH OF EVIL / NIGHT OF THE HUNTER / THE VIKINGS / BEN HUR / LAND OF THE PHAROAHS / THE EGPYTIAN / ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS / IMITATION OF LIFE / THE BEST OF EVERYTHING / WOMAN'S WORLD / THE OPPOSITE SEX / QUENTIN DURWARD / THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE / SOLOMON AND SHEBA / THE TEMPEST / THE TEN COMMANDMENTS / THE GOLDEN COACH / PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN / BOY ON A DOLPHIN / SEPARATE TABLES / BONJOUR TRISTESSE / SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER / THE NUN'S STORY / SCREAMING MIMI / LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD / THE 400 BLOWS / JOURNEY TO ITALY / REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE / BLIND DATE / I'M ALRIGHT JACK.

1960s

PSYCHO / L'AVVENTURA / L'ECLISSE / BLOW-UP / PERSONA / 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY / THE BIRDS / PLEIN SOLEIL / THE SERVANT / THE LEOPARD / EL CID / AU HASARD BALTHAZAR / LE SAMOURAI / ACCIDENT / MODESTY BLAISE / MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE /  BILLY LIAR / A KIND OF LOVING / A TASTE OF HONEY / VICTIM / A HARD DAY'S NIGHT / HELP! / THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE / DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES /  THE MISFITS / THAT MAN FROM RIO / THE GROUP / TWO WOMEN / THE SYSTEM / OLIVER / LION IN WINTER
ALL FALL DOWN  / LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT / BAY OF ANGELS / LOLA / LE FEU FOLLET / I WAS HAPPY HERE / TWO FOR THE ROAD / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS / UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME / THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET / CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT / IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT / THE INNOCENTS / NIGHT OF THE IGUANA  / LAWRENCE OF ARABIA / LA DOLCE VITA / LILITH / WILD RIVER / DARLING / PETULIA
CHARADE / ARABESQUE / FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / SPARTACUS / CLEOPATRA / HUD / THE APARTMENT / PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE / THE RED DESERT / CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 / MOMENT TO MOMENT / THE PINK PANTHER / THE CHAPMAN REPORT / LOLITA / LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT / THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and Visconti's OF A THOUSAND DELIGHTS (SANDRA) and THE DAMNED ! and I forgot WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT! 

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