Friday, February 02, 2007

500 Favorite Films, 1-100: From 1914 into 1937

1-100

1. THE BARGAIN(1914-Reginald Barker)
William S.Hart
2. CABIRIA(1914-Giacomo Pastrone)
Italia Manzini
3. THE CHEAT(1915-Cecil B.DeMille)
Fannie Ward,Sessue Hayakawa
4. FIOR DI MALE(1915-Carmine Gallone)
Lyda Borelli
5. A FOOL THERE WAS(1915-Frank Powell)
Theda Bara
6. INTOLERANCE(1916-D.W.Griffith)
Mae Marsh,Robert Harron,Constance Talmadge
7. THE RETURN OF DRAW EGAN(1916-William S.Hart)
William S.Hart
8. THE SOCIAL SECRETARY(1916-John Emerson)
Norma Talmadge
9. A GIRL’S FOLLY(1917-Maurice Tourneur)
Doris Kenyon,Robert Warwick
10. THE NARROW TRAIL(1917-Lambert Hillyer)
William S.Hart

11. THE SILENT MAN(1917-William S.Hart)
William S.Hart
12. HIS MAJESTY THE AMERICAN(1919-Joseph Henabery)
Douglas Fairbanks
13. WAGON TRACKS(1919-Lambert Hillyer)
William S.Hart
14. THE TOLL GATE(1920-Lambert Hillyer) William S.Hart
15. THE KID(1921-Charles Chaplin)
Charles Chaplin,Jackie Coogan,Edna Purviance
16. ROBIN HOOD(1922-Allan Dwan)
Douglas Fairbanks
17. A WOMAN OF PARIS(1923-Charles Chaplin)
Edna Purviance,Adolphe Menjou
18. SIEGFRIED(1924-Fritz Lang)
Paul Richter,Hanna Ralph
19. THE GREAT K&A TRAIN ROBBERY(1926-Lewis Seiler)
Tom Mix
20. THE LODGER(1926-Alfred Hitchcock)
Ivor Novello

21. SON OF THE SHEIK(1926-George Fitzmaurice)
Rudoph Valentino,Vilma Banky
22. THE STRONG MAN(1926-Frank Capra)
Harry Langdon
23. THE TEMPTRESS(1926-Fred Niblo)
Greta Garbo,Antonio Moreno
24. BARBED WIRE(1927-Rowland V.Lee)
Pola Negri,Clive Brook
25. THE BELOVED ROGUE(1927-Alan Crosland)
John Barrymore,Conrad Veidt
26. IT(1927-Clarence Badger)
Clara Bow,Antonio Moreno
27. MAN WOMAN AND SIN(1927-Monta Bell)
Jeanne Eagels,John Gilbert
28. THE CROWD(1928-King Vidor)
Eleanor Boardman,James Murray
29. THE LAST COMMAND(1928-Josef von Sternberg)
Emil Jannings,Evelyn Brent
30. THE MYSTERIOUS LADY(1928-Fred Niblo)
Greta Garbo,Conrad Nagel

31. NOAH’S ARK(1928-Michael Curtiz)
Dolores Costello,George O’Brien
32. THE PATSY(1928-King Vidor)
Marion Davies,Marie Dressler
33. SPIONE(1928-Fritz Lang)
Willy Fritsch,Gerda Maurus,Lien Dyers
34. DIE BUCHSE DER PANDORA/PANDORA’S BOX(1929-G.W.Pabst)
Louise Brooks,Fritz Kortner,Franz (Francis) Lederer
35. PICCADILLY(1929-E.A.Dupont)
Jameson Thomas,Anna May Wong,Gilda Gray
36. ANNA CHRISTIE{German language version}(1930-Jacques Feyder)
Greta Garbo
37. BACK PAY(1930-William A.Seiter)
Corinne Griffith,Montagu Love
38. THE BIG TRAIL(1930-Raoul Walsh)
John Wayne,Marguerite Churchill
39. DIE DREI VON DER TANKSTELLE(1930-Wilhelm Thiele)
Lilian Harvey,Willy Fritsch
40. KING OF JAZZ(1930-John Murray Anderson)
Paul Whiteman,Bing Crosby

41. NEAR THE RAINBOW’S END(1930-J.P.McGowan)
Bob Steele
42. A NOUS LA LIBERTE(1931-Rene Clair)
Raymond Cordy,Henri Marchand
43. BLONDE CRAZY(1931-Roy Del Ruth)
James Cagney,Joan Blondell
44. DER KONGRES TANZT/CONGRESS DANCES(1931-Erik Charrell)
Lilian Harvey,Willy Fritsch,Conrad Veidt
45.SUSAN LENOX : HER FALL AND RISE(1931-Robert Z.Leonard)
Greta Garbo,Clark Gable
46.SVENGALI(1931-Archie Mayo)
John Barrymore,Marion Marsh
47.NEAR THE TRAIL’S END(1931-Wallace Fox)
Bob Steele
48.PALMY DAYS(1931-Edward Sutherland)
Eddie Cantor,Charlotte Greenwood
49.BLONDE VENUS(1932-Josef von Sternberg)
Marlene Dietrich,Herbert Marshall,Cary Grant
50.FREAKS(1932-Tod Browning)
Olga Baclanova,Harry Earles,Wallace Ford

51.HOT SATURDAY(1932-William A.Seiter)
Nancy Carroll,Randolph Scott,Cary Grant
52.THE MUMMY(1932-Karl Freund)
Boris Karloff,Zita Johann
53.NO MAN OF HER OWN(1932-Wesley Ruggles)
Carole Lombard,Clark Gable
54.PLAY-GIRL(1932-Ray Enright)
Loretta Young,Norman Foster,Winnie Lightner
55.RAIN(1932-Lewis Milestone)
Joan Crawford,Walter Huston
56.THE TEXAN(1932-Clifford Smith)
Buffalo Bill Jr, Bobby Nelson
57.TEXAS BUDDIES(1932-R.N.Bradbury)
Bob Steele
58.THE BIG CHANCE(1933-Albert Herman)
John Darrow,Merna Kennedy,Mickey Rooney
59.DELUGE(1933-Felix Feist)
Peggy Shannon,Sidney Blackmer,Lois Wilson
60.FEMALE(1933-Michael Curtiz)
Ruth Chatterton,George Brent

61.FLYING DOWN TO RIO(1933-Thornton Freeland)
Dolores del Rio,Gene Raymond,Ginger Rogers,Fred Astaire
62.FOOTLIGHT PARADE(1933-Lloyd Bacon)
James Cagney,Joan Blondell,Ruby Keeler,Dick Powell
63.THE GHOUL(1933-T.Hayes Hunter)
Boris Karloff,Cedric Hardwicke,Ernest Thesiger,Ralph Richardson
64.MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM(1933-Michael Curtiz)
Lionel Atwill,Glenda Farrell,Fay Wray,Frank McHugh
65.PEG O’MY HEART(1933-Robert Z.Leonard)
Marion Davies,Onslow Stevens,J.Farrell MacDonald
66.SHE HAD TO SAY YES(1933-Busby Berkeley)
Loretta Young,Lyle Talbot
67.SUPERNATURAL(1933-Victor Halperin)
Carole Lombard,Randolph Scott
68.EVERGREEN(1934-Victor Saville)
Jessie Matthews,Sonnie Hale,Barry MacKay
69.IT’S A GIFT(1934-Norman Z.McLeod)
W.C.Fields,Kathleen Howard,Tommy Bupp
70.LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI(1934-Max Ophuls)
Isa Miranda

71.THE PAINTED VEIL(1934-Richard Boleslawski)
Greta Garbo,Herbert Marshall,George Brent
72.THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN(1934-Alexander Korda)
Douglas Fairbanks,Merle Oberon,Benita Hume,Athene Seyler
73.THE SCARLET EMPRESS(1934-Josef von Sternberg)
Marlene Dietrich,John Lodge
74.STAND UP AND CHEER!(1934-Hamilton MacFadden)
Warner Baxter,Madge Evans,Shirley Temple,James Dunn
75.TARZAN AND HIS MATE(1934-Cedric Gibbons,Jack Conway)
Johnny Weissmuller,Maureen O’Sullivan,Paul Cavanagh
76.WAY OF THE WEST(1934-Robert Emmett Tansey)
Wally Wales,Bobby Nelson
77.BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN(1935-James Whale)
Colin Clive,Valerie Hobson,Boris Karloff,Elsa Lanchester,Ernest Thesiger
78.CAPTAIN BLOOD(1935-Michael Curtiz)
Errol Flynn,Olivia deHavilland
79.THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN(1935-Josef von Sternberg)
Marlene Dietrich,Lionel Atwill
80.FIRST A GIRL(1935-Victor Saville)
Jessie Matthews,Sonnie Hale,Griffith Jones,Anna Lee

81.GOLD-DIGGERS OF 1935(1935-Busby Berkeley)
Dick Powell,Gloria Stuart,Alice Brady,Hugh Herbert,Adolphe Menjou,Glenda Farrell
82.NAUGHTY MARIETTA(1935-W.S.Van Dyke)
Jeanette MacDonald,Nelson Eddy
83.RIDER OF THE LAW(1935-R.N.Bradbury)
Bob Steele
84.SMOKEY SMITH(1935-R.N.Bradbury)
Bob Steele
85.STEAMBOAT ‘ROUND THE BEND(1935-John Ford)
Will Rogers,John McGuire,Anne Shirley
86.TOP HAT(1935-Mark Sandrich)
Fred Astaire,Ginger Rogers
87.THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING(1935-John Ford)
Edward G.Robinson,Jean Arthur
88.THE BOLD CABALLERO(1936-Wells Root)
Robert Livingston,Heather Angel
89.THE COWBOY STAR(1936-David Selman)
Charles Starrett,Iris Meredith,Wally Albright
90.CRAIG’S WIFE(1936-Dorothy Arzner)
Rosalind Russell,John Boles

91.THE DANCING PIRATE(1936-Lloyd Corrigan)
Charles Collins,Steffi Duna,Frank Morgan
92.THE INVISIBLE RAY(1936-Lambert Hillyer)
Boris Karloff,Bela Lugosi,Frances Drake
93.KEEP YOUR SEATS PLEASE(1936-Monty Banks)
George Formby,Florence Desmond
94.LE GOLEM(1936-Julien Duvivier)
Harry Baur
95.RAMONA(1936-Henry King)
Loretta Young,Don Ameche
96.ROSE MARIE(1936-W.S.Van Dyke)
Jeanette MacDonald,Nelson Eddy
97.SWING TIME(1936-George Stevens)
Fred Astaire,Ginger Rogers
98.THESE THREE(1936-William Wyler)
Merle Oberon,Miriam Hopkins,Joel McCrea
99.THINGS TO COME(1936-William Cameron Menzies)
Raymond Massey,Ralph Richardson
100.ARIZONA DAYS(1937-John English)
Tex Ritter,Eleanor Stewart,Tommy Bupp


8 comments:

StinkyLulu said...
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StinkyLulu said...

I've seen 11.

3. THE CHEAT
6. INTOLERANCE
15. THE KID
21. SON OF THE SHEIK
35. PICCADILLY
50.FREAKS
61.FLYING DOWN TO RIO
81.GOLD-DIGGERS OF 1935
86.TOP HAT
95.RAMONA
98.THESE THREE

NicksFlickPicks said...

I've only seen 10. (At what point does my Ph.D. get revoked?) The dirty details –

6. Intolerance
29. The Last Command
49. Blonde Venus
50. Freaks
73. The Scarlet Empress
77. Bride of Frankenstein
79. The Devil Is a Woman
86. Top Hat
97. Swing Time
98. These Three

goatdog said...

I've seen 19.

5. A FOOL THERE WAS
20. THE LODGER
21. SON OF THE SHEIK
28. THE CROWD
29. THE LAST COMMAND
42. A NOUS LA LIBERTE
43. BLONDE CRAZY
50. FREAKS
53. NO MAN OF HER OWN
62. FOOTLIGHT PARADE
73. THE SCARLET EMPRESS
77. BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
78. CAPTAIN BLOOD
79. THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN
81. GOLD-DIGGERS OF 1935
82. NAUGHTY MARIETTA
86. TOP HAT
90. CRAIG’S WIFE
97. SWING TIME

I'm especially geeked about Craig's Wife, which I just showed at my theater and loved loved loved. And you know, one of those 1927 titles might make a good subject for a certain blog-a-thon that's happening in March.

Moran Singh said...

I've seen 16 of these films.
21. SON OF THE SHEIK
26. IT
35. PICCADILLY
40. KING OF JAZZ
49.BLONDE VENUS
61.FLYING DOWN TO RIO
62.FOOTLIGHT PARADE
74.STAND UP AND CHEER
75.TARZAN AND HIS MATE
77.BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
78.CAPTAIN BLOOD
81.GOLD-DIGGERS OF 1935
82.NAUGHTY MARIETTA
86.TOP HAT
96.ROSE MARIE
97.SWING TIME

Moran Singh said...

oops. I forgot to add #15 - The Kid.

J.D. said...

Q: Have you seen The Passion of Joan of Arc? Because if you haven't that's the only excuse why it's not on there...

CanadianKen said...

I'll consider my knuckles firmly rapped. Started to watch this film many years ago and got spooked by it. Since then I've kind of viewed it as a grim cultural duty that I must get around to someday (but never have). Anyway, your post has given me the incentive to re-investigate it. Hope to do it sometime this month.