The MoFo Top 100 of the 1940's

[SilentVamp]

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Well, here we are again, preparing ourselves for yet another countdown. This time it is the 1940’s. This is a decade countdown that I have been anxiously awaiting.


The 1940’s was a time of world war and, ultimately, the post-war era. The films are very reflective of those two things. There seemed to be a variety of movies in every genre. From the light-hearted comedy to the serious drama. From westerns to musicals. From dark noirs to films that have a more nostalgic feeling to them. And, of course, films about war. Just the various names of the directors (i.e. Ford, Hitchcock, Welles, Capra, Kurosawa, Hawks, etc.) lets you know that this period produced some of the best quality and most well-made movies in film history.


I really started to become interested in older films when I was about 12 years old. I wasn’t entirely ignorant of the “classics”, though. I come from a family where movies of all sorts were widely watched by them. So I knew of such people as Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Gene Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Alan Ladd, John Garfield, Gary Cooper, Veronica Lake, and so on. But, for whatever reason, during that time in my life (I really couldn’t tell you why), I would watch a black and white movie, or a colorful musical, on TV whenever the opportunity was there. I would “discover” someone “new” like Ray Milland or Joel McCrea or Greer Garson, and then if I saw one movie with them, I would then have to see another. And it was because of this that I began my obsession with films from that era. The 1940’s are my favorite decade when it comes to movies, and it is because of that fact that I was interested in running the 1940’s countdown. I thought that it would be a lot of fun for me, and I really hope that it will be fun for all of you, too.


Rules and Other Important Stuff to Remember

-Any film is eligible that was released from 1940 to 1949
-All lists should be PM’d to me, of course
-You must be a member for one month in order to submit a list
-If you are new to this sort of thing, you are asked to submit a list of what you consider to be your top 25 films from the 1940’s, with your top favorite being #1 and least favorite #25
-Partial lists will be accepted after Monday, July 31st
-The deadline for all lists will be Sunday, September 3rd
-All lists are final
-Please don’t share any part of your list until the films have been revealed on the countdown so that none of your votes will be disqualified
-The countdown will begin on Sunday, September 10th



For help regarding films to watch, and to consider for your lists, the following ones have been nominated in the various Hall of Fames:
Blithe Spirit
Foreign Correspondent
Late Spring
Letter From an Unknown Woman
The Shop Around the Corner
The Magnificent Ambersons
Brief Encounter
Leave Her to Heaven
The Best Years of Our Lives (won)
The Great Dictator
Nightmare Alley
Out of the Past
The Third Man
Double Indemnity
The Lady from Shanghai
The Set-Up
Pinocchio
So Proudly We Hail
Red River
The Big Sleep (won)
The Maltese Falcon
Scarlet Street
The Killers


And, of course, the films that were nominated in both of the 1940’s HoFs are an excellent way to find more to consider:
Waterloo Bridge
The Suspect
Murderers Among Us
Shadow of a Doubt
How Green Was My Valley
Rope
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Little Foxes
Laura (won)
The Thief of Bagdad
Pursued
Fantasia
I Remember Mama
His Girl Friday
Odd Man Out
Gentleman Jim
Mr. Lucky
Beauty and the Beast
Day of Wrath
Body and Soul
The Sea Wolf
Ride the Pink Horse
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir


Don’t forget the 1940’s Recommendations (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=48357) thread that Camo created for us.


And if there is a film that I missed, and should now be added to the list of HoF films, please let know.


So, in conclusion, there will be 5 months of film-watching. Let’s try for an excellent turnout for this because it is a very worthy decade to have its own countdown, and it should definitely not be ignored.




Lists Received
7thson
77topaz
Beatle
Camo
Captain Spaulding
cat_sidhe
Citizen Rules
Clazor
cricket
dadgumblah
Dannii
Destiny
donniedarko
edarsenal
Fabulous
Frightened Inmate No. 2
Gangland
gbgoodies
Gideon58
GulfportDoc
Harry Lime
HashtagBrownies
Holden Pike
I_Wear_Pants
jal90
Jeff Costello
jiraffejustin
Iroquois
Kaplan
Loner
mark f
Marlon Brando
matt72582
Miss Vicky
MovieMeditation
Mr Minio
NedStark09
neiba
Nestorio_Miklos
Nope1172
Pussy Galore
rauldc14
re93animator
sarah f
seanc
Sexy Celebrity
Siddon
SilentVamp
SkyDog
spookiemoviemania
The Gunslinger45
the samoan lawyer
Thursday Next
TokeZa
urkillinmesmalls
Yoda

[Harry Lime]

Great! Thanks for volunteering to run the countdown, SilentVamp.

[cricket]

I've got about 30 favorites so far with about 100 left on my watchlist. I've got work to do.

[Citizen Rules]

We're in good hands with Vamp doing the 40s Countdown!

The 1940's are a great decade (notice that I typed are as opposed to were...to me the 40's are only a click away, then they magically reappear on my TV screen)....I'm very excited about the 40s Countdown! This should be epic!

A big Thank You to SilentVamp for doing this for us:)

[gbgoodies]

SilentVamp Thank You! :up:

The 1940's is one of the best decades for movies. I'm looking forward to this countdown. :)

[Thursday Next]

Looking forward to this, glad you are hosting Vamp!

As with the previous decade, I've got about 12 definites, a cluster of other movies that could round out the top 25 and a watchlist about a mile long. I'm trying to be selective with my watchlist though, as I won't get round to everything.

[Cobpyth]

I already have a great top 25, but I'm sure I'll discover some great new stuff in these next five months (especially since I'm going to have a lot of free time on my hands), so you can expect to receive my list a few days before the deadline.

Thanks for hosting this, SilentVamp!

[Camo]

Glad you are doing this, i know you'll do a great job Vamp :up:

Like Cobpyth i can send a list of 25 that i'd be happy with right now but i've got tonnes left on my watchlist. I've watched quite a few for this already and i have really liked the majority, actually i'm already at the stage where i'm eliminating films from the 25 and feeling bad about it because i like them alot. Great decade.

[Jeff Costello]

Looking forward to it SV !

This will be my first MoFo countdown and I plan to go on a 40's flicks watching spree before it.

If you don't mind asking, are the set dates definite or could they possibly be postponed for a tiny bit ?

[The Gunslinger45]

I have a top 25 right now, but there is some more Noir flicks I want to watch.

[Camo]

Looking forward to it SV !

This will be my first MoFo countdown and I plan to go on a 40's flicks watching spree before it.

If you don't mind asking, are the set dates definite or could they possibly be postponed for a tiny bit ?

Obviously it's not my call but i don't think there should be any extension, that's already the longest we've been given as a deadline i believe at over 4 months.

[SilentVamp]

I've got about 30 favorites so far with about 100 left on my watchlist. I've got work to do.
That is an average of 20 films per month. You can do it! :)


I already have a great top 25
Like Cobpyth i can send a list of 25 that i'd be happy with right now
I had a list of 25 films last year already for this countdown. I thought it was pretty good. I thought that I would end up using that one. But I have watching a lot of movies in the past few months that are really making me reconsider what I have on the list. It will probably take me the whole 5 months just to decide which ones are on the list, and then I have the ordeal of where they should be placed.


If you don't mind asking, are the set dates definite or could they possibly be postponed for a tiny bit ?
I think it is best that these are the set dates. I did the math (and by "math" I mean counting the days on the calendar) at least 5-6 times. Truthfully, I have something that I will be going out-of-town for in early November. With what I had figured out, we would be finishing the countdown just in time for that. I really didn't want to up and leave this for awhile and then come back and finish it. That wouldn't be fair to anyone here. And I thought 5 months would be a sufficient amount of time for everyone (especially because I think it was 5 months last year for the 1950's - please correct me if I am wrong :)) to watch whatever they needed to watch and to then send a list in. 4 months seemed too soon, and 6 months seemed maybe a little too much.

[Jeff Costello]

I think it is best that these are the set dates. I did the math (and by "math" I mean counting the days on the calendar) at least 5-6 times. Truthfully, I have something that I will be going out-of-town for in early November. With what I had figured out, we would be finishing the countdown just in time for that. I really didn't want to up and leave this for awhile and then come back and finish it. That wouldn't be fair to anyone here. And I thought 5 months would be a sufficient amount of time for everyone (especially because I think it was 5 months last year for the 1950's - please correct me if I am wrong :)) to watch whatever they needed to watch and to then send a list in. 4 months seemed too soon, and 6 months seemed maybe a little too much.

Yeah, no worries;) I was just asking, because I figured I'd have a pretty decent amount of time in September, to prepare myself for the countdown even better.

5 months will be just fine !

[Nope1172]

Very excited for a countdown that I don't have to do any work for. I have a lot of movies to watch to get ready though.

[rauldc14]

Looking forward to this! Thanks SV! Back to back Wisconsin presenters for the decade list!

[SilentVamp]

Looking forward to this! Thanks SV! Back to back Wisconsin presenters for the decade list!
Oh, that's right! I didn't even think of that. Well, that just puts the pressure on me then to do a good job. You did such a good job with yours that I can't fail now. I can't make Wisconsin look bad. I can't make it look like they have any dummies here who don't know how to handle one of these countdowns. :D

[cricket]

20 40's movies watched for me in May.


Come on folks!

[Camo]

20 40's movies watched for me in May.


Come on folks!

Dang. I've watched about 30 40's movies all in for this. I already have a ridiculously tight list, i'm heartbroken any time i have to remove something.

[rauldc14]

My list is going to be fairly tight too. I'm sure I'm going to see a few in the next couple months that should be on my list.

[ShopkeeperTriumph]

Don't count me in one hundred percent, but I may be able to squeeze a list in before September. I think a few people already know on here that I'm kind of a flake when it comes to these things. :p

[rauldc14]

Any lists in yet?

[SilentVamp]

Any lists in yet?
Not yet.

I was considering really working on mine soon. I have more than enough to do it, but I will hold off until I have seen all of the movies in the HoF. That decision came to me when I realized that there were a few movies that I regretted when it came to the last two countdowns (either not on my list and that were on my list). I've even regretted some of the placements of those films.

I want to really try to be as solid as I can with my list this time. Hopefully no regrets with this one.

The problem for me is that I think this is such an incredibly strong decade for film that I think I may be just a little unhappy with whatever films I add on the list because there is always going to be another one that I want to include. I think I will doubt myself no matter what.

[SilentVamp]

By the way, just as a little note of no real significance (but it kind of is :)), I updated the first post with the nominations from the current HoF and added them to the list.

[NedStark09]

I sent my Movie List in it took me a while for I remember movie names but not what year sometimes.

[SilentVamp]

Yes, we do indeed have our first list from NedStark!

Now it feels like it has officially begun. :D

[HashtagBrownies]

-Partial lists will be accepted after Monday, July 31st

*Looks nervously at the noir list*

[Citizen Rules]

*Looks nervously at the noir list*Noir is your friend:cool:...so no need to be nervous, unless you meet a dangerous femme fatale who convinces you to knock off the local liquor store;)

[Citizen Rules]

I sent my Movie List in it took me a while for I remember movie names but not what year sometimes. I can't remember years of movies either, so I just Google it. Glad you sent in a list.....

I hope all us good MoFos are watching some 1940's movies and sending in a list of their 25 favorites (details are on the 1st post of this thread):p

[ShopkeeperTriumph]

Ok, I was debating it, but I'll start getting at least a couple of 40's movies in every week to contribute to the list.

I know what'll be locked in for #1 no doubt already, though. :p

[NedStark09]

Casablanca and citizen Kane have to be up there least in the top 5

[rauldc14]

Casablanca and citizen Kane have to be up there least in the top 5

Those are locks for sure. Double Indemnity will be up there too.

[ShopkeeperTriumph]

Casablanca and citizen Kane have to be up there least in the top 5

Well, I meant mine personally, but oh yeah, absolutely. :p

[Citizen Rules]

I know some people think old movies aren't for them...sure they are! They just haven't watched the right ones yet!

In the decade of the 1940's, there's plenty of:
full color movies, glorious B&W too, great westerns, thrillers, crime noir, who done it mysteries, drama, romance and of course comedy and more!

Almost any type of movie that you like to watch today was also made in the 40s.

The best way to get into old movies, is to look for genres or subject matter that you are already interested in. So what are you guys interested in? Post it and I or someone else can make a recommendation:)

[cricket]

The best way to get into old movies, is to look for genres or subject matter that you are already interested in. So what are you guys interested in? Post it and I or someone else can make a recommendation:)

Porn?

[Citizen Rules]

You mean Stag Films;)...I think that's what they called it back then.

[Chypmunk]

Ok, I think we can perhaps mark that request as answered :D

[SilentVamp]

Casablanca and citizen Kane have to be up there least in the top 5

Those are locks for sure. Double Indemnity will be up there too.
I just assumed that Casablanca and Citizen Kane would be in the top 5 (unless there is some major surprise, of course), but I don't know if Double Indemnity will be in top 5. I thought it would be top 10, but not top 5. I, of course, am basing it on films that I think deserve a top 5 position more than that one (and there are a few), but I will probably be wrong in the end.

[Citizen Rules]

Are you guys going to send in a list for the countdown?

Time's a ticking;) but there's still 3 months left until the deadline on, Sept 3rd, to get those list in! (details on 1st post)

I know that the long time MoFos will participate, but how about you newer people? You're MoFo's too:) and this is a BIG community board wide thing, it's what we do here!

So show your MoFo spirit and make sure to get your list in, but first watch some 1940s movies:p

[Cynema De Bergerac]

Citizen Kane #1
Casablanca #2
I'm pretty sure It's a lock

[SilentVamp]

Citizen Kane #1
Casablanca #2
I'm pretty sure It's a lock
I think it could very easily be the opposite.


Are you guys going to send in a list for the countdown?
I was looking over the films that I have on a couple of lists. The last two lists consist of 106 films, which were then narrowed down to 61. Now when I look at the list of 106, I see movies that I don't want to take off of it.

I knew this was going to be hard, but I really didn't think I would have this much of a problem with it.

[Cynema De Bergerac]

I think it could very easily be the opposite.


Same here tbh :beatty:

[SilentVamp]

List #2 is in!

The Gunslinger has sent in his list!

[Guaporense]

Do short films count?

[mark f]

I think they always have.

[The Gunslinger45]

Do short films count?

Duck Amuk made the 50's list. Shorts are good

[SilentVamp]

Do short films count?
I never heard one way or the other that they wouldn't count.

And like he said:
Duck Amuk made the 50's list. Shorts are good
I thought the same thing when I saw that you asked that, Guap.


So, if there are some films that you think deserve to be on it, go ahead and include them.

[Citizen Rules]

I need some recommendations for this countdown!:)
There's 10 weeks left until the deadline and I want to watch some 1940's movies, so I can send in my top 25 list.

So give me some 40s movie recommendations please:p

[SilentVamp]

Citizen Rules
I have a feeling that if I recommended something to you, you will have seen it. :yup:
Except for the film Kitty, of course. :)

[Citizen Rules]

@Citizen Rules (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=84637)
I have a feeling that if I recommended something to you, you will have seen it. :yup:
Except for the film Kitty, of course. :)
Kitty (1945) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037849/)
http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1379771078i/294679.jpg

This one right?...I found it online and should be watching it soon. It's highly rated but I've never seen it, so should be a real treat:)

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5327862/)

[SilentVamp]

Kitty (1945) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037849/)
http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1379771078i/294679.jpg

This one right?...I found it online and should be watching it soon. It's highly rated but I've never seen it, so should be a real treat:)

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5327862/)
That's the one. :yup:


Just for the fun of it, I will have to try to come up with a list and we'll see how many you've seen. :) There's one in my mind already that I have talked about (and no, it is NOT The Pride of the Yankees :D - but I still recommend it to everyone even if they have already seen it - like you!) - but I can't recall if you've ever said that you've seen this particular movie or not. Yeah, that will be my goal for the day. Try to create this list for you. :) I've got absolutely nothing else happening today. :nope:

[Citizen Rules]

Ha, that's cool:p...and you know even if I've seen one before, it's probably been like over a decade, and so I do need to watch it again.

I want to watch a whole bunch of 40s movies before I send in my voting list:)

[The Gunslinger45]

I need some recommendations for this countdown!:)
There's 10 weeks left until the deadline and I want to watch some 1940's movies, so I can send in my top 25 list.

So give me some 40s movie recommendations please:p

I highly suggest He Walked by Night from 1948. A Hollywood adaptation of an actual manhunt for a thief, burglar and cop killer. Very well shot, lots of shadows, and full of suspense.

[Thursday Next]

I want to watch a whole bunch of 40s movies before I send in my voting list:)

According to your lists you have not yet seen Brighton Rock. I think it would be up your street.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGbUlZzH64MAxVwUjwbhEq0KQO6XHv_wioLwhkwy3U3RdQ0j7FgQ

[Citizen Rules]

I highly suggest He Walked by Night from 1948. A Hollywood adaptation of an actual manhunt for a thief, burglar and cop killer. Very well shot, lots of shadows, and full of suspense.Good one! I've seen that once before, but I can hardly remember it as it was like 10 years ago, so I will try to watch it again. I love noir and I remember it was unique in how the story was told as we see it from the eyes of the cop killer on the run.

According to your lists you have not yet seen Brighton Rock. I think it would be up your street.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGbUlZzH64MAxVwUjwbhEq0KQO6XHv_wioLwhkwy3U3RdQ0j7FgQ Nope, I haven't seen Brighton Rock, I'll watch that after I watch Kitty (1948)


Cool that's 3 movies I would never have considered, thanks! Keep them coming:p

[SilentVamp]

Citizen Rules
I am going to take a chance and throw a bunch of film titles out there of ones that I enjoyed.
Like I said, you will probably have seen a few of these (I have a feeling which ones those might be), but I will still mention them, anyway, just in case.

The Corn Is Green
Gaslight
The Uninvited
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Going My Way
The Miracle On Morgan's Creek
Heaven Can Wait
The More The Merrier
Now Voyager
The Palm Beach Story
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Random Harvest
Penny Serenade
The Letter
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Remember the Night
Life With Father
The Heiress
Adam's Rib
Portrait of Jennie
Fort Apache
3 Godfathers
The Picture of Dorian Gray (this was the movie that I wasn't sure if you'd said anything about having seen it when I mentioned it awhile ago)
The Blue Dahlia
Gentleman's Agreement
My Darling Clementine
The Razor's Edge
Twelve O'Clock High
Sorry, Wrong Number

And of course The Pride of the Yankees. :D Never forget that one! :D :D



Anyway, I tried to come up with enough of a variety of films. I didn't want the list to be too stuck in one genre.

[The Gunslinger45]

Oh yeah Brighton Rock was good too.

[Citizen Rules]

@SilentVamp (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=87364) thanks for the movie recommendations. That helps, as I haven't seen some of those...while others I had forgot all about

I put links in to the IMDB movie page as I was reading about each one, so why not? it saves time for someone else who wants to click and look:p

I haven't seen these:
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/) Just requested it
3 Godfathers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040064/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Just requested it too
The Corn Is Green (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037614/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Bette Davis:up: I have this one but haven't ever watched it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) I hope I can find this one.
The Blue Dahlia (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038369/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Veronica Lake, woohoo!
My Darling Clementine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038762/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)John Ford cool and my library has it even cooler.
Remember the Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032981/?ref_=nv_sr_1)Not sure if I seen this but I have most all of Barbara Stanwyck's film so I'll watch it:p

I've seen these and you got some nice choices there too! I'll try to watch some of these, before the deadline.

Gaslight
The Uninvited
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Going My Way
The Miracle On Morgan's Creek
Heaven Can Wait
The More The Merrier
Now Voyager
The Palm Beach Story
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Random Harvest
Penny Serenade
The Letter
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Life With Father
The Heiress
Adam's Rib
Portrait of Jennie
Fort Apache
Gentleman's Agreement
The Razor's Edge
Twelve O'Clock High
Sorry, Wrong Number
The Pride of the Yankees!

[Guaporense]

This: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041386/
This: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163040/
This: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038182/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[SilentVamp]

The Picture of Dorian Gray (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) I hope I can find this one.
I hope you can find that one, too. I only own it recorded off of TV. I never got around to buying the tape, or now the DVD. I was really hoping my library had a copy because this countdown put me in the mood to watch it again, but they don't. :( And we all know I can't watch my videotape of it. :(

Remember the Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032981/?ref_=nv_sr_1)Not sure if I seen this but I have most all of Barbara Stanwyck's film so I'll watch it:p
And if you like, you could also watch Remember the Day (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034092/) after Remember the Night. :D Completely different sort of film, but if you are a fan of Claudette Colbert, you get her in there. As for me, I get some John Payne with it. :)

Going My Way
The More The Merrier
Penny Serenade
Oh, gosh darn it! I was really hoping that these three would be movies that would've been a first-time-viewing for you. Oh, well. :)


Abe Lincoln in Illinois
YOU'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE??? :eek: I thought I was the only one! At least I am the only one I know of that has seen it. :)

[rauldc14]

My fifties list was very tough but this one may be harder. It's going to be a tough one to settle in on a 25.

[Citizen Rules]

@SilentVamp (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=87364)

The Picture of Dorian Gray was easy for me to find online:p, I also find Blue Dahlia and Kitty. But I'm going to have to try harder for My Darling Clementine and Remember the Night


And if you like, you could also watch Remember the Day (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034092/) after Remember the Night. :D Completely different sort of film, but if you are a fan of Claudette Colbert, you get her in there. As for me, I get some John Payne with it. :)
Huge fan of Claudette Colbert:). So I will check that one out.

Oh and I really like Jean Arthur and The More The Merrier was a fun film, but it's been awhile so I'd like to see it again.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

YOU'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE??? :eek: I thought I was the only one! At least I am the only one I know of that has seen it. :) Unless I'm getting it confused with Young Mr Lincoln (1939)...so I'll really will try to watch it, because now I'm curious to which one I've seen.

[SilentVamp]

Citizen Rules
Maybe this will help you to remember which Lincoln film it was that you saw:

Abe Lincoln in Illinois - Raymond Massey

Young Mr. Lincoln - Henry Fonda


I like both of them. I don't know if Abe Lincoln in Illinois will make my 40's list, but Young Mr Lincoln is definitely a contender for my 30's list.

[Citizen Rules]

Nah doesn't help:p I looked those two movies up after you asked me and I'm still perplexed?

[rauldc14]

Young Mr. Lincoln was decent, but I haven't seen Abe Lincoln in Illinois.

[SilentVamp]

Well, I tried. :D

[Citizen Rules]

I know, I'll check my library. I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. OK back in a couple minutes.

[Citizen Rules]

I checked...my library has Young Mr. Lincoln...but doesn't have Abe Lincoln in Illinois. So I've must have seen Young Mr. Lincoln.

Vamp, you might be the only one who's seen Abe Lincoln in Illinois:D

[SilentVamp]

Vamp, you might be the only one who's seen Abe Lincoln in Illinois:D
It sure looks like it, doesn't it? :)

I will sit through any film that features Lincoln. I don't know why I do because I just spend my entire time thinking things like "That's not how it happened". Those two films (or any, really) aren't too terribly accurate (but they are typical biopics of their eras - so what can you expect?!), but I ended up liking those two films enough to where I can overlook any sort of inaccuracies. And I really like both of them (particularly Henry Fonda) as Lincoln. So that helps to make the films more enjoyable for me to watch.

[gbgoodies]

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

YOU'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE??? :eek: I thought I was the only one! At least I am the only one I know of that has seen it. :)


I saw it years ago because it was mentioned in an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", (when they're IDing Lincoln in a picture, and Rob calls him "The real Raymond Massey".)

But it's been a long time since I've seen it, so it's on my list of movies to rewatch for this countdown.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

Vamp, you might be the only one who's seen Abe Lincoln in Illinois:D

i've seen it and it's good.

[SilentVamp]

As it is now after midnight where I live, I will make the announcement that we are now at the 2 month mark.

Only 2 months to go until the deadline to get your lists in by September 3rd.


As a reminder, if you are not intending to send in a full list of 25 films, then you can send your partial list after July 31st.


Also, two more lists are in. One from Camo and the other from 77topaz. :up:


With only 4 in, this countdown already looks like it is going to be a really good one. So keep the lists coming!

[gbgoodies]

As it is now after midnight where I live, I will make the announcement that we are now at the 2 month mark.

Only 2 months to go until the deadline to get your lists in by September 3rd.


As a reminder, if you are not intending to send in a full list of 25 films, then you can send your partial list after July 31st.


Also, two more lists are in. One from Camo and the other from 77topaz. :up:


With only 4 in, this countdown already looks like it is going to be a really good one. So keep the lists coming!


Camo sent you his list? Hopefully that's a good sign that he's only taking a break, and he'll be back soon.

[Miss Vicky]

Camo sent you his list? Hopefully that's a good sign that he's only taking a break, and he'll be back soon.

I wouldn't get too hopeful. He emailed the list to me and asked me to send it to Vamp.

[gbgoodies]

Camo sent you his list? Hopefully that's a good sign that he's only taking a break, and he'll be back soon.

I wouldn't get too hopeful. He emailed the list to me and asked me to send it to Vamp.


Now I'm not sure what to think. He sent his list in through MV, so that's a bad sign, but he wanted his opinion to count, so that's a good sign.

If he wasn't planning on ever coming back, he wouldn't care about the countdown, so he probably wouldn't have bothered sending in a list, so I'm still going to hold out hope that he comes back soon. :)

[SilentVamp]

Now I'm not sure what to think. He sent his list in through MV, so that's a bad sign, but he wanted his opinion to count, so that's a good sign.

If he wasn't planning on ever coming back, he wouldn't care about the countdown, so he probably wouldn't have bothered sending in a list, so I'm still going to hold out hope that he comes back soon. :)
I, of course, would love to see him come back here, but I had a feeling that he wasn't going to make another appearance, unfortunately.

Because of that, I'd already planned on asking if he still wanted to send in a list. He just got to sending it to me before I could ever ask him. I know he was looking forward to the countdown. So I felt that he definitely should still be a part of it, and I am happy to see that he didn't need me to ask him for a list because that showed that he still had a lot of interest in participating in the countdown.



Also, our 5th list has arrived by way of Siddon.

[Harry Lime]

Haven't been around much lately, a bit busy, but I'm going to get my list in soon just in case. Ain't never missed a countdown yet and ain't gonna start now!

[rauldc14]

I wouldn't get too hopeful. He emailed the list to me and asked me to send it to Vamp.

Tell him to get his a$$ back here

[Harry Lime]

List sent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4JpDUMXBqo

[TokeZa]

Sent my list in :D

[edarsenal]

First time popping into this thread; I will be getting my list in within the next week or so

VERY happy to see you running this SV!!!

[Pussy Galore]

I always love those countdowns, it gives me a motivation to really get deep into a decade.

Here are the films of the 40's I haven't seen from the 40's that are available at my library that looks interesting to me (I'd like some comments to see which one I should prioritize):

The Letter (1940) William Wyler
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Rouben Mamoulian
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Mervyn Leroy
The Sea Hawk (1940) Michael Curtiz
49th Parallel (1941) Michael Powell
Ball of Fire (1941) Howard Hawks
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) William Dieterle
The Talk of the Town (1942) George Stevens
In This our Life (1942) John Huston
The Major and the Minor (1942) Billy Wilder
Sahara (1943) Zoltan Korda
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) John M Stahl
Dead of Night (1945) Multiple directors
The Picture of Dorian Grey (1945) Albert Lewin (never read the book)
Dark Passage (1946) Delmer Daves
The Bishop's Wife (1947) Henry Koster
Born to Kill (1947) Robert Wise
Brute Force (1947) Jules Dassin
Green for Danger (1947) Sidney Gilliat
Call Northside 777 (1948) Henry Hathaway
Shoeshine (1948) Vittorio de Sica
The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak

[Siddon]

I always love those countdowns, it gives me a motivation to really get deep into a decade.

Here are the films of the 40's I haven't seen from the 40's that are available at my library that looks interesting to me (I'd like some comments to see which one I should prioritize):

The Letter (1940) William Wyler
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Rouben Mamoulian
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Mervyn Leroy
The Sea Hawk (1940) Michael Curtiz
49th Parallel (1941) Michael Powell
Ball of Fire (1941) Howard Hawks
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) William Dieterle
The Talk of the Town (1942) George Stevens
In This our Life (1942) John Huston
The Major and the Minor (1942) Billy Wilder
Sahara (1943) Zoltan Korda
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) John M Stahl
Dead of Night (1945) Multiple directors
The Picture of Dorian Grey (1945) Albert Lewin (never read the book)
Dark Passage (1946) Delmer Daves
The Bishop's Wife (1947) Henry Koster
Born to Kill (1947) Robert Wise
Brute Force (1947) Jules Dassin
Green for Danger (1947) Sidney Gilliat
Call Northside 777 (1948) Henry Hathaway
Shoeshine (1948) Vittorio de Sica
The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak

Devil and Daniel Webster is a personal favorite, a wholly unique film experience. Brute Force might manage to crack your top 25 it's good enough.

[cricket]

For you PG, I'd start with Dorian Gray and Shoeshine.

[mark f]

Those are all essential, not "deep" into the '40s, but my faves are:

The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Mark of Zorro
Dead of Night
Dark Passage
49th Parallel

[Citizen Rules]

I've been watching 1940's movies about the war, that's WWII for you youngsters;)

One of the best is:
Twelve O'Clock High (1949) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041996/)

It's more about the inner-personal struggles of a flight commander (Gregory Peck) as he faces the decision to send young men off on bombing missions over Germany, knowing many of them won't come back. It's a damn good psychological movie about mental anguish.

[edarsenal]

Twelve O'Clock High IS an excellent movie and a serious contender for my 40's List.

Mark of Zorro has always been THE Zorro movie for me.
Waterloo Bridge was nominated by CR in the first 40's HoF. Sad, but VERY good.
The Letter is a DEFINITE for anyone who enjoys Bette Davis
The Bishop's Wife is a light hearted rom/com which I rather like.

[Mr Minio]

I have only 26 flicks from the 40's on my Letterboxd watchlist (probably more on another watchlist). I probably won't watch even half of them on time.

[edarsenal]

that's my worry too. Though I do know the large collection I do have will be hard enough to cut down.
And the way I see it, there are always a number of movies that show up that I discover through the list. So it kinda works out.
But yeah, so many movies to see and THEN cut down to 25!!

[SilentVamp]

The Letter (1940) William Wyler
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Mervyn Leroy
Ball of Fire (1941) Howard Hawks
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) William Dieterle
The Talk of the Town (1942) George Stevens
The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak
I would say to give any of those a try.

The Bishop's Wife (1947) Henry Koster
This is a fairly "light" picture, but I don't mind it at all.

The Picture of Dorian Grey (1945) Albert Lewin
I've kind of been pushing for people to watch this one. I really like it. It is coming on TV here in a couple of days, and I want to make sure to watch it because I haven't seen it in so long, but it, nevertheless, was always one of my main contenders for my list.

The Major and the Minor (1942) Billy Wilder
It isn't bad. I don't think it would be one to necessarily make your list, but I think it is an OK movie to just watch sometime.

Twelve O'Clock High (1949) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041996/)
I love this movie!!!
And I have nothing more than to say that about the film. :)




Other than the ever important The Pride of the Yankees :D that I want folks to watch, there is another film that I hope people see before the countdown. This is one that I haven't seen mentioned much - if at all (I believe I listed it a couple of posts back). Now Voyager with Bette Davis and Paul Henreid. I watched it again about 2 weeks ago, I think. I just really, really like that one. I hope others will see it before the countdown and maybe they will like it enough to consider it for their lists, too.

[SilentVamp]

I have only 26 flicks from the 40's on my Letterboxd watchlist (probably more on another watchlist). I probably won't watch even half of them on time.
Well, if you only see watch half of them, and you think there are enough that you like, you can always submit a partial list.


that's my worry too. Though I do know the large collection I do have will be hard enough to cut down.
And the way I see it, there are always a number of movies that show up that I discover through the list. So it kinda works out.
But yeah, so many movies to see and THEN cut down to 25!!
You see, my problem that I have had with these lists is that there is always one that I realized I'd forgotten (because it shows up in the countdown), and then I regret not having that one on the list instead. It is very frustrating.

[Citizen Rules]

I always love those countdowns, it gives me a motivation to really get deep into a decade.

Here are the films of the 40's I haven't seen from the 40's that are available at my library that looks interesting to me (I'd like some comments to see which one I should prioritize):
PG, of the movies you posted I seen these and I put what I think is the film you should watch first in bold.

Waterloo Bridge (1940) Mervyn Leroy...God I love this movie! It's bittersweet...and it's in my Top 10 Favorites. Please watch that one!

The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak...I've been meaning to nominate this for an Hof.

The Letter (1940) William Wyler...solid film!

I've seen the rest of these and there all well worth watching,
In no particular order:
Ball of Fire (1941) Howard Hawks
The Talk of the Town (1942) George Stevens
In This our Life (1942) John Huston
The Major and the Minor (1942) Billy Wilder
Sahara (1943) Zoltan Korda
Dark Passage (1946) Delmer Daves
The Sea Hawk (1940) Michael Curtiz
The Bishop's Wife (1947) Henry Koster
Call Northside 777 (1948) Henry Hathaway

[Mr Minio]

Well, if you only see watch half of them, and you think there are enough that you like, you can always submit a partial list. I've seen enough 40's masterpieces to submit a full list right now, but I will still wait. Even though I doubt any new film will make its way into it.

[edarsenal]

You see, my problem that I have had with these lists is that there is always one that I realized I'd forgotten (because it shows up in the countdown), and then I regret not having that one on the list instead. It is very frustrating.
I think I've gotten to the point where there's gonna be SOMETHING I missed that REALLY should have been and try to accept it as an actuality. It's STILLl aggravating lol but I try.

[Chypmunk]

I've been blowing hot and cold on this one for a while now and think I've finally decided to sit this one out and just watch what transpires - I'm not gonna rely on decades old memories in some cases so I'd need to rewatch far too many to send in a list I was genuinely happy with and unlike the 50s and sci-fi I just don't have the enthusiasm for watching little else but 40s for a while.

[Camo]

I've been blowing hot and cold on this one for a while now and think I've finally decided to sit this one out and just watch what transpires - I'm not gonna rely on decades old memories in some cases so I'd need to rewatch far too many to send in a list I was genuinely happy with and unlike the 50s and sci-fi I just don't have the enthusiasm for watching little else but 40s for a while.

That's too bad. Do you think there's enough you like and remember to send a partial list?

[Chypmunk]

That's too bad. Do you think there's enough you like and remember to send a partial list?
I'm not a fan of partial lists and I'm not gonna do the films a disservice by 'guessing' at the order for a full one. Sadly I've just been struggling to find the right humour to knuckle down for this one ... I'll still enjoy watching the countdown unfold though :yup:

[Camo]

I'm not a fan of partial lists and I'm not gonna do the films a disservice by 'guessing' at the order for a full one. Sadly I've just been struggling to find the right humour to knuckle down for this one ... I'll still enjoy watching the countdown unfold though :yup:

Still too bad but understandable.

[Pussy Galore]

Watched 44th Parallel, Northside 777 and The Bishop's Wife, enjoyed them all.

I'd rank them like that

#1 Parallel
#2 Northside
#3 Bishop

[rauldc14]

I should get a preliminary list going. Still definitely some stuff I need to see.

[SilentVamp]

I'm not a fan of partial lists and I'm not gonna do the films a disservice by 'guessing' at the order for a full one. Sadly I've just been struggling to find the right humour to knuckle down for this one ... I'll still enjoy watching the countdown unfold though :yup:
Well, that is a disappointment (I was going to suggest a partial list, as well), but what can be done about it when your mind is made up? :)


I have watched a few films now, but not necessarily FOR the countdown. I pretty much know what are the strongest contenders, and I know which ones will most likely make the list. It is the order that I really need to decide upon (although my top 3 would've always been my top 3 - no need to worry about those).

The reason I have been re-watching movies is mainly because this countdown has just put me in the mood for them. Some of the re-watches have been based on the lists that I have received, actually. I have watched some "new" ones as well. These lists have either reminded me of something that I haven't seen in a long time, or they have made me think that I have never seen the film before and I need to watch it to see why it is so well-liked.

And then there are the ones that I already know I really like that I have been re-watching just to re-watch them (today it will be The Picture of Dorian Gray - I have nothing else to do this afternoon and I might as well watch that again).

So I haven't re-watched anything for the sole purpose of what I should put on the countdown. But there happen to be some of the "new" films that have made it onto my contender list.

[Chypmunk]

..... So I haven't re-watched anything for the sole purpose of what I should put on the countdown. But there happen to be some of the "new" films that have made it onto my contender list.
It's been 40 or so years since I've seen some of them and many of the 'classics' from that era would still be 20+ years since I last watched them so re-watches would have been absolutely essential for me - dare I say you probably keep a little more up-to-date with 40s films than I do ;) :D

I'm still looking forward to the countdown, I'm sure it'll be a great list and I doubt my not putting a list forward will have any impact at all on that.

[Camo]

Vamp, have you seen my #19? Just wondering because i think it would maybe be something you'd like and i'd be surprised if you had already watched it.

[edarsenal]

gonna toss in my recommendation for Now, Voyager after seeing SilentVamp remark upon it. A truly wonderful movie; I am SO glad I didn't hand in my list just yet.
I think I may catch one or two more - just in case there is something else that truly needs to be added to my list as well.

[mark f]

You still have six weeks.

[SilentVamp]

Vamp, have you seen my #19? Just wondering because i think it would maybe be something you'd like and i'd be surprised if you had already watched it.
I haven't, but it has been a movie that has been on my watch list for a LONG time. It will actually be in the next group of DVD's that I plan to pick up from the library. I have a bunch to get this weekend, and then I will pick that one up after those.

I kind of like having this excuse to make me watch movies that I have been meaning to watch for so long. With the way things go in life, I may never have gotten around to it before. So I am really looking forward to getting that chance to see it now.

[Citizen Rules]

I Wake Up Screaming (1941) a film noir, that's highly rated...and gives you the chance to see Betty Grable who was once the biggest box office draw in America, along with Carole Landis who had a rather short career and life....and one Vamp's favorites Victor Mature.

[Camo]

I haven't, but it has been a movie that has been on my watch list for a LONG time. It will actually be in the next group of DVD's that I plan to pick up from the library. I have a bunch to get this weekend, and then I will pick that one up after those.

I kind of like having this excuse to make me watch movies that I have been meaning to watch for so long. With the way things go in life, I may never have gotten around to it before. So I am really looking forward to getting that chance to see it now.

That's awesome. Would be interested in your thoughts if/when you see it.

[seanc]

Sept. 3 is coming quick. I need to make August 40's month.

[Camo]

If anyone is interested in seeing and discussing some of Roberto Rosellini and/or Michael Powells films before sending their lists we are doing them as the August selection in the Director of the Month thread.

The films will be:
Rosellini: L'amore, Rome Open City, Paisan and Germany Year Zero
Powell: 49th Parallel, Black Narcissus and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

It's not something you have to join and be commited to like the Hall of Fames, you can come and go as you please.

Here's the post - https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1739603#post1739603

[Yam12]

Sept. 3 is coming quick. I need to make August 40's month.

I should do this too as I'm interested in entering this, but don't know where to start with 40s movies.

[seanc]

I should do this too as I'm interested in entering this, but don't know where to start with 40s movies.

What have you seen?

[Yam12]

What have you seen?

From the 40s? Nothing.

[Citizen Rules]

I should do this too as I'm interested in entering this, but don't know where to start with 40s movies. Everyone should do this:p It's a big thing at MoFo for all of the community to pull together and make these countdowns happen!

...and that takes people participating by sending in a voting list (instructions are on the 1st post of this thread). It's easy, just make a list of 1940's movies that you've watched and think are good, then rank them from 1 to 25 and send your list to SilentVamp. A good place to jog your memory is here:

Most Popular Feature Films Released 1940's (http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?release_date=1940,1949&title_type=feature)

There's a lot of movies there that I bet people have seen but forgotten about. And it's a great way to find some 40's movies that you might want to watch. So just do it:p

[Camo]

Filter the TSPDT 1000 to the 40's films and you'll find some interesting films that will be buried on the Popular IMDB one.

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

There's also the 40's Recs thread i started - https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=48357

[seanc]

From the 40s? Nothing.

Start with the biggies. Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, It's A Wonderful Life, Casablanca. Rope and Shadow Of A Doubt from Hitch are great. If you like Noir, which you should ;), then: The Third Man, The Big Sleep, The Killers, and Laura. The Suspect and The Little Foxes are lesser talked about gems in my opinion. Oh, see The Magnificent Ambersons.

No, I didn't just give away most of my list. :D

[Camo]

Let us know when you're overwhelmed. :beatty:

[mark f]

Start with the biggies. Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, It's A Wonderful Life, Casablanca. Rope and Shadow Of A Doubt from Hitch are great. If you like Noir, which you should ;), then: The Third Man, The Big Sleep, The Killers, and Laura. The Suspect and The Little Foxes are lesser talked about gems in my opinion. Oh, see The Magnificent Ambersons.

No, I didn't just give away most of my list. :D
There's barely one or two there that will make my list. :cool:

[seanc]

There's barely one or two there that will make my list. :cool:

Someday it will be hip to be mainstream again. Probably not at Mofo though. :cool: At least I love Ambersons while everyone else whines about poor put upon Orson. :D

[rauldc14]

You missed a few greats but I agree with Sean.

Except I still haven't seen The Third Man!!!

[The Gunslinger45]

If anyone is interested in seeing and discussing some of Roberto Rosellini and/or Michael Powells films before sending their lists we are doing them as the August selection in the Director of the Month thread.

The films will be:
Rosellini: L'amore, Rome Open City, Paisan and Germany Year Zero
Powell: 49th Parallel, Black Narcissus and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

It's not something you have to join and be commited to like the Hall of Fames, you can come and go as you please.

Here's the post - https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1739603#post1739603

I really like Colonel Blimpe. Black Narcissus not so much. But my favorite Powell was The Red Shoes.

[The Gunslinger45]

Also Rome Open City was amazing!

[edarsenal]

been glancing through a few of Charles Laughton movies and I see no one mention them, so I'm curious if anyone has seen them and what they thought:
Arch of Time with Laughton, Candice Bergman and Charles Boyer. Just the leading actors have me VERY curious about it. When I googled it, the short description read as follows: "A refugee doctor (Charles Boyer) saves a singer (Ingrid Bergman) from the Seine and hunts a Nazi thug (Charles Laughton) in Paris." And that REALLY got me curious.

The Canterville Ghost. It's one on my Need To Watch list, but I was curious to see what others thought of it.

And, finally:
This Land is Mine with George Sanders and Maureen O'Hara joining Laughton. Another I Need To Watch, and another, I'm curious of as well.

[mark f]

Arch of Time
Arch of Triumph. I don't think any of those movies are that good - This Land is Mine being the best. You'll love them.

[SilentVamp]

.and one Vamp's favorites Victor Mature.
:sick: I get chills just thinking about him. :D


There's also the 40's Recs thread i started - https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=48357
Thanks for bringing this up. I was going to mention this again. Yam12 It really is a very good list of films if you want to get an idea of what there is to choose from. I say to pick out some titles that sound interesting, look them up and see if the stories will appeal to you, and then, if so, give the films a try. What else can you do? :) But I do hope you find enough that you like that would make you want to send in a list.

The Suspect and The Little Foxes are lesser talked about gems in my opinion.
So is The Pride of the Yankees - a lesser talked about gem. In fact, I think I am the only one here who has talked about it. :) One of these days I will shut up and stop mentioning it, but that probably won't happen until this countdown is over. :)

Oh, see The Magnificent Ambersons.
I was waiting to see when you would mention this one. :) And I also think it is a good movie and worth watching, too.

[SkyDog]

Haven't been on the site since the '50s poll. Glad I didn't miss out on the '40s, l think I'll have time to watch a dozen movies.

I should do this too as I'm interested in entering this, but don't know where to start with 40s movies.

Here's the site I use - very powerful filtering.

http://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart?page=1&chart_type=top&type=film&year=1940s

I really like Colonel Blimpe. Black Narcissus not so much. But my favorite Powell was The Red Shoes.

I wasn't that hot on Black either. I watched Matter of Life/Death on the weekend. That's a pretty creative film for the mid '40s. Hoping to get Blimp and Red Shoes in before the poll ends.

Also Rome Open City was amazing!

Just watched it. Fav of the 3 I've watched so far.

[seanc]

So is The Pride of the Yankees - a lesser talked about gem. In fact, I think I am the only one here who has talked about it. :) One of these days I will shut up and stop mentioning it, but that probably won't happen until this countdown is over. :)

I am a big baseball fan and a Yankee fan on top of that so you would think I love Pride Of The Yankees. Haven't seen it since I was a teenager but it didn't resonate with me at all. If I can find easy access I might give it another go. My list is getting long though, I need to get my butt in gear. I have 25 that please me this round so I have not been motivated.

[edarsenal]

Arch of Triumph. I don't think any of those movies are that good - This Land is Mine being the best. You'll love them.
THANKS Mark! I requested Arch from my library. I may hold off on the others, we'll see

[SilentVamp]

I am a big baseball fan and a Yankee fan on top of that so you would think I love Pride Of The Yankees. Haven't seen it since I was a teenager but it didn't resonate with me at all. If I can find easy access I might give it another go. My list is getting long though, I need to get my butt in gear. I have 25 that please me this round so I have not been motivated.
Well, maybe being an adult might change how you would feel about it. Who knows? You don't have to rush out to see it if you don't want to, but I would love to hear your opinion if ever you do watch it.


I don't really remember when I first saw it, but I know I was a teenager, too. I just don't really remember if it was early teens or a little later. I have seen it quite a few times throughout the years, but a few months ago was the first time that I'd watched it in like 15 years, maybe. I am not entirely sure but it has been a long time. I don't know if this will make any sense at all, but I have found that I a lot of films that I have watched lately - that I haven't seen for a very long time - seem to have a different impact on me than they did before. There are those that I used to really like, but I watch them now and I don't care if I ever see them again. Then there are those that I always liked, and after having not seen them for so long, they seem to make me have this immense adoration (for lack of a better word) for them that I didn't before. Like I said, I really liked them, but I not only seem to still really like them, I also have been holding them at a higher regard, and I find myself really appreciating them more. The Pride of the Yankees happened to be one of those films. I don't know if it is what my experiences have been in life that affect how I feel for certain films (whether it is now negative or even more of the positive), but it just seems to me that after all this time, and the age I am now, and with the things I have gone through in life (especially over the past 11 years), I just have a different opinion (and appreciation) for those films.

Pinocchio was another one of those where I really felt differently about it as an adult. When I was a kid I didn't like it at all. Then I had to watch it for the Animated Musical HoF, and I ended up loving it as an adult.

[seanc]

Well, maybe being an adult might change how you would feel about it. Who knows? You don't have to rush out to see it if you don't want to, but I would love to hear your opinion if ever you do watch it.


I don't really remember when I first saw it, but I know I was a teenager, too. I just don't really remember if it was early teens or a little later. I have seen it quite a few times throughout the years, but a few months ago was the first time that I'd watched it in like 15 years, maybe. I am not entirely sure but it has been a long time. I don't know if this will make any sense at all, but I have found that I a lot of films that I have watched lately - that I haven't seen for a very long time - seem to have a different impact on me than they did before. There are those that I used to really like, but I watch them now and I don't care if I ever see them again. Then there are those that I always liked, and after having not seen them for so long, they seem to make me have this immense adoration (for lack of a better word) for them that I didn't before. Like I said, I really liked them, but I not only seem to still really like them, I also have been holding them at a higher regard, and I find myself really appreciating them more. The Pride of the Yankees happened to be one of those films. I don't know if it is what my experiences have been in life that affect how I feel for certain films (whether it is now negative or even more of the positive), but it just seems to me that after all this time, and the age I am now, and with the things I have gone through in life (especially over the past 11 years), I just have a different opinion (and appreciation) for those films.

Pinocchio was another one of those where I really felt differently about it as an adult. When I was a kid I didn't like it at all. Then I had to watch it for the Animated Musical HoF, and I ended up loving it as an adult.

Makes a lot of sense. Sometimes when a film hits me differently I do a little head check because I almost feel guilty for liking a popular film more on a second watch. I have dumped that thinking though. If something hits me right and I love it so be it. As we grow in our real lives and watch more film we are going to respond differently. That's what makes film art and more subjective than most cinephiles want to admit.

[edarsenal]

Amen Sean!!

[SilentVamp]

Just letting you guys know that if you were interested in only sending a partial list, you can begin to do so today.

[Citizen Rules]

Just letting you guys know that if you were interested in only sending a partial list, you can begin to do so today. Wow, time flies! There's only 1 more month left until the deadline (Sept 3rd), where did all that time go?....

I better get watching more 1940s movies:phttp://www.wellesnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/KANE-TV.jpg

[SilentVamp]

Wow, time flies! There's only 1 more month left until the deadline (Sept 3rd), where did all that time go?
Yeah, I can barely believe how fast time went by! This had to be the fastest summer ever. I didn't get a single thing accomplished in the past few months that I planned to, and now it is almost time for this countdown to begin. Scary. :yup:

Anyway, I just love that you are going to go watch more 1940s movies. I can't imagine how long your short list is going to be. :D

[HashtagBrownies]

Will this list be one of those lists in the list section of people's profiles or is it just a countdown?

[Guaporense]

Just letting you guys know that if you were interested in only sending a partial list, you can begin to do so today.

Cool. I don't know many 1940's movies so I have only a partial list with 17 titles that I loved from the decade.

[mark f]

Will this list be one of those lists in the list section of people's profiles or is it just a countdown?
One of the official MoFo lists in the Lists section.

[HashtagBrownies]

One of the official MoFo lists in the Lists section.

Awesome

[SilentVamp]

Just letting everyone know that another list has been received. This one belongs to jiraffejustin.

[Camo]

Just letting everyone know that another list has been received. This one belongs to jiraffejustin.

How many is that?

[SilentVamp]

Only 8, but I have a feeling that the majority of the lists are going to be coming in pretty close to the deadline.

[Camo]

Definitelty. The 40's is going to be something the majority of the site are going to have to watch stuff for, only 5 or 6 had a list they were happy with ready i imagine.

[Loner]

Only 8, but I have a feeling that the majority of the lists are going to be coming in pretty close to the deadline.

I didn't forget SV. My list is almost set, just putting it in order.

[Thursday Next]

Do give us a few reminders when the deadline is near! I have 15 locked in but the lower ten could be shaken up a bit if I see anything else really good, and although I could put together a list now, I'd like to submit a list of 25 I really liked.

[edarsenal]

I do believe I've finished seeing my final film. I've already lost positions to old favorites to new ones. So I'm more than a little worried about losing anymore of them if I continue watching movies I haven't seen. lol

Besides, I'll check off movies IN the actual list and check 'em out later. So I should be getting my list in within the next day or two.

BTW, that final film was Arch of Triumph with Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman & Charles Laughton, which I'll post about in the Last Movie Watched thread later this evening.

[SilentVamp]

So I should be getting my list in within the next day or two.
OK. Sounds good. But I won't be expecting it that soon as you said this:
I will be getting my list in within the next week or so
3 weeks ago.
:D :D

But don't rush with sending it to me (not yet, anyway :)). I know how you are saying that you had to knock a few off some favorites from your list for other films, but you don't want to knock off anymore. I would rather you take the time and be certain about your films instead of regretting them. So you still have enough time to really work on your list. :)

[edarsenal]

OK. Sounds good. But I won't be expecting it that soon as you said this:

3 weeks ago.
:D :D

But don't rush with sending it to me (not yet, anyway :)). I know how you are saying that you had to knock a few off some favorites from your list for other films, but you don't want to knock off anymore. I would rather you take the time and be certain about your films instead of regretting them. So you still have enough time to really work on your list. :)

:lol:

No! Really! I SWEAR!!! :lol: :lol:

I think for me if I see any more I'll lose more spots from old time favorites :eek::)
But I will think it over seriously before sending them to ya.

[SilentVamp]

One month to go until the deadline.


F.Y.I. (in case I forget to mention this later), if you PM your list to me, I respond as soon as I see it. But if there is a chance that anyone should send a list to me this upcoming weekend, go ahead and still do it, but I won't respond to it until, probably, Monday night (the 14th). I am going to be out of town this weekend.

[edarsenal]

ANNNND


List sent in

[SilentVamp]

It has been a fairly busy week for me this past week. So I didn't get to mention that we have received 2 more lists. They are from Citizen Rules and Loner. So that makes 11 so far. Keep them coming! There is still time (but not as much as you'd think - only 20 more days to go until the deadline!).

[MovieMeditation]

Oh yeah.... perhaps I should see to this list soon. Once again I have told myself how much time I had and now suddenly I have almost none. :D

I'll see if maybe perhaps hopefully I can watch at least one single tiny little 40s film before I send in my list. :p

[SilentVamp]

Two more lists are in from Gangland and dadgumblah. :up:

[SilentVamp]

spookiemoviemania and Marlon Brando have submitted the 14th and 15th lists.

And it looks like we really have an interesting mix of films as possible contenders for the countdown. :yup:

[HashtagBrownies]

The 40's is most likely my least favourite decade for cinema. I doubt my list is gonna be 25 but I'll submit it at the last minute just in case I can shove in a few more classics.

[cat_sidhe]

I sent mine yesterday. OMG I AM ALREADY NERVOUS. Will my babies place well???

[Iroquois]

I totally forgot about this and haven't really been cramming for it like other people have been doing. I could probably still send in a satisfactory top 25 by the deadline but yeah, it'll just be whatever. Most of my list submissions are like that.

[Nope1172]

Haven't watched nearly enough films from the decade. I might just send in a partial list.

[SilentVamp]

The 40's is most likely my least favourite decade for cinema. I doubt my list is gonna be 25 but I'll submit it at the last minute just in case I can shove in a few more classics.
I totally forgot about this and haven't really been cramming for it like other people have been doing. I could probably still send in a satisfactory top 25 by the deadline but yeah, it'll just be whatever. Most of my list submissions are like that.
Haven't watched nearly enough films from the decade. I might just send in a partial list.
Whatever you guys end up submitting is fine with me. The deadline is still 2 weeks away. So there is enough time to get in a few more films, if you choose to do so. Otherwise, if a partial list is all that can be done, that is OK, too. :)



I sent mine yesterday.
Your list makes #16, and I got a list from GulfportDoc yesterday, as well, to make it our 17th list.

[cat_sidhe]

Oh ****, you mean I sent mine EARLY?

Dafu....? I thought I was just making the deadline! :eek:

[SilentVamp]

Oh ****, you mean I sent mine EARLY?

Dafu....? I thought I was just making the deadline! :eek:
Well, there are only 2 weeks left. If you are like me and you finish things at the last minute, then, yes, you did send it early. :)

I plan on finally having mine finished sometime this week, though. I don't really have any more excuses left for why I haven't finished mine by now.

[the samoan lawyer]

I have my list more or less sorted. Didn't get time to watch all those that I wanted but still happy with it. I'll try and get The Devil and Daniel Webster watched before I submit it.

[SilentVamp]

Well, just to announce it.

I am DONE with my list!!!

It was hard, but I accomplished it. I actually put it off for awhile thinking that might make it easier. It seems that I get a lot more accomplished when I wait until the end. But I also just wanted to not think about it anymore. So, I finished it last night.


Quite honestly, even though I had made announcements, I didn't realize how close to the deadline we really are until I was skipping ahead in the TV schedule last night and saw how close September 3rd was. :yup:

[SilentVamp]

Kaplan and Yoda have sent in our 19th and 20th lists.


If you are planning on submitting a list, there is a little over a week left before the deadline of September 3rd.

[Thursday Next]

I have 4 or 5 movies I would like to watch this week, then I am turning my list in.

[seanc]

I will send mine in Friday. Might sneak in a couple more this week. mark f cricket anything you guys can recommend that you think is in my wheelhouse?

[rauldc14]

I'll be sending mine on Tuesday. Maybe squeak one or two films in yet.

[SilentVamp]

I have 4 or 5 movies I would like to watch this week, then I am turning my list in.
I will send mine in Friday.
I'll be sending mine on Tuesday.
Sounds good. :up:

[gbgoodies]

If you are planning on submitting a list, there is a little over a week left before the deadline of September 3rd.


I have a few more movies on my DVR that I have to watch, but I'll have my list done soon.

[Beatle]

This is good stuff because I'm most passionate about 40s right now. I'll send you mine right away, my Silent Lady.

I wouldn't be able to do it a year ago, since I've been on an absolute roller-coaster film watching, especially old ones, because I was frustrated since I saw like 0 of them. And there are members here who saw literally 1000 times more than me (Mark), or know about film 1000 times more than me (Rules).

It will sure be full of a certain director and especially actor who collaborated together, and I'm not revealing anything since I'm not actually saying who the pair is, I might surprise you, if anyone knows even what I'm talking about.

[Typo_Bot]

The MoFo Top 100 of the 1940's
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[Chypmunk]

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[Camo]

Improper explanation of apostrophe use.
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My pleashure

Typo Bot is here only to enforce the Grammar Law, he himself is above it.

[Chypmunk]

Typo Bot is here only to enforce the Grammar Law, he himself is above it.
Ah, silly me; off coarse he is! :)

[Holden Pike]

34094
OK, OK. I got my ballot in.

[MovieMeditation]

Okay, I had more films to add to this than I thought. Actually quite a few I'm proud to put on the list.

But indeed, it's looking thin... I would say I got just under 10 really good ones, which I definitely love and want on my list. From then on out it kinda drops in quality a little bit and from around 14-15 it's beginning to be debatable whether I should even add more movies to the list...

I really need to do some last minute watchings, but I'm not good with old films. I love them, I respect them and one of my all-time favorite films is from the 40s. Yet I find them a bit harder to get into and actually sit down and watch. As these MoFo decade lists keep going down I find less and less movies to add. I'm REALLY gonna have a problem with the 30s I think... I guess it's also just a matter of time until we put all decades together into one list (i.e. from the beginning of film to 1920 or whatever)

[Yoda]

Discussion of future lists moved to this thread:

Should the 1930s get their own list? (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=51124")

[rauldc14]

Damn, I have to do this list today!

[Beatle]

Okay, I had more films to add to this than I thought. Actually quite a few I'm proud to put on the list.

But indeed, it's looking thin... I would say I got just under 10 really good ones, which I definitely love and want on my list. From then on out it kinda drops in quality a little bit and from around 14-15 it's beginning to be debatable whether I should even add more movies to the list...

I really need to do some last minute watchings, but I'm not good with old films. I love them, I respect them and one of my all-time favorite films is from the 40s. Yet I find them a bit harder to get into and actually sit down and watch. As these MoFo decade lists keep going down I find less and less movies to add. I'm REALLY gonna have a problem with the 30s I think... I guess it's also just a matter of time until we put all decades together into one list (i.e. from the beginning of film to 1920 or whatever)

I feel the same way. They're from another era. My era begins with John Lennon. That's why I haven't seen almost anything until i really got into like "I REALLY want to watch every single movie ever made". I haven't even been able to endure a movie for years, believe it or not, more or less, not even on TV. The last thrilling experience was the last Potter which I saw in cinema when it came out in 2012. I guess I'm balanced now with this frenzy, I won't dare to say I'm becoming or even approaching Mark, but it begun on Christmas day and since then I saw about 1000 (all of whom I never saw before). That's about 5 a day in average.

I'm surprised with this 40s problem. Isn't it considered the greatest era even? Only behind 70s maybe? Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Third Man, The Great Dictator, The Philadelphia Story, The Grapes of Wrath, It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened on Fifth Avenue, Gilda, Rebecca, Double Indemnity, Rope, Notorious, The Maltese Falcon, Bicycle Thieves, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Dumbo, The Best Years of Our Lives, Laura, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Key Largo, Mildred Pierce, To Have and Have Not, Desire Me, White Heat, that's 25, for example. (I'm not saying this is my list). For any movie lover without constraints they should be appealing.

[rauldc14]

There's no way the 70s is greatest!! in my opinion

[Beatle]

There's no way the 70s is greatest!! in my opinion

That's what I'm saying, Raul. :) It's 40s then, imo. Wasn't Hollywood in crisis during 50s and 60s, or at least considered it? I don't knoe why. Because people focused their attention to rock 'n' roll in the 50s ,and rock in the 60s?

[SilentVamp]

Yoda, thank you. :)


We received a few lists over the past few days. They were from:
re93animator
Beatle
Holden
Nestorio
jal90

So that takes our total up to 25 lists.



There is less than a week to go to get your lists in!

[rauldc14]

This is harder than I thought. I almost completely missed a film that was a guaranteed top 15 for me. Painful.....

[Camo]

This is harder than I thought. I almost completely missed a film that was a guaranteed top 15 for me. Painful.....

I did miss a film that was a guaranteed top 15 for me :(

[Camo]

Wasn't Hollywood in crisis during 50s and 60s,

Think Hollywood started changing alot during the 60s but not necessarily for the worse, depends what you like. The 50s is usually seen as part of Hollywoods Golden Age. And even if Hollywood was having troubles in those decades alot of important foreign movements took hold during those decades.

[Beatle]

Think Hollywood started changing alot during the 60s but not necessarily for the worse, depends what you like. The 50s is usually seen as part of Hollywoods Golden Age. And even if Hollywood was having troubles in those decades alot of important foreign movements took hold during those decades.

That's what I meant , and it had a lot to do with the entire world (culturaly) changing in the 60s. It definately was a revolution in the postitve sense in mid to late 60s, with The Graduate being the 1st New Hollywood movie. 2001, of course. But I read or heard it was in a crises since 40s until then, when it finally reacted to the changing world.

[cricket]

Sent mine. Watched 167 starting last year and there were probably like 10 I didn't care for. Great decade.

[GulfportDoc]

IMO the greatest change in Hollywood films came not because of any cultural waves. That would have occurred in any case.

But there were two major factors that changed the old ways, and allowed for the types of films that would be made. 1. The break up of the old studio system, instituted by the late '40s anti-trust suit against the major studios. By the later '50s, half of the films made were by independent parties. 2. The inexorable advent of television. TV was clamoring for talent, and it was a wide open idiom. In fact the "small screen" is still trying to sound the dealth knell for theater movies...:(

~Doc

[rauldc14]

So I started to watch My Darling Clementine but I was so damn tired that I couldn't finish. Didn't help it was going to be my third consecutive movie. But I can say I will not get to it before I submit my list tonight :(

[seanc]

So I started to watch My Darling Clementine but I was so damn tired that I couldn't finish. Didn't help it was going to be my third consecutive movie. But I can say I will not get to it before I submit my list tonight :(

Bummer dude.

[rauldc14]

Bummer dude.

3rd shift sleeping issues. I mean I could watch it now but i don't think the wife would like it lol.

[rauldc14]

I sent my list. Hope all 25 make it but I'm guessing 20.

[SilentVamp]

Along with cricket's list, and raul's list, Miss Vicky has also sent hers. That now takes the total up to 28 lists.

[SilentVamp]

Well, another list is in!

neiba sent his in this morning to make it 29 lists now.

[Citizen Rules]

So for all the people who haven't sent in a list yet to Silent Vamp and aren't planning on it, why not???? Your list is needed!:)

It's totally easy, and important too.....Info Link
(https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1689088#post1689088)

[SilentVamp]

So for all the people who haven't sent in a list yet to Silent Vamp and aren't planning on it, why not???? Your list is needed!:)

It's totally easy, and important too.....Info Link
(https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1689088#post1689088)
I just clicked on the "info link" to see what you are telling people to look at. What else would it have been? :facepalm: If I am that much of a ditz, are you sure I can be trusted with this countdown?! :D

[Citizen Rules]

Newer members, yes I'm talking to you:p

See that link at the top of the MoFo site that says LISTS...that's where this Countdown list will go when it's completed.

So you have a chance to get your favorite 1940s movies on that official MoFo list.......How cool is that??? Very cool!

[Beatle]

I just clicked on the "info link" to see what you are telling people to look at. What else would it have been? :facepalm: If I am that much of a ditz, are you sure I can be trusted with this countdown?! :D

Of course I am. :)

[Pussy Galore]

I don't know for all of you guyz, but in preparation of making my list I rewatched and watched quite a bit of 40's film and I must say that I am a bit tired of film noir, most then 3/4 of the films I've seen are film noir haha. Am I the only one who noticed that?

[Derek Vinyard]

I don't know for all of you guyz, but in preparation of making my list I rewatched and watched quite a bit of 40's film and I must say that I am a bit tired of film noir, most then 3/4 of the films I've seen are film noir haha. Am I the only one who noticed that?

no mate I've noticed it too. You da man and I respect you brotha

[lambinganbiz]

This will be my first MoFo countdown and I plan to go on a 40's flicks watching spree before it.
This thing is very interesting for me.

[neiba]

I don't know for all of you guyz, but in preparation of making my list I rewatched and watched quite a bit of 40's film and I must say that I am a bit tired of film noir, most then 3/4 of the films I've seen are film noir haha. Am I the only one who noticed that?

I think around 15 of my 25 picks are noirs and the other 10 have definitely noir elements in it! xD that's why I love this decade so much!

[Holden Pike]

I don't know for all of you guyz, but in preparation of making my list I rewatched and watched quite a bit of 40's film and I must say that I am a bit tired of film noir, most then 3/4 of the films I've seen are film noir haha. Am I the only one who noticed that?

I adore Film Noir. It and Westerns are my two favorite genres.

That being said, I have eight Noirs (depending on how picky one wants to be with the definition) and only two Westerns. So if 75% of what anyone watched in preparation for this were Noirs, that's really on you. There are so many great movies of every genre in the '40s, including some of the most brilliant and still hysterical comedies ever made (I have six comedies).

But, hey, if the list is Noir heavy (and it is sure to be Hitchcock heavy again, too), that is A-OK as far as I am concerned.


So no, I am not a bit tired of Film Noir. Never. :)

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[seanc]

I have 8 Noir. 3 comedies. 3 war pics. Surprisingly only 2 Hitch, Welles matched him.

[Camo]

I have six Noirs, but i'm being kinda strict so some others may be seen as Noirs. Four Westerns and three Hitch films. Oh and only one Comedy, there's others that could be counted as Comedies though i suppose.

[cricket]

I don't know for all of you guyz, but in preparation of making my list I rewatched and watched quite a bit of 40's film and I must say that I am a bit tired of film noir, most then 3/4 of the films I've seen are film noir haha. Am I the only one who noticed that?

Look at the Noirs list. Half of them are from the 40's. I watched more Noirs than anything. I didn't care for them before, but now I love them.

[Beatle]

I can't say noir is my fave genre. Unless it's a dark comedy. That's right up there with sc-fi, and romance.

I just realized I have 21 dramas! Two fantasies, one crime, one musical.

[cat_sidhe]

I put two B movies on mine. :D

[Camo]

I had a short film :cool:

[cricket]

I had a film that was short.

[Camo]

Not shorter than mine :cool:

[cricket]

Nothing is shorter than yours.

[Beatle]

Nothing is shorter than yours.

So, what's it like, two seconds? Not even gonna close to the potential pun.

[SilentVamp]

I don't know for all of you guyz, but in preparation of making my list I rewatched and watched quite a bit of 40's film and I must say that I am a bit tired of film noir, most then 3/4 of the films I've seen are film noir haha. Am I the only one who noticed that?
That is too bad if you ended up watching a majority of noir when there are so many great films that you may have missed in other genres.

For me, noir is an iffy genre. There are the ones that I think really stand out, and that I really like, but there are an awful lot of them that I think the stories could just run right into the other.

As to whether or not this list is noir heavy, well, I can't comment on that. :) But I will say that I think this will be a very good list of films.




Anyway, we have received 3 more lists from the samoan lawyer, Dannii and donniedarko. That now takes the total to 32.

[Citizen Rules]

I have 8 Noir. 3 comedies. 3 war pics. Surprisingly only 2 Hitch, Welles matched him. I also have 8 Noirs, also 2 musicals, 1 Hitch, 1 Welles, 2 Comedies

[Beatle]

That is too bad if you ended up watching a majority of noir when there are so many great films that you may have missed in other genres.

For me, noir is an iffy genre. There are the ones that I think really stand out, and that I really like, but there are an awful lot of them that I think the stories could just run right into the other.

As to whether or not this list is noir heavy, well, I can't comment on that. :) But I will say that I think this will be a very good list of films.




Anyway, we have received 3 more lists from the samoan lawyer, Dannii and donniedarko. That now takes the total to 32.

It may sound ridiculous, but my only real regret is that picked the wrong film with a certain actress who kicked off an entire subgenre, and who's giving me some positve sexual vibes right now.

I have only very few noirs, really. I agree what you said about it, my Silent Lady. :)

[seanc]

1 Welles

You are dead to me. ;)

[Camo]

You are dead to me. ;)

Guess i'm even deader; i've still not watched Ambersons :eek:. Will soon though, i've seen Kane and Lady From Shanghai from his 40's stuff.

[neiba]

Nothing is shorter than yours.

BUUUUUUUUUURN!

[Holden Pike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcovHHOCtpQ
"I WAS IN THE POOL!"

[seanc]

Guess i'm even deader; i've still not watched Ambersons :eek:. Will soon though, i've seen Kane and Lady From Shanghai from his 40's stuff.

Shanghai was hanging onto my bottom three for quite a while. Solid flick.

[Beatle]

I'll just actually post my list here, but only genre-wise, so I'm not giving anything away still.

1. Adventure, Drama , Mystery
2. Drama
3. Comedy, crime
4. Mystery, drama, noir
5. Drama
6. Drama, Fantasy, Horror
7. Drama, romance
8. Biography, drama, history
9. Fantasy, horror, thriller
10. Action, adventure, drama
11. Drama, romance
12. Drama, Family
13. Adventure, drama, history
14. Comedy, drama, war
15. Crime, drama, film-noir
16. Film-noir, mystery
17. Action, crime, drama
18. Crime, film-noir, romance
19. Drama, romance
20. Drama, musical, romance
21. Drama, film-noir, romance
22. Comedy, drama, fantasy
23. Drama, romance, war
24. Adventure, family, fantasy
25. Biography, drama, musical

[Camo]

Shanghai was hanging onto my bottom three for quite a while. Solid flick.

It just missed out on mine too. It was a bit of a mess and Welles accent was woeful. The ending was amazing though and i liked alot of the rest of it.

[Citizen Rules]

I had like 100s of top choice 40's movies for my list. And I hated to cut so many, to get it down to only 25. I mean I made some hard cuts, on some beloved films:(

[Pussy Galore]

I also like film noir, I don't have any problem with it, what I'm saying is that for this list I went on IMDB to see for each year of the 40's what are the films with the highest scores that I haven't seen and I made a list of films to watch and most of them were Noirs.

Also, I had to rewatch films like The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, Out of the Past, etc. because I didn't really remember them, so I'd say the decade is quite noir heavy (or at least regarding films that are highly rated on IMDB)

[7thson]

Difficult list, I need to see more '40's flicks.

[Citizen Rules]

Difficult list, I need to see more '40's flicks. You only got 3 days left until the deadline, better get watching;)

Seriously, even a partial list is good and I bet you've seen enough to make a list.

[7thson]

You only got 3 days left until the deadline, better get watching;)

Seriously, even a partial list is good and I bet you've seen enough to make a list.
I just submitted my list, but as I was going through research I saw there were many I need to check out.

[Mr Minio]

Sent my list in! It's a peculiar mix of American and Japanese cinema with some British, Italian, French and Danish movies to make it more diverse!

[Camo]

Mines is American, British, Italian and Danish. Never got around to many Japanese 40's films sadly.

[jal90]

Mine is a peculiar mix of American and American with one Italian and one British out there :(

[Mr Minio]

Judging from my RYM statistics 1940s is my most underwatched decade only second to 1910s and before. Movies I have seen from the 40s make a total of 3.64% of all films I have ever seen, with 4.11% for the 30s, 6.17% for the 50s and 4.32% for the 20s. Both 60s and 70s are tied with 13.1% that translates into 690 movies. That's more than the 80s and 90s, but the true winner are the 2000s with rocking 16.0% which means 842 films watched. Crawling under - the 2010s - 7.41% - the decade not yet finished, but already outrunning 1950s and everything before. Surprising stats, given how many old films I watch. The crushing hegemony of the 2000s can be explained with many mainstream weekend movies I watched as a kid when I still wasn't a movie buff. Hell, all these stats. I feel like Guaporense.

[Camo]

According to Letterboxd i've seen 78 1940's films which is pitiful. To be fair though the vast majority of those were in preparation for this list.

[Mr Minio]

191 for me. One of them was in preparation for this list.

[Camo]

I've seen over 650 2000's films :eek: Loads of those are crappy films i watched as a kid that i barely remember though.

[Beatle]

I have a question. Why can't we just list our lists here anyway? What would it do? Not that I want to, just out of curiosity. It would somehow influence someone's watch list or what?

[Mr Minio]

I think people like the thrill of the countdown and not knowing whether or not their favourites will make it.

[Camo]

I have a question. Why can't we just list our lists here anyway? What would it do? Not that I want to, just out of curiosity. It would somehow influence someone's watch list or what?

It's to keep everything a surprise. If a movie shows up on the Countdown you can say where you had it and at the end you can reveal your list.

[Nope1172]

Sent in a partial list. Only 16 films.

[Beatle]

I think people like the thrill of the countdown and not knowing whether or not their favourites will make it.

It's to keep everything a surprise. If a movie shows up on the Countdown you can say where you had it and at the end you can reveal your list.

Ah, silly me. Thanks guys. :)

[SilentVamp]

I had quite a few movies that I considered. In the end, I ended up with a short list of 35. I will say that I think all 35 could easily deserve a spot on this countdown. I spent some time going over my potential films, but I just had to finally make up my mind and cut those 10 out. It was hard. And I am regretting one of those movies already. I knew that would happen because I have regretted something with each one of the countdowns that I have participated in.



So, yes, as it was previously mentioned, Mr Minio's list, Nope's list and 7thson's list are in. Along with those 3 I have also received a list from I_Wear_Pants. That now takes us up to 36 lists.


I don't know why, but I want to hit 45 lists. Of course, I would settle with 40 (although, 50 would be better :)) But I like the idea of getting 45. There are some people who said they would send a list, and so I will contact them to see if they are still interested. If so, we would be able to reach that number.

[Citizen Rules]

SilentVamp

Question about the deadline:

-The deadline for all lists will be Sunday, September 3rdDoes that mean people have to get the list in before Sunday or by the end of Sunday?

[SilentVamp]

SilentVamp

Question about the deadline:

Does that mean people have to get the list in before Sunday or by the end of Sunday?
By 11:59 PM on the night of Sunday, September 3rd.

[7thson]

SilentVamp

Question about the deadline:

Does that mean people have to get the list in before Sunday or by the end of Sunday?

I would think COB Sunday - 11:59?

[SilentVamp]

I forgot to say CENTRAL time (11:59 PM) in the previous post of mine. :)

[GulfportDoc]

I adore Film Noir. It and Westerns are my two favorite genres.

That being said, I have eight Noirs (depending on how picky one wants to be with the definition) and only two Westerns. So if 75% of what anyone watched in preparation for this were Noirs, that's really on you. There are so many great movies of every genre in the '40s, including some of the most brilliant and still hysterical comedies ever made (I have six comedies).

But, hey, if the list is Noir heavy (and it is sure to be Hitchcock heavy again, too), that is A-OK as far as I am concerned.

So no, I am not a bit tired of Film Noir. Never. :)

It seems natural to me that a greater number of the captivating '40s films would be noir. After all, the vast majority of the movies from that era are in black & white-- notwithstanding a few notable color films. So since the original essence of noir ("black") was black & white, it stands to reason that pictures from the category named after its basic presentation would be more plentiful.

And of course the world was more black and white then. There was no confusion among the sexes, one could call a spade a spade, and people were not offended by every little cotton pickin' thing.

So movie themes were pretty straightforward, and nothing expressed that more than noir. That's not to say that there weren't many ground breaking social and political screen plays. But in no other era was the noir sentiment expressed better.

~Doc
loves noir

[SilentVamp]

One last message for the night.

Sean has sent in his list (the 37th) and Gideon has sent in his (the 38th).

[Cobpyth]

Totally forgot about this and I'm in Florence till the fifth!! I'll try to send one in.

[rauldc14]

Totally forgot about this and I'm in Florence till the fifth!! I'll try to send one in.

Try? Really, get your damn list in!

[Chypmunk]

Just give Florence some money to go shopping for a few hours ;)

[SilentVamp]

We now officially have 40 lists!

matt72582 and Captain Spaulding have submitted their lists today.



I am thinking that really we can reach those 45 lists. There are still a couple of days left. It will happen. :yup:

[SilentVamp]

urkillinmesmalls has sent in the 41st list.

Keep them coming!

I still think we will hit 45 (with the possibility of 50).