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      • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
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      • Incindies (2010)
      • In the Mood For Love (2000)
      • Le Silence De La Mer ('49)
      • Jaws Intro
      • The Princess Bride ('87) Intro
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    • The 1910's >
      • The Lubitsch German Silents
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      • Wild Orchids ('29)
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      • Blonde Crazy
      • Bombshell ('33)
      • The Cheat
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      • Heroes for Sale
      • The Invisible Man (1933)
      • L'Atalante (1934)
      • Let Us Be Gay
      • My Man Godfrey
      • No Man of Her Own (1932)
      • Platinum Blonde ('31)
      • Reckless ('35)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • The Story of Citizen Kane
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      • The Maltese Falcon Intro
      • Moonrise (1948)
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      • Notorious Intro ('46)
      • Overlooked Christmas Movies of the 1940's
      • Pursued (1947)
      • Remember the Night ('40)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ('58) Intro
      • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
      • In a Lonely Place
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • Niagara (1953)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
      • Pushover Noir City
      • Rear Window (1954)
      • Red Dust ('32 vs Mogambo ('53)
      • The Searchers ('56)
      • Some Like It Hot ('59) >
        • Some Like it Hot Intro (Beyond the Bay)
    • The 1960's >
      • Cape Fear ('62)
      • Cool Hand Luke (1967) Intro
      • Dr Strangelove Intro
      • The Hustler ('61) Intro
      • The Misfits ('61)
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Top 10 Film Lists

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Pictured Above:  1931 Academy Awards November 5th, 1930
Pictured Above:  1931 Academy Awards November 5th, 1930
Top10 Film Lists is a collection of movies, personalities & lists from my viewing.  Everything here is subjective, so I'm always open to suggestions, comments on omissions or just plain new ideas.
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This Week's Top 10:
​Top 10 Grace Kelly Films

  1. To Catch a Thief ('55)
  2. Rear Window ('54)
  3. Dial M for Murder ('54)
  4. Mogambo ('53)
  5. The Country Girl ('54)
  6. High Society ('56)
  7. The Swan ('56)
  8. High Noon ('52)
  9. Green Fire ('54)
  10. Fourteen Hours ('51)
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click here for the rationalization of grace kelly's top 10

New & Recent Reviews:
From This Week's Newsletter:  The Story of Citizen Kane ('41)
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Quick Hits:  Short Bursts on Recently Viewed Movies

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Click below for a brief video introduction to Singin' in the Rain & a link to our Q&A Discussion from December 8th as part of our continuing Beyond the Bay Virtual Film Series.
direct link to my introduction to singin in the rain
Click here for our Q&A discussion of singin' in the rain
Upcoming films in our continuing Beyond the Bay Virtual Film Series include:  The Bandwagon (1/26)

My Top 10 Favorite Films

My Top 10 Favorites
  1. Sunrise F. W. Murnau ('27)
  2. L' Atalante J. Vigo ('34)
  3. Das Boot W. Peterson ('81)
  4. Design For Living E. Lubitsch ('33)
  5. Sullivan's Travels P. Sturges ('41)
  6. The Informer J. Ford ('35)
  7. Miller's Crossing J & E Coen ('90)
  8. Goodfellas M. Scorsese ('90)
  9. The Red Shoes M Powell ('48)
  10. Seven Samurai A. Kurosawa ('54)
The Red Shoes ('48)
l'atalante ('34)
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 2018 Blogathons:   

I wrote about a selection of Ernst Lubitsch silents, made in Germany in the late teens for The Unexpected Blogothan.
Ernst Lubitsch Silents
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I wrote about Red Dust ('32), which starred Clark Gable, Jean Harlow & Mary Astor & compared it to the remake, Mogambo ('53) which also starred Gable, but with Ava Gardner & Grace Kelly.       Link to blogathon:  https://bit.ly/2PnKtwk
Red Dust vs Mogambo
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I will be wrote about My Gal Sal (1942), starring Rita Hayworth & Victor Mature for the 100 Years of Rita Hayworth Blogathon on October 17th.  Here is the link to he event:  ​https://bit.ly/2O0OX87
my gal sal ('42)
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I will be writing about Billy Wilder's classic Some Like it Hot for the Gender Bending the Rules Blogathon on September 21st.  Here is the link:  ​https://bit.ly/2JyHOIy
Some like it hot ('59)
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I will be blogging about Preston Sturges' Remember the Night for the Fred MacMurray Blogathon on August 30th.  Here is the link:  https://bit.ly/2NXSrbo
remember the night ('40)
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I will be writing a piece about John Ford's The Searchers for the Natalie Wood Blogathon on July 17th.  Link to hosting website here:  https://bit.ly/2L6gX89
The Searchers ('56)
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I will be Blogging about Jean Vigo's masterpiece  L'Atalante ('34) for the Free For All Blogathon on 3/3.
l'atalante ('34)
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I will be reviewing Mogambo ('53), starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner & Grace Kelly for The Clark Gable Blogathon on Feb 1st.
mogambo ('53)
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I will be reviewing Criss Cross (1949, Robert Siodmak) for the It Takes a Thief Blogothon on 11/17/17
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I will be blogging about Wild Orchids for the Greta Garbo Blogathon on 11/22
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I'll be blogging about Blood Simple in the 'Till Death Us Do Part Blogathon on 7/24
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the red shoes
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I'll be blogging about The Red Shoes in the En Pointe:  The Ballet Blogathon on 8/4 & 8/5.

Featured Actor/Actress

past featured Actors/Actresses
Top 10 Ava Gardner Films
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Ava Gardner burst on the scene in The Killers ('46) after 6 years of mostly minor parts. In a career that spanned more than 40 years she developed from ingenue to sex symbol to character actor, all the while increasing her talent & appeal.  While her troubled off-screen life often garnered more headlines than her movies, she was was a professional who cared about her performances.

Featured Director

Past Featured Director Top 10's
Directors Bios
Top 10 Ernst Lubitsch Films
Unfortunately Ernst Lubistch is often forgotten about when the greatest directors from the classic era are mentioned. His combination of visual gags & verbal wit made his films, first made in Germany during the teens & then in the US for the next 20 years, unmistakably unique.  "The Lubitsch Touch" had as much to do with the sexual innuendo sprinkled throughout his films as it  did for the visual panache of his settings & characters.  He was a maestro behind the camera, directing brilliant performances & capturing stunningly beautiful images in front of it.  His best 10 films had far reaching influence on how musicals were shot and constructed & how comedy was presented in both the silent & the sound era.  Ernst Lubitsch was a giant who should be celebrated for his greatness!
Top 10 ernst lubitsch films
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About Me:
​I've loved movies for as long as I can remember.   For more than 20 years, I've worked for several of the major studios, including MGM, Warner Bros. & 20th Century Fox  in their Home Entertainment divisions.   I'm partial to the Pre-Code era & Film Noir.

Top 10 Film Lists in Print

Politics on Film is an e-book that features my piece on A Face in the Crowd
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Memberships:

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2021 Blogathons:


I will be writing about Becky Sharp (1935), based on the character from William Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair.
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2020 Blogathons:


I will be writing about Niagara, starring Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotton & Jean Peters, from 1953 for the Celluloid Roadtrip Blogathon sponsored by Hometowns to Hollywood.
click her for my piece on niagara (1953)
click here for a link to the entire blogathon
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I have written about The Invisible Man as part of the Claude Rains Blogathon for The Pure Entertainment Preservation Society on November 9th.  Here's a directly link to the complete Blogathon:  https://bit.ly/357cQp9
click here for my piece on the invisible man
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Read my Pice on A Face in the Crowd from the CMBA Fall Blogathon:  Politics on Film
A Face in the crowd (1957)
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I will be writing about Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair, starring Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich & John Lund as part of the 120th Birthday celebration of Jean Arthur.  The piece will post on October 15th.
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See my piece on the films of Stanwyck & Capra to the left & clip the link below for all the complete list of submission for  The Queen of Sass:  Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon, hosted by Pale writer (https://palewriter2.home.blog/).  My piece focused on the films Stanwyck made with Frank Capra.  ​http://www.top10filmlists.com/frank-capra--barbara-stanwyck-the-evolution-of-a-romance.html
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Click here for barbara stanwyck's top 10 pre-war films

2019 Blogathons:

I wrote about The Film Noir Villainy of Dan Duryea for The Great Villain Blogathon.  ​http://www.top10filmlists.com/the-noir-villainy-of-dan-duryea.html
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      • Top 10 Samuel Fuller Films
      • Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Films
      • Top 10 John Huston Films
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      • Top 10 Joan Blondell Movies
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      • Top 10 Ava Gardner Films
      • Top 10 Gloria Grahame Films
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      • Top 10 Miriam Hopkins Films
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      • Top 10 Paul Newman Films
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      • Top 10 Norma Shearer Movies
      • Top 10 Barbara Stanwyck Films
    • Top 10 Noir Films (Classic Era)
    • Top 10 Pre-Code Films
    • Top 10 Actresses of the 1930's
  • Reviews
    • Quick Hits: Short Takes on Recent Viewing >
      • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
      • Elevator to the Gallows ('58)
      • Days of Heaven
      • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
      • Incindies (2010)
      • In the Mood For Love (2000)
      • Le Silence De La Mer ('49)
      • Jaws Intro
      • The Princess Bride ('87) Intro
      • Pulp Fiction ('94) Intro
    • The 1910's >
      • The Lubitsch German Silents
    • The 1920's >
      • Wild Orchids ('29)
    • The 1930's >
      • Blonde Crazy
      • Bombshell ('33)
      • The Cheat
      • The Conquerors
      • The Crowd Roars
      • The Divorcee
      • Frank Capra & Barbara Stanwyck: The Evolution of a Romance
      • Heroes for Sale
      • The Invisible Man (1933)
      • L'Atalante (1934)
      • Let Us Be Gay
      • My Man Godfrey
      • No Man of Her Own (1932)
      • Platinum Blonde ('31)
      • Reckless ('35)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • The Story of Citizen Kane
      • Criss Cross (1949)
      • Jean Arthur in A Foreign Affair
      • The Maltese Falcon Intro
      • Moonrise (1948)
      • My Gal Sal (1942)
      • Notorious Intro ('46)
      • Overlooked Christmas Movies of the 1940's
      • Pursued (1947)
      • Remember the Night ('40)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ('58) Intro
      • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
      • In a Lonely Place
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • Niagara (1953)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
      • Pushover Noir City
      • Rear Window (1954)
      • Red Dust ('32 vs Mogambo ('53)
      • The Searchers ('56)
      • Some Like It Hot ('59) >
        • Some Like it Hot Intro (Beyond the Bay)
    • The 1960's >
      • Cape Fear ('62)
      • Cool Hand Luke (1967) Intro
      • Dr Strangelove Intro
      • The Hustler ('61) Intro
      • The Misfits ('61)
    • The 1970's >
      • American Graffiti Introduction
      • Chinatown Introduction
    • The 1980's >
      • Blood Simple ('84)
      • A Christmas Story Intro
    • 2000's >
      • Wall-E
      • The Top 10 Films I watched in 2020
  • Artists
    • Actors/Actresses >
      • Joan Blondell
      • The Noir Villainy of Dan Duryea
      • Clark Gable Bio
      • Jean Harlow Bio
      • Norma Shearer
    • Directors/Producers >
      • Hitchcock & Cary Grant
      • William Wellman
    • Books >
      • Book Reviews >
        • Book Review: Clark Gable by D. Bret
      • Pre-Code
      • Actor Bios
      • Film Noir
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      • Studio Head Bios
      • Hollywood History
    • Studio
  • Resources
    • NOTES >
      • Citizen Kane Notes
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    • Video Introductions
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      • Production Code
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