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    • 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)
      • Last Picture Show Teaser Intro
      • Le Silence De La Mer ('49)
      • The Princess Bride ('87) Intro
      • Pulp Fiction ('94) Intro
    • The 1910's >
      • The Lubitsch German Silents
    • The 1920's >
      • The Odessa Steps Sequence as Continuing Film History
      • Sunrise (1927)
      • Wild Orchids ('29)
    • The 1930's >
      • Becky Sharp (1935)
      • 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)
      • The Sign of the Cross (1932)
      • The Sin of Nora Moran (1932)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • Casablanca (1942)
      • The Story of Citizen Kane
      • Criss Cross (1949)
      • Double indemnity
      • Jean Arthur in A Foreign Affair
      • The Killers 1946 & 1964 Comparison
      • The Maltese Falcon Intro
      • Moonrise (1948)
      • My Gal Sal (1942)
      • Nightmare Alley
      • Notorious Intro ('46)
      • Overlooked Christmas Movies of the 1940's
      • Pursued (1947)
      • Remember the Night ('40)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • They Won't Believe Me (1947)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • The Asphalt Jungle Secret Cinema Intro
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ('58) Intro
      • The Crimson Kimono (1959)
      • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
      • In a Lonely Place
      • A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • Niagara (1953)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
      • Pushover Noir City
      • Rear Window (1954)
      • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
      • Red Dust ('32 vs Mogambo ('53)
      • The Searchers ('56)
      • Singin' in the Rain Introduction
      • Some Like It Hot ('59) >
        • Some Like it Hot Intro (Beyond the Bay)
    • The 1960's >
      • The April Fools (1969)
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      • Cape Fear ('62)
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      • Dr Strangelove Intro
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      • Fistful of Dollars (1964)
      • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)
      • The Hustler ('61) Intro
      • The Man With No Name Trilogy
      • The Misfits ('61)
      • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/La La Land
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      • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
      • American Graffiti Introduction
      • Chinatown Introduction
      • The Friends of Eddie Coyle ('73)
      • Jaws Intro
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      • Blood Simple ('84)
      • A Christmas Story Intro
      • Scarface (1983)
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      • Belfast (2021)
      • Blonde (2022)
      • Hunger (2008)
      • In Bruges (2008)
      • Joy Division
      • Mank (2020)
      • No Man's Land (2001)
      • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
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      • Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
      • The Top 10 Films I watched in 2020
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Top10 Film Lists is a collection of movies, personalities & lists from my viewing.  Everything here is subjective, so I'm always open to comments & suggestions.
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This Week's Featured Top 10 List

Top 10 Films of Marilyn Monroe

1.  The Misfits (1961)
2.  Some Like it Hot (1959)
3.  Niagara (1953)
4.  Seven Year Itch (1955)
5.  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
6.  Bus Stop (1956)
7.  Let's Make Love  (1960)
8.  Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
9.  How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
10.  River of No Return (1954)
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the top 10 marilyn monroe films


New & Recent Reviews:
From This Week's Newsletter: 
The Remaking of a Classic:  Living's (2022) Remake of Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952)
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Quick Hits:  Short Bursts on Recently Viewed Movies

Blonde (2022)

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click here for a thumbnail review of blonde (2022)

My Top 10 Favorite Films

My Top 10 Favorites
  1. Sunrise ('27) F. W. Murnau
  2. L' Atalante ('34) J. Vigo 
  3. Das Boot ('81) W. Peterson
  4. Design For Living ('33) E. Lubitsch
  5. Sullivan's Travels ('41) P. Sturges
  6. In The Mood For Love ('00) Wong Kar Wai
  7. Miller's Crossing ('90) J & E Coen
  8. Mulholland Drive ('01) D. Lynch
  9. The Red Shoes ('48) M Powell 
  10. The Seven Samurai ('54) A. Kurosawa 
The Red Shoes ('48)
l'atalante ('34)
In The mood for love ('00)
Sunrise (1927)
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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

Natalie Wood (Coming Soon)

past featured Actors/Actresses Top 10 Lists
Past Featured actor/actress bios
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Natalie Wood was a product of Hollywood.  She started her career, at the insistence of her mother, when she was 6.  She struggled to transition from pigtail wearing child to teen and finally to adult roles, appearing in iconic films like Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause and Westside Story.  Her career and her life were cut tragically short when she drowned at the age of 43.  Even in so short a life, Wood packed a handful of performances that can be viewed as great, but more importantly she created a lifetime of work that stands as a testament to a working actress fully realized.

Featured Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Past Featured Director Top 10's
Directors Bios
Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock
Perhaps no other director has been talked about, written about or analyzed as much as Alfred Hitchcock, but with good reason!  His films are masterclasses in style, but exist on a deeper psychological level that has intrigued both the casual film fan, as well as scholars for more than 70 years.  Hitch's films are also incredibly enjoyable as pop art & hold a particular place in American culture.  Not bad for a green grocer's son from England.  Enjoy what I consider his 10 best!
Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Films (coming soon)
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About Me:
​I've loved movies for as long as I can remember.   I've spent my career working for several of the major studios, including MGM, Warner Bros. & 20th Century Fox  in their home entertainment divisions.  Currently, I work with several area non-profit movie theaters and present classic movies in various locations.   I'm partial to the Pre-Code era & Film Noir.
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Politics on Film is an e-book that features my piece on A Face in the Crowd
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2022 Blogathons:  

In early November, I will writing about 1947's They Won't Believe Me, starring Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Robert Young & Rita Johnson.  The film was directed by Irving Pichel and most importantly, produced by Joan Harrison.  The piece will be part of the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fall Blogathon, Movies are Murder, that runs from November 7th-11th.
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2021 Blogathons:



I will be writing on Cecil B. Demille & Claudette Colbert's relationship making Sign of the Cross ('32) & Cleopatra ('34) for the Star of the Month Blogathon.
Click Here for Review of The Sign of the Cross ('32)
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Here is a short piece on The Crimson Kimono, directed by Samuel Fuller & released in 1959 for the CMBA Hidden Classics Blogathon on May 19th. 
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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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      • 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)
      • Last Picture Show Teaser Intro
      • Le Silence De La Mer ('49)
      • The Princess Bride ('87) Intro
      • Pulp Fiction ('94) Intro
    • The 1910's >
      • The Lubitsch German Silents
    • The 1920's >
      • The Odessa Steps Sequence as Continuing Film History
      • Sunrise (1927)
      • Wild Orchids ('29)
    • The 1930's >
      • Becky Sharp (1935)
      • 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)
      • The Sign of the Cross (1932)
      • The Sin of Nora Moran (1932)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • Casablanca (1942)
      • The Story of Citizen Kane
      • Criss Cross (1949)
      • Double indemnity
      • Jean Arthur in A Foreign Affair
      • The Killers 1946 & 1964 Comparison
      • The Maltese Falcon Intro
      • Moonrise (1948)
      • My Gal Sal (1942)
      • Nightmare Alley
      • Notorious Intro ('46)
      • Overlooked Christmas Movies of the 1940's
      • Pursued (1947)
      • Remember the Night ('40)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • They Won't Believe Me (1947)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • The Asphalt Jungle Secret Cinema Intro
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ('58) Intro
      • The Crimson Kimono (1959)
      • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
      • In a Lonely Place
      • A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • Niagara (1953)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
      • Pushover Noir City
      • Rear Window (1954)
      • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
      • Red Dust ('32 vs Mogambo ('53)
      • The Searchers ('56)
      • Singin' in the Rain Introduction
      • Some Like It Hot ('59) >
        • Some Like it Hot Intro (Beyond the Bay)
    • The 1960's >
      • The April Fools (1969)
      • Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
      • Cape Fear ('62)
      • Cool Hand Luke (1967) Intro
      • Dr Strangelove Intro
      • For a Few Dollars More (1965)
      • Fistful of Dollars (1964)
      • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)
      • The Hustler ('61) Intro
      • The Man With No Name Trilogy
      • The Misfits ('61)
      • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/La La Land
    • The 1970's >
      • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
      • American Graffiti Introduction
      • Chinatown Introduction
      • The Friends of Eddie Coyle ('73)
      • Jaws Intro
    • The 1980's >
      • Blood Simple ('84)
      • A Christmas Story Intro
      • Scarface (1983)
    • The 1990's >
      • The General (1998)
    • 2000's >
      • Belfast (2021)
      • Blonde (2022)
      • Hunger (2008)
      • In Bruges (2008)
      • Joy Division
      • Mank (2020)
      • No Man's Land (2001)
      • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
      • Wall-E
      • Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
      • The Top 10 Films I watched in 2020
  • Artists
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      • Joan Blondell
      • Faye Dunaway: 1967-1976
      • The Noir Villainy of Dan Duryea
      • Clark Gable Bio
      • Jean Harlow Bio
      • Veronica Lake
      • Norma Shearer
    • Directors/Producers/Cinematographers >
      • Founders Series: Alice Guy-Blache
      • John Alton
      • Joan Harrison-Producer/Writer
      • Hitchcock & Cary Grant
      • William Wellman
    • Books >
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        • Book Review: Clark Gable by D. Bret
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