Six Year Anniversary!

It has been six years since I began this blog. Last year I shared a list with my favorite film from each year starting with 1928. I had to skip a few years because I either hadn’t seen any from that year or the ones I had seen I didn’t really care for. This year I’m able to fill in a few of those “blanks:”

1929 - 

1930 - Wide Open - Edward Everett Horton 

1970 - 

1971 - 

1972 - A Warm December - Sidney Poitier 

1973 - Paper Moon - Ryan & Tatum O’Neal

1974 - 

1975 - Three Days of the Condor - Robert Redford & Faye Dunaway

CHANGE 1978 from Hooper to - Foul Play - Goldie Hawn & Chevy Chase 

1981 - Gallipoli - Mel Gibson (likely to change)

1984 - Protocol - Goldie Hawn (likely to change)

1991 - 

2013 - 

2020 - this would have probably been the new James Bond...

Movies I Watched in September

The League of Gentlemen (1961)

This month I watched some movies that have been on my “to watch” list for a long time: The Gold Rush, Foreign Correspondent, Sun Valley Serenade (Sonja Henie was cute!), and Sergeant York. I also started binging Sister, Sister on Netflix. Who else misses the 90s?

1. The Gold Rush (1925) - Charlie Chaplin 
2. The Last of Mrs. Cheney (1929) - Norma Shearer & Basil Rathbone, Hedda Hopper
3. Flying Down to Rio (1933) - Dolores Del Rio & Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers 
4. Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) - Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek
5. Sky Murder (1940) - Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek
6. Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Joel McCrea & Laraine Fay, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Edmund Gwenn 
7. Sergeant York (1941) - Gary Cooper & Joan Leslie, Walter Brennan, George Tobias, Ward Bond
8. Sun Valley Serenade (1941) - Sonja Henie & John Payne, Milton Berle, Glenn Miller
9. *Now, Voyager (1942) - Bette Davis & Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville
10. We Were Dancing (1942) - Norma Shearer & Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman, Marjorie Main, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray
11. Her Cardboard Lover (1942) - Norma Shearer & Robert Taylor, George Sanders, Frank McHugh
12. The Crystal Ball (1943) - Ray Milland & Paulette Goddard, Gladys George
13. Pan-Americana (1945) - Philip Terry & Audrey Long, Eve Arden, Robert Benchley
14. Of Human Bondage (1946) - Paul Henreid & Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Paige
15. A Dangerous Profession (1949) - George Raft & Ella Raines, Pat O’Brien, Jim Backus, Bill Williams
16. The Secret Fury (1950) - Claudette Colbert & Robert Ryan
17. Devil’s Doorway (1950) - Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson, Edward Buchanan, Spring Byington 
18. Westward the Women (1951) - Robert Taylor
19. Latin Lovers (1953) - Lana Turner & Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Beulah Bondi, Rita Moreno
20. Carmen Jones (1954) - Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll
21. Nightfall (1956) - Aldo Ray & Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith
22. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) - Marilyn Monroe & Laurence Olivier 
23. Cry Terror! (1958) - James Mason & Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson, Neville Brand
24. Party Girl (1958) - Robert Taylor & Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland
25. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) - Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Michael Redgrave 
26. The League of Gentlemen (1961) - Jack Hawkins, Robert Livesly
27. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) - Elvis Presley, Laurel Goodwin, Stella Stevens
28. *Come Fly with Me (1963) - Dolores Hart & Karlheinz Bohm, Karl Malden & Lois Nettleton, Hugh O’Brian & Pamela Tiffin 
29. *Man’s Favorite Sport (1964) - Rock Hudson & Paula Prentiss 
30. Charro! (1969) - Elvis Presley 
31. Skyjacked (1972) - Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Mike Henry, Walter Pidgeon, Nicholas Hammond, Jeanne Crain

Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970)
This is Elvis (1981)

Anne Bancroft & Aldo Ray in Nightfall (1956).

Least Favorite Film: Flying Down to Rio needed a stronger leading man. I don't really get the charm of Gene Raymond but apparently he had appeal in the early 30s. Also the finale was ridiculous. Charro! could have been better. Pan-Americana would have been better with Robert Cummings in the lead.

Favorite Movie: Her Cardboard Lover was hilarious. Also greatly enjoyed The Wreck of the Mary Deare. The first half was especially exciting. I highly recommend Westward the Women. Nightfall was really good. What are some of your favorite snowy noirs?

John Payne in a cozy sweater in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)