My perhaps favorite movie blog, always a source of inspiration especially when it comes to modern unusual gems, has finally put up an archive of their films, both sorted by year and by title. The one by year is particularly interesting, as it shows how immensely lacking this list is for silent films. Oh my God. But, there are a few on the list that I have not seen, and for films up to the 60’s, their archive provides a nice “must sees” list.
Most of all, the Movies in Frames kids are probably my age with a similar taste for weird, modern movies but appreciating the old classics. The only difference I can easily see is, in fact, my stronger love for silent films. (Maybe I should propose some screenshots some day! I mean oh God: No Stroheim, no Pabst, no D.W. Griffith?)
Here, as an example, is what I find interesting from the list up to 1960, but have not seen. In fact, I was surprised at how much I actually have seen from there:
- 1922 Phantom (Murnau)
- 1923 Safety Last!, The Balloonatic, Coeur fidèle
- 1925 The Gold Rush
- 1927 Wings
- 1928 The Patsy, L’étoile de mer
- 1930 L’age d’or
- 1931 The public enemy
- 1932 Grand Hotel, Scarface, White Zombie, Freaks, Love me Tonight, A Farewell to Arms
- 1933 Queen Christina,
- 1935 Top Hat,
A Night at the Opera, The 39 Steps, The Bride of Frankenstein - 1936 Reefer Madness
- 1937 Pepé le Moko
- 1938 Marie-Antoinette
- 1939 Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith goes to Washington,
The Wizard of Oz - 1940
The Philadelphia Story - 1941 The Maltese Falcon, The Lady Eve, Sullivan’s Travels, Ball of Fire
- 1942 Cat People, Now Voyager
- 1943 I walked with a Zombie, Les anges du péché, Ossessione
- 1944
Double Indemnity, Arsenic and Old Lace, Ivan the Terrible - 1945 Brief Encounter,
Spellbound, Roma Citta Apertà, Christmas in Connecticut, I know where I’m going, And then there were none - 1946
The Big Sleep, Notorious, It’s a wonderful life - 1947 Monsieur Verdoux, The Bishop’s Wife
- 1948 The Bicycle Thief, The Red Shoes, 3 Godfathers, Rope
- 1949 The Third Man
- 1950 Harvey
- 1951 The River (Renoir),
The day the earth stood still, Strangers on a train - 1952 Ikiru, Moulin Rouge (Houston), Monkey Business
- 1953 The moon is blue, The wild one, How to marry a millionaire
- 1954 Senso, Johnny Guitar, Seven brides for seven brothers, Gojira, On the water front
- 1955
To catch a thief, Rebel without a cause - 1956 The Burmese Harp, Forbidden Planet, The Searchers, Dial M for Murder
- 1957
12 Angry Men, Nights of Cabiria - 1958 Touch of Evil, The Hidden Fortress, Gigi, Bell Book and Candle, The long hot summer
- 1959 The Nun’s Story, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe,
Ohaiyo - 1960 Rocco and his brothers, Ocean’s Eleven, The Magnificent Seven, Jigoku, Psycho