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“I stick my neck out for nobody!” — Casablanca — Best Pictures of 1942 (#1)
Yes, Casablanca is, of course, my choice for the best picture of 1942. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise. There are few classic movies that are as universally loved and rightly so. What might come… more →
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"I stick my neck out for nobody!" -- Casablanca -- Best Pictures of 1942 (#1)
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wrote 10 months ago: Yes, Casablanca is, of course, my choice for the best picture of 1942. This shouldn’t be much of a s … more →
Aniki Bóbó -- Best Pictures of 1942 (#2)
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wrote 11 months ago: The children of Aniki Bobo Aniki Bóbó is one of those movies unknown to most of the world because it … more →
“I'll decide with whom my wife is going to have dinner and whom she's going to kill!” –To Be Or Not to Be – Best Pictures of 1942 (#3)
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wrote 11 months ago: Jack Benny and Carole Lombard as the first couple of Warsaw theater pose with their supporting playe … more →
"I thought perhaps we'd live together this year, but no." -- There Was a Father -- Best Pictures of 1942 (#4)
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wrote 11 months ago: Every time I put together one of these lists a movie by Yasujiro Ozu seems to slide in, usually some … more →
"That's the only bit of England they got." -- Went the Day Well? -- Best Pictures of 1942 (#5)
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wrote 1 year ago: The specter of a German invasion looms There was no shortage of propaganda films from all sides duri … more →
"You have no idea what a long-legged woman can do without doing anything." -- The Palm Beach Story -- Best Pictures of 1942 (#6)
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s hard to find a movie as diametrically opposed to the last film I wrote about, the sociall … more →
Emberek a havason (People of the Mountains) -- Best Pictures of 1942 (#7)
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wrote 1 year ago: When you think of prolific moviemaking countries,Hungaryisn’t usually the first to pop in our minds. … more →
"Your mother can't be with you anymore." -- Best Pictures of 1942 -- Bambi (#8)
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wrote 1 year ago: Bambi and friends I have a friend who steadfastly refuses to let her five year old daughter watch Ba … more →
“If I hadn’t been very rich, I might have been a great man.” – Citizen Kane – Best Pictures of 1941 (#1)
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wrote 1 year ago: Orson Welles both directed and starred in his classic "Citizen Kane I’m sure choosing Citizen K … more →
“I want to hold a mirror up to life. I want this to be a picture of dignity, a true canvas of the suffering of humanity…. But with a little sex.” – Sullivan’s Travels – Best Pictures of 1941 (#2)
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wrote 1 year ago: McCrea's John L. Sullivan meets resistance from his studio bosses for his proposed "O Brot … more →
“We’ll own this country some day.” - The Little Foxes – Best Pictures of 1941 (#3)
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wrote 1 year ago: Herbert Marshall and Bette Davis scheme against each other in "The Little Foxes" Independe … more →
“If you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.” - The Maltese Falcon – Best Pictures of 1941 (#4)
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wrote 1 year ago: Humphery Bogart and Mary Astor toy with each other in "The Maltese Falcon" The Maltese Fal … more →
"I shall regret the absence of your keen mind. Unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body." - Ball of Fire - Best Pictures of 1941 (#5)
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wrote 1 year ago: Sugarpuss O'Shea gets comfortable in "Ball of Fire" How can you not love a movie with … more →
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family – Best Pictures of 1941 (#6)
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wrote 1 year ago: The Toda Family in happier times The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family is an Ozu gem that is r … more →
“You know Mac, sometimes I feel like I don’t know what it’s all about anymore.” -- High Sierra – Best Pictures of 1941 (#7)
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wrote 1 year ago: Bogart's Roy Earle contemplates the Sierras Crime movies often eschew such subtleties as charac … more →
"It's Our Duty to Our Lord." - The 47 Ronin - Best Pictures of 1941 (#8)
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wrote 1 year ago: I’m not sure what the Japanese Ministry of Information thought they would get when they commissioned … more →
“I’ll follow you into your grave.” - I Wake Up Screaming – Best Pictures of 1941 (#9)
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wrote 1 year ago: Laird Cregar puts Victor Mature in the hot seat in "I Wake Up Screaming" The title of this … more →
“This script is an insult to man’s intelligence. Even mine!” Never Give a Sucker an Even Break - Best Pictures of 1941 (#10)
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s time to begin my look at the best of 1941… This is one of the weirdest, most surrea … more →
His Girl Friday - Best Pictures of 1940 (#1)
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wrote 1 year ago: Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, and Rosalind Russell in "His Girl Friday" Well Sam and Jon pred … more →
