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Hello cats or alligators. Welcome to some sort of illegal speakeasy that also happens to have a record player and a movie projector. BEA is making a list of our favourite films from the 30's Very Happy

Rules are slightly different this time around, but the rest remains the same.

The gist/ rules:

BEA's composes a list of our 100 favourite films of the 30's Smile

Anything with an American release date past January 1st 1930 will be accepted. No films released past December 31st 1939 will be accepted. There are no length limitations this time around.

All lists will be PMed to me, maxing out at 100. The final list will be 100 films. This time around, I'll be accepting lists of any denotation up to 100. The size of your list determines it's weight.

Lists will also be accepted in IMDb and Letterboxd format. Deadline will be determined later (will more than likely be December 22nd or 23rd, right before Christmas)

Let's have some fun Very Happy


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Anything with an American release date past January 1st 1930 will be accepted.

Films that were never released in America (some great films from Soviet nations during that decade)...?
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Anything with an American release date past January 1st 1930 will be accepted.

Films that were never released in America (some great films from Soviet nations during that decade)...?


Yeah, course. As long as they have a 30's release somewhere in the world. I don't feel like there'll be too many questions about qualifications this time around.
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Here's my rough list:

M (1931)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Fury (1936)
Anna Karenina (1935
Shanghai Express (1932)
The Hands of Orlac (1935)
Baby Face (1933)
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
The 39 Steps
It Happened One Night (1934)
Modern Times (1936)
The Black Cat (1934)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
A Star is Born (1937)
Of Mice & Men (1939)
The Criminal Code (1931)
Kameradschaft (1931)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Ninotchka (1939)
Anna Christie (1930)
The Women (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Morocco (1930)
Toni (1935)
Scarface (1932)
The Purchase Price (1932)
G-Men (1935)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Dark Victory (1939)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Les Miserables (1934)
Dishonored (1931)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Osaka Elegy (1936)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
City Lights (1931)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
The Public Enemy (1931)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Heroes for Sale (1933)
The Thin Man (1934)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Vampyr (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Queen Christina (1933)
Stage Door (1937)
Dangerous (1935)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Dodsworth (1936)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Dracula (1931)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Lady of Fortune (1935)
Twentieth Century (1934)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Midnight (1939)
Camille (1936)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Sabotage (1936)
The Raven (1935)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
It's a Gift (1934)
The Informer (1935)
The Downfall of Osen (1935)
Das blaue Licht (1932)
Possessed (1931)
Ekstase (1933)
Beau Geste (1939)
Mata Hari (1931)
Tower of London (1939)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Klondike Annie (1936)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
The Last Gangster (1937)
The Unknown (1927)
Night Nurse (1931)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
White Zombie (1932)

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I'd like to do an early plug for Jean Renoir. The man had the most amazing output of any director in the 1930s. Rules of the Game, Partie de Campagne, Crime of Monsieur Lange, Boudu Saved From Drowning.... bloody Grand Illusion.


Anyway, here's a rough (very rough) outline of my top 50.

City Lights
M
Partie de Campagne
L'Atalante
Stage Door
Blood of a Poet
Land Without Bread
Rules of the Game
You Can't Take It With You
It Happened One Night
Quality Street (<-- woefully underrated Katharine Hepburn film)
Zero For Conduct
Freaks
Holiday
Fury
Grand Illusion
Bringing Up Baby
Crime of Monsieur Lange
L'Age d'Or
Duck Soup
King Kong
Tabu
La Chienne
Alexander Nevsky
Boudu Saved From Drowning
The Lady Vanishes
Port of Shadows
Anthony Adverse
Le Jour se Leve
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
La Bete Humaine
Stagecoach
The Thin Man
All Quiet on the Western Front
Mutiny on the Bounty
Goodbye Mr Chips
The Divorcee
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
Morning Glory
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Modern Times
Trouble in Paradise
Earth
Make Way For Tomorrow
Bride of Frankenstein
Triumph of the Will (<-- I feel I should honestly ask, am I allowed to include this?)
A Night at the Opera
Testament of Dr Mabuse
The 39 Steps
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nutso42 wrote:
I'd like to do an early plug for Jean Renoir.


Yeah, for sure. I wouldn't be surprised if at least 6 or 7 of his films made the list. A reminder that all shorts are allowed this time as well. A Day In The Country will certainly be on my list Smile

Speaking of which, I think my top 10 will look something like this:

1. City Lights
2. Modern Times
3. M
4. Trouble In Paradise
5. The 39 Steps
6. Rules of The Game
7. Boudu Saved From Drowning
8. Under The Roofs of Paris
9. The Blood of A Poet
10. 42nd Street (or maybe Tabu)

Looking forward to see what we can come up with Razz

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Triumph of the Will (<-- I feel I should honestly ask, am I allowed to include this?)


And yeah, it's allowed. Not exactly sure how well it'll do, but it follows all the rules.
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My lazy cousin didn't pay my internet bill, sorry for my absence of late. The only directors who may have more than Renoir are Capra and Lang, maybe Wyler.
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Okay. Tough leaving off a few movies but I think this is what I got unless I manage to catch a rec off here, which isn't likely due to my current internet situation...

[Edit: lost my notes. Probably gonna start over.]

1. City Lights
2. L'Atalante
3. Grand Illusion
4. Modern Times
5. M
6. It Happened One Night
7. Bride of Frankenstein
8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
9. The Rules of the Game
10. Trouble in Paradise

11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
12. Freaks
13. L'age d'Or
14. The Wizard of Oz
15. The 39 Steps
16. Counsellor at Law
17. Duck Soup
18. I Was Born, But...
19. All Quiet On the Western Front
20. Vampyr

21. 42nd Street
22. Bringing Up Baby
23. Little Caesar
24. Ninotchka
25. Gone with the Wind
26. King Kong
27. Scarface
28. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
29. A Night at the Opera
30. Dinner at Eight

31. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
32. The Thin Man
33. Top Hat
34. The Lady Vanishes
35. Camille
36. Fury
37. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38. Port of Shadows
39. Queen Christina
40. Frankenstein

41. Tale of the Fox
42. The Public Enemy
43. Mutiny on the Bounty
44. La Bete Humaine
45. Stagecoach
46. Swing Time
47. The Adventures of Robin Hood
48. A Nous la Liberte
49. Wuthering Heights
50. Zero for Conduct


I'll stop at 50 for now. More to come soon.


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The early '30s were simultaneously a liberation and a regression in American cinema. Liberating in the sense that several themes were depicted on screen for the first time...prostitution, promiscuity, violence, etc. Films that were harshly critical of American values/systems were also fair game. Hey, sex, violence, and controversy sell. And the film business needed products to sell in the midst of the worst economic depression in history. But in 1934, thanks to religion, all that was wiped away. The Catholic Legion of Decency pushed for the establishment of the Production Code Administration (PCA) which kept all that 'offensive' content off the screen.

At the same time, the early '30s saw a regression on the technical side of filmmaking due to the introduction of sound. Since early microphones were primitive, they were either planted on screen behind or inside objects, or hidden slightly off-screen. This limited range/motion for both the camera and actors/actresses on screen, giving us very static-looking shots as opposed to the more kinetic cinematography of the '20s. Not to mention, early sound recording was bad. There was a lot static, interference, and scratchiness. I find it nearly impossible to watch some early talkies because they're so rough, both visually and audibly. But as the decade wore on, microphone technology improved, allowing cinematography to reach late '20s sophistication (with sound to boot).

What's most unfortunate about early sound cinema was that it killed the art of the silent film (except Chaplin). I wished it had continued but oh well. Cinema needed sound to reach new heights/possibilities. In terms of content, cinema was heading for maturity...for awhile, at least, before the PCA was established. But hey, progress historically has a few bumps in the road, and cinema is no different.

Ok enough of my history buff coming out. I'm excited to see what we come up with. I'm predicting M will be #1, City Lights #2.
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StreetSpirit wrote:
The early '30s were simultaneously a liberation and a regression in American cinema. Liberating in the sense that several themes were depicted on screen for the first time...prostitution, promiscuity, violence, etc. Films that were harshly critical of American values/systems were also fair game. Hey, sex, violence, and controversy sell. And the film business needed products to sell in the midst of the worst economic depression in history. But in 1934, thanks to religion, all that was wiped away. The Catholic Legion of Decency pushed for the establishment of the Production Code Administration (PCA) which kept all that 'offensive' content off the screen.

At the same time, the early '30s saw a regression on the technical side of filmmaking due to the introduction of sound. Since early microphones were primitive, they were either planted on screen behind or inside objects, or hidden slightly off-screen. This limited range/motion for both the camera and actors/actresses on screen, giving us very static-looking shots as opposed to the more kinetic cinematography of the '20s. Not to mention, early sound recording was bad. There was a lot static, interference, and scratchiness. I find it nearly impossible to watch some early talkies because they're so rough, both visually and audibly. But as the decade wore on, microphone technology improved, allowing cinematography to reach late '20s sophistication (with sound to boot).

What's most unfortunate about early sound cinema was that it killed the art of the silent film (except Chaplin). I wished it had continued but oh well. Cinema needed sound to reach new heights/possibilities. In terms of content, cinema was heading for maturity...for awhile, at least, before the PCA was established. But hey, progress historically has a few bumps in the road, and cinema is no different.

Ok enough of my history buff coming out. I'm excited to see what we come up with. I'm predicting M will be #1, City Lights #2.


Do you write for any publications/web sites? If not, you should. But no way Jose, City Lights is going all the way baby. M is great but good luck on even being the highest foreign language film; I suppose a vote split between the two top Renoir films might get it there but I don't know.
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