Tuesday, September 30, 2008

1931 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1931.

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15.                SVENGALI




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14.                  LIMITE




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13.   LOVE AND DUTY 恋爱与义务





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12.        MONKEY BUSINESS





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11.             LA CHIENNE





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10.               DRACULA




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-tie-10. DRÁCULA [SPANISH CUT]




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                       TABU:
9.A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS





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8.                LE MILLION





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7.        THE PUBLIC ENEMY




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                 ENTHUSIASM
6. Энтузиазм: Симфония Донбасса





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5.        WOMAN IN THE MOON





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           THE 3 PENNY OPERA 
4.          [French cut]






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           THE 3 PENNY OPERA
-tie-4.     [German cut]





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3.     THE SMILING LIEUTENANT





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2.             FRANKENSTEIN







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1.                CITY LIGHTS
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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(other films of '31 that could've placed)




THE FRONT PAGE


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LITTLE CAESAR


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THE DESTRUCTION OF OAXACA
[EL DESASTRE EN OAXACA]


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THE CHAMP


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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
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1931
TOP 15
  1. CITY LIGHTS (Chaplin)
  2. FRANKENSTEIN (Whale)
  3. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Lubitsch)
  4. DIE 3 GROSCHEN-OPER (Pabst)                                   -tie- L'OPERA DE QUAT'SOUS (Pabst)
  5. FRAU IM MOND (Lang)
  6. ENTUZIAZM (Dziga Vertov)
  7. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Wellman)
  8. LE MILLION (Clair)
  9. TABU (Marnau)
  10. DRÁCULA [ESPANOL] (Ávalos)                                       -tie- DRACULA (Browning)
  11. LA CHIENNE (Renoir)
  12. MONKEY BUSINESS (Hawks)
  13. LOVE AND DUTY (Wancang Bu)
  14. LIMITE (Mario Peixoto)
  15. SVENGALI (Mayo)
HONORABLE MENTION
THE FRONT PAGE (Milestone), LITTLE CAESAR (Mervyn LeRoy),
LA DESTRUCCIÓN DE OAXACA(Eisenstein), THE CHAMP (Vidor), DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Mamoulian)

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