Friday, October 24, 2008

1954 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1954.









30.       THE GOLDEN COACH






29.              SILVER LODE






28.           BLACK TUESDAY






27.           CARMEN JONES






26.                 SABRINA






25.        THE ADVENTURES 
OF ROBINSON CRUSOE




24.            GATE OF HELL






23.              VERA CRUZ






22.                 SENSO






21.  SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN






20.              LE PLAISIR






19.       THE CAINE MUTINY






                 INDISCRETION 
18.     OF AN AMERICAN WIFE


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17.        HOBSON'S CHOICE





                       20,000 
16.  LEAGUES UNDER THE SUN





15.
DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST





                    CREATURE 
14.    FROM THE BLACK LAGOON






13.       SUMMER INTERLUDE






12.     THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS






11.   MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION






10.            CRIME WAVE






9.    THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA






8.                  LA RONDE






7.        ABISMOS DE PASIÓN
[WUTHERING HEIGHTS]





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6.           A STAR IS BORN




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5.        ON THE WATERFRONT



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4.       TWENTY-FOUR EYES



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3.             REAR WINDOW






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2. 
THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...







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1.           JOHNNY GUITAR
*****













ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 
(the other titles of '54 I loved)




EUROPA '51
[THE GREATEST LOVE]




SALT OF THE EARTH




THE COUNTRY GIRL




THEM!




ANIMAL FARM




THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIAN'S



DIAL M. FOR MURDER



THE SLEEPING TIGER




RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11



CLAWS FOR ALARM



HANSEL & GRETEL
AN OPERA FANTASY
****





1954
TOP 30
  1. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
  2. EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (Ophüls)
  3. REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock)
  4. TWENTY-FOUR EYES (Keisuke Kinoshita)
  5. ON THE WATERFRONT (Kazan)
  6. A STAR IS BORN (Cukor)
  7. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Bunuel)
  8. LA RONDE (Ophüls)
  9. BAREFOOT CONTESSA (Mankiewicz)
  10. CRIME WAVE (De Toth)
  11. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Sirk)
  12. CRUCIFIED LOVERS (Mizoguchi)
  13. SUMMER INTERLUDE (Bergman)
  14. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (J.Arnold)
  15. DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Bresson)
  16. 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Fleischer)
  17. HOBSON'S CHOICE (Lean)
  18. STAZIONE TERMINI (De Sica)
  19. THE CAINE MUTINY (Dmytryk)
  20. LE PLAISIR (Ophüls)
  21. SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Mikio Naruse)
  22. SENSO (Visconti)
  23. VERA CRUZ (Aldrich)
  24. GATE OF HELL (Teinosuke Kinugasa)
  25. ROBINSON CRUSOE (Bunuel)
  26. SABRINA (Wilder)
  27. CARMEN JONES (Preminger)
  28. BLACK TUESDAY (Fregonese)
  29. SILVER LODE (Dwan)
  30. THE GOLDEN COACH (Renoir)


RUNNER UP
EUROPA 51 (Rossellini), SALT OF EARTH (Herbert J. Biberman), THE COUNTRY GIRL (Seaton), THEM! (Gordon Douglas), ANIMAL FARM (Batchelor/Halas), BELLES OF ST. TRINIANS (Frank Launder), DIAL M FOR MURDER (Hitchcock), THE SLEEPING TIGER (Losey), RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 (Siegel), HELL AND HIGH WATER (Fuller), CLAWS FOR ALARM (Chuck Jones), HANSEL & GRETEL (John Paul)

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