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YC3 1935: Top Hat

Postby Jewellrunner » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:46 pm

1935 voting is complete and results are posted! Thank you to Janne Frank's Diary, Ally, Hsiao-Hsien, roujin, VivaLuis, Nadafingah, PaulSimonMarcus, Lauren, Z, wigwam, lames, Jos, & Jewellrunner for participating.

FILM:
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1 Top Hat [24 / 6]
2 Bride of Frankenstein [23 / 6]
3 A Night at the Opera [22 / 8]
4 Toni [17 / 4]
5 The Devil is a Woman [12 / 3]
6 The 39 Steps [11 / 6]
7 The Whole Town's Talking [10 / 4]
8 Triumph of the Will [9 / 3]
9 Composition in Blue [8 / 2]
10 Dangerous [7 / 2]
11 A Colour Box [7 / 3]
12 Who Killed Cock Robin? [6 / 2]
13 La Bandera [5 / 2]
13 Mutiny on the Bounty [5 / 2]
15 David Copperfield [4 / 1]
15 'G' Men [4 / 1]
15 Sylvia Scarlett [4 / 1]
18 The Cradles [4 / 2]
18 The Informer [4 / 2]
20 An Inn in Tokyo [3 / 1]
20 Magnificent Obsession [3 / 1]
20 Man on the Flying Trapeze [3 / 1]


New to top 10: The Whole Town's Talking (--), Composition in Blue (--)
Out of top 10: An Inn in Tokyo (5), The Informer (9)


PERFORMANCE:
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1 Edward G. Robinson, The Whole Town's Talking [16 / 4]
2 Boris Karloff, Bride of Frankenstein [15 / 5]
3 Ernest Thesiger, Bride of Frankenstein [12 / 3]
4 Groucho Marx, A Night at the Opera [11 / 5]
5 Bette Davis, Dangerous [9 / 2]
6 Robert Donat, The 39 Steps [8 / 2]
6 Katherine Hepburn, Alice Adams [8 / 2]
8 Elsa Lanchester, Bride of Frankenstein [7 / 2]
9 Harpo Marx, A Night at the Opera [7 / 4]
10 Charles Blavette, Toni [6 / 2]
11 Chico Marx, A Night at the Opera [6 / 3]
12 WC Fields, Man on the Flying Trapeze [5 / 1]
12 Greta Garbo, Anna Karenina [5 / 1]
14 Colin Clive, Bride of Frankenstein [5 / 2]
15 Bette Davis, Bordertown [4 / 1]
15 Marlene Dietrich, The Devil is a Woman [4 / 1]
15 Irene Dunne, Magnificent Obsession [4 / 1]
15 WC Fields, David Copperfield [4 / 1]
15 Charles Laughton, Mutiny on the Bounty [4 / 1]
15 Una O'Connor, Bride of Frankenstein [4 / 1]



DIRECTOR:
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1 James Whale, Bride of Frankenstein [11 / 5]
2 Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will [7 / 3]
3 Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps [7 / 4]
4 Jean Renoir, Toni [5 / 2]
5 Julien Duvivier, La Bandera [4 / 2]
5 Josef Von Sternberg, The Devil is a Woman [4 / 2]
7 Oskar Fischinger, Composition in Blue [3 / 1]
7 John Ford, The Informer [3 / 1]
7 Alfred E. Green, Dangerous [3 / 1]
10 Mark Sandrich, Top Hat [3 / 2]



SCREENPLAY:
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1 James Kevin McGuinness, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Al Boasberg, Robert Pirosh, & George Seaton, A Night at the Opera [5 / 2]
2 Laird Doyle, Dangerous [4 / 2]
2 William Hurlbut & John L. Balderston, Bride of Frankenstein [4 / 2]
4 Dwight Taylor, Top Hat [3 / 1]
4 W.R. Burnett, Robert Riskin, & Jo Swerling, This Whole Town's Talking [3 / 1]
6 Clemence Dane & Salka Viertel, Anna Karenina [2 / 1]
6 Dorothy Yost, Alice Adams [2 / 1]
6 Julien Duvivier & Charles Spaak, La Bandera [2 / 1]
6 William Cottrell, Joe Grant, & Bob Kuwahara, Who Killed Cock Robin? [2 / 1]
6 Jean Renoir & Jacques Levert, Toni [2 / 1]



CINEMATOGRAPHY:
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1 Franz Waxman, Bride of Frankenstein [9 / 3]
2 Joseph H. August, The Informer [5 / 2]
2 Ernest Haller, Dangerous [5 / 2]
2 Claude Renoir, Toni [5 / 2]
5 Jules Kruger, La Bandera [3 / 1]
6 Bernard Knowles, The 39 Steps [3 / 2]
6 Josef von Sternberg & Lucien Ballard, The Devil is a Woman [3 / 2]
8 Joseph H. August, The Whole Town's Talking [3 / 3]
9 David Abel, Top Hat [2 / 1]
9 Arthur Edeson, Charles G. Clarke, & Sidney Wagner, Mutiny on the Bounty [2 / 1]
9 Boris Kaufman, The Cradles [2 / 1]
9 Various, Triumph of the Will [2 / 1]



WORST:
1 Restless Knights [-3]
2 Anna Karenina [-2]
2 Captain Blood [-2]
2 Werewolf of London [-2]
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby David » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:52 pm

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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Janne Frank's Diary » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:26 pm

Film:
1. Bride of Frankenstein
2. Triumph des Willens
3. 'G' Men

Performance:
1. Greta Garbo (Anna Karenina)
2. Colin Clive (Bride of Frankenstein)
3. Ernest Thesiger (Bride of Frankenstein) - so God damned campy
4. James Cagney ('G' Men)

Director:
1. Leni Riefenstahl (Triumph des Willens)
2. James Whale (Bride of Frankenstein)

Screenplay:
1. William Hurlbut and John L. Balderston (Bride of Frankenstein)
2. James Kevin McGuinness, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Al Boasberg, Robert Pirosh and George Seaton (A Night at the Opera)
3. Clemence Dane, Salka Viertel (Anna Karenina)

Cinematography:
1. Franz Waxman (Bride of Frankenstein)
2. An army of nazis (Triumph des Willens)

Worst/Overrated:
1. Restless Knights
2. Werewolf of London
3. Captain Blood
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Ally » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:11 pm

Seen: 38

MOVIES
1. Dangerous (1935)
2. Toni
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10. Crime and Punishment

PERFORMANCES
1. Bette Davis, Dangerous (1935)
2. Bette Davis, Bordertown

DIRECTOR
1. Alfred E. Green, Dangerous (1935)
2. Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps

SCREENPLAY
1. Laird Doyle, Dangerous

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Ernest Haller, Dangerous

Overrated:
1. A Night at the Opera
2. Anna Karenina
3. Captin Blood
To see:
Bette Davis in Dangerous again!
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby InHuman » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:25 pm

David wrote::oops:
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby HHH » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:24 pm

1. Top Hat
10. Mutiny on the Bounty


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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby roujin » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:00 pm

1. Top Hat
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby VivaLuis » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:45 pm

Seen: 11. :oops:

Film:

1. Komposition in Blau (Composition in Blue, Fischinger, 1935, sh)
2. Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will, Riefenstahl, 1935, doc)
3. Bride of Frankenstein (Whale, 1935)
4. A Colour Box (Lye, 1935, sh)
5. A Night at the Opera (Wood, 1935)
6. Who Killed Cock Robin? (Hand, 1935, sh)
7. The Band Concert (W. Jackson, 1935, sh)
8. Les berceaux (The Cradles, Kirsanoff, 1935, sh)
9. Peter Ibbetson (Hathaway, 1935)

Performance:

1. Boris Karloff (Bride of Frankenstein)
2. Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein)
3. Una O'Connor (Bride of Frankenstein)

Director:

1. Oskar Fischinger (Komposition in Blau)
2. Leni Riefenstahl (Triumph des Willens)
3. Len Lye (A Colour Box)
4. James Whale (Bride of Frankenstein)

EDIT! Oskar Fischinger jumps in.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Nadafingah » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:02 pm

Film:
1. Bride of Frankenstein
2. Toni
3. David Copperfield
4. The 39 Steps
5. Top Hat
6. Ruggles of Red Gap
7. A Night at the Opera
8. Alice Adams
9. The Good Fairy
10. The Mark of the Vampire

Performance:
1. Ernst Thesiger, The Bride of Frankenstein
2. Boris Karloff, Bride of Frankenstein
3 W C Field, David Copperfield
4. Katherine Hepburn, Alice Adams
5. JÉdouard Delmont, Toni
6. Groucho Marx, A Night at the Opera
7. Basil Rathbone, David Copperfield
8. Charles Laughton, Ruggles of Red Gap
9. Charles Blavette, Toni
10. Margaret Sullivan, The Good Fairy

Director:
1. James Whale, Bride of Frankenstein
2. Jean Renoir, Toni
3. Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps
4. Leo McCarey, Ruggles of red Gap
5. George Stevens, Alice Adams
5. Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Simon M. » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:03 pm

Total seen: 5

Film:
1. Bride of Frankenstein
2. Mutiny on the Bounty
3. The 39 Steps
4. The Whole Town's Talking
5. A Night at the Opera
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Performance:
1. Robert Donat - The 39 Steps
2. Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty
3. Edward G. Robinson - The Whole Town's Talking
4. Ernest Thesiger - Bride of Frankenstein
5. Elsa Lanchester - Bride of Frankenstein
6. Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty
7. Madeleine Carroll - The 39 Steps
8. Boris Karloff - Bride of Frankenstein
9. Harpo Marx - A Night at the Opera
10. Groucho Marx - A Night at the Opera

Director:
1. James Whale - Bride of Frankenstein
2. Alfred Hitchcock - The 39 Steps
3. Frank Lloyd - Mutiny on the Bounty
4. John Ford (still so hard to believe...) - The Whole Town's Talking
5.

Cinematography:
1. Bride of Frankenstein
2. Mutiny on the Bounty
3. The 39 Steps
4. The Whole Town's Talking
5.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Jewellrunner » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:09 pm

Nadafingah, The Story of Floating Weeds is 1934.

But it is great. :salute:
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Ally » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:28 pm

VivaLuis wrote:Seen: 10. :oops:

Film:

1. Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will, Riefenstahl, 1935, doc)
8. Peter Ibbetson (Hathaway, 1935)

Need to see these. :oops:

And nadafingah, I need to see Toni as well.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Jos » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:59 pm

Toni is lovely, great pick! (yes Ally, see it!)
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Lauren » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:08 pm

1 Top Hat
2 Sylvia Scarlett
3 The Devil is a Woman
4 The Whole Town's Talking
5 Magnificent Obsession
6 Roberta
7 Dangerous
8 If You Could Only Cook
9 Alice Adams
10 La Bandera

Performance
1 Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams
2 Bette Davis, Dangerous
3 Irene Dunne, Magnificent Obsession
4 Edward G Robinson, The Whole Town's Talking
5 Cary Grant, Sylvia Scarlett
6 Jean Gabin, La Bandera
7 Eric Blore, Top Hat
8 Edward Everett Horton, Top Hat
9 Erik Rhodes, Top Hat
10 Helen Broderick, Top Hat

Director
1 Josef Von Sternberg, The Devil is a Woman
2 Mark Sandrich, Top Hat
3 John M Stahl, Magnificent Obsession
4 George Stevens, Alice Adams
5 Julien Duvivier, La Bandera

Screenplay
1 Dwight Taylor, Top Hat [play, Sándor Faragó & Aladar Laszlo]
2 Dorothy Yost, Alice Adams [novel, Booth Tarkington]
3 Julien Duvivier & Charles Spaak, La Bandera [novel, Pierre Dumarchais]
4 Laird Doyle, Dangerous
5 Donald Ogden Stewart, No More Ladies [play, AE Thomas]

Cinematography
1 Jules Kruger, La Bandera
2 Josef von Sternberg, Lucien Ballard, The Devil is a Woman
3 Ernest Haller, Dangerous
4 Joseph H August, The Whole Town's Talking
5 John J Mescall, Magnificent Obsession

Worst/Overrated
1 The 39 Steps
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Ally » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:38 pm

Jos wrote:Toni is lovely, great pick! (yes Ally, see it!)

First Anne Fontaine recommended it and now you. :propeller: :lol: *grouphug*
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Z » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:07 am

Seen only a few from this year but list is a list.


1. A Night at the Opera
2. The 39 Steps
3. The Devil Is a Woman
4. A Colour Box
5. Komposition in Blau
6. Top Hat
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Nadafingah » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:46 pm

Jewellrunner wrote:Nadafingah, The Story of Floating Weeds is 1934.

But it is great. :salute:


Thanks. All better now. Got in another Halloween movie.

And Ally, Toni is an amazing movie.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Ally » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:46 pm

Nada I'm adding you to the list of people who are recommending this movie to me. I need to see it...NOW! Yikes I'm crazy for not seeing it sooner.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby VivaLuis » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:04 pm

Just saw Oskar Fischinger's masterpiece (better late than never :P ) and so I was 'forced' to EDIT my (initial) list (not that I mind :D ).
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Z » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:33 pm

VivaLuis wrote:Seen: 11. :oops:

Film:

1. Komposition in Blau (Composition in Blue, Fischinger, 1935, sh)
4. A Colour Box (Lye, 1935, sh)


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Lye and Fischi are too underrated in this forum. Good picks Miran.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby VivaLuis » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:08 pm

Z wrote:
VivaLuis wrote:Seen: 11. :oops:

Film:

1. Komposition in Blau (Composition in Blue, Fischinger, 1935, sh)
4. A Colour Box (Lye, 1935, sh)


:salute:

Lye and Fischi are too underrated in this forum. Good picks Miran.


Why, thank you. I appreciate your moral support, Daniel.
You're right, of course, but why they aren't on *your* list? :shrug:
(It was sad to see you didn't give any support to Dodesukaden either. :( )

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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby wigwam » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:59 pm

Night at the Opera
Toni
La Bandera
Whole Town's Talking

perf
Edw G
Chico
Margaret
Harpo
Groucho

dir
Duvivier

scr
Whole Town's Talking

cin
Toni

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Bride of Frankenstein
39 Steps
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby james » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:42 pm

in case I don't see Toni or Sylvia Scarlet or others...

Films:
Bride of Frankenstein
Top Hat
The Devil is a Woman
The Informer
Man on the Flying Trapeze
A Night at the Opera
39 Steps
Triumph of the Will

Perfs:
WC Fields, Man on the Flying Trapeze
Marlene Dietrich, The Devil is a Woman
Boris Karloff, Bride of Frankenstein
Robert Donat, The 39 Steps
Fred Astaire, Top Hat
Ginger Rogers, Top Hat
Victor McLaglen, The Informer
Chico
Harpo
Groucho

Direction:
John Ford, The Informer
James Whale, Bride of Frankenstein
Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will
Josef von Sternberg, The Devil is a Woman
Mark Sandrich, Top Hat

Cinematography:
Franz Waxman, Bride of Frankenstein
Joseph H. August, The Informer
David Abel, Top Hat
Josef von Sternberg, Lucien Ballard, The Devil is a Woman
Bernard Knowles, The 39 Steps
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby Ally » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:32 pm

Toni is this year? Hold the presses!! It's going to be a Renoir weekend, I suppose.
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Re: YC3: 1935 OPEN

Postby james » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:49 pm

yeah I have The Southerner to watch for '45, gonna be goooooood stuff
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