April 11, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1941

1. "Citizen Kane" (Orson Welles, RKO)

2. "The Maltese Falcon" (John Huston, Warner)

3. "The 47 Ronin: Part 1" (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

4. "The Lady Eve" (Preston Sturges, Paramount)

5. "Dumbo" (Ben Sharpsteen, Disney)

6. "Sullivan's Travels" (Preston Sturges, Paramount)

7. "Sun Valley Serenade" (H. Bruce Humberstone, Fox)

8. "The Little Foxes" (William Wyler, RKO)

9. "Ornamental Hairpin" (Hiroshi Shimizu, Japan)

10. "High Sierra" (Raoul Walsh, Warner)


Other great films:

The 49th Parallel (UK)
All The Money Can Buy
Ball Of Fire
The Big Store
Birth Of The Blues
Blues In The Night
Brothers And Sisters Of The Toda Family (Japan)
Buck Privates
The Chocolate Soldier
Here Comes Mr Jordan
Hold Back The Dawn
Hoppity Goes To Town
How Green Was My Valley
Topper Returns
Valery Chkalov (Soviet Union)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Week-End In Havana
The Wolf Man
You'll Never Get Rich
Ziegfeld Girl
Zona i nie zona (Poland)

Short Top 3:

1. "Churchill's Island" (Stuart Legg, NFB, Canada)


2. "Words For Battle" (Humphrey Jennings, UK)


3. "Christmas Under Fire" (Harry Watt, Charles Hasse, UK)



Other great shorts:

Acorns (Japan)

Top Commercial:

"America Runs On Bulova Time" (Bulova)



Cartoon Top 10

1. "The Crackpot Quail" (Tex Avery, Warner)


2. "Superman" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)


3. "The Great Cheese Mystery" (Arthur Davis, Columbia)


4. "The Heckling Hare" (Tex Avery, Warner)


5. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B" (Walter Lantz, Universal)


6. "Porky's Preview" (Tex Avery, Warner)


7. "Raggedy Ann And Raggedy Andy" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)


8. "Truant Officer Donald" (Jack King, Disney)


9. "The Screwdriver" (Walter Lantz, Universal)


10. "Rhapsody In Rivets" (Friz Freleng, Warner)


Other great cartoons:

Abdul The Bulbul Ameer
All This And Rabbit Stew
American March
Boogie Doodle 
The Cagey Canary
The Cat's Tale
Chef Donald
Dizzy Kitty
The Fox And The Grapes
A Gentleman's Gentleman
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Hollywood Steps Out 
Hoola Boola
Joe Glow The Firefly
Lend A Paw
The Little Mole
The Little Whirlwind
The Mechanical Monsters
The Midnight Snack
Night Before Christmas
Notes To You
Orphans' Benefit
Pantry Panic
Porky's Bear Facts
Porky's Pooch
The Prospecting Bear
Rhythm In The Ranks
The Rookie Bear
Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat
The Tangled Angler
Timber
Tortoise Beats Hare
The Trial Of Mr Wolf
Wabbit Twouble
Woody Woodpecker

Weak films of 1941:

All-American Co-Ed
Billy The Kid
Blood And Sand
Blossoms In The Dust
 The Flame Of New Orleans
The Great Lie
Heimkehr (Germany)
Sieg im Westen (Germany)
Son Of Monte Christo
The Strawberry Blonde
Target For Tonight
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
That Uncertain Feeling
This Woman Is Mine
Tom, Dick And Harry

Weak shorts:

Ain't Misbehavin'
Bomber
Forty Boys And A Song
Kings Of The Turf
A Quiet Fourth
Sing America - America The Beautiful
The Tanks Are Coming
Warclouds In The Pacific (Canada)

Weak cartoons:

The Alley Cat
Andy Panda's Pop
The Art Of Self Defense
The Art Of Skiing
Aviation Vacation
Baggage Buster
Brave Little Bat
The Bug Parade
Canine Caddy
A Coy Decoy
The Cute Recruit
Dance Of The Weed
Donald's Camera
Elmer's Pet Rabbit
Farm Frolics
The Field Mouse
The Fighting 69 1/2th
Fire Cheese
The Flying Bear
Golden Eggs
A Goodtime For A Dime
Goofy Groceries 
The Goose Goes South
The Haunted Mouse
The Henpecked Duck
How War Came
Inki And The Lion
It's A Hap-Hap-Happy Day  
Little Cesario
Meet John Dougboy
The Nifty Nineties
Officer Pooch
Old McDonald Duck
Pluto's Playmate
Porky's Ant
Porky's Midnight Matinee
Porky's Prize Pony
Porky's Snooze Reel
Robinson Crusoe Jr
Rookie Review
Saddle Silly
Seven Wise Dwarfs
Sniffles Bells The Cat
Snowtime For Comedy
Sport Chumpions
Thrifty Pig
Toy Trouble
Two For The Zoo
Wacky Worm
We The Animals - Squeak!
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