April 14, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1944

1. "A Canterbury Tale" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK)

2. "Meet Me In St.Louis" (Vincente Minnelli, USA)

3. "Laura" (Otto Preminger, USA)

4. "Double Indemnity" (Billy Wilder, USA)

5. "The Uninvited" (Lewis Allen, USA)

6. "Ivan The Terrible Part I" (Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union)

7. "Torment" (Alf Sjöberg, Sweden)

8. "The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek" (Preston Sturges, USA)

9. "Hail The Conquering Hero" (Preston Sturges, USA)

10. "Murder My Sweet" (Edward Dmytryk, USA)


Other great films:

Arsenic And Old Lace
Bathing Beauty
The Battle Of China
Boys On The River (Böhmen und Mähren)
Brazil
The Canterville Ghost
Cover Girl
Felicie Nanteuil (France)
The Fighting Lady
To Have And Have Not
Up In Arms
Warszawa walczy (Poland)


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1944:

1. "La Fornarina" (Enrico Guazzoni, Italy)

2. "Inspiration" (Eero Leväluoma, Erkki Uotila, Finland)

3. "Opfergang" (Veit Harlan, Germany)

4. "Es lebe die Liebe" (Erich Engel, Germany)

5. "The Way You Wanted Me" (Teuvo Tulio, Finland)

6. "Belles Of The South Seas" (USA) - short


8. "A Lecture On Camouflage" (Chuck Jones, Warner) - cartoon

9. "Bohema" (Karel Baroch, Böhmen und Mähren) - short

10. "Flickan och djavulen" (Hampe Faustman, Sweden)


Short Top 3:

1. "Jammin' The Blues" (Gjon Mili, USA)


2. "At Land" (Maya Deren, USA)


3. "Majdanek cmentarzysko Europy" (Aleksander Ford, Poland)


Other great shorts:

Movie Pests
Target Japan
With The Marines At Tarawa

Top Commercial:

"Hell-Bent For Election" (Chuck Jones, United Auto Workers)


Cartoon Top 10

1. "The Silly Goose" (Hans Fischerkoesen, Germany)


2. "Fish Fry" (James Culhane, Universal)


3. "The Barber Of Seville" (James Culhane, Universal)


4. "Goldilocks And The Jivin' Bears" (Friz Freleng, Warner)


5. "Screwball Squirrel" (Tex Avery, MGM)


6. "Donald Duck And The Gorilla" (Jack King, Disney)


7. "And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street" (George Pal, Paramount)


8. "Ski For Two" (James Culhane, Universal)


9. "Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears" (Chuck Jones, Warner)


10. "Duck Soup To Nuts" (Friz Freleng, Warner)


Other great cartoons:

Batty Baseball
Big Heel-Watha
Birdy And The Beast
The Bodyguard
Brother Brat
Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips
Censored