April 16, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1946

1. "The Big Sleep" (Howard Hawks, USA)

2. "It's A Wonderful Life" (Frank Capra, USA)

3. "The Best Years Of Our Lives" (William Wyler, USA)

4. "Road To Utopia" (Hal Walker, USA)

5. "Great Expectations" (David Lean, UK)

6. "Notorious" (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

7. "A Matter Of Life And Death" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK)

8. "La Belle et la Bête" (Jean Cocteau, France)

9. "My Darling Clementine" (John Ford, USA)

10. Terror By Night (Roy William Neill, Universal)


Other great films:
Crisis (Sweden)
Shoeshine (Italy)
The Spiral Staircase
The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers
The Stranger
Sylvie et le fantôme (France)
Three Little Girls In Blue
Till The Clouds Roll By
To Each His Own
Wielka droga (Poland)
The Yearling


Top 5 Guilty Pleasures of 1946:

1. "Ditte menneskebarn" (Bjarne Henning-Jensen, Denmark)

2. "It Rains On Our Love" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)

3. "The Ways Of Sin" (Hannu Leminen, Finland)

4. "Devil Monster" (S. Edwin Graham, USA)

5. "El Angel desnudo" (Carlos Hugo Christensen, Argentina)


Short Top 3:

1. "Ritual In Transfigured Time" (Maya Deren, USA)

2. "Seeds Of Destiny" (David Miller, USA)

3. "Hiss And Yell" (Jules White, USA)


Other great shorts:

The Fleet That Came To Stay
Instruments Of The Orchestra (UK)
Traffic With The Devil

Top Commercial:

"Planning For Good Eating" (Walt Disney, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs)


Cartoon Top 10

1. "The Big Snooze" (Bob Clampett, Warner)

2. "The Great Piggybank Robbery"  (Bob Clampett, Warner)

3. "Book Revue"  (Bob Clampett, Warner)

4. "Kitty Kornered"  (Bob Clampett, Warner)

5. "The Cat Concerto" (William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, MGM)

6. "Musical Moments From Chopin" (Dick Lundy, Universal)

7. "Squatter's Rights" (Jack Hannah, Disney)

8. "Walky Talky Hawky" (Robert McKimson, Warner)

9. "John Henry And The Inky Poo" (George Pal, Paramount)

10. "Bathing Buddies" (Dick Lundy, Universal)


Other great cartoons:

Baby Bottleneck
Becall To Arms
Daffy Doodles
The Eager Beaver
Hair-Raising Hare
Hare Remover
Henpecked Hoboes
In Dutch
Jasper In A Jam 

Weak shorts:

Atomic Power