April 20, 1970

Top 10 Films of the 1940's

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

2. "Citizen Kane" (1941, Orson Welles, RKO)

3. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941, John Huston, Warner)

4. "Casablanca" (1943, Michael Curtiz, USA)

5. "The 47 Ronin: Part 1" (1941, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

6. "The 47 Ronin: Part 2" (1942, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

7. "The Palm Beach Story" (1942, Preston Sturges, USA)

8. "The Big Sleep" (1946, Howard Hawks, USA)

9. "Pinocchio" (1940, Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, Disney)

10. "Les Enfants du paradis" (1945, Marcel Carné, France)


Short Top 10

1. "Listen To Britain" (1942, Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister, UK)

2. "Conquer By The Clock" (1942, Slavko Vorkapich, USA)

3. "Pacific 231" (1949, Jean Mitry, France)

4. "Sauna" (Holger Harrivirta, Finland)

5. "Churchill's Island" (1941, Stuart Legg, NFB, Canada)

6. "Varala naisten paratiisi" (Aimo Jäderholm, Finland)

7. "Van Gogh" (1949, Alain Resnais, France)

8. "The Cage" (Sidney Peterson, USA)

9. "Words For Battle" (1941, Humphrey Jennings, UK)

10. "Le Retour" (1945, Henri Cartier-Bresson, France)


Commercial Top 5

1. "Hell-Bent For Election" (1944, Chuck Jones, United Auto Workers)

2. "Lucky Strike" (1942, Lucky Strike)

3. "Chiquita Banana" (1947, Walt Disney, United Fruit Company)

4. "E-Z Pop" (1948, E-Z Pop)

5. "America Runs On Bulova Time" (1941, Bulova)


Cartoon Top 10

1. "The Dover Boys" (1942, Chuck Jones, Warner)

2. "Chicken Little" (1943, Clyde Geronimi, Disney)

3. "King-Size Canary" (1947, Tex Avery, MGM)

4. "The Big Snooze" (1946, Robert Clampett, Warner)

5. "Mouse Wreckers" (1948, Chuck Jones, Warner)

6. "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs" (1942, Robert Clampett, Warner)

7. "Tulips Shall Grow" (1942, George Pal, Paramount)

8. "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" (1948, Friz Freleng, Warner)

9. "The Great Piggybank Robbery"  (1946, Robert Clampett, Warner)

10. "Porky Pig's Feat" (1943, Frank Tashlin, Warner)


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Top 10 Films of 1949

April 19, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1949

1. "The Third Man" (Carol Reed, UK)

2. "White Heat" (Raoul Walsh, USA)

3. "The Bicycle Thief" (Vittorio de Sica, Italy)

4. "It's A Great Feeling" (David Butler, USA)

5. "A Letter To Three Wives" (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)

6. "Gun Crazy" (Joseph H. Lewis, USA)

7. "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" (John Ford, USA)

8. "Kind Hearts And Coronets" (Robert Hamer, UK)

9. "On The Town" (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, USA)

10. "Orphée" (Jean Cocteau, France)


Other great films:

The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad
All The King's Men
The Village Revolt (Czechoslovakia)
The Window

Short Top 3:

1. "Pacific 231" (Jean Mitry, France)

2. "Van Gogh" (Alain Resnais, France)

3. "Thorvaldsen" (Carl T. Dreyer, Denmark)


Other great shorts:

The Lead Shoes
Mr Frenhofer And The Minotaur

Top Commercial:

"Sugar Crisp" (Sugar Crisp)


Other great commercials:

Doctor's Choice

Cartoon Top 10

1. "Song Of The Prairie" (Jiri Trnka, Czechoslovakia)

2. "The Magic Fluke" (John Hubley, Columbia)

3. "Ragtime Bear" (John Hubley, Columbia)

4. "Winter Storage" (Jack Hannah, Disney)

5. "Little Rural Riding Hood" (Tex Avery, MGM)

6. "Story Of The Bass Cello" (Jiri Trnka, Czechoslovakia)

8. "For Scent-imental Reasons" (Chuck Jones, Warner)

7. "Toy Tinkers" (Jack Hannah, Disney)

9. "Fast And Furry-ous" (Chuck Jones, Warner)


10. Begone Dull Care (Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart, Canada)


Other great cartoons:

All In A Nutshell
Bad Luck Blackie
Bad Ol' Putty Tat
Counterfeit Cat
Curtain Razor
Dingbat Land
Doggone Tired
Donald's Happy Birthday
Each Dawn I Crow
Goggle Fishing Bear
Goofy Gymnastics
Grape Nutty
The Grey Hounded Hare
A Ham In A Role
Hare Do
Hatch Up Your Troubles
Heavenly Puss
High Diving Hare
The House Of Tomorrow
The Lion Hunt
Love That Pup
Mississippi Hare
Mouse Mazurka
Often An Orphan
Out-Foxed
Polka Dot Puss
Power Of Thought
Rabbit Hood
The Sailor And The Seagull
Sheep Dog
The Windblown Hare
Wise Quackers

Weak films of 1949:

Adventures Of Don Juan
Beyond The Forest