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


Other great films:
Crisis (Sweden)
Terror By Night
Three Little Girls In Blue
Till The Clouds Roll By
To Each His Own
Wielka droga (Poland)
The Yearling


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1946:

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

2. "Restless Blood" (Teuvo Tulio, Finland)

3. "The Callbird" (Roland af Hällström, Finland)

4. "Golden Light" (Edvin Laine, Finland)

5. "Le Gardian" (Jean de Marguenat, France)

6. "Cross Of Love" (Teuvo Tulio, Finland)

7. "Il Tiranno di Padova" (Max Neufeld, Italy)

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

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

10. "A River Performs Magic" (Václav Krska, Czechoslovakia)


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. "The Story Of Menstruation" (Jack Kinney, Disney)


Other great cartoons:

Baby Bottleneck 
Bathing Buddies 
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
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Top 3 Musicals of 1946

1. "The Harvey Girls" (George Sidney, MGM)


3. "The Jolson Story" (Alfred E. Green, Columbia)


3. "Centennial Summer" (Otto Preminger, 20th-Fox)

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The Big Sleep (1946) *****

One of the best detective movies ever made, starring Humphrey Bogard as Philip Marlowe. There are two versions of this film, both excellent.
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Shoeshine (1946) ****

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Ditte menneskebarn (1946) ****

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Centennial Summer (1946) ***

A poor man's "Meet Me In St Louis", but set in Philadelphia during the 1876 Centennial. Highlights: Oscar-nominated song "All Through The Day" and showstopping musical number "Cinderella Sue". Songs include:

"All Through The Day" **
"Cinderella Sue" ***
"Larks" **
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The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946) ***

Very ingenious film noir about a tyrannical rich woman murdered by her young niece.
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Murderers Among Us (1946) ***


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Wielka droga (1946) ***

The first post-war Polish film is actually the last pre-war Polish film. Made in Italy in 1946, it's a story of Polish soldiers who, while fighting against the Nazis in 1939, were attacked from behind by the Red Army on September 17, found themselves deported to Siberia, imprisoned in gulags, liberated after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, escaped from Stalin's clutches in 1942, joined the Western Allies in Iran, Palestine, Iraq and Egypt, and finally took part in the liberation of Italy, winning a great battle at Monte Cassino in 1944. Produced by the Polish Army loyal to the pre-war Polish government (then in exile), this anti-Communist film was directed by Michal Waszynski ("Co moj maz robi w nocy", "Jasnie pan szofer", "Bedzie lepiej", "Dybuk") and written by Konrad Tom (the director of "Manewry milosne", "Ada, to nie wypada!" and "Zapomniana melodia"). Mostly a documentary, with priceless archival footage, the film uses a fictional framing story about a blind and wounded soldier who confuses a hospital nurse (Jadwiga Andrzejewska) for his fiancee. The film probably wasn't intended as an allegory about Poles who were confusing the newly created Communist country for the real, free Poland, but such an interpretation is almost inevitable (especially considering that Jadwiga Andrzejewska, despite playing in such a strongly anti-Communist film, still decided to return to Poland in 1947).
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Duel In The Sun (1946) ***

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Sylvie et le fantôme (1946) ***

Jacques Tati plays a ghost in this charming French film. 
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Golden Light (1946) ***

The film is available here.
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A River Performs Magic (1946)

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Il Tiranno di Padova (1946) ***


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Cross Of Love (1946) ***


The film is available here.
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