{"id":29395,"date":"2011-11-12T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?page_id=29395"},"modified":"2011-11-12T22:38:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T06:38:11","slug":"my-top-tens-1940s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/?page_id=29395","title":{"rendered":"My Top Tens: 1940s"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>y top ten films for each year of the 1940s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing of all films I saw that year as well as films released that year).<\/p>\n

Oh, and I don\u2019t really believe in top \u201cten\u201d lists, despite using the common nomenclature for the title of this page. This is going to be the top several films of each year, down to whatever point I think the films stop being worthy of inclusion. Might be eight one year, might be twenty-three another.<\/p>\n

1949<\/h3>\n

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    \n
  1. On the Town<\/li>\n
  2. The Third Man<\/li>\n
  3. Little Rural Riding Hood<\/li>\n
  4. White Heat<\/li>\n
  5. Adam’s Rib<\/li>\n
  6. Kind Hearts and Coronets<\/li>\n
  7. Criss Cross<\/li>\n
  8. The Stratton Story<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
    \nStray Dog
    \nLate Spring
    \nThe Heiress
    \nThieves’ Highway
    \nSands of Iwo Jima<\/p>\n

    1948<\/h3>\n

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      \n
    1. The Red Shoes<\/li>\n
    2. Bicycle Thieves<\/li>\n
    3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre<\/li>\n
    4. Unfaithfully Yours<\/li>\n
    5. Red River<\/li>\n
    6. Key Largo<\/li>\n
    7. The Fallen Idol<\/li>\n
    8. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein<\/li>\n
    9. Hamlet<\/li>\n
    10. The Pirate<\/li>\n
    11. Rope<\/li>\n
    12. Sorry Wrong Number<\/li>\n
    13. Raw Deal<\/li>\n
    14. The Paleface<\/li>\n
    15. Easter Parade<\/li>\n
    16. The Live By Night<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
      \nMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
      \nDrunken Angel
      \nFort Apache
      \nOliver Twist
      \nGermany Year Zero<\/p>\n

      1947<\/h3>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Black Narcissus<\/li>\n
      2. Monsieur Verdoux<\/li>\n
      3. I Know Where I’m Going<\/li>\n
      4. Miracle on 34th Street<\/li>\n
      5. Possessed<\/li>\n
      6. Out of the Past<\/li>\n
      7. Dark Passage<\/li>\n
      8. Nightmare Alley<\/li>\n
      9. Gentleman’s Agreement<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
        \nOdd Man Out
        \nThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir
        \nBrute Force
        \nThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
        \nThe Paradine Case<\/p>\n

        1946<\/h3>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. The Big Sleep<\/li>\n
        2. Notorious<\/li>\n
        3. Beauty and the Beast<\/li>\n
        4. It’s a Wonderful Life<\/li>\n
        5. My Darling Clementine<\/li>\n
        6. The Killers<\/li>\n
        7. Hair-Raising Hare<\/li>\n
        8. Gilda<\/li>\n
        9. The Best Years of Our Lives<\/li>\n
        10. Anna and the King of Siam<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
          \nGreat Expectations
          \nThe Stranger
          \nSong of the South
          \nShoeshine
          \nThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers<\/p>\n

          1945<\/h3>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Mildred Pierce<\/li>\n
          2. Children of Paradise<\/li>\n
          3. Detour<\/li>\n
          4. The Clock<\/li>\n
          5. National Velvet<\/li>\n
          6. They Were Expendable<\/li>\n
          7. Dead of Night<\/li>\n
          8. Brief Encounter<\/li>\n
          9. Open City<\/li>\n
          10. The Lost Weekend<\/li>\n
          11. Spellbound<\/li>\n
          12. Scarlet Street<\/li>\n
          13. Anchors Aweigh<\/li>\n
          14. State Fair<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
            \nThe Spiral Staircase
            \nThe Picture of Dorian Gray
            \nFallen Angel
            \nConflict
            \nLes Dames du Bois de Bologne<\/p>\n

            1944<\/h3>\n

            \"\"<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Double Indemnity<\/li>\n
            2. Laura<\/li>\n
            3. Arsenic and Old Lace<\/li>\n
            4. Gaslight<\/li>\n
            5. To Have and Have Not<\/li>\n
            6. Meet Me in St. Louis<\/li>\n
            7. Miracle of Morgan’s Creek<\/li>\n
            8. The Woman in the Window<\/li>\n
            9. Hail the Conquering Hero<\/li>\n
            10. The Uninvited<\/li>\n
            11. Murder My Sweet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
              \nIvan the Terrible Part 1
              \nPassage to Marseilles
              \nMr. Skeffington
              \nThe Great Moment
              \nA Canterbury Tale<\/p>\n

              1943<\/h3>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Casablanca<\/li>\n
              2. Shadow of a Doubt<\/li>\n
              3. Lassie Come Home<\/li>\n
              4. I Walked With a Zombie<\/li>\n
              5. The Ox-Bow Incident<\/li>\n
              6. Red Hot Riding Hood<\/li>\n
              7. Girl Crazy<\/li>\n
              8. Meshes of the Afternoon<\/li>\n
              9. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs<\/li>\n
              10. The Constant Nymph<\/li>\n
              11. Cabin in the Sky<\/li>\n
              12. The More the Merrier<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                \nThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
                \nLe Corbeau
                \nFive Graves to Cairo
                \nThe Outlaw
                \nFor Whom the Bell Tolls<\/p>\n

                1942<\/h3>\n

                \"\"<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. To Be or Not to Be<\/li>\n
                2. Bambi<\/li>\n
                3. The Palm Beach Story<\/li>\n
                4. Mrs. Miniver<\/li>\n
                5. Cat People<\/li>\n
                6. Yankee Doodle Dandy<\/li>\n
                7. Now, Voyager<\/li>\n
                8. The Major and the Minor<\/li>\n
                9. The Dover Boys<\/li>\n
                10. The Magnificent Ambersons<\/li>\n
                11. Saboteur<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                  \nWoman of the Year
                  \nThe Glass Key
                  \nIn Which We Serve
                  \nWent the Day Well
                  \nAcross the Pacific<\/p>\n

                  1941<\/h3>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. The Lady Eve<\/li>\n
                  2. Citizen Kane<\/li>\n
                  3. The Maltese Falcon<\/li>\n
                  4. Sullivan’s Travels<\/li>\n
                  5. Ball of Fire<\/li>\n
                  6. They Died With Their Boots On<\/li>\n
                  7. Dumbo<\/li>\n
                  8. The Little Foxes<\/li>\n
                  9. High Sierra<\/li>\n
                  10. Suspicion<\/li>\n
                  11. How Green Was My Valley<\/li>\n
                  12. Blossoms in the Dust<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                    \nThe Wolf Man
                    \nSergeant York
                    \nThe Devil and Daniel Webster
                    \nThe 49th Parallel
                    \nThe 47 Ronin<\/p>\n

                    1940<\/h3>\n

                    \"\"<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. His Girl Friday<\/li>\n
                    2. The Philadelphia Story<\/li>\n
                    3. The Grapes of Wrath<\/li>\n
                    4. The Great Dictator<\/li>\n
                    5. Pinocchio<\/li>\n
                    6. Fantasia<\/li>\n
                    7. Night Train to Munich<\/li>\n
                    8. My Favorite Wife<\/li>\n
                    9. The Letter<\/li>\n
                    10. Foreign Correspondent<\/li>\n
                    11. Rebecca<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                      \nThe Thief of Bagdad
                      \nThe Mortal Storm
                      \nThe Great McGinty
                      \nAll This, And Heaven Too
                      \nThe Sea Hawk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      My top ten films for each year of the 1940s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing  [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28561,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29395"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29395\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}