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Films I Watched in 2019 Part Two: 1911-1931

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L 'inferno (1911), Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe De Liguoro The Conquest of the Pol e (1912), Georges Méliès, Star Film Company The Miracle (1912), Michel Antoine Carre, Joseph Menchen The Student of Prague (1913), Stellan Rye and Paul Wegener, Deutsche Bioscop The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914), J. Farrell McDonald, Paramount The Cheat (1915), Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount Intolerance (1916), D.W. Griffith, Triangle Distributing Corporation A Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), Maurice Tourneur, Artcraft Shoulder Arms (1918), Charlie Chaplin, First National The Hoodlum (1919), Sidney Franklin, First National Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), John S. Robertson, Paramount A Sailor-Made Man (1921), Fred C. Newmeyer, Hal Roach Studios Grandma's Boy (1922), Fred C. Newmeyer, Hal Roach Studios Our Hospitality (1923), Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone, Joseph M. ...

Films I Watched in 2019 Part One: 1887-1910

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I completed my film viewing goal for 2019 by watching at least one film made in each year from the beginning of film history until now. For the earliest years, I watched what was available and formative, but starting with 1911, each film had to be full-length. This was an enjoyable and eye-opening experience, and I hope to write blog posts about specific films that stood out. I will be posting my top ten once I am done posting each part of my viewing list. Man Walking Around Corner ( 1887), Louis Le-Prince Round Hay Garden Scene (1888), Louis Le-Prince Monkeyshines 1 and 2 (1889), William K.L. Dickson and William Heise, Edison Manufacturing Company Trafalgar  (1890) Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea (1890), William Friese-Greene Dickson Greeting (1891), William K.L. Dickson, Edison Manufacturing Company Pauvre Pierrot (1892), Charles Emile-Reynaud Blacksmith Scene #1 ( 1893), William K.L. Dickson, Edison Manufacturing Company...

365 Films in 2017 #289-298

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289. Movie Crazy (1932), Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd (Unc,), Paramount 290. Bullshot (1983), Dick Clement, Island  291. Wild Strawberries (1957), Ingmar Bergman, AB Svensk Filmindustri 292. Tracks (1977), Henry Jaglom, Trio 293. Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922), Benjamin Christensen, Skandias Filmbyrå 294. Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1985), Henry Alex Rubin and Jeremy Workman, P.O.V. 295. The Birth of A Nation (1915), D.W. Griffith, Epoch 296. "Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974), Sam Peckinpah, United Artists 297. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Lotte Reiniger, Comenius-Film GmbH 298. Samurai I: Miyamoto Musashi (1954), Hiroshi Inagaki Toho