The Far Side of Paradise

Continuing on the ever going quest of watching the 1000 Greatest Films of They Shoot Pictures. Here's another slice of directors categorized by the late Andrew Sarris. 


Robert Aldrich (1): Kiss Me Deadly (1957)

Frank Borzage (1): Seventh Heaven (1927)

Frank Capra (4): The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

George Cukor (4): Holiday (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), A Star is Born (1954), My Fair Lady (1964)

Cecil B. DeMille (1): Samson and Delilah (1949)

Blake Edwards (2): Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Party (1968)

Samuel Fuller (4): Pickup on South Street (1953), Forty Guns (1957), Shock Corridor (1963), The Big Red One (1980)

Gregory La Cava (1): My Man Godfrey (1936)

Joseph Losey (1): The Servant (1963)

Anthony Mann (6): Winchester '73 (1950), Bend of the River (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), The Man from Laramie (1955), The Far Country (1955), Man of the West (1958)

Leo McCarey (4): Duck Soup (1933), The Awful Truth (1937), Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), An Affair to Remember (1957)

Vincente Minnelli (5): Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Some Came Running (1958)

Otto Preminger (3): Laura (1944), Angel Face (1953), Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Nicholas Ray (7): They Live by Night (1948), In a Lonely Place (1950), On Dangerous Ground (1951), The Lusty Men (1952), Johnny Guitar (1954), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Bigger Than Life (1956)

Douglas Sirk (6): All That Heaven Allows (1955), There's Always Tomorrow (1956), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1957), A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958), Imitation of Life (1959)

George Stevens (4): Swing Time (1936), Gunga Din (1939), A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953)

Erich von Stroheim (4): Foolish Wives (1922), Greed (1924), The Wedding March (1928), Queen Kelly (1928)

Preston Sturges (5): The Lady Eve (1941), Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

King Vidor (6): The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Hallelujah! (1929), Our Daily Bread (1934), Duel in the Sun (1946), The Fountainhead (1949)

Raoul Walsh (4): The Roaring Twenties (1939), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Pursued (1947), White Heat (1949)

Total of 77 films on the list.

 

Films I still need to watch:

Robert Aldrich : Completed.

Frank Borzage (1): Seventh Heaven (1927)

Frank Capra (1): The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

George Cukor (3): Holiday (1938), A Star is Born (1954), My Fair Lady (1964)

Cecil B. DeMille : Completed.

Blake Edwards : Completed.

Samuel Fuller (3): Pickup on South Street (1953), Forty Guns (1957), Shock Corridor (1963)

Gregory La Cava (1): My Man Godfrey (1936)

Joseph Losey (1): The Servant (1963)

Anthony Mann (3): The Naked Spur (1953), The Man from Laramie (1955), Man of the West (1958)

Leo McCarey (2): The Awful Truth (1937), An Affair to Remember (1957)

Vincente Minnelli (1): The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Otto Preminger (1): Angel Face (1953)

Nicholas Ray (3): They Live by Night (1948), On Dangerous Ground (1951), The Lusty Men (1952)
Douglas Sirk : Completed.
 
George Stevens (3): Swing Time (1936), Gunga Din (1939), A Place in the Sun (1951)
 
Erich von Stroheim (3): Foolish Wives (1922), The Wedding March (1928), Queen Kelly (1928)

Preston Sturges (1): Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

King Vidor (6): The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Hallelujah! (1929), Our Daily Bread (1934), Duel in the Sun (1946), The Fountainhead (1949)

Raoul Walsh (4): The Roaring Twenties (1939), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Pursued (1947), White Heat (1949)

Total of films to watch: 37

Any recommandations for the ones I must see first? Any preferences of directors or films?