The Valley Record. A cozy little archive for all my random by-year stuff.
and yes, the shorts noted don't count for the totals.

Monday, February 9, 2009

1951

21 films seen.

★★★★★
Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan)

★★★★½
Alice in Wonderland (Clyde Geronimi/Wilfred Jackson/Hamilton Luske) [x2]
Detective Story (William Wyler)
The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick)
The Steel Helmet (Samuel Fuller)
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock)

★★★★
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise)
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton)
The Mating Season (Mitchell Leisen)
The Model and the Marriage Broker (George Cukor)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin)
People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
The Prowler (Joseph Losey)
Quo Vadis (Mervyn LeRoy)

★★★½
The African Queen (John Huston)
An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli)
Carmen Comes Home (Keisuke Kinoshita)
Father's Little Dividend (Vincente Minnelli)
A Place in the Sun (George Stevens)
The Tales of Hoffmann (Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger)

Shorts:
Gerald McBoing-Boing (Robert Cannon) • Rooty Toot Toot (John Hubley)

No comments: