“A man’s habits get pretty strong in 20 years.” Synopsis: A retired automobile magnate (Walter Huston) goes on a European tour with his wife (Ruth Chatterton), who is eager to “have a fling” and feel young again. After an embarrassing flirtation with a roue (David Niven), Chatterton falls for a playboy (Paul Lukas) and then a penniless baron (Gregory Gaye) — but will Huston wait patiently, or seek solace from a kind widow (Mary Astor)? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:…
Jack Arnold Films Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957) It Came from Outer Space (1953) Monster on the Campus (1958) Revenge of the Creature (1955) Tarantula (1955) Tattered Dress, The (1957) Jack Clayton Films Great Gatsby, The (1974) Innocents, The (1961) Our Mother’s House (1967) Pumpkin Eater, The (1964) Room at the Top (1959) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Jacques Demy Films Donkey Skin (1971) Lola (1961) Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964) Young Girls…
Nancy Allen Films Blow Out (1981) Carrie (1976) Dressed to Kill (1980) Home Movies (1980) I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) Last Detail, The (1973) 1941 (1979) Strange Invaders (1983) Nancy Olson Films Battle Cry (1955) Pollyanna (1960) Sunset Blvd. (1950) Nastassja Kinski Films Cat People (1982) Exposed (1983) Hotel New Hampshire, The (1984) Moon in the Gutter (1983) One From the Heart (1981) Paris, Texas (1984) Tess (1979) Natalie Wood Films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)…
Sabu Films Black Narcissus (1947) Cobra Woman (1944) Drum, The / Drums (1938) Elephant Boy (1937) Jungle Book, The (1942) Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) Sal Mineo Films Cheyenne Autumn (1964) Crime in the Streets (1956) Exodus (1960) Giant (1956) Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965) Longest Day, The (1962) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Sally Field Films Norma Rae (1979) Places in the Heart (1984) Smokey and the Bandit (1977) Stay Hungry (1976)…
Kidnapping Behind the Green Door (1972) Beyond the Limit (1983) Black Windmill, The (1974) Blue Velvet (1986) Bohemian Girl, The (1936) Bus Stop/Wrong Kind of Girl, The (1956) Cobra Woman (1944) Collector, The (1965) Corpse Vanishes, The (1942) Day of the Dolphin, The (1973) Eegah! (1962) Eyes Without a Face / Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus, The / Yeux San Visage, Les (1959) Fabulous World of Jules Verne, The (1958) Face of Fu Manchu, The (1965) Family Jewels, The (1965)…
Abbott and Costello Films Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Buck Privates (1941) Hold That Ghost (1941) Little Giant (1946) Naughty Nineties, The (1945) Pardon My Sarong (1942) Time of Their Lives, The (1946) Adolphe Menjou Films Farewell to Arms, A (1932) Front Page, The (1931) Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) Golden Boy (1939) Hucksters, The (1947) Little Miss Marker (1934) Marriage Circle, The (1924) Milky Way, The (1936) Morning Glory (1933) Morocco (1930) One Hundred Men and a Girl…
Hans Conried Films Bus Stop / Wrong Kind of Girl, The (1956) 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., The (1953) Hitler’s Children (1943) Jet Pilot (1957) Journey Into Fear (1943) Lady Takes a Chance, A (1943) Patsy, The (1964) Peter Pan (1953) Senator Was Indiscreet, The (1947) Summer Stock (1950) Twonky, The (1953) Harold Lloyd Films For Heaven’s Sake (1926) Freshman, The (1925) Grandma’s Boy (1922) Milky Way, The (1936) Movie Crazy (1932) Safety Last! (1923) Sin of Harold Diddleback, The…
Here are ALL of Peary’s recommended “must-see” titles from 1912-1939 — combined from the front and back of his book — in chronological order, with my “YES” (MUST SEE) or “NO” (NOT MUST SEE) vote provided afterwards. 1910s Quo Vadis? (1912) – YES Student of Prague, The (1913) – NO Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914) – YES Birth of a Nation, The (1915) – YES Intolerance (1916) – YES Straight Shooting (1917) – NO Hearts of the World (1918) – NO…
Naive Public American Madness (1932) Face in the Crowd, A (1957) Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) Meet John Doe (1941) Privilege (1967) Stuff, The (1985) Wild in the Streets (1968) Native Americans Big Sky, The (1952) Billy Jack (1971) Broken Arrow (1950) Buffalo Bill (1944) Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976) Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) Cheyenne Autumn (1964) Comanche Station (1960) Custer of the West (1968) Devil’s Doorway (1950) Flaming Star (1960) Fort Apache…
In the back of his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Peary provides several thousand titles (listed below, with hyperlinks to my own reviews when available) which he recommends as additional “must see” movies. As Peary writes: “The films listed below are not ‘also-rans’; but other movies that I believe are essential viewing for the true film lover.” Also included here are the 71 titles Peary lists in the “Addendum” of the second edition of GFTFF: movies which were either…