Looking ahead to a 1943 vs 1945 showdown...
Top films I've wanted an excuse to discover:
1943
Edge of Darkness
The Constant Nymph
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Action in the North Atlantic
The More the Merrier
The Song of Bernadette
So Proudly We Hail!
Jane Eyre
Sahara
The Battle of Britain
Old Acquaintance
This Land Is Mine
Watch on the Rhine
The Hard Way
The Human Comedy
Holy Matrimony
A Guy Named Joe
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Murder, He Says
The Enchanted Cottage
Leave Her to Heaven
The Corn Is Green
Hangover Square
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
The Body Snatcher
The Southerner
Spellbound
Blithe Spirit
My Name Is Julia Ross
The Seventh Veil
The Valley of Decision
State Fair
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Road to Utopia
The Clock
Films I'd welcome an excuse to revisit:
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Stormy Weather
Bataan
Destination Tokyo
Lassie Come Home
1945
Children of Paradise
Brief Encounter
Rome, Open City
The Way to the Stars
Story of G.I. Joe
A Walk in the Sun
The Lost Weekend
Scarlet Street
'I Know Where I'm Going!'
And Then There Were None
Objective, Burma!
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Christmas in Connecticut
The Bells of St. Mary's
They Were Expendable
Lady on a Train
Detour
Giving three points for teal, two for green, and one lime green, it scores out as:
1943: 44
1945: 74
So I definitely have my rooting interest.
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