Poll

What are your top five?

Tale of the Fox
0 (0%)
All Quiet on the Western Front
10 (18.5%)
The Dawn Patrol
1 (1.9%)
The Blue Angel
6 (11.1%)
City Girl
5 (9.3%)
People on Sunday
2 (3.7%)
Hell's Angels
3 (5.6%)
The Florodora Girl
0 (0%)
Whoopee!
0 (0%)
Hog Wild
0 (0%)
Way Out West
2 (3.7%)
Way for a Sailor
0 (0%)
Remote Control
0 (0%)
L'âge d'or
3 (5.6%)
King of Jazz
0 (0%)
Redemption
0 (0%)
Under the Roofs of Paris
3 (5.6%)
Not So Dumb
0 (0%)
Earth
3 (5.6%)
Animal Crackers
5 (9.3%)
Manslaughter
0 (0%)
Let's Go Native
0 (0%)
The Light of Western Stars
0 (0%)
Good News
0 (0%)
The Girl Said No
0 (0%)
The Blood of a Poet
1 (1.9%)
Brats
0 (0%)
À propos de Nice
1 (1.9%)
Westfront 1918
0 (0%)
Street of Chance
1 (1.9%)
Follow Thru
0 (0%)
Min and Bill
0 (0%)
Holiday
1 (1.9%)
Night Owls
0 (0%)
Salt for Svanetia
0 (0%)
Blotto
0 (0%)
Another Fine Mess
1 (1.9%)
Spring Is Here
0 (0%)
The Big House
1 (1.9%)
Morocco
1 (1.9%)
Bright Lights
0 (0%)
Below Zero
1 (1.9%)
The Big Trail
0 (0%)
Raffles
0 (0%)
Prix de beauté
0 (0%)
Monte Carlo
1 (1.9%)
Hell's Heroes
0 (0%)
The Silent Enemy
0 (0%)
The Divorcee
0 (0%)
Anna Christie
0 (0%)
Liliom
2 (3.7%)
The Royal Family of Broadway
0 (0%)
Outward Bound
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 20

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2010, 11:37:11 AM »
1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. L'Age d'Or
3. People on Sunday
4. City Girl
5. Under the Roofs of Paris

Good: Morocco, Tomatos Another Day, The Blue Angel
Okay: Animal Crackers, Earth, Monte Carlo, Romance sentimentale
Meh: Blood of a Poet

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2010, 12:43:44 PM »
1. L'âge d'or
2. City Girl
3. Under the Roofs of Paris

I really need to watch All Quiet on the Western Front.

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2010, 12:57:35 PM »
Yes you do.

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2010, 01:05:09 PM »
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Blue Angel


The Big House

The Divorcee
Hell's Angels
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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2015, 09:00:05 AM »
None of the four films I've seen from this year qualify to be listed. Top shame is Earth, most mainstream I haven't seen is The Golden Age.

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2015, 09:22:32 AM »
A reminder that we disagree on The Blue Angel.

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2015, 10:48:35 AM »
1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. L'Age d'Or
3. People on Sunday
4. City Girl
5. Under the Roofs of Paris


1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Le Roman de Renard
3. L'Age d'Or
4. People on Sunday
5. A propos de Nice

Nothing I like enough to call an Honorable Mention


Biggest shame: Anna Christie/The Big Trail (tie)
Most popular unseen: Hells' Angels

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2015, 03:16:37 PM »
Most popular unseen: Hells' Angels

I don't think you'll like it. Horrible acting and overblown melodrama. Hughes should have just remained a casting couch type of director.
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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #28 on: October 12, 2016, 03:14:43 PM »
1. City Girl
2. A Propos de Nice
3. All Quiet on the Western Front
4. Earth
5. Murder!
6. L'age d'or
7. The Blue Angel

I have a copy of Lilom laying around. I should really watch that.

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Re: Best Films of 1930
« Reply #29 on: October 13, 2016, 04:47:43 AM »
The Blue Angel
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