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Live Poll: Dusting Off '50s Celluloid: Which Old Movie Would You Like to See? (Poll Board Recommendations Still Requested)
List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026390507/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/dzRIj6qj69A/
This is a "poll board recommendations" poll. I'd really appreciated nominations for this poll.
The poll description is as follows:
These are movies, released in the 1950s, recommended by poll authors and commentators. Which of these relatively little-known but highly recommended films, all released during the 1950s, would you most like to see (again or for the first time)?
List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026390507/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/dzRIj6qj69A/
It follows the example of this live poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/MoytA9mUH0M/?ref_=po_fp
Please follow these guidelines:
* Please nominate a film released in the 1950s that you would recommend and that has less than 20,000 votes.
* If you'd like to suggest a second film, that would be great; in the case that not enough poll boarders contribute a recommendation, I will use second suggestions as well.
* Anyone who has commented at least ten times on either the GS poll discussion pages or the old poll board is invited to recommend a film.
* Please include a brief comment related to why you recommend the film or some little piece of info about the film.
Thank you so much!
These searches may be helpful:
With no minimum rating: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026390507/
With a minimum rating of 7.0: https://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&release_date=1950-01-01,1959-12-31&user...
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/dzRIj6qj69A/
This is a "poll board recommendations" poll. I'd really appreciated nominations for this poll.
The poll description is as follows:
These are movies, released in the 1950s, recommended by poll authors and commentators. Which of these relatively little-known but highly recommended films, all released during the 1950s, would you most like to see (again or for the first time)?
List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026390507/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/dzRIj6qj69A/
It follows the example of this live poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/MoytA9mUH0M/?ref_=po_fp
Please follow these guidelines:
* Please nominate a film released in the 1950s that you would recommend and that has less than 20,000 votes.
* If you'd like to suggest a second film, that would be great; in the case that not enough poll boarders contribute a recommendation, I will use second suggestions as well.
* Anyone who has commented at least ten times on either the GS poll discussion pages or the old poll board is invited to recommend a film.
* Please include a brief comment related to why you recommend the film or some little piece of info about the film.
Thank you so much!
These searches may be helpful:
With no minimum rating: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026390507/
With a minimum rating of 7.0: https://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&release_date=1950-01-01,1959-12-31&user...
jeorj_euler
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Peter_pbn
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045274/
Aside from depicting poverty in postwar Italy, it also has one of the best dogs in European cinema.
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dan_dassow
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
I was surprised how many 1950s films I've seen.
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majfoalbkeopaza
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Before becoming famous as the kind, fatherly Sheriff Andy Taylor, Andy Griffith plays a wandering guitar player who becomes drunk on power after becoming an overnight media sensation. Besides the novelty aspect of seeing him in such a drastically different role than we're generally used to, the media-related themes of power-hungriness and artificiality are compelling and strangely prescient.
Second Choice: Night and the City (1950)
An underrated noir about a small-time grifter who can't seem to catch a break.
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ferry_silitonga
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051077/reference
Nothing more brilliant as Joanne Woodward as delivered a black, white and grey personality from a single act.
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jen_264364
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Dusting Off '50s-Era Celluloid: Which Old Movie Would You Like to See?
Though I think it would be even better as:
Dusting Off '50s-Era Celluloid
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albstein
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This story of endless witty games of love could almost have been written by Oscar Wilde, but in fact it's by none other than Ingmar Bergman.
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After making an advanced search using your criteria to see what I can nominate, I was surprised to see I have seen 83 1950's films with less than 20,000 votes. A great number.
Out of those only three have a rating of 9, and considering the three titles my recomendation would be Mister Roberts a fantastic comedy with a superb performance by Jack Lemmon, and with many Oscar nominations including Best Picture. It is one of the jewels I discovered when we had our Oscar elimination game
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themoviesmith
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My second choice is what I consider the only good Bob Hope film. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043733. Hope plays a swindler trying to pay off a debt by conning New York's underworld by paying up for a home for old homeless ladies. Full of laughs and memorable jokes as well as the premiere of "Silver Bells".
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rubyfruit76
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rubyfruit76
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I'd especially love to hear from newer presences on the "poll board," and Kyle, Jen, Elmo, DC, etc.: I know you would have some good suggestions. :)
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sweetie5
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A medal of honor recipient arrives home after serving in the civil war, but isn't given the reception he deserves because he's an American Indian. An honest man who's made a good life for himself, and they want to ruin that (not your stereotypical American Indian character in those years). Really loved Robert Taylor's performance, brought me to tears.
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Hoekkie
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