FILMS WATCHED
FEBRUARY 2009
.....Highest rating. Deserves to be considered a classic.
½
...Very good. The movie greatly entertains or greatly moves me on a personal level.
.......Good. It is a solid, enjoyable film.
½
......I like the movie, but can't muster strong feelings for it.
..........I dislike it, but can't muster strong emotions against it.
½
.........Terrible, but not hateful. May have cult appeal.
...........Lowest rating. The movie is offensive, inept or both.
Titles in bold indicate first time viewing.
2/1 The Oscar (1966, Russell Rouse)
½
nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
nominated: Best Costume Design, Color
2/3 Night People (1954, Nunnally Johnson)
nominated: Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
2/5 The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks)
nominated: Best Actress - Jean Simmons
nominated: Best Music, Original Song
2/5 The Search (1948, Fred Zinnemann)
½
winner: Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
winner: Juvenile Award - Ivan Jandl
nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Montgomery Clift
nominated: Best Director - Fred Zinnemann
nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay
2/6 The Man in the Iron Mask (1939, James Whale)
nominated: Best Music, Original Score
2/8 Northwest Passage (1940, King Vidor)
nominated: Best Cinematography, Color
2/9 The Subject Was Roses (1968, Ulu Grosbard)
winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Albertson
nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Patricia Neal
2/10 The Devil and Miss Jones (1941, Sam Wood)
½
nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Charles Coburn
nominated: Best Writing, Original Screenplay
2/10 The Wonderful World of
the Brothers Grimm (1962, Henry Levin, George Pal)
winner: Best Costume Design, Color
nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
nominated: Best Cinematography, Color
nominated: Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
2/11 The Big Sky (1952, Howard Hawks)
nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur Hunnicutt
nominated: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
2/11 Fiesta (1947, Richard Thorpe)
½
nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
2/12 Kentucky (1938, David Butler)
½
winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Walter Brennan
2/12 Comrade X (1940, King Vidor)
nominated: Best Writing, Original Story
2/12 The Sea Around Us (1953, Irwin Allen)
½
winner: Best Documentary, Features
2/13 Hot Millions (1968, Eric Till)
½
nominated: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
2/13 A Song to Remember (1945, Charles Vidor)
nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Cornel Wilde
nominated: Best Cinematography, Color
nominated: Best Film Editing
nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
nominated: Best Sound, Recording
nominated: Best Writing, Original Story
2/13 The Great Caruso (1951, Richard Thorpe)
winner: Best Sound, Recording
nominated: Best Costume Design, Color
nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
2/14 The Atomic City (1952, Jerry Hopper)
½
nominated: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
2/14 Mission to Moscow (1943, Michael Curtiz)
½
nominated: Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
2/14 The Angry Silence (1960, Guy Green)
nominated: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
2/15 The Valley of Decision (1945, Tay Garnett)
½
nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Greer Garson
nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
2/15 Room at the Top (1959, Jack Clayton)
winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Simone Signoret
winner: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Laurence Harvey
nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hermione Baddeley
nominated: Best Director - Jack Clayton
nominated: Best Picture
2/15 The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935, William Dieterle)
winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Paul Muni
winner: Best Writing, Original Story
winner: Best Writing, Screenplay
nominated: Best Picture
2/16 The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962, Melville Shavelson)
nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
2/16 They Shall Have Music (1939, Archie Mayo)
nominated: Best Music, Scoring
2/16 The Divorcee (1930, Robert Z. Leonard)
½
winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Norma Shearer
nominated: Best Director - Robert Z. Leonard
nominated: Best Picture
nominated: Best Writing, Achievement
2/17 The Story of Three Loves (1953, Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli)
½
nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
2/17 Million Dollar Mermaid (1952, Mervyn LeRoy)
nominated: Best Cinematography, Color
2/18 The Magnificent Yankee (1950, John Sturges)
½
nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Louis Calhern
nominated: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
2/20 A Free Soul (1931, Clarence Brown)
winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Lionel Barrymore
nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Norma Shearer
nominated: Best Director - Clarence Brown
2/21 Madame X (1929, Lionel Barrymore)
nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Ruth Chatterton
nominated: Best Director - Lionel Barrymore
2/22 The Human Comedy (1943, Clarence Brown)
winner: Best Writing, Original Story
nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Mickey Rooney
nominated: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
nominated: Best Director - Clarence Brown
nominated: Best Picture
2/22 Raintree County (1957, Edward Dmytryk)
nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Elizabeth Taylor
nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
nominated: Best Costume Design
nominated: Best Music, Scoring
2/23 The Corn is Green (1945, Irving Rapper)
nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - John Dall
nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Joan Lorring
2/24 Gervaise (1956, René Clément)
½
nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
2/24 Bombardier (1943, Richard Wallace)
½
nominated: Best Effects, Special Effects
2/25 The Pumpkin Eater (1964, Jack Clayton)
nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Anne Bancroft
2/26 The Sheepman (1958, George Marshall)
½
nominated: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
2/28 Le Quattro Giornate di Napoli (1962, Nanni Loy)
½
nominated: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
