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Old 08-22-2005, 10:00 AM   #1 of 20
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MORE DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #314 - THE FILMS OF ROY DEL RUTH


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Volume #314 - Roy Del Ruth

Why Must I Die? (1960)
The Alligator People (1959)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
About Face (1952)
Starlift (1951)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
The West Point Story (1950)
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
Red Light (1949)
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Panama Hattie (1942) (director of retakes) (uncredited)
I Married an Angel (1942) (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Topper Returns (1941)
He Married His Wife (1940)
Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
The Star Maker (1939)
Tail Spin (1939)
My Lucky Star (1938)
Happy Landing (1938)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
On the Avenue (1937)
Born to Dance (1936)
Private Number (1936)
Folies-Bergère (1936)
It Had to Happen (1936)
Thanks a Million (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
Kid Millions (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Upperworld (1934)
Lady Killer (1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Captured! (1933)
The Little Giant (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Blessed Event (1932)
Winner Take All (1932)
Beauty and the Boss (1932)
Taxi! (1932)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Side Show (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
My Past (1931)
Divorce Among Friends (1930)
The Life of the Party (1930)
Three Faces East (1930)
The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
Hold Everything (1930)
The Aviator (1929)
Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
The Hottentot (1929)
The Desert Song (1929)
Conquest (1928)
Beware of Bachelors (1928)
The Terror (1928)
Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)
Powder My Back (1928)
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
If I Were Single (1927)
The First Auto (1927)
Wolf's Clothing (1927)
Across the Pacific (1926)
Footloose Widows (1926)
The Little Irish Girl (1926)
The Man Upstairs (1926)
Three Weeks in Paris (1925)
Hogan's Alley (1925)
Eve's Lover (1925)
A Deep Sea Panic (1924)
His New Mamma (1924)
The Cat's Meow (1924)
The Hollywood Kid (1924)
Shanghaied Lovers (1924)
Smile Please (1924)
Flip Flops (1923)
Asleep at the Switch (1923)
Nip and Tuck (1923)
When Summer Comes (1922)
Gymnasium Jim (1922)
The Duck Hunter (1922)
Ma and Pa (1922)
Bright Eyes (1921)
Be Reasonable (1921)
By Heck (1921)
Love and Doughnuts (1921)
Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)
Chase Me (1920)
Through the Keyhole (1920)




My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pretty Boy (1993,Carsten Sønder) 3/5, From the Edge of the City (1998,Constantine Giannaris) 3/5, The Holy Child (2001,Stéphane Clavier) 3/5, Boy's Choir (2000,Akira Ogata) 3/5, The Fire That Burns (1997,Christophe Malavoy) 4/5, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008,Nicholas Stoller) 3/5, Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5
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Old 08-22-2005, 10:00 AM   #2 of 20
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Why Must I Die? (1960)
The Alligator People (1959)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
About Face (1952)
Starlift (1951)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
The West Point Story (1950)
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
Red Light (1949)
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Panama Hattie (1942) (director of retakes) (uncredited)
I Married an Angel (1942) (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Topper Returns (1941)
He Married His Wife (1940)
Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
The Star Maker (1939)
Tail Spin (1939)
My Lucky Star (1938)
Happy Landing (1938)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
On the Avenue (1937)
Born to Dance (1936)
Private Number (1936)
Folies-Bergère (1936)
It Had to Happen (1936)
Thanks a Million (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
Kid Millions (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Upperworld (1934)
Lady Killer (1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Captured! (1933)
The Little Giant (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Blessed Event (1932)
Winner Take All (1932)
Beauty and the Boss (1932)
Taxi! (1932)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Side Show (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
My Past (1931)
Divorce Among Friends (1930)
The Life of the Party (1930)
Three Faces East (1930)
The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
Hold Everything (1930)
The Aviator (1929)
Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
The Hottentot (1929)
The Desert Song (1929)
Conquest (1928)
Beware of Bachelors (1928)
The Terror (1928)
Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)
Powder My Back (1928)
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
If I Were Single (1927)
The First Auto (1927)
Wolf's Clothing (1927)
Across the Pacific (1926)
Footloose Widows (1926)
The Little Irish Girl (1926)
The Man Upstairs (1926)
Three Weeks in Paris (1925)
Hogan's Alley (1925)
Eve's Lover (1925)
A Deep Sea Panic (1924)
His New Mamma (1924)
The Cat's Meow (1924)
The Hollywood Kid (1924)
Shanghaied Lovers (1924)
Smile Please (1924)
Flip Flops (1923)
Asleep at the Switch (1923)
Nip and Tuck (1923)
When Summer Comes (1922)
Gymnasium Jim (1922)
The Duck Hunter (1922)
Ma and Pa (1922)
Bright Eyes (1921)
Be Reasonable (1921)
By Heck (1921)
Love and Doughnuts (1921)
Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)
Chase Me (1920)
Through the Keyhole (1920)

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My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pretty Boy (1993,Carsten Sønder) 3/5, From the Edge of the City (1998,Constantine Giannaris) 3/5, The Holy Child (2001,Stéphane Clavier) 3/5, Boy's Choir (2000,Akira Ogata) 3/5, The Fire That Burns (1997,Christophe Malavoy) 4/5, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008,Nicholas Stoller) 3/5, Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5

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Old 08-22-2005, 10:28 AM   #3 of 20
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Haven't seen anything. There are several I would like to see.



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The Third Mother - B+ / The Mist - A
Diary of the Dead - B+ / The Invisible Man - B+
Inside - B / The Crazies - B
Lost Boys: The Tribe - C+ / The War of the Gargantuas - B


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Old 08-22-2005, 10:28 AM   #4 of 20
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The Alligator People (1959)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Lady Killer (1933)



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Old 08-22-2005, 11:40 AM   #5 of 20
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Topper Returns (1941)
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)



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Old 08-22-2005, 01:49 PM   #6 of 20
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