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Old 08-29-2005, 08:05 AM   #1 of 248
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The Thirties

The Adventures of Robin Hood
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Blue Angel
The Bride of Frankenstein
Bringing Up Baby
City Lights
Duck Soup
42nd Street
Frankenstein
Freaks
Gone With the Wind
Grand Hotel
Grand Illusion
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
It Happened One Night
King Kong
The Lady Vanishes
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
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Modern Times
Mutiny on the Bounty
My Man Godfrey
Pepe Le Moko
The Roaring Twenties
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Thin Man
The 39 Steps
Trouble in Paradise
The Wizard of Oz



The Forties

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Adam's Rib
Beauty and the Beast
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Bicycle Thief
The Big Sleep
Brief Encounter
Casablanca****
Citizen Kane****
Day of Wrath
Double Indemnity****
Dumbo
Hail the Conquering Hero
How Green Was My Valley
It's a Wonderful Life
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Maltese Falcon
A Matter of Life and Death
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Notorious
Odd Man Out
Out of the Past
The Philadelphia Story
The Shop Around the Corner
Stray Dog
Sullivan's Travels
The Third Man
The Wolf Man
Yankee Doodle Dandy



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Old 08-29-2005, 11:27 AM   #2 of 248
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Great idea!

I'll nominate:

30s:

Duck Soup
Modern Times

40s:

Casablanca
It's a Wonderful Life



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Old 08-29-2005, 12:35 PM   #3 of 248
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2nd
It's a Wonderful Life

Nominate
30's
The Blue Angel
The Bride of Frankenstein

40's
Stray Dog
Hail the Conquering Hero



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Old 08-29-2005, 01:42 PM   #4 of 248
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Second Stray Dog and Hail the Conquering Hero (just got the R2 DVD).



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Old 08-29-2005, 01:56 PM   #5 of 248
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Nominate:

30's
City Lights
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40's
Citizen Kane
The Third Man

Second
Casablanca


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Old 08-29-2005, 02:07 PM   #6 of 248
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Walter, The Third Man was already nominated.



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Old 08-29-2005, 02:22 PM   #7 of 248
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Doh! Should've have figured that it would be one of your automatics for any 40's tournament.

I'll substitute Out of the Past.

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Old 08-29-2005, 02:30 PM   #8 of 248
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Nominate:

30's:
Bringing Up Baby
Beau Geste

40's:
The Philadelphia Story
Dumbo

Second:

30's:
Duck Soup
The Bride of Frankenstein

40's:
Citizen Kane


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Old 08-29-2005, 10:00 PM   #9 of 248
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Second:

Bringing Up Baby
The Philadelphia Story



"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

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Old 08-30-2005, 12:42 AM   #10 of 248
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