Classic Hollywood Dramas Tournament (2 Viewers)

[Jim_K]

Nominate

Attack
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Enemy Below
The Killing
Only Angels Have Wings
Ox-Bow Incident
Public Enemy
The Quiet Man
The Set-Up
White Heat

 

[Adam_S]

I nominate
Dinner at Eight
Little Women
Holiday
I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
The Red Shoes (if that's okay, it's english language, but British made)

Second:

Third:
How Green Was my Valley
Now, Voyager

 

[Adam_S]

second: the ten commandments
The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Ten commandments

 

[Jeff_A]

Second:

Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Life of Emile Zola
Ox-Bow Incident
White Heat

 

[Lew Crippen]

It is Steve’s tourney of course, but;

The Red Shoes (if that's okay, it's english language, but British made)

, I think that English speaking, but not made in the States films like The Third Man have already been excluded.

I think that Holiday is a comedy (with some dramatic overtones—but also with some screwball ones as well) and would not qualify. I’d put Dinner at Eight in the same category (comedy) as well, though to be sure it has a substantially more dramatic bent than does Holiday.

 

[Agee Bassett]

Nominate
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Letter
The Little Foxes

Second
The Heiress
The Set-Up
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Third
The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Ox-Bow Incident

No seconds for The Big Carnival?

 

[SteveGon]

List updated.

I tossed The Red Shoes, Shadows, Holiday, and Dinner at Eight. Sorry.

I'm still debating White Heat, The Stranger, The Enemy Below, Public Enemy, The Killing, and Attack. I think they just fit, but I'd like to have your opinion on 'em.

We're getting close - we're up to 57.

I went ahead and threw in a few nominations myself - hopefully they'll get in...

 

[SteveGon]

Updated Noms List

All the King's Men
All That Heaven Allows*
Anna Karenina
Attack
The Bad and the Beautiful*
The Big Carnival (a.k.a. Ace in the Hole)
Body and Soul*
Dead End
Captains Courageous
Dodsworth*
A Double Life
A Face in the Crowd*
The FBI Story
East of Eden
The Enemy Below
Executive Suite
Fury
Gentleman's Agreement
The Good Earth
Grand Hotel
The Great Moment
The Heiress*
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang*
Imitation of Life (1959)*
The Informer
In a Lonely Place
Jezebel
Juarez
The Killing
The Letter
The Life of Emile Zola*
The Little Foxes
Little Women
The Long Hot Summer
Lost Horizon
The Man with the Golden Arm*
Moby Dick (1956)
None But the Lonely Heart
Of Mice and Men (1939)
On the Beach
Only Angels Have Wings
The Petrified Forest
Public Enemy
Queen Christina
The Quiet Man
Random Harvest
Rembrandt
San Francisco
The Scarlet Empress*
The Search
The Set-Up*
The Snake Pit
Somebody Up There Likes Me*
The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Stranger
Suddenly, Last Summer
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Ten Commandments*
Viva Zapata!
White Heat*
Written on the Wind*

Movies marked in red are the ones I'm nominated.

I'm toying with the idea of taking it to 128 so give me your feedback on that idea.

 

[Evan Case]

Third Dodsworth and I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.

Second Little Women, The Informer, Grand Hotel, Captains Courageous and Of Mice and Men (would've also seconded On the Beach were it not for the auto race and some jaw-droppingly inappropriate use of music toward the end).

Nominate The Petrified Forest, Pinocchio and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (comedy is an element, yes, but not much more so than in Rear Window or Stalag 17 [to use two locked-in examples]).

Evan

 

[Jim_K]

Well since most of these are my nominations:

I originally held off my picks because I was thinking you were going for straight up melodrama. After seeing some of the other films getting in I didn't think these were any different.

My opinion is Drama can cover other genres.

If Public Enemy isn't a Drama then neither is The Godfather.

12 O'Clock High, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory, Stalag 17, etc. are all in then why not Enemy Below (comparable to Das Boot) or Attack (an examination of cowardice & betrayal during world war II). Besides I'm probably one of the only people here who's seen Attack so I'll be shocked if it gets seconded anyway.

The Killing is a crime/suspense/noir film. If it doesn't belong then in all fairness neither do all of the Hitchcock & Noir films already in.

Its your Tournament & concept so whatever you want to do with the Noms is fine with me.

 

[Gabe D]

I'll second A Double Life, which I considered nominating myself.

 

[SteveGon]

Jim, I've decided to leave 'em in.

Third Dodsworth and I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.

Evan, you the man!

Noms list updated and moved down.

 

[Rand]

Second:

Fury
The Long Hot Summer

Third:

A Face in the Crowd

 

[Lew Crippen]

Second:

Anna Karenina

Lost Horizon

 

[Tommy G]

:b My bad.

Oh well, where is Bridge on the River Kwai on the nom list.

 

[Brook K]

I'll 2nd The Killing

 

[Gabe D]

Five more nominations? So what's the total now? Twenty each? Okay, here goes...

I nominate:

The Big Clock
The Champ
Drk Victory
I Want to Live!
Separate Tables

 

[Gabe D]

I'll third:

The Bad and the Beautiful*
White Heat*
Written on the Wind*

 

[Bill J]

Third:
The Killing

 

[SteveGon]

Okay, we have our 64! I'll have the first brackets posted in the morning. Since there are still quite a few deserving films that didn't make it in, I see no reason not to have a wild card list (either 16 or 32). If you want to go that route, unlimited seconds and thirds. Also, feel free to throw out a few noms if you can think of 'em.


Wild Card Noms

All the King's Men
All That Heaven Allows*
Anna Karenina*
Attack
The Big Carnival (a.k.a. Ace in the Hole)
The Big Clock
Body and Soul*
Captains Courageous*
The Champ
Dark Victory
A Double Life*
The FBI Story
East of Eden
The Enemy Below
Executive Suite
Fury*
Gentleman's Agreement
The Good Earth
Grand Hotel*
The Great Moment
The Heiress*
Imitation of Life (1959)*
The Informer*
In a Lonely Place
I Want to Live!
Jezebel
The Letter
The Life of Emile Zola*
The Little Foxes
Little Women*
The Long Hot Summer*
Lost Horizon*
The Man with the Golden Arm*
Moby Dick (1956)
None But the Lonely Heart
Of Mice and Men (1939)*
On the Beach
Only Angels Have Wings
The Petrified Forest*
Public Enemy
Queen Christina
The Quiet Man
Random Harvest
San Francisco
The Scarlet Empress*
The Search
Separate Tables
The Set-Up*
The Snake Pit
Somebody Up There Likes Me*
The Stranger
Suddenly, Last Summer
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Ten Commandments*

Movies marked with an asterisk have been seconded and are in need of a third.