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Introduction	Far too many favorite movies to mention so here are my 10 favorites in some random categories:
Favorite movies	B WESTERNS OF THE 30'S: NEAR THE RAINBOW'S END('30-Bob Steele),LAW OF THE WEST(32-Bob Steele),TEXAS BUDDIES(32-Bob Steele),THE FIGHTING CHAMP('32-Bob Steele)THE RIDER OF THE LAW(35-Bob Steele)THE COWBOY STAR('36-Charles Starrett),ARIZONA DAYS('37-Tex Ritter),HAWAIIAN BUCKAROO('38-Smith Ballew),BORDER G-MAN('38-George O'Brien),THE MARSHAL OF MESA CITY('39-George O'Brien) BOLLYWOOD FILMS: DIL TO PAGAL HAI(1997), HIMALAY PUTRA(1997), DIL SE(1998),TAAL(1999),DIL CHAHTA HAI(2001),RULES[PYAAR KA SUPERHIT FORMULA}2003),R...RAJKUMAR(2013), SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE(2013),HAWAIZAADE(2015) ,BAJIRAO MASTANI(2015) SWASHBUCKLERS 30's & 40's: CAPTAIN BLOOD('35),THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK('39),THE SEA HAWK('40),THE MARK OF ZORRO('40),THE EXILE('47),THE SWORDSMAN('47),CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE"('47) ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN('49),BLACK MAGIC('49),PRINCE OF FOXES('49) SILENT FILMS: THE CHEAT('15), INTOLERANCE('16), A GIRL'S FOLLY('17), THE NARROW TRAIL('17),THE STRONG MAN('26), IT('27),THE MYSTERIOUS LADY('28), SPIONE('28),DIE BUCHSE DER PANDORA('29),MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG('30) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS OF THE 40's: LA CORONA DI FERRO(Italy '41), OSSESSIONE(Italy '43),DIE FRAU MEINER TRAUME(Germany '44),LA BELLE ET LA BETE(France '46),ENAMORADA(Mexico '46)LES MAUDITS(France '47),LADRI DI BICICLETTE(Italy '49),FABIOLA(Italy '49),MANON(France '49),STROMBOLI(Italy '49) FILMS OF THE 2010's: THE WOLFMAN(2010),THE TREE OF LIFE(2011),MELANCHOLIA(2011),HOLY MOTORS(2012),PERFECT SENSE(2012),SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE(2013),THIS IS THE END(2013),MOMMY(2014),THE HOMESMAN(2014),MAD MAX:FURY ROAD(2015)
Favorite books	VATHEK(William Beckford -1786), THE MONK(Matthew Lewis-1796),FRANKENSTEIN(Mary Shelley-1818),PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER(James Hogg-1820),MELMOTH THE WANDERER(Charles Maturin-1824),JANE EYRE(Charlotte Bronte-1847),MIDDLEMARCH(George Eliot-1869), THE EGOIST(George Meredith-1879), SHE(H. Rider Haggard1886),THE WORLD'S DESIRE(H. Rider Haggard & Andrew Lang-1890),BELLA DONNA(Robert Hichens-1908), THE ASSISTANT(Robert Walser-1908),THE YOUNG DIANA(Marie Corelli-1918),IN A LONELY PLACE(Dorothy Hughes-1948),CHILDHOOD'S END(Arthur C. Clarke-1953),THE TALENTED MR.RIPLEY(Patricia Highsmith-1955),THE GREEN KINGDOM(Rachel Maddux-1957), GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE, A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FILM MUSICALS(John Kobal-1970), SWORDSMEN OF THE SCREEN(Jeffrey Richards-1977) CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER(Gregory Maguire-1999) DRESDEN: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1945 (non-fiction-Frederick Taylor-2004) JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL(Susanna Clarke-2004) THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT(Ned Beauman-2012) BEHIND THE DOOR: THE REAL STORY OF LORETTA YOUNG(Edward Funk-2015) RECKLESS DAUGHTER: A PORTRAIT OF JONI MITCHELL(David Yaffe-2017)