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| Introduction | Far too many favorite movies to mention so here are my 10 favorites in some random categories: |
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| 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) |