1924 lineups

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1924 lineups Jan 20, 2022 2:40:17 GMT

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Post by Joaquim on Jan 20, 2022 2:40:17 GMT

Finished watching everything I had lined up for '24. Not as much stuff as in previous years and it was weirdly hard to find a large number of strong lead female performances, although Leblanc could win it for me in a lot of years. Obviously the big kahuna this year is Greed which basically sweeps everything this year but there's enough solid 8s for some depth behind it. No 9s tho but an overall solid year with only my bottom 4 scoring a 6/10 or less. Anyway onto the lineups...

1. Greed
2. L'Inhumaine
3. He Who Gets Slapped
4. Sherlock Jr.
5. Michael

6. The Thief of Bagdad
7. The Last Laugh
8. The Saga of Gosta Berling
9. Girl Shy
10. The Hands of Orlac
11. Waxworks
12. Aelita
13. Die Nibelungen
14. The Marriage Circle
15. Hot Water
16. Isn't Life Wonderful
17. Manhandled

Best Director

Buster Keaton - Sherlock Jr.
Erich von Stroheim - Greed
Marcel L'Herbier - L'Inhumaine
Raoul Walsh - The Thief of Bagdad
Victor Sjostrom - He Who Gets Slapped

Best Actor

Benjamin Christensen - Michael
Douglas Fairbanks - The Thief of Bagdad
Emil Jannings - The Last Laugh
Gibson Gowland - Greed
Lon Chaney - He Who Gets Slapped

Best Actress

Carol Dempster - Isn't Life Wonderful
Georgette Leblanc - L'Inhumaine
Margarete Schon - Die Nibelungen
Marie Prevost - The Marriage Circle

Best Supporting Actor

Conrad Veidt - Waxworks
Jean Hersholt - Greed
Marc McDermott - He Who Gets Slapped
Tully Marshall - He Who Gets Slapped
Walter Slezak - Michael

Best Supporting Actress

Greta Garbo - The Saga of Gosta Berling
Nora Gregor - Michael
Norma Shearer - He Who Gets Slapped
Ruth King - He Who Gets Slapped
Zasu Pitts - Greed

Best Original Screenplay

Girl Shy
L'Inhumaine
Sherlock Jr.
The Last Laugh
Waxworks

Best Adapted Screenplay

Die Nibelungen
Greed
He Who Gets Slapped
Michael
The Saga of Gosta Berling

Best Foreign Language Film

L'Inhumaine
Michael
The Hands of Orlac
The Last Laugh
The Saga of Gosta Berling

Best Production Design

Aelita
Die Nibelungen
L'Inhumaine
The Thief of Bagdad
Waxworks

Best Cinematography

Die Nibelungen
Greed
L'Inhumaine
Michael
The Last Laugh

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Die Nibelungen
He Who Gets Slapped
Waxworks

Best Costume Design

Aelita
Die Nibelungen
L'Inhumaine
The Thief of Bagdad
Waxworks

Best Film Editing

Aelita
Greed
He Who Gets Slapped
L'Inhumaine
The Thief of Bagdad

Best Visual Effects

Aelita
Die Nibelungen
L'Inhumaine
The Hands of Orlac
The Thief of Bagdad

Best Ensemble

Greed
He Who Gets Slapped
L'Inhumaine
Michael
The Saga of Gosta Berling

Nomination Count

He Who Gets Slapped: 11
L'Inhumaine: 11
Greed: 9
Michael: 8
The Thief of Bagdad: 7
Die Nibelungen: 6
Aelita: 4
The Last Laugh: 4
The Saga of Gosta Berling: 4
Waxworks: 4
Sherlock Jr.: 3
The Hands of Orlac: 2
Girl Shy: 1
Isn't Life Wonderful: 1
The Marriage Circle: 1

Win Count

Greed: 9
Die Nibelungen: 3
L'Inhumaine: 3
The Thief of Bagdad: 1

Ok on to 1925. So far for '25 I've seen The Phantom of the Opera, Battleship Potemkin and Strike. Current watchist for '25 is as follows:

The Freshman
The Unholy Three
Ben-Hur
The Big Parade
Little Annie Rooney
Master of the House
The Monster
Orochi
Paris Qui Dort
Wolf Blood

Anything I'm leaving out that's essential viewing for '25?

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1924 lineups Jan 20, 2022 4:51:23 GMT Joaquim likes this

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Post by SZilla on Jan 20, 2022 4:51:23 GMT

Nice! Greed is a juggernaut but I'm glad you enjoyed He Who Gets Slapped and The Thief of Bagdad as much as you did.

Some recommendations for '25:

The Gold Rush - Classic Chaplin. Highly recommended if you haven't seen it.
The Lost World - Featuring special fx from Willis H. O'Brien, who would later go on to do the special effects for King Kong. Strong contender for the VFX category.
Body and Soul - Landmark Oscar Micheaux film starring Paul Robeson. One of his essentials.
The Eagle - Comeback film for Rudolph Valentino, where he was able to shed his sex symbol persona and do something more comedic, which he felt he was better suited for.
The Merry Widow - Erich Von Stroheim directed romance starring John Gilbert. Don't remember too much from this, personally.
Clash of the Wolves - Maybe not the best film of the year, but it is one of the more popular surviving Rin-Tin-Tin films and I found it charming. It's also the only Rin-Tin-Tin film in the National Film Registry, so its been deemed as culturally significant.
Don Q, Son of Zorro - Very fun sequel to 1920's The Mark of Zorro. Fairbanks is back in this swashbuckler film directed by none other than Donald Crisp.

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1924 lineups Jan 20, 2022 5:16:36 GMT

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Post by Joaquim on Jan 20, 2022 5:16:36 GMT

Jan 20, 2022 4:51:23 GMT SZilla said:

Nice! Greed is a juggernaut but I'm glad you enjoyed He Who Gets Slapped and The Thief of Bagdad as much as you did.

Some recommendations for '25:

The Gold Rush - Classic Chaplin. Highly recommended if you haven't seen it.
The Lost World - Featuring special fx from Willis H. O'Brien, who would later go on to do the special effects for King Kong. Strong contender for the VFX category.
Body and Soul - Landmark Oscar Micheaux film starring Paul Robeson. One of his essentials.
The Eagle - Comeback film for Rudolph Valentino, where he was able to shed his sex symbol persona and do something more comedic, which he felt he was better suited for.
The Merry Widow - Erich Von Stroheim directed romance starring John Gilbert. Don't remember too much from this, personally.
Clash of the Wolves - Maybe not the best film of the year, but it is one of the more popular surviving Rin-Tin-Tin films and I found it charming. It's also the only Rin-Tin-Tin film in the National Film Registry, so its been deemed as culturally significant.
Don Q, Son of Zorro - Very fun sequel to 1920's The Mark of Zorro. Fairbanks is back in this swashbuckler film directed by none other than Donald Crisp.

How’d I forget about The Gold Rush? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Juggernaut is a good way to describe Greed. Watched it back in freshman year of uni but a lot sticks fresh in the mind particularly the Death Valley ending. It’s my #2 of the decade so far behind only The Phantom Carriage

Gonna have to check out all the others you recommended too. Will be interesting to see how Stroheim followed up Greed. Mark of Zorro is my fav Fairbanks I’ve seen. Don’t think I should expect the sequel to be better but Fairbanks has never failed to be fun at least

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