Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1945

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip45banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1945: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=persac45.html>My 1945 Oscar Ballot</a></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=treegrow.html style="text-decoration:none">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</a></b></Font> Dir. Elia Kazan. With Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=childpar.html style="text-decoration:none">Children of Paradise</a></b></Font> Dir. Marcel Carn&#233. With Jean-Louis Barrault, Arletty <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=opencity.html style="text-decoration:none">Rome, Open City</a></b></Font> Dir. Roberto Rossellini. With Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=dillgr45.html style="text-decoration:none">Dillinger</a></b></Font> Dir. Max Nosseck. With Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=sothrner.html style="text-decoration:none">The Southerner</a></b></Font> Dir. Jean Renoir. With Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=briefenc.html style="text-decoration:none">Brief Encounter</a></b></Font> Dir. David Lean. With Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Cyril Raymond <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=iknowhgo.html style="text-decoration:none">I Know Where I'm Going!</a></b></Font> Dirs. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. With Wendy Hiller <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=dorigray.html style="text-decoration:none">The Picture of Dorian Gray</a></b></Font> Dir. Albert Lewin. With Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=damebois.html style="text-decoration:none">Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Bresson. With Mar&#237a Casares <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=house92d.html style="text-decoration:none">The House on 92nd Street</a></b></Font> Dir. Henry Hathaway. With William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1945</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=mildred.html style="text-decoration:none">Mildred Pierce</a></b></Font> Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1945</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=affsusan.html style="text-decoration:none">The Affairs of Susan</a></b></Font> Dir. William A. Seiter. With Joan Fontaine, George Brent <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=aaweigh.html style="text-decoration:none">Anchors Aweigh</a></b></Font> Dir. George Sidney. With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=belstmar.html style="text-decoration:none">The Bells of St. Mary's</a></b></Font> Dir. Leo McCarey. With Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=bodsnatc.html style="text-decoration:none">The Body Snatcher</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Wise. With Henry Daniell, Boris Karloff, Russell Wade <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=chriscon.html style="text-decoration:none">Christmas in Connecticut</a></b></Font> Dir. Peter Godfrey. With Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=theclock.html style="text-decoration:none">The Clock</a></b></Font> Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Robert Walker, Judy Garland, James Gleason <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=corngr45.html style="text-decoration:none">The Corn Is Green</a></b></Font> Dir. Irving Rapper. With Bette Davis, John Dall, Joan Lorring <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=detour.html style="text-decoration:none">Detour</a></b></Font> Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer. With Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=fangel45.html style="text-decoration:none">Fallen Angel</a></b></Font> Dir. Otto Preminger. With Dana Andrews, Alice Faye, Linda Darnell <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=hangsq45.html style="text-decoration:none">Hangover Square</a></b></Font> Dir. John Brahm. With Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, Faye Marlowe <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=leaveher.html style="text-decoration:none">Leave Her to Heaven</a></b></Font> Dir. John M. Stahl. With Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=lweekend.html style="text-decoration:none">The Lost Weekend</a></b></Font> Dir. Billy Wilder. With Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard da Silva <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=lovlttrs.html style="text-decoration:none">Love Letters</a></b></Font> Dir. William Dieterle. With Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=medalben.html style="text-decoration:none">A Medal for Benny</a></b></Font> Dir. Irving Pichel. With Arturo de C&#243rdova, Dorothy Lamour <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=juliaros.html style="text-decoration:none">My Name Is Julia Ross</a></b></Font> Dir. Joseph H. Lewis. With Nina Foch, George Macready <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Rhapsody in Blue</b></Font> Dir. Irving Rapper. With Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Oscar Levant <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=srtogtrk.html style="text-decoration:none">Saratoga Trunk</a></b></Font> Dir. Sam Wood. With Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Flora Robson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=scarlest.html style="text-decoration:none">Scarlet Street</a></b></Font> Dir. Fritz Lang. With Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=7thveil.html style="text-decoration:none">The Seventh Veil</a></b></Font> Dir. Compton Bennett. With Ann Todd, James Mason, Herbert Lom <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Song to Remember</b></Font> Dir. Charles Vidor. With Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon, Paul Muni <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=spellb45.html style="text-decoration:none">Spellbound</a></b></Font> Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=spiralst.html style="text-decoration:none">The Spiral Staircase</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Siodmak. With Dorothy McGuire, George Brent <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b><a href=twocourg.html style="text-decoration:none">Two O'Clock Courage</a></b></Font> Dir. Anthony Mann. With Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Valley of Decision</b></Font> Dir. Tay Garnett. With Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Yolanda and the Thief</b></Font> Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D&#150</b></Font><br> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1945</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>And Then There Were None</b></Font> Dir. Ren&#233 Clair. With Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Back to Bataan</b></Font> Dir. Edward Dmytryk. With John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Brewster's Millions</b></Font> Dir. Allan Dwan. With Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, June Havoc<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Caesar and Cleopatra</b></Font> Dir. Gabriel Pascal. With Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Dead of Night</b></Font> Dirs. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sanshiro Sugata, Part II</b></Font> Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Denjir&#244 &#212k&#244chi, Susumu Fujita<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>State Fair</b></Font> Dir. Walter Lang. With Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Story of G.I. Joe</b></Font> Dir. William Wellman. With Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>They Were Expendable</b></Font> Dir. John Ford. With Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Ziegfeld Follies</b></Font> Dirs. Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Roy Del Ruth, et al.<br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Further Research:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Adventure</b></Font> Dir. Victor Fleming. With Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Blithe Spirit</b></Font> Dir. David Lean. With Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Blood on the Sun</b></Font> Dir. Frank Lloyd. With James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Brighton Strangler</b></Font> Dir. Max Nosseck. 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