Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1949

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip49banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1949: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=osactresframes49.html target="_new">The Best Actress Race</a><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. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=thirdman.html style="text-decoration:none">The Third Man</a></b></Font> Dir. Carol Reed. With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Criss Cross</Font></b></Font> Dir. Robert Siodmak. With Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmsadamsrib.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Adam's Rib</a></b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">A Letter to Three Wives</Font></b></Font> Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=allkings.html style="text-decoration:none">All the King's Men</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Rossen. With John Ireland, Broderick Crawford <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=heiress.html style="text-decoration:none">The Heiress</a></b></Font> Dir. William Wyler. With Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Puce Moment</Font></b></Font> Dir. Kenneth Anger. With Yvonne Marquis <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=reckmomt.html style="text-decoration:none">The Reckless Moment</a></b></Font> Dir. Max Oph&#252ls. With Joan Bennett, James Mason <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1949</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">★</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">★</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">★</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmsadamsrib.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Adam's Rib</a></b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=founthed.html style="text-decoration:none">The Fountainhead</a></b></Font> Dir. King Vidor. With Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=thirdman.html style="text-decoration:none">The Third Man</a></b></Font> Dir. Carol Reed. With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1949</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Barkleys of Broadway</b></Font> Dir. Charles Walters. With Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Caught</b></Font> Dir. Max Oph&#252ls. With Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, James Mason <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Come to the Stable</b></Font> Dir. Henry Koster. With Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Edward, My Son</b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>My Foolish Heart</b></Font> Dir. Mark Robson. With Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Lois Wheeler <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>On the Town</b></Font> Dirs. Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen. With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Pinky</b></Font> Dir. Elia Kazan. With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Waters, Ethel Barrymore <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1949</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Battleground</b></Font> Dir. William Wellman. With Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Border Incident</b></Font> Dir. Anthony Mann. With Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Knock on Any Door</b></Font> Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Late Spring</b></Font> Dir. Yasujiro Ozu. With Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimara<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>She Wore a Yellow Ribbon</b></Font> Dir. John Ford. With John Wayne, John Agar, Joanne Dru<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>They Live by Night</b></Font> Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Thieves' Highway</b></Font> Dir. Jules Dassin. With Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Under Capricorn</b></Font> Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>White Heat</b></Font> Dir. Raoul Walsh. With James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>A Woman's Secret</b></Font> Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame<br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Further Research:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>12 O'Clock High</b></Font> Dir. Henry King. With Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad</b></Font> Dirs. James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, et al.<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Beyond the Forest</b></Font> Dir. King Vidor. With Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Big Steal</b></Font> Dir. Don Siegel. With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Bitter Rice</b></Font> Dir. Giuseppe De Santis. With Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Champion</b></Font> Dir. Mark Robson. With Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Colorado Territory</b></Font> Dir. Raoul Walsh. With Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Devil's Wanton</b></Font> Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>East Side, West Side</b></Font> Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. With Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Flamingo Road</b></Font> Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Hasty Heart</b></Font> Dir. Vincent Sherman. With Richard Todd, Patricia Neal, Ronald Reagan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>House of Strangers</b></Font> Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>I Shot Jesse James</b></Font> Dir. Sam Fuller. With Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>I Was a Male War Bride</b></Font> Dir. Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>In the Good Old Summertime</b></Font> Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. With Judy Garland, Van Johnson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Intruder in the Dust</b></Font> Dir. Clarence Brown. With David Brian, Claude Jarman, Jr.<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>It Happens Every Spring</b></Font> Dir. Lloyd Bacon. With Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Jour de f&#234te</b></Font> Dir. Jacques Tati. With Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Kind Hearts and Coronets</b></Font> Dir. Robert Hamer. With Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Little Women</b></Font> Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. With June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Lost Boundaries</b></Font> Dir. Alfred L. Werker. With Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Canada Lee<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Madame Bovary</b></Font> Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, James Mason<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Mighty Joe Young</b></Font> Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack. With Terry Moore, Ben Johnson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Neptune's Daughter</b></Font> Dir. Edward Buzzell. With Esther Williams, Red Skelton<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Passionate Friends</b></Font> Dir. David Lean. With Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Passport to Pimlico</b></Font> Dir. Henry Cornelius. With Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Prince of Foxes</b></Font> Dir. Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Queen of Spades</b></Font> Dir. Thorold Dickinson. 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