My journey through film history remained stalled in 1978 during 2022. Instead, I binged on pre-Code, 1930’s, screwball comedies and film noir. I had seen most of these films before. It made easy watching and quite a few laughs. Will 2023 be the year that launches me closer to the present? I’m planning on moving this year so who knows. I did not keep track of the number of films I watched. I did manage to see about one a day for the last several months.
My favorite new-to-me films were:
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955, dir. Lewis Gilbert)
The Whole Town’s Talking (1935, dir. John Ford)
Street Scene (1931, dir. King Vidor)
Sidewalks of London/St. Martin’s Lane (1938, dir. Tim Whelan)
One Way Passage (1932, dir. Tay Garnett)
Night Must Fall (1937) Richard Thorpe
Private Lives (1931, dir. Sidney Franklin)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932, dir. Dorothy Arzner)
When Ladies Meet (1933, dir. Hugh Beaumont and Robert Z. Leonard)
Beggars of Life (1928, dir. William A. Wellman)
Movie Star of the Year: Robert Montgomery
