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1. Elizabeth Taylor, 1963

2. Vivien Leigh, 1946

3. Claudette Colbert, 1934

4. Theda Bara, 1917

5. Helen Gardner, 1912

Harold Lloyd gives a wonderful comedic performance here!

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From Charlie Chaplin’s “The Circus”.

Starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald (who also served as an uncredited producer), and Spencer Tracy (whose first Oscar nomination came from this role). In 1936, many people in the audience (and even some of the extras on screen) were actual survivors of the 1906 quake. The film wasn't just a "disaster movie" to them; it was a high-budget recreation of their own lived history. It remained the industry benchmark for disaster films until the arrival of the Sensurround era in the 1970s. MacDonald, who is my favorite soprano, sings “San Francisco” six times in this film, which later became one of the city’s two official songs. She wears the dress later worn by Billie Burke in The Wizard of Oz three years later.

Rest in peace to all lost from the earthquake and to those affected in the aftermath.

“Yes, I can see now.”

I love Cecil DeMille’s great work of art in this film about the last days of Jesus of Nazareth.

Fun fact: Rudolph Schildkraut played the high priest Caiaphas, and his son Joseph Schildkraut, a future Oscar-winner, played Judas Iscariot. H.B. Warner (Jesus) later played Mr. Gower in “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

A wonderful performance by Lillian Gish! This was directed by Victor Sjostrom, who also directed He Who Gets Slapped! Do you all like this film?

Lon Chaney gives a terrific performance here, featuring John Gilbert and Norma Shearer. This was the first film ever produced by MGM. Would recommend it!

1. William Powell and Myrna Loy

2. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

3. Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn

4. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland

5. Clark Gable and Joan Crawford

6. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland

7. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald

8. Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer

9. Tyrone Power and Loretta Young

10. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

From Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) by F. W. Murnau

This was a very interesting early silent film, running about 15 minutes. I enjoyed it very much!