My Movie Bucket List
by tharrx | created - 30 Jun 2019 | updated - 23 Oct 2022 | PublicMovies, many hard to find, that I still haven't seen.
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1. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help with one of her father's guests shortly before his planned departure. Her suspicions about ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis, William V. Mong
Votes: 482
The title alone makes me want to see it.
2. The Big House (1930)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Directors: George W. Hill, Ward Wing | Stars: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery
Votes: 2,594
Trend setting early prison drama.
3. The Criminal Code (1930)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff
Votes: 1,381
Karloff's performance in this film is said to have won him the role of the Monster in "Frankenstein"
4. Ingagi (1930)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch ... See full summary »
Director: William Campbell | Stars: Sir Hubert Winstead, Charles Gemora, Arthur Clayton, Louis Nizor
Votes: 212 | Gross: $4.00M
Wishful thinking here, as no known prints survive.
5. Supernatural (1933)
Passed | 65 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A serial black widow murderess returns to life in the body of a young woman to exact revenge on a former lover, a phony spiritualist who betrayed her.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne
Votes: 934
Paramount thriller with Carole Lombard and Randolph Scott
6. Green Hell (1940)
Passed | 87 min | Adventure, Romance
In the jungles of the Amazon, a group of Western adventurers and two local native guides try to locate a lost treasure buried beneath an ancient Incan city.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard, George Sanders
Votes: 405
James Whale, a strong cast (including Vincent Price), and sets that would be reused for "The Mummy's Hand."
7. The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone
Votes: 1,876
Creepy film noir meets horror, featuring Peter Lorre.
I saw the ending when I was a kid, and have wanted to see the whole thing ever since.
8. Song of the South (1946)
G | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
Directors: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten
Votes: 15,241 | Gross: $63.72M
Disney disappeared this film over its racist content (even though they made a popular ride based on it, Splash Mountain), but its strengths should still make it worth seeing.
9. Jû jin yuki otoko (1955)
94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A yeti terrorizes people on top of Mount Fuji.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Takarada, Akemi Negishi, Momoko Kôchi, Nobuo Nakamura
Votes: 308
Toho's second giant monster film is all but lost because of the film's racist content.
10. Half Human (1958)
63 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Japanese villagers worship a monster and its son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them, go to the island to capture the monster, and wind up shooting its son. Then the trouble starts.
Directors: Kenneth G. Crane, Ishirô Honda | Stars: John Carradine, Russell Thorson, Robert Karnes, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 460
I'd settle for the American version of Jû jin yuki otoko, which is very cut up and narrated by John Carradine
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