30 Tuesday Sep 2014
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Directed: William K. Howard
Year: 1928
Nominated: Best Actress – Louise Dresser
Plot in 25 Words: Polish immigrants strive to gain admittance to America. Treated like garbage they become citizens. Wrongful imprisonment and the ultimate sacrifice complete the Polish family’s woes.
29 Monday Sep 2014
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Directed: Raoul Walsh
Year: 1928
Nominated: Best Actress – Gloria Swanson
Plot in 25 Words: Prostitute on the run finds love and a judgmental minister on a south sea island. A mysterious and ambiguous ending to a different prostitute story.
29 Monday Sep 2014
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Directed: Frank Borzage
Year: 1928
Nominated: Best Actress – Janet Gaynor
Won: Best Actress – Janet Gaynor
Plot in 25 Words: Woman becomes prostitute by necessity. Escapes arrest and joins the circus. Falls in love. Her past catches up with her. Serves time, lives happily ever after.
16 Tuesday Sep 2014
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Directed: Frank Borzage
Year: 1927
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Borzage, Best Actress – Janet Gaynor
Won: Best Director – Frank Borzage, Best Actress – Janet Gaynor
Plot in 25 Words: A man pretends a prostitute is his wife to prevent her arrest. Lies turn to love. Sadly war intervenes. Man returns alive but blind.
14 Sunday Sep 2014
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Directed: Ted Wilde
Year: 1928
Nominated: Best Director – Ted Wilde
Plot in 25 Words: A happy-go-lucky guy endures a series of unsuitable jobs with hilarious consequences before saving his girl’s family business driving a streetcar around New York.
08 Monday Sep 2014
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Directed: Lewis Milestone
Year: 1928
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: Two bootlegging gangs fight for control of the streets. Family ties, an honest policeman, and one very young reporter try to keep the criminals honest
08 Monday Sep 2014
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Directed: William A. Wellman
Year: 1927
Nominated: Best Film
Won: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: Two enemies to go war. Become friends. One accidentally kills the other. Remaining soldier comes home and falls in love with the girl next door.
07 Sunday Sep 2014
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Directed: F. W. Murnau
Year Released: 1927
Nominated: Best Actress – Janet Gaynor
Won: Best Actress – Janet Gaynor
Plot in 25 Words: Man cheats on wife. Mistress plots to kill wife. Wife finds out. Man and wife reconcile. Wife nearly dies. Man kicks mistress back to city.
07 Sunday Sep 2014
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Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor
Best Actress
I haven’t heard of any of the films so I’m looking forward to all of them
07 Sunday Sep 2014
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This week someone sent me an annoying link on Facebook. Yes, this is hardly news but it wasn’t for a stupid cartoon game, nor was it for some app that my retro (possibly geriatric) phone wouldn’t (couldn’t) support. It was a list. You’ve seen them. How Many Counties Have You Been To? How Many of the BBC Best-Reads Have You Read? How Many of These ‘Naughty’ Things Have You Done? The list of lists goes on.
So when I read the first few words ‘How Many…’ my soul died a little. How many what? How Many Colours Do I Know? How Many Different Haircuts Have I Had? How Many List Quizzes Have I Taken? It saddens me that the answer to the last is quite high. I love a good list!
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