SCFZ poll: Edwin S Porter

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Did I imagine there had been a final count? I was almost sure there was...

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we both might have imagined that, but doing the tally now, i'm sure i never did it before, i would have remembered making a list of 27 different films -- is this the longest list we've produced yet?

results

1. The Great Train Robbery (1903) -- 17 pts
2. The Night Before Christmas (1905) -- 12 pts
3. Coney Island at Night (1905) -- 11 pts
4. The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) -- 9 pts
5. Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) -- 8 pts
6. Life of an American Fireman (1903) -- 5 pts
6. Laughing Gas (1907) -- 5 pts
6. Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901) -- 5 pts
6. Maniac Chase (1904) -- 5 pts
10. A Winter Straw Ride (1906) -- 4 pts
10. How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904) -- 4 pts
10. A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (1907) -- 4 pts
10. What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City (1901) -- 4 pts
10. The Price (1911) -- 4 pts
15. Pan-American Exposition by Night (1901) -- 3 pts
15. The Kleptomaniac (1905) -- 3 pts
15. College Chums (1907) -- 3 pts
18. The Ex-Convict (1904) -- 2 pts
18. Panorama of Esplanade by Night (1901) -- 2 pts
18. Holdup of the Rocky Mountain Express (1906) -- 2 pts
18. Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) -- 2 pts
18. Fun in a Bakery Shop (1902) -- 2 pts
23. The 'Teddy' Bears (1907) -- 1 pt
23. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908) -- 1 pt
23. Police Chasing Scorching Auto (1906) -- 1 pt
23. Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) -- 1 pt
23. Babies Rolling Eggs (1902) -- 1 pt

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posted to letbox:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-184/

[Curtis, baby]

just saw THE TEDDY BEARS...... my all-time regret in life? not giving that movie 5 points in this poll