SCFZ poll: Cecil B DeMille

[St. Gloede]

Wellman 18
Losey 10
Lewis 7

[john ryan]

Seen 22

1. Cleopatra
2. The Squaw Man (1931)
3. The King of Kings
4. The Godless Girl
5. The Volga Boatman

I have 7 Lewis, but I could definitely be counted on to watch at least 2 more.

[wba2]

Fantastic director! Loathed him as a budding cinephile but fell in love with his mastery a decade later.

Only seen silents from DeMille so far.

01. Carmen (1915)
02. The Whispering Chorus (1918)

DeMille seen: 5

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Wellman: 8
Losey: 2
Lewis: 1

[Lencho of the Apes]

7 Lewis, damn.

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we have three people with 7 lewis seen, and two with 8... if two of the 7-seen watch one more before friday, we'll be able to do a lewis poll now. if not, then i'm sure we'll be able to do him a bit later, and we'll go with losey.

[oscarwerner]

10 + Joseph Losey , 10+ William Wellman, only 2 J.H. Lewis

[john ryan]

I now have 8 JH Lewis

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just need one more person with 8 lewis films seen!

[rischka]

four frightened people was good enough to claim a spot on my list now i've got 6 logged.



is this the origin of all those high school nerd movies i guess she just needed to relax in the jungle for awhile! doesn't reach the...erm 'heights' of green hell but it was fun

[Zulawski]

We never did Preminger, right? He seems such a perfect fit.

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no, we haven't done preminger - still lots of very famous older english-language directors we haven't got to yet, among them otto preminger, william wellman, edward dmytryk, preston sturges, john sturges, henry hathaway, robert wise, george stevens, george cukor, joseph mankiewicz, robert siodmak, phil karlson, hugo fregonese, henry koster, anatole litvak, joseph h lewis, john farrow, mitchell leisen, robert florey, lewis milestone, rouben mamoulian, delmer daves, rudolph mate, david lean, john huston... and even billy wilder.

and joseph losey, but we'll fix that today.

[Zulawski]

Interesting tendency given the amount of obscure and fairly non-prolific director's we've polled. I suppose Preminger isn't an omission or anomaly at all then.

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I think people have been purposefully trying somewhat to keep it from being too US centric. At least I know I have and suspect others want to see some love for favorites from elsewhere.

[kanafani]

Wow I have seen zero DeMille movies.

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bit of a strange poll, very few films even got to 5 points, so i guess there was a lot of agreement about demille's best films, and no agreement beyond that. i'll still accept late ballots posted today, especially because i'd like to break the 7-way tie for 10th place:

results
1. The Ten Commandments (1956) -- 18 pts
2. Cleopatra (1934) -- 12 pts
3. Madam Satan (1930) -- 11 pts
4. The Cheat (1915) -- 7 pts
5. Four Frightened People (1934) -- 5 pts
6. The Squaw Man (1931) -- 4 pts
7. The Sign of the Cross (1932) -- 3 pts
7. The King of Kings (1927) -- 3 pts
7. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) -- 3 pts
10. Joan the Woman (1916) -- 2 pts
10. Reap the Wild Wind (1942) -- 2 pts
10. Union Pacific (1939) -- 2 pts
10. Carmen (1915) -- 2 pts
10. Why Change Your Wife? (1920) -- 2 pts
10. The Godless Girl (1928) -- 2 pts
10. Samson and Delilah (1949) -- 2 pts
17. The Crusades (1935) -- 1 pt
17. The Volga Boatman (1926) -- 1 pt
17. The Whispering Chorus (1918) -- 1 pt
17. Unconquered (1947) -- 1 pt
17. Manslaughter (1922) -- 1 pt

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