SCFZ poll: Raoul Walsh

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ok, results are tallied. interesting: in the five year period from 1938 to 1942, walsh made 11 films, and an astounding 10 of them got a vote in this poll (all but st louis blues, which only has 11 total views on letterboxd). meanwhile, in the last fifteen years of his career, from 1950-1964, he made more than 20 films, and only two got any support (none from after 1953) -- edit: that all changed with arkheia's ballot, which included three new post-1950 walsh films.

results

1. The Big Trail (1930) -- 33 pts
2. White Heat (1949) -- 25 pts
3. The Roaring Twenties (1939) -- 21 pts
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) -- 20 pts
5. High Sierra (1941) -- 19 pts
6. The Strawberry Blonde (1941) -- 15 pts
7. Gentleman Jim (1942) -- 13 pts
8. Regeneration (1915) -- 12 pts
8. Colorado Territory (1949) -- 12 pts
10. Me and My Gal (1932) -- 10 pts
10. Pursued (1947) -- 10 pts
12. Manpower (1941) -- 9 pts
12. Objective, Burma! (1945) -- 9 pts
14. They Drive by Night (1940) -- 7 pts
15. Northern Pursuit (1943) -- 5 pts
15. Sadie Thompson (1928) -- 5 pts
17. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) -- 4 pts
17. Big Brown Eyes (1936) -- 4 pts
17. A Distant Trumpet (1964) -- 4 pts
20. Sea Devils (1953) -- 3 pts
20. The World in His Arms (1952) -- 3 pts
22. Sailor's Luck (1933) -- 2 pts
22. Desperate Journey (1942) -- 2 pts
22. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) -- 2 pts
25. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) -- 1 pt
25. Dark Command (1940) -- 1 pt
25. The Bowery (1933) -- 1 pt
25. Distant Drums (1951) -- 1 pt
25. College Swing (1938) -- 1 pt

[arkheia]

I'd seen only 5 at poll's open and wound up binging a bundle of Walsh's for the occasion. Now seen 24, and I'll try to fill in the rest this summer.

Wow! That's amazing dedication!

ok, results are tallied.

D'oh! I spent too long stalling and forgot to cast my ballot.
Any chance I can still throw mine in, Flip?

Seen: 16
1. Objective Burma
2. A Distant Trumpet
3. Regeneration
4. Captain Horatio Hornblower
5. Distant Drums

[flip]

yeah, i'm happy to take in ballots on deadline day - i'll add that to the tally in a few minutes! edit - done! cool to get a few more of the later walsh films on the list.

[MayaDeren_fan]

Seen 4 -- not that it probably matters since the list has already been tallied, but still:

The Big Trail
Gentleman Jim

both of these two I find massively underrated -- at least on a grander scope than niche find.

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i'll take deadline-day ballots, so i added that in - helpful too because it breaks a tie!

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Wow! That's amazing dedication!

Alas, more an amazing commitment to finding excuses to not study for my term tests. Uncertain Glory indeed!

[flip]

posted this to letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-113/