Polling the films of Archie Mayo
The rules:
- your list can include no more than half* of the Mayo films you've seen, up to a maximum of 8. So if you've seen 6 films, you can vote for 3, and if you've seen 20, you can vote for up to 8.
* If you've seen an odd number, you can round up when deciding the length of your ballot -- e.g if you've seen 7, you can vote for 4, and if you've seen 15, you can vote for the maximum of 8.
- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.
- deadline for ballots: next Friday, in seven days, whatever day that is
umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/
SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
another random selection, curious to know if there are mayo admirers around because i'm not sure i've ever heard him mentioned here
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Evelyn Library P.I.
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Archie Mayo! Surprised he hadn't been polled before. A recurring name for Warners in the '30s, which is my favourite decade for my favourite major Hollywood studio. Interesting to know how his reputation might be different if his lost film Convention City was still around.
Seen 5, but will hopefully watch more for the poll.
Seen 5, but will hopefully watch more for the poll.
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Lencho of the Apes
- Posts: 1900
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Mayo's unbeatable on the kind of urban-culture/unambitious but tight Warner-Bro programmers that defined their early-thirties output. Pretty spotty outside that niche, though.
Seen 9
Black legion
The Mayor Of Hell
Moontide
Under Eighteen
Seen 9
Black legion
The Mayor Of Hell
Moontide
Under Eighteen
The opposite of 'reify' is... ?
only seen 1
moontide
moontide
"Most esteemed biographer of Peter Barrington Hutton"
seen 7
The Petrified Forest
The Mayor of Hell
Black Legion
A Night in Casablanca
The Petrified Forest
The Mayor of Hell
Black Legion
A Night in Casablanca
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St. Gloede
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- Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:50 pm
Seen 5:
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
seen only 1 which was about 25 year ago, so I don't remember much...
Totally unknown filmmaker for me. Also never read anything about him.
Totally unknown filmmaker for me. Also never read anything about him.
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
1. The Petrified Forest
2. The Mayor of Hell
3. Moontide
4. Svengali
I've seen 8.
2. The Mayor of Hell
3. Moontide
4. Svengali
I've seen 8.
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RogerTheMovieManiac
- Posts: 37
- Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:09 am
Hi there flip. Assuming this is still open...
I've seen 5. Three of them don't stand out in my memory, but I liked these two:
1. 'THE PETRIFIED FOREST' - 8/10
2. 'ILLICIT' - 6.5 OR 7/10
I've seen 5. Three of them don't stand out in my memory, but I liked these two:
1. 'THE PETRIFIED FOREST' - 8/10
2. 'ILLICIT' - 6.5 OR 7/10
Svengali
Charley's Aunt
Black Legion
Mayor of Hell
The Great American Broadcast
Charley's Aunt
Black Legion
Mayor of Hell
The Great American Broadcast
roger - yes the poll is still open! and especially with a director as underseen as mayo, it's great to get more ballots.
i'll be keeping all of the current polls open until we figure out if we can resolve the technical issues on the site, because it's hard to run a poll when people can't edit their ballots when they watch new things, and i won't start any new polls for the same reason
i'll be keeping all of the current polls open until we figure out if we can resolve the technical issues on the site, because it's hard to run a poll when people can't edit their ballots when they watch new things, and i won't start any new polls for the same reason