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SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:18 pm
by flip
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/
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:19 pm
by flip
another random selection, curious to know if there are mayo admirers around because i'm not sure i've ever heard him mentioned here
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:34 pm
by Evelyn Library P.I.
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.
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:44 pm
by greennui
4.
Svengali
The Petrified Forest
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:39 pm
by Lencho of the Apes
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
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:42 pm
by brian d
only seen 1
moontide
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:43 pm
by ---
seen 7
The Petrified Forest
The Mayor of Hell
Black Legion
A Night in Casablanca
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:28 am
by St. Gloede
Seen 5:
The Petrified Forest
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:26 pm
by wba
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.
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:35 am
by ororama
1. The Petrified Forest
2. The Mayor of Hell
3. Moontide
4. Svengali
I've seen 8.
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:08 am
by greennui
Marian Mars in Svengali <3
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:08 am
by RogerTheMovieManiac
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
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:42 am
by ...
Svengali
Charley's Aunt
Black Legion
Mayor of Hell
The Great American Broadcast
Re: SCFZ poll: Archie Mayo
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:53 am
by flip
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