Best Picture Winner: #9Original Release Date: April 8, 1936Rating: Not RatedRuntime: 2 hours, 56 minutesDirector: Robert Z. Leonard Quick Impressions:I love William Powell and Myrna Loy. When I first started dating my husband and introduced him to classic movies, The Thin Man series charmed him immediately, and we tried to …
Best Picture Winner: #8Original Release Date:Rating: Not RatedRuntime: 2 hours, 12 minutesDirector: Frank Lloyd Quick Impressions:“Have you seen this movie before?” my daughter asked as we started. “I’ve definitely seen Bugs Bunny do it,” I replied. Surely at some point during my childhood, I must have seen at least part …
Best Picture Winner: #7Release Date: February 22, 1934Rating: ApprovedRuntime: 1 hour, 45 minutesDirector: Frank Capra Quick Impressions:On July 3, I was consumed by the desire to watch Hamilton as soon as possible. Apparently, I mentioned that seven or eight…hundred…thousand times. My mother remarked that a friend of hers had mentioned …
Best Picture Winner: #6Release Date: April 15, 1933Rating: PassedRuntime: 1 hour, 52 minutesDirector: Frank Lloyd Quick Impressions:Until my daughter and I started this project, I did not realize there were so many Best Picture winners I knew nothing about. I knew Cavalcade won, but for some reason, I thought it …
Best Picture Winner: #5Release Date: September 11, 1932Rating: NRRuntime: 1 hour, 52 minutesDirector: Edmund Goulding Quick Impressions:After Cimarron so bitterly disappointed us, I was relieved to watch Grand Hotel, the first Best Picture winner we’ve encountered so far that I had already seen. “Don’t worry,” I reassured my daughter when …
Best Picture Winner: #4Release Date: February 9, 1931Rating: PassedRuntime: 2 hours, 3 minutesDirector: Wesley Ruggles Quick Impressions:I set my expectations too high for this one. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber, starring Irene Dunne, featuring Edna May Oliver, Cimarron sounded great. As a child, I was not fond of …
Best Picture Winner: #3Release Date: August 24, 1930Rating: NRRuntime: 2 hours, 32 minutesDirector: Lewis Milestone Quick Impressions:During the opening credits of All Quiet on the Western Front, I noted, “Erich Maria Remarque, he wrote the novel.” “There’s a novel of this?” my daughter said in surprise. “Oh yes,” I replied. …
Best Picture Winner #2Release Date: June 26, 1929Rating: PassedRuntime: 1 hour, 40 minutesDirector: Henry Beaumont Quick Impressions:My daughter and I expected a let down after the soaring excellence of Wings, but we still pressed on to watch The Broadway Melody (1929). I had never seen this one, either, though I’m …
Best Picture Winner #1Release Date: May 19, 1927Rating: PG-13Runtime: 2 hours, 24 minutesDirector: William Wellman Quick Impressions:My daughter and I dream up a fun project to do together every summer. This year, we’ve decided to watch every film that won the Oscar for Best Picture (that we can get our …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutesDirector: Benh Zeitlin Quick Impressions:We’re still avoiding theaters, but when I realized visionary director Benh Zeitlin’s eerie take on Peter Pan was available for home viewing, I bought it immediately. I liked Benh Zeitlin’s previous film, Beasts of the Southern Wild with its memorable, Oscar-nominated …
