Ceremony Year (1943)

Movies Came Out In (1942) Winner: Mrs. Miniver – Just watched recently, and very much enjoyed this film.  It’s a WWII romance drama, about an English family life and how it changed as England was drawn into the war.  There are several plot twists and the story is very compelling.  There’s even a scene in …

Ceremony Year (1942)

Movies Came Out In (1941) Winner: How Green Was My Valley – Just watched recently and thought the movie was average at best.  It’s the story of a Welsh mining family living in South Wales during the 19th century.  It’s simply a story of life in the mines, love, divorce, death, births, tragedy, triumphs are …

Ceremony Year (1941)

Movies Came Out In (1940) Winner: Rebecca – Just watched this recently, and this was a really intriguing Hitchcock thriller.  The basic plot is: A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband’s dead first wife.  However, that’s an oversimplification.  I won’t spoil any of the outcomes, but there are a lot of …

Ceremony Year (1938)

Movies Came Out In (1937) Winner: The Life of Emile Zola – Just watched recently and thought it was a pretty good film.  The plot is pretty straightforward: A biopic of the famous French writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair in France (wrongly convicted Jewish captain).  This was a …

Ceremony Year (1937)

Movies Came Out In (1936) Winner: The Great Ziegfeld – Just watched recently, and it’s the story about the the ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues.  It’s a somewhat interesting story (as it’s supposed to be non-fiction), but large sections of the film are very boring in my …

Ceremony Year (1940)

Movies Came Out In (1939) Winner: Gone With the Wind – Never saw this until I was an adult (pretty recently too).  I now understand quite a few pop culture references, it was long, but it didn’t bore me.  Some plots lines were surprising, but overall I would consider just an average film. Dark Victory …

Ceremony Year (1939)

Movies Came Out In (1938) Winner: You Can’t Take It with You – Just watched on TCM (a man from a rich snooty family gets engaged to a woman from an eccentric family).  It was an interesting story, but ultimately a very corny/predictable ending.  I actually didn’t mind this movie, even though it is somewhat …

Ceremony Year (1936)

Movies Came Out In (1935) Winner: Mutiny on the Bounty – I recently watched this film and I had seen all the remakes.  I thoroughly enjoyed the original, really good acting, decent scenery, and great story.  Clark Gable really shines in his role and I haven’t seen him in anything other than Gone With The …

Ceremony Year (1934)

Movies Came Out In (1933) Winner: Cavalcade – I just watched this movie recently and rather enjoyed it.  It’s simply a story of an English family in 1899, and their trials and tribulations spanning several decades (ending in 1933).  They endure wars, deaths, drinking problems, marriages, births, etc…. It’s just a well told and acted …

Ceremony Year (1933)

Movies Came Out In (1932) Winner: Grand Hotel – I watched on TCM, and thought it was pretty decent.  It’s obviously dated considering it’s almost 90 years old, but the story was pretty decent.  Interesting stories about guests staying at the hotel, I could see this movie being remade for modern day and being successful.  …