FILMS OF THE DECADE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 12 (Supplement)

FILMS OF THE DECADE

ENGLISH CRITIC'S LIST —__- "What are the films of the last decade [ or so that one ought to hare seen, and ! ought to remember?" asks Mr. R. G. Bennett, an English critic. He sugi fests:—" The Birth of a Nation." f " Broken Blossoms," " Orphans of the ! Storm," " The Covered Wapyon T " "Enemies of Women," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." " Peter Pan," " The Ten Commandments," " The Merry Widow," " Quo Vadis" (with Erni! | Jannings as Nero), " Vaudeville" ■ (again on account of Jannings), " The Sea Beast," " Ben Hur" (for sheer spectacular appeal and thrill), " Bean i Geste" (because the drama of the openf trig and closing sequences was superb), | '"Metropolis" t because it proved that | the film could be prophetic upon j occasion), " The Constant Nymph" [ «silent —with the one and onlv Mabel Poulton playing Tessa;, " The Jazz I Singer," " The King of Kings." " The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." " Atlantic," " Disraeli," " Journey's End." " All Quiet on the Western Front," " City Lights." " Hell's Angels." " Outward Bound." " The Frightened Lady." " 3ladchen in TJnii form," " The Good Companions," i " Cavalcade." " King Kong." "Gabriel ; Over the White House." " The Private Life of Henry VIIL," " The Invisible | Man," and " Man of Aran."