Its that time of year again. Time to nominate films to The National Film Registry! The deadline this year is September 12th. Im especially trying to get THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA (1979) and HEAVENS GATE (1980) added to the list. EVERY VOTE COUNTS! and raises the awareness of interest in a given film with the NFR board. Here is the list of 50 titles I will be submitting this year. Feel free to pick titles from my list - the more support the better! THE PAWNSHOP (1916) - starring & directed by Charles Chaplin EASY STREET (1917) - starring & directed by Charles Chaplin SHOULDER ARMS (1918) - starring & directed by Charles Chaplin DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920) starring John Barrymore THE LUCKY DOG (1921) - very first film with Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy THE PLAY HOUSE (1921) - starring & co-directed by Buster Keaton THE BLACKSMITH (1922) - starring & co-directed by Buster Keaton SEVEN CHANCES (1925) - starring & directed by Buster Keaton THE EAGLE (1925) Rudolph Valentinos penultimate starring role MAID IN MOROCCO (1925) starring Lupino Lane & Wallace Lupino DON JUAN (1926) - groundbreaking Vitaphone film - starring John Barrymore SPARROWS (1926) starring & produced by Mary Pickford YOUD BE SURPRISED (1926) - starring Raymond Griffith DO DETECTIVES THINK? (1927) - starring Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy JUST A HUSBAND (1927) starring Arthur Housman & Bud Jamison - directed by Harry Sweet THE CIRCUS (1928) - starring, directed & produced by Charles Chaplin LIMOUSINE LOVE (1928) - starring Charley Chase THE TREASURERS REPORT (1928) - starring Robert Benchley - early sound - Fox Movietone KO-KOS EARTH CONTROL (1928) - animation A PAIR OF TIGHTS (1929) starring Anita Garvin & Marion Byron THE NEW CAR (1931) - animation - Ub Iwerks - Flip The Frog GOING BYE-BYE! (1934) - starring Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy THE BAND CONCERT (1935) - animation CUPID TAKES A HOLIDAY (1938) - Danny Kayes first starring film THE SEA WOLF (1941) - starring Edward G. Robinson & John Garfield - directed by Michael Curtiz MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947) - starring & directed by Charles Chaplin MACBETH (1948) - starring & directed by Orson Welles ROPE (1948) starring James Stewart - directed by Alfred Hitchcock NEIGHBORS IN THE NIGHT (1949) one-reel short - written & directed by Justin Herman HARVEY (1950) - starring James Stewart AN INTERVIEW WITH G.M. Broncho Billy ANDERSON (1957) conducted by William K. Everson ONE EYED JACKS (1961) - starring & directed by Marlon Brando GIGOT (1962) written by & starring Jackie Gleason - directed by Gene Kelly ITS A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD, WORLD (1963) - produced & directed by Stanley Kramer TIME PIECE (1965) - short - directed by Jim Henson THE GREAT RACE (1965) - directed & co-written by Blake Edwards THE ODD COUPLE (1968) - starring Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973) - starring & directed by Clint Eastwood PAPER MOON (1973) - produced & directed by Peter Bogdanovich RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE (1977) - animation - directed by Richard Williams THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA (1979) - documentary - written, produced & directed by Karl Malkames HEAVENS GATE (1980) - starring Kris Kristofferson - written & directed by Michael Cimino STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) starring William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy FIRST BLOOD (1982) - starring Sylvester Stallone TRADING PLACES (1983) starring Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy. directed by John Landis ANGEL HEART (1987) - starring Mickey Rourke & Robert DeNiro - directed by Alan Parker DIE HARD (1988) - starring Bruce Willis - directed by John McTiernan THE PUERTO RICAN MAMBO (NOT A MUSICAL) (1992) directed & co-written by Ben Model THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994) - directed by Joel & Ethan Coen BRAVEHEART (1995) - starring & directed by Mel Gibson loc.gov/film/filmnfr.html
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