1919 Pre-Oscar Shouldabeens
I should have mentioned this from the word go but these lists represent what I think might have been nominated had the Academy been in existance before 1927. I have not seen many on these lists - in fact many may even be lost films for all I know. Having read about these silent films, I'm trying to create these lists for fun.
Reza, besides the Chaplin short, I've only seen one of these films: Male and Female, and I too am a fan. I'm planning to see another DeMille film on Thursday: This Day and Age. And Swanson's Beyond the Rocks on Sunday.
Broken Blossoms and Madame Du Barry are lodged firmly on my want-to-see list. Any others you'd especially recommend from these?
Broken Blossoms and Madame Du Barry are lodged firmly on my want-to-see list. Any others you'd especially recommend from these?
Best Picture
Broken Blossoms
Daddy Long Legs
Madame Du Barry
*Male and Female
True Heart Susie
Best Actor
*Richard Barthelmess, Broken Blossoms
Lon Chaney, The Miracle Man
Charles Chaplin, Sunnyside
Robert Harron, The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Thomas Meighan, Male and Female
Best Actress
Lillian Gish, Broken Blossoms
Pola Negri, Madame Du Barry
Mary Pickford, Daddy Long Legs
Clarine Seymour, The Girl Who Stayed at Home
*Gloria Swanson, Male and Female
Best Director
*Cecil B. DeMille, Male and Female
D.W. Griffith, Broken Blossoms
Ernst Lubitsch, Madame Du Barry
Marshall Neilan, Daddy Long Legs
George Loane Tucker, The Miracle Man
Broken Blossoms
Daddy Long Legs
Madame Du Barry
*Male and Female
True Heart Susie
Best Actor
*Richard Barthelmess, Broken Blossoms
Lon Chaney, The Miracle Man
Charles Chaplin, Sunnyside
Robert Harron, The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Thomas Meighan, Male and Female
Best Actress
Lillian Gish, Broken Blossoms
Pola Negri, Madame Du Barry
Mary Pickford, Daddy Long Legs
Clarine Seymour, The Girl Who Stayed at Home
*Gloria Swanson, Male and Female
Best Director
*Cecil B. DeMille, Male and Female
D.W. Griffith, Broken Blossoms
Ernst Lubitsch, Madame Du Barry
Marshall Neilan, Daddy Long Legs
George Loane Tucker, The Miracle Man