What I Watched: 2020 in Review
What a year.
In total, I watched 233 new-to-me classic movies. I discovered some new favourites, some new movies to hate, and overall had a fun time 'escaping' from the real world for a bit and jumping into these stories.
Here's a full list of all the movie I watched in 2020. And here's my year in review from last year.
Now, let's dive in and have some fun!
Best/Favourite Movie(s): The Major and the Minor, Tammy and the Bachelor, Fifth Avenue Girl, Thrill of a Romance, Bachelor in Paradise, Thirty Day Princess, A New Kind of Love, Down to Earth, Cover Girl, What a Way to Go!
Weirdest/Worst Movie(s): There’s a Girl in My Soup,
It’s a Bikini World, Crooks and Coronets
Movies Named After Women: So’s Your Aunt Emma, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Hi Nellie!, Tammy and the Bachelor, Cain and Mabel, Katie Did It, Roxie Hart, Rachel Rachel, Madame X, Gidget, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Reveille With Beverly, Kiss Me Kate, Sweet Charity, Penelope, Yolanda and the Thief, Rachel and the Stranger, Tammy Tell Me True
That’s My Wife! The Bishop’s Wife, Indiscretion of An
American Wife, The Doctor Takes a Wife, Not With My Wife, You Don’t!
Hey Mister! The Amazing Mr. Williams, Mr. Peabody and
the Mermaid, Mr. Skeffington
Place Names: The Palm Beach Story, Dodge City,
Jamaica Inn, Blue Hawaii, Palm Springs Weekend, Kansas City Princess, Viva Las
Vegas, Fifth Avenue Girl, Greenwich Village, Rough Night in Jericho
Fit for Royalty: Thirty Day Princess, Kansas City
Princess, The Prince and the Showgirl, Queen of Outer Space
Set in Prison: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing,
Birdman of Alcatraz, The Whole Town’s Talking, Hell’s House, The Public Enemy
The Passage of Time: Weekend at the Waldorf, Any Wednesday, Two Weeks in Another Town, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, It Happens Every Thursday, The Mating Season, Palm Springs Weekend, Hot Summer Night, Clash By Night, In the Good Old Summertime, Thirty Day Princess, They Drive By Night
Earliest Movie: The Pilgrim, 1923
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Latest Movie: Brainstorm, 1983
Year with the most representation: 1937 — First Lady,
Living on Love, Call It a Day, Marked Woman, A Damsel in Distress, The Great
Garrick, Easy Living, You Can't Beat Love, Breakfast for Two, The Bride Wore
Red, Second Honeymoon, Topper
Musicals Watched: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, It’s a
Great Feeling, Follow the Fleet, Pin Up Girl, Diamond Horseshoe, Les Girls,
Surf Party, Viva Las Vegas, Beach Party, Blue Hawaii, Bikini Beach, Beach
Blanket Bingo, It’s Always Fair Weather, Carefree, Fiesta, The Story of Vernon
and Irene Castle, Pagan Love Song, On An Island With You, Footlight Parade,
Down to Earth, Cover Girl, Pal Joey, In the Good Ole Summertime, Reveille with
Beverly, On the Town, Kiss Me Kate, Sweet Charity, Hit the Deck, Gypsy, Yolanda
and the Thief, Bells Are Ringing, I Love Melvin, Torch Song
Number of Pre-Code Movies (1928 to mid-1934): 22. I’d hoped to watch more pre-code films this year (I watched 44 last year), but alas!
Favourite Discovery: Ann Miller (Having Wonderful Time, Reveille with Beverly, On the Town, Watch the Birdie, Kiss Me Kate, Hit the Deck)
Shirley MacLaine (The Trouble With Harry, What a Way to Go!, Gambit, Sweet Charity)
Debbie Reynolds (I Love Melvin, Hit the Deck, Tammy and the Bachelor, The Gazebo, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Goodbye Charlie)
Natalie Wood (The Girl He Left Behind, Cash McCall, Gypsy, Love With the Proper Stranger, The Great Race, This Property is Condemned, Penelope, Brainstorm)
Favourite Movie Title(s): With Six You Get Eggroll, Diamond Horseshoe, Million Dollar Mermaid, I Was a Male War Bride, Star of Midnight, Reveille with Beverly, Queen of Outer Space
Favourite Bette Davis Movie(s): Old Acquaintance, Dead Ringer
Favourite Ginger Rogers Movie(s): The Major and the
Minor, Fifth Avenue Girl, Star of Midnight
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Favourite Esther Williams Movie: Thrill of a Romance
Favourite Doris Day Movie: That Touch of Mink
Farewell Olivia de Havilland: Call It a Day, Hard to Get, The Male Animal, The Great Garrick, Government Girl, The Dark Mirror, The Well-Groomed Bride
Favourite Joanne Woodward Movie: A New Kind of Love,
Rachel Rachel
Can’t Forget Joan Fontaine! You Can’t Beat Love,
Gunga Din, The Constant Nymph, Frenchman’s Creek, The Bigamist, The Devil’s Own,
A Damsel in Distress
Decade with the Worst Representation (1920s to 1970s):
1920s. I only watched three movies from this decade: The Pilgrim, Don Juan, and Our
Dancing Daughters
Political Movies: First Lady, Government Girl, George Washington Slept Here, Politics, Kisses for My President, Land of the Pharaohs, The Beast of the City
Most Infuriating Movie: Kisses for My President
Bette or Joan? Once again, Bette comes out on top again (Hell's House, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, Old Acquaintance, Mr. Skeffington, Dead Ringer) over Joan (Our Modern Maidens, Love on the Run, The Bride Wore Red, Strange Cargo, Torch Song, Berserk)
It's Great! It's a Great Feeling, The Great Garrick, The Great Race
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