What I Watched: 2022 in Review
Another year in the books! And what a year, honestly. High highs, low lows, but, inevitably, filled with often wonderful (some wtf) old movies.
I had a New Year's resolution to watch 300 new-to-me movies this year, and I reached that goal, goddammit, in the final hours of the year. Never again! In the past, I've averaged around 240ish per year, and next year the chips are going to fall where they may.
This look back post is always a favourite to put together. When I start recording anew each January, I have no idea what the year's going to bring. All I know is that I'm going to attempt to watch record numbers of films for 31 Days of Oscar and Summer Under the Stars, but aside from that...how am I supposed to know I'm going to fall for David Niven's charms, or watch a truly, truly bizarre punk movie about Queen Elizabeth I time traveling to a wasteland future?
At any rate, welcome to my 2022 Year in Review post, and here's the full list of movies I watched in 2022. Here's my 2021 Year in Review post; and here's my 2020 Year in Review post; and here's my 2019 Year in Review post.
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Best/Favourite Movies: Follow the Boys (1963), I'll Be Seeing You (1944), Give a Girl a Break (1953), Come Fly With Me (1963), Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), Texas Carnival (1951), The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962), Midnight (1939), Dear Ruth (1947), The Girl Most Likely (1958), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Looking for Love (1964), Who's Got the Action? (1962), The Moon is Blue (1953)
Weirdest/Worst Movies: Jubilee (1978). Let me share the synopsis: "Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk."
Earliest Movie: Nanook of the North (1922)
Latest Movie: The Morning After (1986)
Year with the Most Representation: 1957. Silk Stockings, Interlude, 3:10 to Yuma, The Joker is Wild, Don't Go Near the Water!, This Could Be the Night, Spring Reunion, April Love, The Happy Road, The Girl Most Likely, Throne of Blood, Kiss Them For Me, The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Number of Pre-Code Movies Watched: TBD Mandalay (1934), One Way Passage (1932), The Keyhole (1933), Bed of Roses (1933), Sin Takes a Holiday (1931), Street of Women (1932), A Shriek in the Night (1932), Born to Be Bad (1934), Viva Villa! (1934), Little Women (1933), Don't Bet on Love (1933), Jungle Bride (1933), Ladies Crave Excitement (1933), Brief Moment (1933), Blonde Crazy (1931), Million Dollar Legs (1932), Way Back Home (1931), Our Blushing Brides (1930), Rockabye (1932), The Common Law (1931), Men of the North (1930), Change of Heart (1934), 20 Million Sweethearts (1934), Cocktail Hour (1933), Love in the Rough (1930), Looking Forward (1933), Employees Entrance (1933), Grand Slam (1933), Kiss and Make Up (1934), We're Not Dressing (1934), Week-End Marriage (1932), From Hell to Heaven (1933), Sinners in the Sun (1932), Carnival Boat (1932), Young Man of Manhattan (1930), Passion Flower (1930), The Silver Cord (1933)
Musicals: Two Weeks With Love (1950), Frankie and Johnny (1966), Finian's Rainbow (1968), Silk Stockings (1957), Follow the Boys (1963), The Harvey Girls (1946), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Follow That Dream (1962), Give a Girl a Break (1953), The Trouble With Girls (1969), The Joker is Wild (1957), Holiday in Mexico (1946), Fun in Acapulco (1963), Panama Hattie (1942), Hullabaloo (1940), Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), Song of the Islands (1942), Good News (1947), The Belle of New York (1952), Kismet (1955), Easy Come, Easy Go (1967), The Singing Nun (1966), King Creole (1958), That's Entertainment! (1974), Babes in Arms (1939), Everybody Sing (1938), Broadway Hostess (1935), Young at Heart (1954), All Ashore! (1953), Swing Hostess (1944), Presenting Lily Mars (1943), For Me and My Gal (1942), Till The Clouds Roll By (1946), Gay Purr-ee (1962), Ship Ahoy (1942), Three Little Words (1950), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), April Love (1957), The Kissing Bandit (1948), Merry Andrew (1958), Kissin' Cousins (1965), The Pirate (1948), Invitation to the Dance (1956), A Date With Judy (1948), Three Sailors and a Girl (1953), The Girl Most Likely (1957), Guys and Dolls (1955), Small Town Girl (1953), Meet Danny Wilson (1951), Muscle Beach Party (1964), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Higher and Higher (1944), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), One Sunday Afternoon (1948), Eve Knew Her Apples (1945), Three For the Show (1955), Honeymoon Hotel (1964), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), Happy Go Lovely (1951)
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Favourite Shirley MacLaine Movie(s): Ask Any Girl (1959), Woman Times Seven (1967)
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Bette or Joan? Once again, Joan Crawford! Queen Bee (1955), Our Blushing Brides (1930), They All Kissed the Bride (1942), I Live My Life (1935), Flamingo Road (1949)
Favourite Discovery?
Catherine Deneuve (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, The April Fools)
Loretta Young (Employees' Entrance, Grand Slam, Born to Be Bad, He Stayed for Breakfast, Eternally Yours, Mother is a Freshman, Private Number, A Night to Remember)
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Connie Francis (Follow the Boys, Looking for Love)
David Niven (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Eternally Yours, The Toast of New Orleans, The Lady Says No, The Moon is Blue, A Kiss for Corliss, Ask Any Girl, The Birds and the Bees, Happy Go Lovely)
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Favourite Movie Title: I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951), The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
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Vacation, All I Ever Wanted: Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962), One Way Passage (1932), Sin Takes a Holiday (1931), Stolen Holiday (1937), Sail a Crooked Ship (1961), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Travels With My Aunt (1972), Holiday for Lovers (1959), Holiday in Mexico (1946), Going Home (1971), The Journey (1959), All Ashore! (1953), The Last Voyage (1960), Way Back Home (1931), Sinners in the Sun (1932), Honeymoon Hotel (1964), Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
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Here Comes the Bride: Jungle Bride (1933), Our Blushing Brides (1930), They All Kissed the Bride (1942), The Bride Walks Out (1936), Grounds for Marriage (1950), How to Commit Marriage (1969), Week-End Marriage (1932), Bridal Suite (1939), We're Not Married! (1952), Honeymoon Hotel (1964), Guest Wife (1945)
Locations, Locations: Mandalay (1934), Visit to a Small Planet (1960), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Maroc 7 (1967), Fun in Acapulco (1963), Panama Hattie (1942), Flight to Tangier (1953), Jungle Bride (1933), Texas Carnival (1951), The Belle of New York (1952), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Algiers (1938), Donovan's Reef (1963), Catalina Caper (1967), Gay Purr-ee (1962), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), Queen of the Nile (1961), The Lady from Shanghai (1948), Coogan's Bluff (1968), Enchanted Island (1958), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Honolulu (1939), Honeymoon Hotel (1964), The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), Flamingo Road (1949), Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
The Animal Kingdom: The Gypsy Moths (1969), Donovan's Reef (1963), Queen Bee (1955), The Grasshopper (1970), Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965), The Leopard Man (1943), The Birds and the Bees (1956), Flamingo Road (1949)
Movies with Ladies' Names as the Title: Frankie and Johnny (1966), Confidentially Connie (1953), Ada (1961), Panama Hattie (1942), The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968), My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937), Dear Ruth (1947), Camille (1936), A Date With Judy (1948), Cynthia (1947), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), Eve Knew Her Apples (1945), The Ballad of Josie (1967), Romanoff and Juliet (1961), A Kiss for Corliss (1949), Three Hearts for Julia (1943), Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949), Portrait of Jennie (1948), Fanny (1961), Hilda Crane (1956)
All the Colours of the Rainbow: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1948), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), The Moon is Blue (1953), The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957), Portrait in Black (1960), The Silver Cord (1933), Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Nighttime is the Right Time: A Shriek in the Night (1932), Night Watch (1973), Midnight (1939), Night Spot (1938), This Could Be the Night (1957), The Longest Night (1936), Everything Happens at Night (1939), Garden of the Moon (1938), The Moon is Blue (1953), The Morning After (1986), Remember the Night (1940), A Night to Remember (1942)
I am amazed by people who can watch so many movies in one year! And I'm retired! How do you do it? I really need to step up my game! I enjoyed reading about all of the movies you watched, and the different categories. I was especially interested in the pre-Code section. There are a number in that group that I haven't seen -- where do you find your movies?
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