I'm joining sailordanae's challenge.
PROGRESS: 35/35
Rules:
1. All films must be from before 1970.
2. Unwatched films are preferred
3. Please write a review for everything you watch and tag it with 'classicschallenge25' so we can read about what you've watched.
4. You can watch in any order, whenever you want, between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Prompts:
✅ 1. Watch a film serial
✅ 2. Watch a film directed by Émile Reynaud
✅ 3. Watch a film starring Florence Lawrence - the first film star publicly named
✅ 4. Watch a film starring Helen Gardner - the first actor to own a production company
✅ 5. Watch a film released in Kino's Cinema's First Nasty Women set…
I'm joining sailordanae's challenge.
PROGRESS: 35/35
Rules:
1. All films must be from before 1970.
2. Unwatched films are preferred
3. Please write a review for everything you watch and tag it with 'classicschallenge25' so we can read about what you've watched.
4. You can watch in any order, whenever you want, between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Prompts:
✅ 1. Watch a film serial
✅ 2. Watch a film directed by Émile Reynaud
✅ 3. Watch a film starring Florence Lawrence - the first film star publicly named
✅ 4. Watch a film starring Helen Gardner - the first actor to own a production company
✅ 5. Watch a film released in Kino's Cinema's First Nasty Women set
✅ 6. Watch a Pre-Code Gangster film
✅ 7. Watch a film featuring Madame Sul-Te-Wan - the first black actress to sign a Hollywood contract
✅ 8. Watch a film starring Janet Gaynor - the first winner of the Best Actress Oscar
✅ 9. Watch a film starring Ramon Novarro
✅ 10. Watch a film directed by Germaine Dulac - female French surrealist and impressionist director
✅ 11. Watch a two-strip technicolor film
✅ 12. Watch a film featuring Gale Sondergaard - the first winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
✅ 13. Watch a film featuring Hattie McDaniel - first black person to win an Oscar
✅ 14. Watch a film directed by James Whale
✅ 15. Watch a Betty Boop cartoon
✅ 16. Watch a WWII film made during the 30's or 40's
✅ 17. Watch a film starring Michèle Morgan - first winner of Best Actress at Cannes
✅ 18. Watch a film with costumes designed by Bonnie Cashin - a pioneer in sportswear and fashion design
✅ 19. Watch a film directed by Mary Ellen Bute - creator of some of the first electronically generated film images
✅ 20. Watch a film from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. here is a representative list, but basically any Mexican film made during the period is fair game.
✅ 21. Watch a Science Fiction film from the 1950's
✅ 22. Watch a film starring Rock Hudson
✅ 23. Watch a film with hairstyles by Helen Hunt
✅ 24. Watch a film directed by George Cukor
✅ 25. Watch a film that Evelyn Lambart - the first female Canadian animator - worked on
✅ 26. Watch a film from my Daring Films in the 1960's list
✅ 27. Watch a film featuring Rita Moreno - the first Latina actress to win an Oscar
✅ 28. Watch a film starring Vincent Price
✅ 29. Watch a film starring Joanne Woodward - the first actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
✅ 30. Watch a film released by American International Pictures
✅ 31. Watch a film condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency
✅ 32. Watch a film preserved by The Film Foundation
✅ 33. In honor of Christian Alec, the creator of this challenge, watch a film they rated 5*
✅ 34. In honor of our previous host, Aurora, watch a film they have rated 5*
✅ 35. Finally, watch the film on your watchlist that was released the earliest
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