Welcome to the 7th annual Classic Film Challenge! The challenge was originally created by Christian Alec, then run by Aurora, and I took over in 2022.
For the challenge this year, I was inspired by Cinemonster's Hooptober X, which is where we get the prompts for best unseen film per decade. Otherwise, things are organized as last year in a roughly chronological order, and I've again included a paragraph about each of the prompts in the notes if you're interested in reading them. (Apologies in advance for being so wordy :)
Finishers: Brendan Wahl | Jo Schachi |
Participants: sailordanae (your host!) | Gloria Passendale | Nick Atkins | Alex Simeon | Andrew Jarrett | Mara | David Diamond |…
Welcome to the 7th annual Classic Film Challenge! The challenge was originally created by Christian Alec, then run by Aurora, and I took over in 2022.
For the challenge this year, I was inspired by Cinemonster's Hooptober X, which is where we get the prompts for best unseen film per decade. Otherwise, things are organized as last year in a roughly chronological order, and I've again included a paragraph about each of the prompts in the notes if you're interested in reading them. (Apologies in advance for being so wordy :)
Finishers: Brendan Wahl | Jo Schachi |
Participants: sailordanae (your host!) | Gloria Passendale | Nick Atkins | Alex Simeon | Andrew Jarrett | Mara | David Diamond | Luke | Splutter | Lavender Ayodi | Frederick🏳️‍⚧️ | Julianne Wallace | MinaGrentham | TéléDex-BaBrBo | Oh Jackie! | UnlovelySara |
The 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 'classicschallenge24' 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, 2024.
5. Have fun!
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1. Watch the highest rated film released before 1920 that you haven’t seen and can access. (1910's, 1900's, 1890's, or 1880's)
2. Watch a "trick" film - examples include films by Georges Méliès | Segundo de Chomon | Robert W. Paul | Cecil Hepworth | J. Stuart Blackton (among others)
3. Watch a film directed by Louis Feuillade
4. Watch a film directed by Lois Weber
5. Watch a film starring Sessue Hayakawa
6. Watch the highest rated film from the 1920’s that you haven’t seen and can access.
7. Watch a film starring Clara Bow
8. Watch a film produced by Hal Roach
9. Watch a Tom Mix film
10. Watch a film written by Frances Marion
11. Watch the highest rated film from the 1930's that you haven't seen and can access
12. Watch a cartoon produced by The Van Beuren Studios
13. Watch a film starring Marie Dressler
14. Watch a Race Film
15. Watch a Burns & Allen short film
16. Watch the highest rated film from the 1940's that you haven't seen and can access
17. Watch a film with hairstyling by Sydney Guilaroff
18. Watch a film nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject
19. Watch a film featuring Gladys Cooper
20. Watch a film directed or co-directed by Maya Deren
21. Watch the highest rated film from the 1950s that you haven't seen and can access
22. Watch a film directed by, or starring, Kinuyo Tanaka
23. Watch a cartoon produced by Walter Lantz Productions
24. Watch a film starring Glynis Johns
25. Watch a film with costumes by Orry-Kelly
26. Watch the highest rated film from the 1960s that you haven't seen and can access.
27. Watch a film with cinematography by Leon Shamroy
28. Watch a film starring Harry Belafonte
(or any film from the 50's or 60's with a black director or black star that isn't Sidney Poitier, if you've seen all of Belafonte's 50's and 60's films)
29. Watch a British Kitchen Sink Drama
30. Watch an Elvis film
31. Watch a film from Rotten Tomatoes 100 Best Classic Films of All Time
32. Watch one of Martin Scorsese's Top Ten Widescreen Films or one from his Companion Films list. Only 8 of them are too new.
33. In honor of the creator of this challenge, watch a film from Christian Alec’s Top 10 lists from the 1950's or 60’s 1950 | 1951 | 1954 | 1956 | 1962 | 1964 | 1967 | 1968
34. In honor of our previous host, Aurora, watch an (eligible) film from her Favorites Year by Year list
35. Watch a film from my Top 500 Personal Canon list