Carol Reed - favorites, least favorites

Liked a Lot
The Third Man 1949
Odd Man Out 1947
Outcast of the Islands 1951
Girl in the News 1940
Night Train to Munich 1940
The Remarkable Mr. Kipps 1941

Liked
Oliver! 1968
The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965
Trapeze 1956
A Kid for Two Farthings 1955
The Man Between 1953
The Stars Look Down 1940
A Girl Must Live 1939
Climbing High 1938
Three on a Weekend / Bank Holiday 1938

So-So
The Public Eye 1972
Our Man in Havana 1959
The Running Man 1963
Flap 1970
The Way Ahead 1944
The New Lot 1943
The Young Mr. Pitt 1942 (would benefit from being shorter)


Didn't Like
The Fallen Idol 1948
The Key 1958


Not Seen
Penny Paradise 1938
Who's Your Lady Friend? 1937
Talk of the Devil 1936
Laburnum Grove 1936
Midshipman Easy 1935

Odd Man Out - A superb film.Poetic, tense, brilliantly performed.Definitely my favourite of his.

Enjoyed:

Night Train To Munich
The Fallen Idol
Girl In The News
Bank Holiday
The Third Man

Watchable:

Oliver
Midshipman Easy
A Kid For Two Farthings

All others either unseen, or seen too long ago to remember.

"Barney Sloane...That's my new name...My old one's a little more Italian."

very predictable, but still enjoyable.
I see you have 2 films with Margaret Lockwood in your top 3; is she well remembered in UK ?
Outside of few Reeds, Lady Vanishes, and 1 40s gothic melodrama, I haven't seen her anywhere.

Sadly, very few British stars of the 'Classic' era are well remembered by non-film buffs, but Margaret Lockwood was such a big star, and continued on TV into the 70's, that her name may still ring a bell in a few circles. I like her very much, and have many of her films on DVD.Her films with Reed are all highly enjoyable, and she was also great in flms such as Jassy, Bedelia, The Man In Grey, and of course, The Wicked Lady. One of my favourite performances from her is in Cast A Dark Shadow with Dirk Bogarde, where she plays against type as a brassy, middle aged widow. A fine actress.

"Barney Sloane...That's my new name...My old one's a little more Italian."

The Man In Grey - I've seen.
The Wicked Lady - need to watch. I saw the Fae Dunaway version, and imagine 40s version is better :)

>>Sadly, very few British stars of the 'Classic' era are well remembered by non-film buffs
Indeed. I've seen several 'greatest 10 (or more) British film actresses list", and it was surprises me how Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons (not to mention Lockwood, Valerie Hobson, Wendy Hiller, etc) never make it. Sometimes V Leigh shows up at the end of the list. Sometimes Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, but I consider either a British actress.

It is my experience that even the biggest of the U.K. stars are less known today than their Hollywood counterparts, and I mean right here in England. Whereas Elizabeth Taylor, and Audrey Hepburn are still recognizable to people who were not even born during their heyday, the likes of Ann Todd, Jean Kent, Patricia Roc etc have long been forgotten. Diana Dors may still be vaguely in the public consciousness, but ask about the likes of Googie Withers, Sally Grey or Anne Crawford, and you will be met with the blankest of stares.

These actresses, and many more besides, are all very familiar to me, and I watch them all the time, but I am totally aware that they are (wrongly) considered irrelevant to today's audiences. It is simply, babies and bath water, the often sad, and transient nature of celebrity, and the passing of time*



*Yet another reason why forums like this will be such a loss.



"Barney Sloane...That's my new name...My old one's a little more Italian."

Favourites

The Fallen Idol
Odd Man Out
Oliver!
Night Train To Munich



Go to bed Frank or this is going to get ugly .

Liked a Lot
The Third Man 1949
Odd Man Out 1947
The Fallen Idol 1948
Oliver! 1968

Liked
The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965
The Key 1958
Outcast of the Islands 1951

So-So
Our Man in Havana 1959
Trapeze 1956

Haven't seen.
A Kid for Two Farthings 1955
The Man Between 1953
The Stars Look Down 1940
A Girl Must Live 1939
Climbing High 1938
Three on a Weekend / Bank Holiday 1938
The Running Man 1963
Flap 1970
The Way Ahead 1944
The New Lot 1943
The Young Mr. Pitt 1942 (would benefit from being shorter)
The Public Eye 1972
Girl in the News 1940
Night Train to Munich 1940
The Remarkable Mr. Kipps 1941