When
the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California announced
its list of 400 films to be voted upon for their selection of the
100 greatest American films of all time, the Los Angeles Daily
News conducted its own poll in late 1997. They asked their readership
to choose their own top feature films of the century from the same
list of 400 candidates. The results were published in the December
3, 1997 issue of the paper, in the L.A. Life section.
Facts
and Commentary About the L.A. Daily News Readers' Choices:
The five front-finishers were all released between
1939 and 1946, the key years of Hollywood's Golden Age. They
included "the greatest studio romance, the most innovative
work of the field's finest artist, the ultimate paean to the
average American's spirit, our glitziest historical epic and
our purest, most resonant fantasy."
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
The Good Earth (1937) Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Silverado (1985)
Movies on the Preliminary 400 List That Did Not Receive
One Reader Vote:
1910s: Richard III (1913), The Cheat (1915) 1920s: Within Our Gates (1920) 1930s: Morocco (1930), Cavalcade (1933), Only
Angels Have Wings (1939), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) 1940s: Road to Morocco (1942), Bataan (1943), Hail the
Conquering Hero (1944), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944),
Force of Evil (1948) 1950s: Gun Crazy (1949/50) 1960s: Tom Jones (1963), The Americanization of Emily
(1964) 1980s: Melvin and Howard (1980), The Last Temptation of
Christ (1988) 1990s: Rambling Rose (1991)
When
the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California announced
its list of 400 films to be voted upon for their selection of the
100 greatest American films of all time, the Los Angeles Daily
News conducted its own poll in late 1997. They asked their readership
to choose their own top feature films of the century from the same
list of 400 candidates. The results were published in the December
3, 1997 issue of the paper, in the L.A. Life section.