All-time Best Films: Jordan's Picks

I’ve assembled a really cool movie team. We get together every couple of months for a rip roarin’ Saturday night at the movies. Subjects include everything from old films we love to new films we don’t, favorite heroes and villains, directors, special effects, movie music, and so much more!

Here is the Movie Show cast…

Jon Hitesman:
Jon Hitesman of Manchester-by-the-sea, Mass has an interest in film music that was due to his father. Jon's father, Walter was the head of Reader's Digest Books and Music division for some 15 years from 1960-1974. he has the pleasure of attending many recording sessions in New York and London over the years. He sat with the conductor, Charles Gerhardt and his producer, George Korngold. George was the son of the legendary film composer, Erich Wolfgang Korngold who scored many of the legendary Warner Brothers classics of the 30's and 40's. Chuck and George were extremely kind to take Jon under their wings to advance his knowledge and interest in all forms of music particular interest paid to film scores. As a result, Jon considers Chuck and George his mentors and had enormous respect and admiration for their work. In the early 1970's at the behest of Jon's father, Chuck proceeded to do a series of classic film scores for RCA Records. George produced all the recordings, many are considered definitive recordings of legendary composers.

Jon has profiled their works along with the works of Bernard Herrmann. He plans to continue featuring works of famous composers on future shows with Henry Mancini on his next appearance. He has some 3.600 cds in his library where he draws his material. He can be reached at: Jonathon_65@msn.com.
 

Frank Ochieng:
Movie lover and critic, Frank is a member of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) ands the Internet Entertainment Writers Association (IEWA). You can read him in several places including TheWorldJournal.com, MovieEye.com and his own site www.moviefrank.com. E-mail Frank (and argue with him if you’d like) at theochman@hotmail.com.

Garry and Marilyn Armstrong:
Many folks know Garry from his many wonderful years as one of Boston’s finest TV reporters. He and his terrific wife Marilyn, who is an accomplished freelance writer, provide our movie show with great insight into films far and wide. Garry is addicted to Turner Classics and knows much more about old movies than anyone I know; Marilyn adds the essential woman’s touch and even though us guys outnumber her, she can hold her own in the defense of chick flicks…trust me! You can e-mail Garry at kching290@earthlink.net.

I'd love to hear from you about your own movie picks. E-mail me at with your favorites at Jordan.Rich@WBZ.com . Feel free to disagree with my choices and tell me why I'm wrong!

	Favorite films	Scariest films
	1939    The Wizard of Oz 1941    The Maltese Falcon              Citizen Kane 1942    Casablanca 1946    It's a Wonderful Life 1952    Singin' in the Rain              High Noon 1964   Doctor Strangelove 1972   The Godfather 1991   Cinema Paradiso	1922    Nosferatu 1931    Dracula 1960    Psycho 1963    The Haunting 1968    Night of the Living Dead 1973    The Exorcist 1979    Alien 1982    The Evil Dead 1987    The Stepfather 1991    Silence of the Lambs

 

Funniest Flims
	Abbott and Costello 1947  Buck Privates Come Home Woody Allen 1969   Take the Money and Run Mel Brooks 1968   The Producers 1974  Young Frankenstein           Blazing Saddles	Marx Brothers 1935   Night at the Opera 1937   Day at the Races Billy Wilder 1959   Some Like it Hot "Various Artists" 1964   The Pink Panther (entire series) 1999   Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged

       

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