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The Ten Best Pictures of 1924
Selected by the most important motion picture critics of the trade and fan publications, as well as critics of some of the best known daily newspapers in this country.
(In considering the following selection it should be borne in mind that a number of important pictures released during November and December of 1924 were not viewed by many critics in time for this listi)ig.)
DANNY, THE FILM DAILY A
The Sea Hawk
The Thief of Bagdad
Ahraham Lincoln
Beau Brummel
He Who Gets Slapped
Manhandled
Secrets
The Iron Horse
Peter Pan
Thief in Paradise
B
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Wanderer of the Wasteland The Signal Tower Girl Shy America
Monsieur Beaucaire Broken Laws The Marriage Circle Captain Blood Merton of the Movies
"The Ten Commandments and The White Sister generally released during 1924 mentioned in last year's list.
WM. A. JOHNSTON. MOTION PICTURE NEWS Class A
The Thief of Bagdad The Sea Hawk The White Sister Anna Christie The Iron Horse Monsieur Beaucaire The Ten Commandments The Humming Bird The Silent Watcher Beau Brummel
Class B
Girl Shy
The Fighting Coward The Clean Heart Ahraham Lincoln America
The Marriage Circle Manhandled
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall The Signal Tower Janice Meredith
W. C. HOWE, EXHIBITORS TRADE REVIEW, NEW YORK
A
Monsieur Beaucaire The Thief of Bagdad The Iron Horse Girl Shy The Sea Hawk Ahraham Lincoln The Signal Tower Captain Blood Beau Brummel lanice Meredith
B
America
Merton of the Movies
Those Who Dance
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Ha!l
Wanderer of the Wasteland
The Signal Tower
The Clean Heart
He Who fle's Slapped
Potash and Perlmutter in Hollywood
The Marriage Circle
ROBERT E. WELSH, MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Ten Commandments The Marriage Circle America
The Thief of Bagdad Girl Shy
Not One to Spare The Sea Hawk Janice Meredith The Iron Horse The Silent Watcher
J. J. ORTEGA, CINEMUNDIAL
The Marriage Circle Beau Brummel Girl Shy Dynamite Smith The Sea Hawk Secrets
The Bandolero The Iron Horse Wanderer of the Wasteland Monsieur Beaucaire
Wish to state that most of the productions of the past year having heen mediocre, we found it very hard to select the winning pictures. P. S. HARRISON, HARRISON'S REPORTS Abraham Lincoln The Iron Horse The Sea Hawk Captain Blood America Beau Brummel Girl Shy
Monsieur Beaucaire Tarnish
Sporting Youth
LILIAN W. BRENNAN, FILM DAILY, NEW YORK
The Thief of Bagdad Beau Brummel Secrets
The Marriage Circle
The Ten Commandments
Ahraham Lincoln
America
Manhandled
The Iron Horse
He Who Gets Slapped
JAMES R. QUIRK, PHOTOPLAY
The Thief of Bagdad .Ahraham Lincoln Secrets
Beau Brummel The Humming Bird The Sea Hawk The Signal Tower The Clean Heart Manhandled
Wanderer of the Wasteland
GEORGE MITCHELL. EDITOR "FILM FUN" AND MOTION PICTURE CRITIC "JUDGE"
Isn't Life Wonderful The Thief of Bagdad Girl Shy
He Who (Jets Slapped The Ten Commandments
The Sea Hawk
The Marriage Circle The Enchanted Cottage Secrets America
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