Thankfully we get lots of requests for new pages. Well…the wife recently informed me that my way of collecting my requests was pretty weak. She seems to think that writing down requests on whatever piece of paper or napkin or bill that is currently on my desk is not the way to do it. So….since she is way smarter than me….I have decided to create a page just for requests. Plus it should give a good idea of what pages are coming down the pike.
My logic in picking which page to do next….I lean heavily towards the subject that has the most requests.
- Roger Corman – request by Dan
- Peter Cushing – request made by SteveLensman, Dan & Brando 90
- Disney Live Action 1967-1980 – request by Mimic
- Foreign Movies requested by Laurent
- Samuel Goldwyn – request by Dan
- Sam Katzman – request by Dan
- Fritz Lang – request by Lupino, Just Me
- Bruce Lee – request by Brando 90
- Harold Lloyd – request by Søren, Me
- Henry Mancini – request by Flora
- Patricia Medina – request by Dan
- Mirisch Brothers – request by Dan
- Edward Small – request by Dan
- Rudolph Valentino – request by Laurent
Completed requests:
- Kurt Russell Facts – request by WoC – 4/27/17
- Gunfight At OK Corral Movies – request by Sunter – 4/26/17
- John Sturges – request by HotHam – 4/24/17
- Favorite Movies – request by LoP – 4/23/17
- Tim Conway – request by Cogerson – 4/20/17
- Fast & Furious Movies – request by Bry57 – 4/17/17
- 1945 Movies – request by LoP – 4/15/17
- Rosalind Russell – request by Chris – 4/12/17
- Vin Diesel – request by Bry57 – 4/11/17
- 1944 Movies – request by LoP – 4/9/17
- Going In Style – request by WoC – 4/6/17
- Don Ameche – request by Søren – 4/1/17
- 1943 Movies – request by LoP – 3/30/17
- Sylvia Sidney – request by Lupino – 3/27/17
- Marine Movies – request by Alex – 3/23/17
- 2017 Actress Tourney – request by me – 3/20/17
- 1937 Movies – request by LoP – 3/18/17
- 2017 Actor Tourney – request by me – 3/16/17
- Sonja Henie – request by Kevin – 3/14/17
- Emma Watson – request by Katie – 3/14/17
- 1938 Movies – request by LoP – 3/13/17
- Sean Penn – request by Hinton66 – 3/11/17
- Arlene Dahl – request by Flora – 3/8/17
- 1941 Movies – request by LoP – 3/6/17
- Cameron Crowe – request by Cogerson – 3/4/17
- Tony Curtis – request by Dan – written 3/2/17
- Bill Paxton – request by WoC – written 2/26/17
- 1980s Action Heroes – request by me – written 2/25/17
- Kathryn Grayson – request by Flora – written 2/24/17
- Ben Kingsley – request by Hinton1966 – written 2/22/17
- Donna Reed – request by John,Lupino – written 2/19/17
- Judd Nelson – request by Cogerson – written 2/17/17
- Dev Patel – request by Aarav – written 2/16/17
- Ray Milland – request by Chris – written 2/13/17
- Michael Bay – request by Tomlin – written 2/8/17
- Mario Lanza – request by BERN1960 – written 2/7/17
- Top Hits Through 1965 – request by me – written 2/5/17
- Margaret Sullavan – request by Lupino – written 2/3/17
- Time Travel Movies – request by Katie – written 2/2/17
- Danny Glover – request by Dan – written 2/1/17
- Clifton Webb – request by Cameron – written 1/29/17
- John Hurt – request by Scotty – written 1/27/17
- Dana Andrews – request by many – written 1/26/17
- Paul Giamatti – request by BryRog57 – written 1/24/17
- Priscilla Lane – request by Kevin & Lupino – written 1/22/17
- Richard Gere – request by Chris & WoC – written 1/18/17
- Van Heflin – request by Peterson – written 1/15/17
- Donald Trump – request by WoC – written 1/11/17
- Battle of the Legends – request by WoC – written 1/11/17
- Richard Dreyfuss – request by Hinton – written 1/10/17
- George Arliss – request by Top Billed – written 1/9/17
- Dick Powell – request by Top Billed – written 1/8/17
- Your Movie Sucks – request by J. Scott – written 1/6/17
- Jason Statham – request by Michael – written 1/4/17
- Wallace Beery – request by Søren – written 1/3/17
- December 2016 (9 requests written)1959 MoviesCarrie Fisher, Lyle Talbot,Video Game Movies,1976 Movies,George Lucas,Fredric March,Daniel Radcliffe,Virginia Mayo
- November 2016 (13 requests written) Nicole Kidman,Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Victor Mature, Michael Biehn, Jeanette MacDonald, Donald Crisp,Paul Henreid,Linda Darnell, Christopher Plummer, Jean Arthur,Career Top Ticket Sellers,Ray Harryhausen
- October 2016 (12 requests written) Jake Gyllenhaal,Paulette Goddard,Justin Timberlake,Bad Blockbusters,Quigley 1939 Stars,Paul Muni,Gary Oldman,John Barrymore,Ronald Reagan,Robert Zemeckis,Warner Brothers Ledgers Trip,Sydney Greenstreet
- September 2016 (16 requests written) Jeremy Irons, Maureen O’Sullivan,Joel McCrea,Mr. Moto Movies,Who Is Next Brando?,Betty Hutton,Gene Wilder,Van Johnson,Richard Pryor,Top 200 Science Fiction Movies,627 Science Fiction Movies,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Robert Altman,Tiger Theater,Thelma Ritter, George C. Scott
- July 2016 (14 requests written) McClane vs Bourne,Frank Marshall,Kathleen Kennedy,Esther Williams,Mel Brooks,Vincente Minnelli,Tommy Lee Jones,Walter Pidgeon,Melissa McCarthy,Greer Garson,Garry & Penny Marshall,Gene Tierney,Steven Seagal,Walter Wanger
- June 2016 (15 requests written) Glenn Close,Audie Murphy,Sigourney Weaver,Robert Montgomery,Chevy Chase,Anton Yelchin,Josef von Sternberg,Michael J. Fox,George Stevens,Deanna Durbin,Ryan Gosling,Robert Taylor,John Goodman,Peter Sellers,Annette Bening
- May 2016 (12 requests written) Robert Ryan,2016 Movies,Shelley Winters,Ernest Borgnine,Ann-Margret,Michael Fassbender,Yul Brynner,Tim Burton,John Williams,Jennifer Jones,Roger Moore, Western Movies
- April 2016 (13 requests written) Top 100 Westerns, Sally Field,Kay Francis, Leslie Howard, Diane Keaton, Top 100 Stars, Deborah Kerr, Top 25 Actresses 1950-2010, Top 25 Actors 1950-2010, Rob Reiner,Elia Kazan, Ice Cube, Fred MacMurray
- March 2016 (16 requests written)Top 100 Film Noir Movies, Warren Beatty, Movie of the Year, Keira Knightley, Film Noir Movies,George Cukor, Peter Lorre, Lucille Ball, Kevin Smith, Frank Capra,Claude Rains, Chuck Norris, Top 100 Musicals, Seth Rogen,Alan Ladd Movies, Daniel Craig Movies
- February 2016 (13 requests written) Lionel Barrymore Movies, AFI Top 100 Movies, AFI Top 50 Screen Legends,Mary Pickford, Drew Barrymore, Buster Keaton, Sam Peckinpah, Jessica Chastain, Lillian Gish, John Hughes, Richard Burton, Warren Oates, 1952 Top Grossing Movies,
- January 2016 (19 requests written) Kate Winslet, Claudette Colbert, Ben Stiller, Carole Lombard, Top Ticket Selling Movies, Edith Head, Joan Fontaine, Zoe Saldana,Ronald Colman, Stephen King Movies, Roy Scheider,Classic Movie Actor Stat Table ,Steve Carell, Glenn Ford, David Bowie, Samuel L. Jackson, Tarzan Movies.Francis Ford Coppola, Randolph Scot, Mark Ruffalo
- December 2015 (18 requests written) Anthony Quinn, Vincent Price, Peter O’Toole, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan, Betty Grable, Best Christmas Movies, Terry Gilliam ,Natalie Wood, Paul Rudd, Rita Hayworth, Jason Bateman, David Niven, Fred Zinnemann, William Powell, Bruce Dern, Jane Fonda, Billy Wilder
- November 2015 (10 requests written) Dan Patrick, David Lean ,Julianne Moore, Orson Welles, John Candy, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman Movies
- October 2015 (9 requests written) Cecil B. DeMille, Goldie Hawn ,Mickey Rooney , Andy Hardy Movies, Chris Evans Lauren Bacall ,Debbie Reynolds ,Ma and Pa Kettle Movies, Tom Hardy
- September 2015 (8 requests written) Ava Gardner, Emily Blunt , Jean Harlow , Kevin Costner, 1942 Top Grossing Movies ,Susan Sarandon , Abbott and Costello ,Screen Duos
Many more to come…have to find all of my old napkins and transfer the requests to this page.
(Visited 6 times)
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
How about comedians:
Martin Short
Dana Carvey
Mike Myers
Thx
Mike
Hey Mike good suggestions. I can see doing Martin Short first. Not thinking Myers and Carvey have many movies in their resume.
Got a question. I was looking at the box office numbers you posted for the 1940s. Are those totals the complete estimated box office or just the total for the “big cities” that Variety posts? In other words do I need to include the “other cities” or are they in the estimate you posted? Once again…thanks for researching those numbers.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
They are from the top cities box office estimates that range from 20 to 28 different cities.
Mike Myers has done Waynes World 1 & 2, Austin Powers 1 thru 3 and all the Shrek movies.
My Current Project-
I am doing the entire 1932 movies box office estimates for all movies.
I want to see if the what percentage of the box office gross in Variety is versus the box office grosses in the Eddie Mannix Ledger, William Schaffer and others.
Maybe come upon with a formula that can be used to estimate all the early grosses from all the major studios in the early days
So far I have seen 40 % to 80 % percent because each studio ledgers information is unique to that studio
.
Mike, very impressive even for a smart guy like you. i live in san antonio and we are experiencing record lows with a foot of snow on the ground. a once every 2-3 decade event for us. i had no computer for 48 hours and no power for 18 hours. 50 degrees inside. i really missed you and all the great UMR comments.
Hey bob cox….sorry the snow storm has caused you such many problems. We have had some horrible weather here in Virginia as well….nothing as bad as yours….but rainy cold days for almost 2 weeks in a row. Good to hear from you.
Peter Sellers–Our Man in Havana–is not listed in your ranking of his films. Did I miss it? If not then you have blundered.
Hey John…..thanks for stopping by. Hmmmm. I do not see any record of Peter Sellers being in Our Man In Havana. We have pages on four (O’Hara, Guinness, Ives and Richardson) of the stars of that movie…..but no Sellers. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/one-man-in-havana-1959/ I will continue to check it out.
Peter Sellers was not in Our Man in Havana. John may be thinking of his occasional co-star, Alec Guinness who starred in the movie.
John Campion, very observant. way to keep Cogerson on his toes. if only i had a nickel for every time he gently and lovingly let me know i was wrong. keep up the good work.
Hey bob cox….don’t sell yourself too short…you do not make that many mistakes…pretty sure I have you at 10 o 1 ratio. Good to hear from you.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
How about some oldies Thomas Meighan and John Gilbert.
By the way the books are great
Thx
Hey Mike… I looked at both Meighan and Gilbert last night….wow…that is going back. Both made a ton of movies in the 1910s. I have so little box office for that era….hell…does anybody? Granted I used to feel that way about the 1930s and 1920s…..so maybe some sources will be uncovered. I can see doing a Gilbert page in the near future….with the exclusion of his early silent movies. Thanks for the suggestions. Glad you like the books…..a third one is in my head as well….just need the time to crank it out. Good stuff as always.
Thank you to all of you for allowing me to be a member of the HoF.
Thanks to WoC for making it.
I am looking forward to many more years to come and for other future HoF’s.
Mr C, I see you may leave the world of the Internet.
You must not go, you have done to much to allow this to happen.
The countless hours of travel, variety magazines and what other sources of info you had to find
to get the data.
You still have so much more to do yet.
I have been working on more data for the website and 1946 is abut to finish, where will I send it?
Look to Joel H, WoC, myself and many others who want you to to stay.
Please reconsider, because your website is one of a kind, no one has all this data.
Plus it is source of unique excitement, knowledge, and most of all friendship.
Also I am now reading the second book you sent,
thanks again
Hey Mike.
1. We will take that as your acceptance speech into the UMR Hall of Fame.
2. When Stein got into the Hall of Fame….he changed his name to SteinHoF16…..so far only Phil has followed his lead….as he goes by PhilHoF17……..I am sure SteinHoF16 is hoping you will start being Mike HoF20……though WoC is staying WoC. Apparently….this is what Hall of Famers do when the sign autographs……put HoF and the year they went in.
3. As for UMR leaving….as I was feeling sorry for myself….WoC renewed our contract with our webhost provider…..so we will be moving forward.
4. I am sure I would have done the same thing myself….she knows me so well…..as she said…my hobby though costly in time and money is not nearly as costly as some of her hobbies.
5. Added benefit….the increased views….has made us eligible for some revenue streams that were previously unavailable……working through that currently.
6. Thanks for all the kind words…..and glad the second book arrived.
Good stuff as always.
Happy Holidays
Thank you Mike….I hope your Holidays were awesome.