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.
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You should do the best year in film history. You have what 30,000 or so films in the database, probably can be ranked multiple ways. Say take the top 10 percent , 3000 or so, rank by year and see what year has the most films in the top 3000. Have you ever thought of adjusting based on what was available to spend money on. Is a picture that makes 200 million in 1946 bigger than today when there are so many other options to disperse money or time too (TV, streaming, video games etc.). In 1946 there was no TV, internet and so many other things to get your eye and time. During WWII there was rationing, you couldn’t travel and the only things they could spend on were movies and maybe local dances or concerts. Still would like to see say the most critically acclaimed year combined with box office.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
My next request please for box office data is is for Actress Gena Rowlands.
Here is what I have researched so far. Can you please fill in the gaps
1958 The High Cost of Loving, no data
1962 The Spiral Road,78.6
1962 Lonely Are the Brave,,33.8
1968 Faces, no data
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz, no data
1974 A Woman Under the Influence, 85.8
1977 Opening Night, 4.8
1978 The Brink’s Job, 57
1980 Gloria, no data
1982 Tempest 14.4
1984 Love Streams, no data
1987 Light of Day, 22.6
1988 Another Woman, 3.2
1992 Night on Earth, no data
1993 Silent Cries, no data
1995 The Neon Bible, 0.2
1997 Unhook the Stars/Décroche les étoiles
1998 Paulie, 46.3
2000 The Weekend, no data
2011 Olive, no data
2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, no data
Thx
Mike
Hey Mike….some of those missing movies might be very hard to find box office numbers on…..but I will see what we have in the database. For the movies from 1982 to today…..if they are not on Box Office Mojo…then there is little chance we have those numbers. We have a few low rental numbers…but it is only about 30 or 40 movies from the 1980s.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
That book looks great I will have to peruse soon.
Here is the data I found on Ruth Hussey so far. Could you fill in the gaps if available
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl ,44.9
1939 Blackmail , 51.6
1940 Northwest Passage, 270.6
1940 Flight Command, 196.3
1941 Married Bachelor, 89.5
1941 Free and Easy,10.02
1942 Tennessee Johnson, 56.3
1942 Pierre of the Plains, 32.4
1944 Marine Raiders,135.4
1945 Bedside Manner, no data
1948 I, Jane Doe, no data
1950 Louisa, 73.4
1951 That\’s My Boy, 187.8
1953 The Lady Wants Mink, no data
1939 Within the Law, no data
1941 Our Wife, no data
1944 The Uninvited, 221.5
Thx
Mike
Hey Mike I will see what I have…..gotta admit the missing movies do not look too familiar. But I will see what I can do.
That is a massive report…so much information in there……it changed the way we do this website….and it came from Austraila.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Massive report from Australia? I thought the majority of your information was from mainly Variety. How does this massive report from Australia play in, My curiosity is inquiring.
Can you explain?
Thx
Mike
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16687/1/Jonathan_Derek_Silver_Thesis.pdf
Tons of information. It is over 600 pages long.
Variety is a good source but as our research has improved Variety is no longer the prime resource.
Hey you go Mike. A Ruth Hussey Page….we do not have box office numbers on all of her movies. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/ruth-hussey-movies/
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Thanks for doing Ruth Hussey, excellent.
Thx
Mike
I found a young actor who really acts . not padding stats and paychecks hiding behind a mask (super hero) or voice only ( anime). Chiwetel Ejiofor. much more deserving of a page than his peers, he is and will be great. a thought for prioritizing requests, is it possible that completing pages for Oscar winners of the big 6 Oscars could be done. I think you may already have such but I still cannot find Helen hunt. thanks, bob cox
Hey bob cox….all great ideas….I will add Chiwetel Ejiofor to the list….Helen Hunt is on the list already….just have not done a page on her. I like your suggestion of prioritizing the requests. Sometimes “time” is the biggest reason for a new subject. The more time I have the bigger I think…..the less time the smaller I think…..like can I knock this page out in 30 minutes….if the answer is yes ….then it is the new page. Good feedback.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Here is a question I have been wanting to ask you.
How do you calculate the data from box office rentals to full movie gross on all the older movies or what is the formula?
My next request please is for actress Ruth Hussey. If it is possible.
thx
Mike
Hey Mike……Our formula……rentals times that year’s multiplier (found on this UMR page…https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/sorry-i-was-so-wrong/)…..that gives an estimated box office gross…..then you divide that total by the cost of a movie ticket for the year of release….once you have the tickets sold….you multiply that by current ticket cost to get an adjusted box office number that shows how the movie did compared to today’s movies. As for Ruth Hussey….I will see what we have….though looking at her IMDb page…many are already on UMR pages…..it might be quicker to look them up…as we are having so many tech issues these days….doing new material is pretty difficult.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Thanks for replying
Where do you get the price of a ticket in the years 1920-now?
please reply
Thx Mike
Hey Mike….WoC found a source years ago that had all the years….plus in the box Reel Stats…they have a yearly breakdown too….this link shows many years but not all years. http://www.natoonline.org/data/ticket-price/
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
That website was very reasonable. Thanks
That covers 50s thru today.
What ticket information do you use to calculate the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
I can’t seem to find much of information with any reliability.
Please help.
Thx
Mike
Hey Mike….the link WoC used is no longer available….in our database the yearly ticket price is in a folder I do not have access to…WoC has it locked away. You might enjoy this massive page. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16687/1/Jonathan_Derek_Silver_Thesis.pdf