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The Devil Finds Work

“The language of the camera is the language of our dreams”

My Original Article:
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Films are roughly in order of appearance.

Sometimes it's hard to say which time and what movie.

Made up film:
Chamberlain, at Munich

Books and Poetry:
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Let Me Live by Angelo Herndon
Death in the Deep South by Warde Green
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
Cane by Jean Toomer
The Little Black Boy (poem) by William Blake p. 59
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Blueschild Baby by George Cain
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison…

1.Dance, Fools, Dance 1931
2.The Last of the Mohicans 1936
3.20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932
4.A Tale of Two Cities 1935
5.Uncle Tom's Cabin 1927
6.The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936
7.Slave Ship 1937
8.You Only Live Once 1937
9.They Won't Forget 1937
10.The Ox-Bow Incident 1943
11.Intruder in the Dust 1949
12.The Grapes of Wrath 1940
13.Fury 1936
14.Mary Burns, Fugitive 1935
15.You and Me 1938
16.Street Scene 1931
17.Behold My Wife! 1934
18.Dead End 1937
19.The Childhood of Maxim Gorky 1938
20.Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956
21.M 1931
22.West Side Story 1961
23.The Maltese Falcon 1941
24.Broken Lance 1954

Alluded to through Spencer Tracy
25.Rain 1932
26.I Spit on Your Grave 1959
27.Tabu 1931
28.The Sheik 1921
29.Tarzan the Ape Man 1932
30.Rebel Without a Cause 1955
31.The Birth of a Nation 1915

p. 45
32.Storm Warning 1951

p. 45
33.In the Heat of the Night 1967

p. 46
34.The Defiant Ones 1958

p. 46
35.The Scarlet Letter 1926

p. 49
36.The Scarlet Letter 1934

p. 49
37.The Big Sleep 1946

p. 49
38.In This Our Life 1942

p. 60
39.A Raisin in the Sun 1961

p. 63
40.Home of the Brave 1949

p. 69
41.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967

p. 71
42.Gone with the Wind 1939

p. 74
43.Imitation of Life 1934

p. 74
44.Imitation of Life 1959

p. 74
45.The Member of the Wedding 1952

p. 74
46.Lawrence of Arabia 1962

p. 80
47.My Son John 1952

p. 89
48.Che! 1969

p. 99
49.High Noon 1952

p. 102
50.Lady Sings the Blues 1972

p. 103
51.Tales of Manhattan 1942

p. 105
52.Young Man with a Horn 1950

p. 106
53.Body and Soul 1947

p. 106
54.Body and Soul 1925
55.Body and Soul 1931
56.The Green Pastures 1936

p. 106
57.I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955

p. 116
58.A Stolen Life 1946

p. 116
59.To Each His Own 1946

p. 116
60.A Star Is Born 1937

p. 116
61.A Star Is Born 1954
62.The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946

p. 116
63.Double Indemnity 1944

p. 116
64.Mildred Pierce 1945

p. 116
65.The Exorcist 1973

p. 121
66.The Devils 1971

p. 121
67.The Godfather 1972

p. 122
68.Macbeth 1948

The Devil Finds Work

1.Dance, Fools, Dance 1931

2.The Last of the Mohicans 1936

3.20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932

4.A Tale of Two Cities 1935

5.Uncle Tom's Cabin 1927

6.The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936

7.Slave Ship 1937

8.You Only Live Once 1937

9.They Won't Forget 1937

10.The Ox-Bow Incident 1943

11.Intruder in the Dust 1949

12.The Grapes of Wrath 1940

13.Fury 1936

14.Mary Burns, Fugitive 1935

15.You and Me 1938

16.Street Scene 1931

17.Behold My Wife! 1934

18.Dead End 1937

19.The Childhood of Maxim Gorky 1938

20.Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956

21.M 1931

22.West Side Story 1961

23.The Maltese Falcon 1941

24.Broken Lance 1954

25.Rain 1932

26.I Spit on Your Grave 1959

27.Tabu 1931

28.The Sheik 1921

29.Tarzan the Ape Man 1932

30.Rebel Without a Cause 1955

31.The Birth of a Nation 1915

32.Storm Warning 1951

33.In the Heat of the Night 1967

34.The Defiant Ones 1958

35.The Scarlet Letter 1926

36.The Scarlet Letter 1934

37.The Big Sleep 1946

38.In This Our Life 1942

39.A Raisin in the Sun 1961

40.Home of the Brave 1949

41.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967

42.Gone with the Wind 1939

43.Imitation of Life 1934

44.Imitation of Life 1959

45.The Member of the Wedding 1952

46.Lawrence of Arabia 1962

47.My Son John 1952

48.Che! 1969

49.High Noon 1952

50.Lady Sings the Blues 1972

51.Tales of Manhattan 1942

52.Young Man with a Horn 1950

53.Body and Soul 1947

54.Body and Soul 1925

55.Body and Soul 1931

56.The Green Pastures 1936

57.I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955

58.A Stolen Life 1946

59.To Each His Own 1946

60.A Star Is Born 1937

61.A Star Is Born 1954

62.The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946

63.Double Indemnity 1944

64.Mildred Pierce 1945

65.The Exorcist 1973

66.The Devils 1971

67.The Godfather 1972

68.Macbeth 1948