Were the early days dominated by Dickens? We start off this week’s rundown of votes with the film in 7th place with a scant 9 points, the sequel to Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s. Two points higher in sixth is Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound, a surprisingly low showing for Hitch. In fifth place with 14 points is the literary adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Henry V comes in fourth with 15 points. Skipping up to third place with 19 points, we find Yankee Doodle Dandy. Then, in two-point intervals above Dandy, we find The Philadelphia Story in second with 21 points and topping the heap is our second Dickens adaptation in a row, Great Expectations with 23 points as its total. Great Expectations wins and goes into my queue.

Here’s the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one alternate (in case I have seen one of your suggestions). The next week, when I call for new suggestions, we begin a one-week voting period to select the film to be placed immediately into my Netflix queue to be reviewed the weekend after (because I’ll already have my Netflix queue selections for the coming weekend). Then, you’ll find out what I thought in my weekly Morning After feature on Monday morning.

Sometimes a genre gets stuck in the rotation and it makes for a rough viewing schedule. Starting this week, I’m going to be asking for suggestions that fit a specific genre so each week can be a bit spicy. The genre or event listed each week will be posted at the end of this post.

To help decide what to pick, here is a list of what I’ve seen (or at least that I have personally logged).

Full List of Films I’ve Seen (updated through 3/10/11; a small number of titles may be missing still)
Here’s what you need to post today (and through next Wednesday):

1. Below, please provide your suggestions to add to my Netflix queue.
2. Next, please rate each of the following entries in order of preference. Item 1 will be most preferred, 2 next most preferred and so forth.

• The African Queen (1951)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• The Heiress (1949)
• Lust for Life (1956)
• Picnic (1955)
• The Red Shoes (1948)
• The Snake Pit (1948)

This Week’s Category: Academy Awards Nominees, 4th Decade (1958 through 1967)