Choose the Bestavorite (Non-Comedy) Silent of All Time!

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 5th, 2008, 1:24 pm

Tomorrow is the last day to submit a new list or make any adjustments to the lists that you've already posted. After that we'll determine which 32 films have made it into the competition.

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 7th, 2008, 9:14 am

The submission phase of the contest is now over. I'll be compiling the lists, factoring the results and we'll have our 32 contestents posted by tomorrow. The competition will begin later this week. Thanks to all who participated.

drednm · Post by **drednm** » July 7th, 2008, 10:11 am

should be an interesting list..... did you already do a similar one for silent comedies???

Ed

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 7th, 2008, 10:22 am

No, we have not done the comedies yet. They may well be our next target.

Thanks for playing the game!

Gagman 66 · Post by **Gagman 66** » July 7th, 2008, 12:51 pm

cinemalover,

Hey, hold on a minute there! Please note, this forum was not working pretty much all day yesterday, and all night long as well! I have lots of friends who were going to vote, but were not able to do so! During the 7.00 AM Hour this morning, there was still nothing here. You could not even access the site! Therefore, I was certain that this contest would be extended a little while longer?

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 7th, 2008, 1:01 pm

Gagman,
If anyone wants to post an additional list by the end of today I will add their lists into the tabulations. I really need to have it today though so I can tabulate all the results and get the voting competitions up and running by mid-week. So, if there is anyone out there that missed posting your list yesterday due to the technical difficulties, please feel free to post them here today.
Thanks.

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 7th, 2008, 1:43 pm

Here are some preliminary numbers (pending any further additions):

There were 120 different films nominated.

51 of those films have multiple votes.

The leading vote getter is Sunrise, which has 12 votes. If this doesn't change it will enter the competition as the number one seed.

Gagman 66 · Post by **Gagman 66** » July 7th, 2008, 6:39 pm

Cinemalover,

Blast! I can't get a hold of any of my other friends to vote! Nobody seems to be at home? How frustrating!

drednm · Post by **drednm** » July 7th, 2008, 7:26 pm

So what did I miss? SUNRISE is #1 with 12 votes? I thought the order of the list counted??

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 8th, 2008, 9:08 am

The first factor in deciding the seedings is overall number of votes. The rankings will determine the rankings of all the films that receive the same number of votes, for example 11 films have three votes each, I then average what rank each of their three votes was. If one film received a #3 and a #11 and a #12 vote you add those three together to get 26. You divide 26 by 3 to get an average score of 8.67. You then figure the score for all 11 and rank them accordingly.

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 8th, 2008, 10:06 am

The seedings are starting to sort themselves out. Starting at the back end here are the last 8 films to make the cut:

25. He Who Gets Slapped 1924
26. Barbed Wire 1927
28. The Unknown 1927
29. Street Angel 1928
30. Four Sons 1928
31. Battleship Potemkin 1925
32. The Last Laugh 1922

drednm · Post by **drednm** » July 8th, 2008, 11:26 am

oh ok..... few of the films I voted for will make the list then..... oh well

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 8th, 2008, 11:33 am

And the next 8 quaifiers...

17. The Wedding March 1928
18. The Thief of Bagdad 1924
19. The Phantom Carriage 1919
20. Birth of a Nation 1915
21. Flesh and the Devil 1926
22. Sir Arne's Treasure 1919
23. The Phantom of the Opera 1925
24. The River 1929

charliechaplinfan · Post by **charliechaplinfan** » July 8th, 2008, 2:08 pm

Looking good so far then

cinemalover · Post by **cinemalover** » July 8th, 2008, 5:21 pm

And the next 8....

9. Metropolis 1927 (and this doesn't even include the recently found footage!)
10. Intolerance 1916
11. The Scarlet Letter 1926
12. The Wind 1928
13. The Docks of New York 1928
14. The Last Command 1928
15. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1919
16. Seventh Heaven 1927

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Choose the Bestavorite (Non-Comedy) Silent of All Time!