Jim Patterson on 2014 Selections to the National Film Registry

Films Selected for the 2014 National Film Registry

• 13 Lakes (2004)
• Bert Williams Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Down Argentine Way (1940)
• The Dragon Painter (1919)
• Felicia (1965
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
• The Gang’s All Here (1943)
• House of Wax (1953)
• Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
• Little Big Man (1970)
• Luxo Jr. (1986)
• Moon Breath Beat (1980)
• Please Don’t Bury Me Alive! (1976)
• The Power and the Glory (1933)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Shoes (1916)
• State Fair (1933)
• Unmasked (1917)
• V-E + 1 (1945)
• The Way of Peace (1947)
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Happy to see Grace Cunard honored. Into the Arms of Strangers is a wise choice for our times. Rio Bravo is a truly great western and I do not like westerns. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, Ricky Nelson, Ward Bond, Angie Dickinson and John Russell were all great! 

V-E +1 is another timely choice and a remarkable film. State fair with Will Rogers is great as is Shoes. I never understood the popularity of Willy Wonka. Nice to see Charles Laughton and a fine cast honored with Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). Dragon Painter and  Please Don't Bury Me are two great choices.

My Washington office has already nominated Way Down East, An Unseen Enemy and The Whales of August for 2015. 

Jim Patterson, Editor

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