This week Cinema Cemetery kicks off this pre-summer weekend by exploring a far bleaker one. 1945’s The Lost Weekend explores the life of Don Birnam as he bounces from bottle to bar on a 48 hour+ bender.  Birnam’s conversations and flashbacks reveal his lifelong battle and goals of writing a novel, all while struggling with the virtual prison of his own addiction.  At the time, and even today, this film is an unflinching look at the power of addiction and its effect on all involved.  Will Cinema Cemetery recommend this film for your weekend?  Find out here!

Current Rankings:

4- Lawerence of Arabia

5- Gone With Wind 

11-It Happened One Night

24. Casablanca

25- All Quiet on the  Western Front

27-Rebecca

30-The Mutiny on the Bounty

35-You Can’t Take It With You 

36- Mrs. Miniver

60-Cimarron 

65-The Great Ziegfeld 

70- Wings

71-Grand Hotel

77-Life of Emil Zola

79- How Green Was My Valley

85- Going My Way

91- Broadway Melody 

92-Cavalcade