# Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 -- Part 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106 "2015-05-29T12:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/1 "2015-05-29T12:31:16Z")
Because I started [Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757956) too soon, and since another batch of suggested titles have come in at [Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757774), I feel it’s only fair to give those interested another chance to vote here instead of having to post your intentions in that first thread. These are the new additions to this period: The Birth of a Nation [The Birth of a Nation (1915) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004972/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4) (1915) The Fall of Babylon [The Fall of Babylon (1919) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010108/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1919) Tell It To the Marines [Tell It to the Marines (1926) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018471/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1926) The Dawn Patrol [The Dawn Patrol (1930) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020815/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (1930) Bonnie Scotland [Bonnie Scotland (1935) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026126/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1935) The Charge of the Light Brigade [The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027438/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1936) Blockheads [Block-Heads (1938) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029923/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (1938) The Dawn Patrol [The Dawn Patrol (1938) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030044/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1938) Drums along the Mohawk [Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031252/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1939) Gone with the Wind [Gone with the Wind (1939) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1939) Please vote for up to FIVE in this poll even if you already posted to the other one. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/2 "2015-05-29T12:57:46Z")
Not to harsh your thread or anything, but I’m curious why you chose categories related to year of production rather than something else like which war is it about? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/3 "2015-05-29T13:14:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not to harsh your thread or anything, but I’m curious why you chose categories related to year of production rather than something else like which war is it about? It’s easier to break the 300+ movies into manageable sizes for polls. If you’ll check out the posts following #170 at … > **[Best All-Time Military Movies -- Pre-Poll Data Gathering](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757774)** > > I have no major quarrel with the movies listed at http://screenrant.com/best-war-military-movies-list/ which are: -Black Hawk Down -Apocalypse Now -Platoon -Full Metal Jacket -Saving Private Ryan …but before building a poll to test SDMB’s... Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering … you can get an idea of how many “like which war is it about” there may be – as a best guess. If there’s an even better way to submit all these titles to votes, I will certainly consider it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/4 "2015-05-29T21:18:39Z")
For an update on both these pre-1940 polls see [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18400141#post18400141) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/5 "2015-05-30T01:51:41Z")
Here’s another progress update on both polls: ```auto =============================================== View Poll Results: Which are your preferred War Movies from this period? This poll will close on 06-26-2015 at 10:22 PM All Quiet on the Western Front 19 47.50% Alexander Nevsky 10 25.00% The Battleship Potemkin 9 22.50% The General 9 22.50% La Grande Illusion 8 20.00% Beau Geste 7 17.50% Wings (1927) 6 15.00% The Four Feathers (1939 version) 4 10.00% Lives of a Bengal Lancer 3 7.50% For Whom the Bell Tolls 3 7.50% OTHER War Movie before 1940 (post and identify) 1 2.50% For King and Country 0 0% The Big Parade 0 0% Allegheny Uprising 0 0% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 40 ============================================= View Poll Results: Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 -- Part 2 This poll will close on 06-28-2015 at 07:35 AM The Charge of the Light Brigade 6 66.67% The Dawn Patrol (1930) 3 33.33% Drums along the Mohawk 3 33.33% The Dawn Patrol (1938) 2 22.22% Gone with the Wind 2 22.22% The Birth of a Nation 0 0% The Fall of Babylon 0 0% Tell It To the Marines 0 0% Bonnie Scotland 0 0% Blockheads 0 0% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 9 ``` ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/6 "2015-05-31T16:04:46Z")
Surprised not to see _**[The Big Parade](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015624/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)**_, A\*\*\*[ll Quiet on the Western Front](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/?ref_=nv_sr_1)\*\*\*, or [_ **Wings** _](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018578/?ref_=nv_sr_4) here. My personal favorite is _**[Wooden Crosses.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022787/?ref_=nm_knf_t2)**_ SMH. Apologies for missing the earlier post. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/7 "2015-05-31T16:54:15Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Surprised not to see _**[The Big Parade](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015624/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)**_, A\*\*\*[ll Quiet on the Western Front](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/?ref_=nv_sr_1)\*\*\*, or [_ **Wings** _](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018578/?ref_=nv_sr_4) here. > > My personal favorite is _**[Wooden Crosses.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022787/?ref_=nm_knf_t2)**_ > > SMH. Apologies for missing the earlier post. Thanks for the Wooden Crosses nomination. I’ll add it to the “overflow” file for later posting. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-prior-to-1940-part-2/721106/8 "2015-06-02T01:51:54Z")
Drums - mostly for being part of the Wyoming Valley campaign/raid.