Appendix 2.3: Scoring method used to generate sample
1: |
On the Waterfront |
19 |
2: |
The Country Girl |
15 |
3: |
The Glenn Miller Story |
11 |
8: |
UK and US, excluding stars, including critics' |
awards, |
9: |
including adjacent years 1: On the Waterfront 12 2 : The Country Girl 9 3 : From Here to Eternity 7 UK only, including stars, excluding critics' |
awards, |
10: |
including adjacent years 1: The Glenn Miller Story 9 2: Calamity Jane 8 3: The Purple Plain 6 UK only, excluding stars, excluding critics' |
awards, |
11: |
including adjacent years 1: The Glenn Miller Story 5 2: Calamity Jane 4 3: The Caine Mutiny 3 Doctor in the House 3 The Purple Plain 3 Hobson's Choice 3 The Belles of St Trinians 3 From Here to Eternity 3 The Country Girl 3 UK only, including stars, including BAFTA awards | |
12: |
1: The Glenn Miller Story 9 2: Calamity Jane 8 3: On the Waterfront 7 UK only, excluding stars, including BAFTA awards | |
1: The Glenn Miller Story 5 2: On the Waterfront 4 Calamity Jane 4 Doctor in the House 4 Hobson's Choice 4 |
Scoring procedure used to determine possible sample film titles
for analysis, from amongst the top scoring films.
From within the possible titles generated by the procedure
detailed in the following table I selected 3 groups of 6 titles;
each group was drawn from adjacent years at the beginning, middle
and end of the period. This final selection was principally
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