IMDb’s First 100
A few days ago, as I was browsing IMDb (as I always do after watching a movie), and I realised Marlon Brando had a really small primary key (8 to be precise). So out of curiosity, I checked who had the id of 1, and then 2 and then I wanted to know all the others as well.
Well, I finally had 10 minutes to spare so thought to write a script to see how these entries are defined. Not surprisingly, the movie titles are ordered in chronological order. I’ve left that list at the end of this blog entry in case you’re curious.
The actors listing however, is quite interesting and I can’t see much pattern in it at all. My guess would have been its the original id’s from when IMDb first started, but that was in the early 90’s. Surely, actors like Jennifer Aniston wouldn’t be there. Also, why would Gillian Anderson be there, and not David Duchovny! Ah well, it’s one of those mysteries which only imdb creators might know.
Actors
- Fred Astaire
- Lauren Bacall
- Brigitte Bardot
- John Belushi
- Ingmar Bergman
- Ingrid Bergman (I)
- Humphrey Bogart
- Marlon Brando
- Richard Burton (I)
- James Cagney
- Gary Cooper (I)
- Bette Davis
- Doris Day (I)
- Olivia de Havilland
- James Dean (I)
- Georges Delerue
- Marlene Dietrich
- Kirk Douglas (I)
- Federico Fellini
- Henry Fonda
- Joan Fontaine
- Clark Gable
- Judy Garland (I)
- John Gielgud
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Cary Grant
- Alec Guinness
- Rita Hayworth
- Margaux Hemingway
- Audrey Hepburn
- Katharine Hepburn
- Charlton Heston
- Alfred Hitchcock (I)
- William Holden (I)
- James Horner
- Buster Keaton
- Gene Kelly (I)
- Grace Kelly (I)
- Deborah Kerr
- Stanley Kubrick
- Akira Kurosawa
- Alan Ladd (I)
- Veronica Lake (I)
- Burt Lancaster
- Bruce Lee (I)
- Vivien Leigh
- Sophia Loren
- Peter Lorre (I)
- Henry Mancini
- Groucho Marx
- James Mason (I)
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Robert Mitchum
- Marilyn Monroe
- Alfred Newman
- Paul Newman (I)
- David Niven (I)
- Maureen O’Hara
- Laurence Olivier
- Gregory Peck
- Tyrone Power (I)
- Elvis Presley
- Anthony Quinn (I)
- Edward G. Robinson
- Nino Rota
- Jane Russell (I)
- Miklós Rózsa
- Randolph Scott (I)
- Frank Sinatra
- Max Steiner (I)
- James Stewart (I)
- Elizabeth Taylor (I)
- Shirley Temple
- Gene Tierney
- Spencer Tracy
- François Truffaut
- Franz Waxman
- John Wayne (I)
- Raquel Welch
- Orson Welles
- Natalie Wood (I)
- Victor Young (I)
- Alan Miller (III)
- Li Gong (I)
- Henner Hofmann
- Louis de Funès
- Yelena Koreneva
- Aleksei Korenev
- Richard Paul (I)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Gérard Pirès
- John Cleese
- Brad Pitt
- J Reifel
- Woody Allen
- Gillian Anderson (I)
- Pamela Anderson (I)
- Jennifer Aniston
- Patricia Arquette
- Rowan Atkinson
Titles
(possibly among the first 100 movies ever made)
- Carmencita (1894)
- Clown et ses chiens, Le (1892)
- Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
- Un bon bock (1892)
- Blacksmith Scene (1893)
- Chinese Opium Den (1894)
- Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
- Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
- Miss Jerry (1894)
- Sortie des usines Lumière, La (1895)
- Akrobatisches Potpourri (1895)
- Arrivée d’un train à La Ciotat, L’ (1895)
- Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographes à Lyon (1895)
- Arroseur arrosé, L’ (1895)
- Autour d’une cabine (1895)
- Barque sortant du port (1895)
- Bauerntanz zweier Kinder (1895)
- Boxende Känguruh, Das (1895)
- The Clown Barber (1895)
- The Derby (1895)
- Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographes à Lyon (1895)
- Forgerons, Les (1895)
- Mer, La (1895)
- Opening of the Kiel Canal (1895)
- The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1895)
- Partie de cartes (1895)
- Place des Cordeliers à Lyon (1895)
- Pêche aux poissons rouges, La (1895)
- Repas de bébé (1895)
- Rough Sea at Dover (1895)
- Saut à la couverture, Le (1895)
- Serpentinen Tanz (1895)
- Voltige, La (1895)
- Arrivée d’un train gare de Vincennes (1896)
- Arroseur, L’ (1896)
- Awakening of Rip (1896)
- Baignade en mer (1896)
- The Ball Game (1898)
- Barnet Horse Fair (1896)
- Barque sortant du port de Trouville (1896)
- Bataille de boules de neige (1896)
- Bateau-mouche sur la Seine (1896)
- Batteuse à vapeur (1896)
- Bivouac, Le (1896)
- Blanchisseuses, Les (1896)
- Bois de Boulogne (1896)
- Boulevard des Italiens (1896)
- The Boxing Kangaroo (1896)
- Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest (1896)
- Bébé et fillettes (1896)
- Campement de bohémiens (1896)
- Carga de rurales (1896)
- A Chegada do Comboio Inaugural à Estação Central do Porto (1897)
- Chevaux de bois, Les (1896)
- Chiffonnier, Le (1896)
- Uma Corrida de Touros no Campo Pequeno (1896)
- Cortège de tzar allant à Versailles (1896)
- Cortège de tzar au Bois de Boulogne (1896)
- Couronnement de la rosière (1896)
- Dancing Darkies (1896)
- Dancing Girls (1896)
- Danse serpentine (1896)
- Dessinateur express (1896)
- Dessinateur: Chamberlain (1896)
- Dessinateur: Reine Victoria (1896)
- Dessinateur: Von Bismark (1896)
- Dix chapeaux en 60 secondes (1896)
- Déchargement de bateaux (1896)
- Défense d’afficher (1896)
- Démolition d’un mur (1896)
- Départ des automobiles (1896)
- Départ des officiers (1896)
- Effets de mer sur les rochers (1896)
- Enfants jouant sur la plage (1896)
- Escamotage d’une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin (1896)
- Exit of Rip and the Dwarf (1896)
- Fakir, mystère indien, Le (1896)
- Feira de Gado na Corujeira (1896)
- Gare Saint-Lazare, La (1896)
- Grandes manoeuvres (1896)
- Haleurs de bateaux, Les (1896)
- A Hard Wash (1896)
- Indiscrets, Les (1896)
- Ivrognes, Les (1896)
- Jardinier brûlant des herbes (1896)
- Jetée et plage de Trouville (1er partie) (1896)
- Jetée et plage de Trouville (2e partie) (1896)
- Jour de marché à Trouville (1896)
- Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer (1897)
- Libération des territoriaux (1896)
- Manoir du diable, Le (1896)
- Marée montante sur Brise-Larmes (1896)
- Melbourne (1896)
- Miss de Vere (1896)
- Papier protée, Le (1896)
- Place Saint-Augustin (1896)
- Place de l’Opéra, 1er aspect (1896)
- Place de l’Opéra, 2e aspect (1896)
- Place de la Bastille (1896)
- Place de la Concorde (1896)