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The Library of Congress is seeking nominations for the 2012 National Film Registry.

Under the National Film Preservation Act, the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry every year. In order for a film to be eligible, it must be at least 10 years old and…

From their list I nominate

Way Down East (1920)

Sheik, The (1921)

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1935)

Camille  (1936)

I Love to Singa (1936)

Vivacious Lady (1938)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Rebecca (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

A Wild Hare (1940)

Ball of Fire (1941)

Little Red Riding Rabbit (1941)

Corny Concerto (1943)

Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Cover Girl (1944)

Curse of the Cat People (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)

Gilda (1946)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)

I Remember Mama (1948)

The Snake Pit (1948)

 Little Women (1949)

Born Yesterday (1950)

Rabbit of Seville (1950)

Scaramouche (1952)

Tea and Sympathy (1956)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

The Children’s Hour (1961)

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Sabrina (1954)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

The Misfits (1961)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Lilies of the Field (1963)

Mary Poppins (1964)

My Fair Lady (1964)

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

Wait Until Dark (1967)

Paper Moon (1973)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

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