I was alerted by a post on another board, so I looked him up on IMDB and it lists the birthdate of the legendary founder of Shaw Bros. as October 4, 1907. And he's alive to appreciate it. Fortunately, I've been celebrating unwittingly in my own way by watching 11 Shaw Bros. titles since early September (as recounted in the "What Have You Been Watching Lately...?" thread) and parts of several others (I start a lot of them but don't always finish).
He's outlived most of the Hollywood moguls whose careers his most resembled, although he's got three years to go to outlive Paramount's founder, Adolph Zukor, who died in 1976 at the age of 103.

I have two SB VCDs in my bag, BLUE SKIES and THE DUEL, so I'll try to celebrate by watching them here at the office today if I can get to it, workload allowing, or wait till I get home. (I just put BLUE SKIES in and the trailer for THE LARK is running, just to provide the appropriate accompaniment for this post.)

What are the best Shaw Bros. movies (as opposed to "favorites")?

Here are some I would nominate as a pool of absolute bests from the studio:

THE KINGDOM AND THE BEAUTY (1959)
LOVE ETERNE (1963)
THE LADY GENERAL HUA MULAN (1964)
THE BLUE AND THE BLACK (Parts 1 & 2) (1966)
THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967)
SHAOLIN TEMPLE (1976)
THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER (1977)
THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978)
8-DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER (1983)

For the tenth, I'm debating between THE WATER MARGIN (1972), THE CHINESE BOXER (1970) and KING BOXER (1972), with the edge going toward WATER MARGIN, mainly because at least one film based on that book should be included.

I wish I could include a Shaw Bros. musical on the list, but that one great musical from the studio that would belong on such a list has yet to be found. Unless, of course, one considers the first three titles, all Huangmei Operas, to belong in that category.

Anyone else?

ADDENDUM: Last night I watched THE ASSASSIN (1967), which is one of Chang Cheh's greatest directorial achievements. I would put it in the top ten and take out THE KINGDOM AND THE BEAUTY.