Louise Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 It has been brought to my attention that I have not seen enough classic movies. The oldest film I have in my expansive collection is Attack of the Crab Monsters, an absolutely hilarious B-Movie from 1957, which I really don't think counts. I've seen the likes of Some Like It Hot and am watching The Sweet Smell of Success right now, any suggestion of favourite films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Its A Wonderful Life Citizen Kane The Third Man The Maltese Falcon The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps by Hitchcock are also brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Harvey 12 Angry Men Rear Window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Here are a few older movies to get started with (I limited myself to pre-1960 movies)... From the 1920s - The General From the 1930s - The 39 Steps, Top Hat, The Wizard of Oz From the 1940s - Citizen Kane, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, On The Town, A Matter of Life And Death, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Third Man, The Red Shoes, The Shop Around The Corner From the 1950s - High Noon, Singin' In The Rain, From Here To Eternity, North By Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Searchers, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Ladykillers, 12 Angry Men, The Seven Samurai (Some Like It Hot would have been in there if you hadn't already mentioned it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 Told a lie when I said the Crab Monsters was my oldest film, I have Casablanca too so I stand corrected great film. I reckon Rick's looks like a really fun bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrJambo Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Arsenic and Old Lace 1930's Marx Brothers Key Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teepee Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 all of the above, especially arsenic and old lace and the maltese falcon(went to see it a the filmhouse a few years ago and so much better on the big screen) but to add a few more; white heat the big sleep angels with dirty faces the Philadelphia story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASSASSIN Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 watch some jerry lewis movies they are class especially the stooge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 The Roaring Twenties (Cagney and Bogey), Dial M for Murder (Grace Kelly), Kind Hearts and Coronets (Dennis Price and Alec Guiness), High Society (Sinatra and Crosby) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Go for any films with Robert Mitchum,Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter good starting points.Same with Errol Flynn,Robin Hood and Dodge City are musts.I got the Errol Flynn signature collection for ?15 recently from hmv online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumpsteak Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 "Rebecca", if you fancy a psychological thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady jambo Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Wizard of oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester 73 Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Ace in the hole - kirk douglas All that money can buy and the treasure of the sierra madre - walter houston Mr smith goes to washington - jimmy stewart sullivans travels - joel mccrae............................. feck, I could be here all night:sad: check this out as it has lots of classics on it http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.23044 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolitiCon06 Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 The Ox Bow Incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 The African Queen is on next week. Sheer genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Lawrence of Arabia was pretty good, if a little on the camp side. The good, the bad and the ugly - superb. Rebel without a cause - slightly disappointing for me but worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Harvey is one of my favourite films ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Harvey is one of my favourite films ever. Yes I am a genius, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yes I am a genius, thanks. I'm always raving about that film on here - so I'm the genius! EDIT: that smiley look's a bit gayer than the old [noparse][/noparse] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I'm always raving about that film on here - so I'm the genius! EDIT: that smiley look's a bit gayer than the old [noparse][/noparse] Just a bit. I love the line about being smart and pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverley Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 they really don't make films like they used to i love all my old marilyns & hepburns whatever happened to baby jane casablanca its a wonderful life wizard of oz breakfast at tiffanys gentlemen prefer blondes sabrina crikey i could be here all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 does Cocoon count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 does Cocoon count? No. The OP is interested in old films , not films about old people. I'm please to see so many JKBers sharing my faves : Marx Brothers , Treasure of Sierra Madre , Third Man. I'd also nominate anything by Hitchcock. African Queen is a classic - I think it was Bogarts last film. Terrific performances from him and Hepburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Loads of good suggestions so far. Notable among them for me is 12 Angry Men - a truly brilliant set of acting performances. I'd add Roman Holiday which I found myself watching the other night. Audrey Hepburn's debut (she won the best Actress Oscar) and a good, fun story to boot. I was amused to see the state of Hepburn's teeth. There's no doubting that she was gorgeous (aka "would get it") but she hadn't had to have her teeth fixed, straightened and whitened. I doubt you'd see any bird in a leading role in Hollywood without perfectly straight shiny-white pearlers. The (Oscar-winning) screenplay was written by a guy called Dalton Trumbo who was, at the time on the blacklist following Senator McCarthy's witch-hunt. Therefore Trumbo went uncredited and was only recognised by the Academy in about 1993 - posthumously. The first movie, post McCarthy, to officially credit Trumbo was Spartacus - so he certainly knew his stuff about writing for the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 "Now, Voyager" is another good from the 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawdust Caesar Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Thrillers not mentioned I like Double Indemnity Rope Strangers on a Train Psycho Comedies I love Bob Hope films, Ghostbreakers, My Fave Brunette/Blonde and the road movies. Also the Thin man series with William Powell and the lovely Myrna Loy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Some great stuff on here. Might I suggest "Best Years of Our Lives" with the great Myrna Loy, Frederick March and Harold Russell. His only film and an Oscar winner What about the Duke? The Searchers The Cavalry Trilogy Stagecoach Rio Lobo The Quiet Man The Shootist and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. North By NorthWest, which has one of the great film goofs of all time. The kid with his fingers in his ears before the shot is fired in the restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverley Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 "Now, Voyager" is another good from the 40s. prognosis.. TERMINAL! class film, love it just remembered the old version of wuthering heights with laurence olivier and olivia de havilland i think it was. i loved that film when i was little what about the original war of the worlds? another great film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 I bought Ben Hur but have yet to watch it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 No. The OP is interested in old films , not films about old people.. phew... thought no-one would get the joke. cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggo Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I bought Ben Hur but have yet to watch it.. He wins the chariot race:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Bought a collection of old Hitchcock films to add to my Miss Marple one and they are fantastic. Give the Seven Samurai a shot as well, subtitled but puts the Magnificent 7 firmly in its shadow. Someone else mentioned Some Like It Hot, a classic with the best last line ever. Won't say what it is in case anyone hasn't seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 He wins the chariot race:p Spoilsport, just hope you haven't seen Titanic yet. Wonder what happens at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester 73 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 just remembered the old version of wuthering heights with laurence olivier and olivia de havilland i think it was. i loved that film when i was little Merle Oberon, close but no cigar. I love being a smartass when it comes to old movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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