What Are Your Favorite Old Classic Movies?

[Trac]

Originally Posted by Hakuna Makarla

Mclintock
Rooster Cogburn
the sons of katie elder
Donovan's Reef

in others words john wayne!!!

other favorites....
the two Mrs Grenvilles. ...... my all time favorite.

Love Sons of Katie Elder! Great movie! And also the Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Don't forget those classic Dramas - one being Whatever happened to Baby Jane

[Trac]

Your right about Private Life of Henry VIII

I started collecting those types of movies - Man of All Seasons, Lady Jane, etc. I love those grand movies - the costumes and stories are great!

I've also started collecting Oliver Reed movies - I've always had Oliver! and Tommy, but don't forget the Muskateers movies, Prince and the Pauper, etc.

There are a lot of great classics out there

[Mighty Mikerscope]

Originally Posted by Hakuna Makarla

...in others words john wayne!!!

John Wayne is great. An early classic that not a lot of people have seen (but I like a lot for some reason) is The Shepherd of the Hills.

Also, with St. Patty's Day tomorrow, you have to go rent The Quiet Man. Set in Ireland, John Wayne goes after Maureen O' Hara's heart. In this movie, Maureen O'Hara reminds me of my ex-wife— they both have the exact same Irish temper. As a matter of fact, I had to look twice to make sure this wasn't a home movie of mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgL5jyogmKE

Originally Posted by DizDee

And for some strange reason, Shirley Temple movies hold a special place in my . They are just so nostalgic and remind me of watching movies as a child.

DizDee, if you haven't seen The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, it stars Shirley Temple as a teenager with a crush on Cary Grant! Very funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmeOzSzKoY

[merlinjones]

How could I forget?:

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

[tiggerfan]

I was going to start a different thread but this seems the right spot.

Right now I am loving rewatching the 1946 classic "The Best Years of Our Lives"

For those who don't know it, the film is about 3 WW2 vets returning home to try and adjust to civilian life.

One is a former big shot who finds that life has moved on without him, another an upper class businessman who finds that the horrors of war have left his 'beautiful people' lifestyle unappealing.

The third is a man who lost both arms in the war, adjusting to disabilities.

The backstory on this role is interesting. The actor Harold Russell was a real vet who lost his arms in a training accident. He had never acted before, other than doing a training film for other disabled vets.

He did such a good job he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The academy was so worried he would lose that they voted him a special award for his service to disabled vets.

He then went on to win the BSA award as well, making him the only person to win 2 Oscars for the same role.

He spent the rest of his life working on behalf of disabled vets.

It is a truly inspiring film and well worth watching.

[aimster]

Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pillow Talk...

[I Heart Disneyland]

Tonight we watched, "Philadelphia Story" and really liked it. Not my favorite, but, surprise ending!!!

[I Heart Disneyland]

Originally Posted by aimster

Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pillow Talk...

I love ALL of these movies!!!!!

[merlinjones]

and

The Trouble With Angels
The Ten Commandments
Ben Hur
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Village of the Damned
The Innocents
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
High Anxiety
The Miracle Worker
On the Waterfront
The Wild Ones
Beach Blanket Bingo
Beach Party
Muscle Beach Party
Bikini Beach
Pajama Party
The Shaggy Dog
Third Man on the Mountain
Th Light in the Forest
In Search of the Castaways
Jason and the Argonauts
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Old Yeller
The Yearling
Born Free
The Incredible Journey
The Chalk Garden
Vertigo
Lifeboat
Stagecoach
How the West Was Won
The Little Foxes
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Three Faces of Eve
Sybil
Charley

[mousercise]

Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart

[merlinjones]

and

Cabaret
Oklahoma!
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Head
Wild in the Streets
The Poseidon Adventure
Airplane!
Star Wars

[merlinjones]

and

A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Yellow Submarine
Animal Farm


and of course

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Dumbo
Bambi
Alice in Wonderland
Cinderella
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty
The Jungle Book
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Three Caballeros
Melody Time
Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh

[Disneyland Daddy]

Did I forget "The Swiss Family Robinson"? Gosh, how I wanted a treehouse like that....and for awhile, in Adventureland, I sort of did - but they really screwed that one up big time.....don't even get me started on that one......

[BFJen]

I thought we were supposed to stop at 1960 - oops, my list could go on forever!

[disneytim]

OK, a lot of these have been mentioned already, but here are some of my favorites:

Casablanca - The all-time champ with one quotable line after another. The Marseilles still gives me chills.

Gone With the Wind - A soap opera of the grandest scale. The most riveting and tightly paced 3 1/2 hours ever put on film.

Citizen Kane - The template for countless classic movies that followed. Orson Welles' career could never live up to his greatest success in film.

The Philadelphia Story - Think Cary Grant is great? Watch Jimmy Stewart steal almost every scene they're in together.

All About Eve - Nearly as quotable as Casablanca. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."

Some Like it Hot - Has the best last line in the best comedy ever.

The Maltese Falcon - "The stuff dreams are made of." The movie that made Bogart an icon.

To Have and Have Not - I have a soft spot for Bogie. So did Lauren Bacall in her very first movie.

All Quiet on the Western Front - The first great anti-war war movie. Over 75 years later, its battle scenes still shock and haunt.

Singin' in the Rain - One classic musical number after another. Gene Kelly is a marvel with the title tune, but Donald O'Connor (Make 'em Laugh) was never better.

An American in Paris - Kelly's homage to George Gershwin is a bit dated story-wise, but its amazing choreography more than stands the test of time.

Duck Soup - Hail Freedonia!!! The Marx Brothers' political tour-de-farce is their funniest and best.

Those are the ones that come top of mind. I'm sure I can come up with plenty more.