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Your Favorite Classic Movies - I'm talking 20s, 30s, 40s & 50s

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 3:44 PM

Hey there movie buffs,

Give us your favorite classic movies. List in any order and comment if you like;
Hint - There is no wrong answer........

Roaring 20s - Cagney & Bogie - enough said
42nd Street - Busby Berkeley
Casablanca - You can't go wrong with Bogie; I fell in love with Bergman here
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Bergman again
White Heat - I'm sensing a pattern here
Wizard of Oz
Meet Me in St. Louis
My Fair Lady
Mister Roberts - Cagney any day of the week
Maltese Falcon
Singing in the Rain
One, Two, Three - Cagney
The Searchers
Yankee Doodle Dandy


And that's just my short list.


SGG

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 7:31 PM


Casablanca for sure!




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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 7:49 PM

I'll probably add to this when I have more time.

From the silent era:
Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney)
Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Big Parade & The Crowd, both directed by King Vidor

The 30s:
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
American Madness
It Happened One Night
Twentieth Century
Nothing Sacred
The Petrified Forest
Things To Come
The 39 Steps

The 40s:
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
His Girl Friday
Rebecca
Meet John Doe
It's a Wonderful Life
The Best Years of Our Lives
Sullivan's Travels
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The 50s:
Sunset Boulevard
Giant
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
The African Queen
Strangers on a Train
Rear Window
Vertigo
On the Waterfront
Witness For the Prosecution
Some Like It Hot

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 4:03 AM

My first choice was Fate is the Hunter, but you did not include the 60's.

So I'll start with;
Magnificent Seven (1959)
Rio Bravo
Maltese Falcon
National Velvet
Butterfield 8
12 Angry Men
Vertigo
Rear Window
Rope
Niagara
Sabrina
Miracle on 34th Street
Rebel Without a Cause

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 2:19 PM

That is the Classic of all classics.

Here's looking at you kid!


SGG

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 2:31 PM

You included some that I totally went blank on when I first thought about this list. Thanks for reminding me.............

First off:

The 30s

My Man Godfrey - a screwball comedy with heart
The Thin Man - Powell again
It Happened One Night

The 40s

Citizen Kane
His Girl Friday - one of the best of the screwball comedies, love it.
Meet John Doe
It's A Wonderful Life

The 50s

Sunset Boulevard
Giant
Born Yesterday
The African Queen
Strangers on a Train
Rear Window
Vertigo
Some Like It Hot

Thanks EC. I came up with my list right off the top of my head and didn't really
think it through. I'm glad you guys shared your picks, again thanks.


SGG


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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I'll probably add to this when I have more time.

From the silent era:
Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney)
Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Big Parade & The Crowd, both directed by King Vidor

The 30s:
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
American Madness
It Happened One Night
Twentieth Century
Nothing Sacred
The Petrified Forest
Things To Come
The 39 Steps

The 40s:
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
His Girl Friday
Rebecca
Meet John Doe
It's a Wonderful Life
The Best Years of Our Lives
Sullivan's Travels
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The 50s:
Sunset Boulevard
Giant
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
The African Queen
Strangers on a Train
Rear Window
Vertigo
On the Waterfront
Witness For the Prosecution
Some Like It Hot


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Thursday, April 7, 2016 2:53 PM

It's okay Brenda, whatever comes to mind and you're willing to share. You have some good ones..........

I forgot about:

Robin Hood - swashbucklers, don't ya love 'em.
Strawberry Blonde - you can't go wrong with Cagney
Man of A Thousand Faces - this is the movie that made me realize how good Cagney was.

Quiet Man - The Duke and Maureen O'Hara with that beautiful Irish brogue.
And how much do ya love Victor McLaglen.
"Marquis of Queensbury Rules"


SGG



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Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:

Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Hey there movie buffs,

Give us your favorite classic movies. List in any order and comment if you like;
Hint - There is no wrong answer........

Roaring 20s - Cagney & Bogie - enough said
42nd Street - Busby Berkeley
Casablanca - You can't go wrong with Bogie; I fell in love with Bergman here
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Bergman again
White Heat - I'm sensing a pattern here
Wizard of Oz
Meet Me in St. Louis
My Fair Lady
Mister Roberts - Cagney any day of the week
Maltese Falcon
Singing in the Rain
One, Two, Three - Cagney
The Searchers
Yankee Doodle Dandy


And that's just my short list.


SGG



Wow! You picked a rough topic for me at least.

I will have to start with the

1920s

Phantom of the Opera(Lon Chaney Sr. Did all his own makeup for the film)

I'll have to finish my list later. Gotta run.

Okay here is my list.

1920s

Phantom of the Opera

1930s

Captain Blood
Robin Hood

1940s

Strawberry Blonde(Jimmy Cagney)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Also Cagney)

1950s
Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
Mr Roberts
Man of a Thousand Faces(Cagney)
Quiet Man(John Wayne)






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Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:00 PM

Okay JSF, I will start a new thread to include 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s.....why not?

But here are some that your list jogged my poor cobwebbed filled brain pan.....

Magnificent 7
National Velvet - in a million years I would never have guessed, you to be a
"Velvet" fan.
Niagara
Sabrina
Miracle on 34th Street
Rebel Without a Cause
The King & I

Thanks for the list.


SGG


Quote:

Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
My first choice was Fate is the Hunter, but you did not include the 60's.

So I'll start with;
Magnificent Seven (1959)
Rio Bravo
Maltese Falcon
National Velvet
Butterfield 8
12 Angry Men
Vertigo
Rear Window
Rope
Niagara
Sabrina
Miracle on 34th Street
Rebel Without a Cause
Th King and I

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:26 PM

I have to add these:

Room Service - Marx Brothers, I like this more than Duck Soup
The Caine Mutiny
Mutiny on the Bounty


SGG

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Friday, April 8, 2016 4:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Quote:

Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
My first choice was Fate is the Hunter, but you did not include the 60's.

So I'll start with;
Magnificent Seven (1959)
Rio Bravo
Maltese Falcon
National Velvet
Butterfield 8
12 Angry Men
Vertigo
Rear Window
Rope
Niagara
Sabrina
Miracle on 34th Street
Rebel Without a Cause
Th King and I


Okay JSF, I will start a new thread to include 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s.....why not?

But here are some that your list jogged my poor cobwebbed filled brain pan.....

Magnificent 7
National Velvet - in a million years I would never have guessed, you to be a
"Velvet" fan.
Niagara
Sabrina
Miracle on 34th Street
Rebel Without a Cause
The King & I

Thanks for the list.


SGG


Do you know another besides Rope with a continuous non-stop single shot? No transition of time or location?

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