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Great Old Movies!! - mad4tunes - 06-23-2008
Well, since seven of my ten favorite movies were made before I was born...let me punch out the newer movies from the list and give a "classic top ten", using 1980 as my cutoff date.
In no particular order, except for #1.
1. The Wizard Of Oz
2. Casablanca
3. Citizen Kane
4. Rio Lobo
5. Any of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, but especially Oklahoma!
6. Elmer Gantry
7. Shane
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still
9. Blazing Saddles
10. Fantasia
I'd like to think Jack would enjoy sitting down and watching some movies with me.
Great Old Movies!! - Sigokat - 06-23-2008
Some more that I thought of:
The Birds
Psycho (my all time favorite Hitchcock)
The Wizard of Oz (thanks for the reminder, mad4tunes
)My Fair Lady
Only Angels Have Wings
Charade
The Sons of Katie Elder
No Time to Be Young
Great Old Movies!! - RichE - 06-23-2008
Here's one I like:
"JOHNNY COME LATELY" starring James Cagney. He co-produced it with his brother and it has the only film appearance of famed American stage actress
Grace George (who did it for Cagney). Also included is featured Marjorie Main as 'Gashouse Mary', Marjorie Lord (Danny Thomas Show), Margret Hamilton and Hattie McDanial.
This is really a wonderful old movie and worth seeking out.
Great Old Movies!! - RichE - 06-23-2008
Just thought of some more......
"SECRET OF THE INCAS" and "THE NAKED JUNGLE" starring Charlton Heston
"THE SUN ALSO RISES" starring Tyrone Power (Errol Flynn's big comeback!)
"ALIAS NICK BEAL" starring Ray Milland as The Devil
"REMARKABLE ANDREW" starring William Holden
"DARK INTRUDER" the rare Lovecraftian movie (just released by Sinister Cinema) starring Leslie Nielson
"BATTLE HYMN" starring Rock Hudson
"SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN" starring Anthony Quinn (My favorite)
"RAINTREE COUNTY" starring Monty Cliff and Liz Taylor
"NAPOLEON" Abel Gance silent classic
"MYSTERIOUS ISLAND" starring John Barrymore
Laurel and Hardy
"THE LOST PATROL" starring Victor McLaglen and Boris Karloff ok....who else???
Great Old Movies!! - RichE - 06-23-2008
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]I'll name just one for now: Gunga Din.[/SIZE]
Trivia note:
In 1986 Cary Grant was at the now Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ. He said the scene where Victor McLaglen knocked him out in the film really happend. Vic threw the punch a little wider and "POW"! They kept it in the film.
Just giving it all for the home team!
Great Old Movies!! - IanSF - 06-23-2008
Them!
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Fly (with Vincent Price)
and more recently:
Alien
The Fly (I know the Jeff Goldblum version is post 1980, but that was good too; each have their own merits.)
Great Old Movies!! - RichE - 06-23-2008
"THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA" starring Cary Grant (great scene chewing film role this one by Mr. Leach!). This film marks the very first movie appearance of PETER CUSHING!!
Great Old Movies!! - Sigokat - 06-23-2008
What about SOYLENT GREEN...[SPOILER]Its made of...people!![/SPOILER]
I had to watch that movie in government class in high school believe it or not.
Great Old Movies!! - RichE - 06-23-2008
"CHIMPS ON PONIES!!!! IT'S A MAD HOUSE! A MAD HOUSE!!!!"
Dennis Miller
Great Old Movies!! - Libby - 06-23-2008
I forgot On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando.
There are way to many to name, but I keep forgetting ALL OF THEM. Like Gentlemen Prefere Blondes, How to Marry an Millionair(?), The Seven Year Itch, The court Jester, A Wonderful Year, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(the danceing numbers, mostly. LOVE UM!) Fred and Ginger movies, Shirley Temple movies(though I like the remake of A Little Princess better), anything with Roy Rogers, The (original Parent Trap, Pollyanna, Bringing up Baby, Guys and Dolls, Monkey Business, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and I like Hitchcock.Old TV shows I have on tape and like: Little Rascles, anything with Roy Rogers, Star Trek(because it is SO dumb, though do love the Mad cartton, spock"Captain, I can't belive my ears!" "I can't believe your ears either, Spock"
), All in the Family(with Meathead)and the Ed Sullivan Show.Plus, I LOVE all of those old cartoons, like Betty Boop, Popeye, Felix the Cat, and the like.