WIS0320 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'm interested in classic movies that I may not of heard of before, filmed in the 40s and 50s. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Hmmm. That's a big question :D. What kind of films do you enjoy? Comedies, drama, thrillers, westerns? Are there actors that you favor? We recently got Turner Classics back in our cable line-up, after a 4 year absence. We've been loving it. A few weeks ago, they played Robert Mitchum's Night of the Hunter, which is excellent and creepy. I think dh and I tend to favor darker films, so your mileage may vary with my suggestions. Hud-from '63, but too good not to mention. Really, just watch any Paul Newman film. He is incredible in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Giant-seems like everybody has seen James Dean's other 2 movies, but they've never seen the epic Giant! Key Largo-Bogey and Bacall! Maybe you haven't seen one of these :001_smile:. Edited August 2, 2012 by sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy Grommy Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I LOVE Sabrina (filmed in the 50's). The modern version with Harrison Ford is great too. The Bad Seed. I remember watching it at a New Year's Eve party in high school. It was creepy and kept us awake :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Rachel and the Stranger The Searchers The Quiet Man (which, BTW, are the only two John Wayne movies I really like) Sergeant York Desk Set Please Don't Eat the Daisies The Man Who Knew Too Much Hobson's Choice Lassie Come-Home How Green Was My Valley Mrs. Miniver The Snake Pit Good Morning, Miss Dove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I *love* You Can't Take It With You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Please Don't Eat The Daisies The Last time i saw paris bringing up baby it happened one night dark victory splendor in the grass christmas in connecticut desk set mr. blandings builds his dream home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is irresistible and so darn charming, albeit a little rapey for modern tastes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Please Don't Eat The DaisiesThe Last time i saw paris bringing up baby it happened one night dark victory splendor in the grass christmas in connecticut desk set mr. blandings builds his dream home I *love* Desk Set! I would've loved Katharine Hepburn's job. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) I love classics, and I am pretty sure the following ones start were filmed after the 40's. 12 Angry Men Black Beauty All About Eve Singing in the Rain A Star is Born Sunset Boulevard To Kill a Mockingbird An American in Paris (love Gene Kelly, do not like this film! lol) Funny Girl Edited August 2, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I *love* Desk Set! I would've loved Katharine Hepburn's job. :D Hey, that is the job that I do here at the Hive! Also: Casablanca It Happened One Night The Maltese Falcon The Women Bringing Up Baby The Philadelphia Story Arsenic and Old Lace Harvey Double Indemnity The Postman Always Rings Twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 The Bad Seed. I remember watching it at a New Year's Eve party in high school. It was creepy and kept us awake :) Ha! We made all of the grandkids watch this at my mom's recently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I *love* You Can't Take It With You. Me too! I agree with a lot of the other suggestions, and would add Arsenic and Old Lace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Hey, that is the job that I do here at the Hive! Also: Casablanca It Happened One Night The Maltese Falcon The Women Bringing Up Baby The Philadelphia Story Arsenic and Old Lace Harvey Double Indemnity The Postman Always Rings Twice Some of these are 40's. ETA! Sorry! I read the OP as 50's & 60's. Not sure why. lol Casablanca!!! Yes. Our family fav. Anything at all with Audrey Hepburn! Edited August 2, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Since we've started including 30s films, I'll throw in The Thin Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyB Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) On The Waterfront The Treasure of The Sierra Madre The Maltese Falcon Vertigo Rear Window Foreign Correspondent I love most of Hitchcock's films Edited August 2, 2012 by HollyB added another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Some of these are 40's. ETA! Sorry! I read that as 50's & 60's. Not sure why. lol Casablanca!!! Yes. Our family fav. Anything at all with Audrey Hepburn! I was confused for a minute there; I had to go back to the top and re-read, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) I was confused for a minute there; I had to go back to the top and re-read, lol. LOL So now I will put in a plug for The Women. I can't watch that movie too many times! Edited August 2, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 We love, love, love old movies around here. My DH especially. He really loves Film Noir and has tons and tons of them on disc that he's recorded. Many of my favs have been mentioned, and others I love: Philadelphia Story, Mr. Blandings, Shop Around the Corner, His Girl Friday, My Favorite Wife, Love Affair. It's really best to find a genre you like, or favorite actors. Then you can look on IMDB for their movies. I love Irene Dunn, Deborah Kerr, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant, and many others. My kids adore my DH's collection of Buster Keaton movies, and they really love Jerry Lewis too. Just for fun info, we recently showed my ds (not yet 8yo) The Great Escape with Steve McQueen. He's now watched it 3 times and whistles the tune, even built some of the things from the movie with Legos. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 LOL So now I will put in a plug for The Women. I can't watch that movie too many times! I love it, too, although Joan Crawford gives me the creeps. Shudder. Wasn't there a remake of this recently? Was it any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 This would be easier if we knew what styles you like (or hate). The Philadelphia Story Singing in the Rain Ben Hur Casablanca The Thief of Bagdad How Green Was My Valley I Remember Mama The Quiet Man Adam's Rib Yankee Doodle Dandy Some Like It Hot No Time for Sergeants Vertigo Rear Window The African Queen Arsenic and Old Lace Bringing Up Baby Friendly Persuasion The Seven Samurai (Japanese) Harvey Roman Holiday Born Yesterday The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) 1900-1910 - films by George Melies, especially Trip to the Moon (1902) 1910-1920 - The Rink (1916) - Charlie Chaplin comedy - The Cook (1918) - Fatty Arbuckle comedy - Broken Blossoms (1919) - DW Griffith, social commentary - Orphans of the Storm (1921) - DW Griffith melodrama 1920-1930 Comedy - The Kid (1921) - Charlie Chaplin -- poignant - The Gold Rush (1925) - Charlie Chaplin - Safety Last (1923) - Harold Lloyd - The General (1927) - Buster Keaton -- ranked #1 silent film of all time - Sherlock Jr. 1924) - Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) -- Buster Keaton - Our Hospitality (1923) - Buster Keaton Adventure - The Black Pirate (1926) - Douglas Fairbanks - Thief of Bagdad (1924) - Douglas Fairbanks Horror - Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Lon Chaney - The Unknown (1927) - Lon Chaney - Nosferatu (1922) - German; F.W. Murnau - Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - German; Robert Wiene - The Golem (1920) - German; Paul Wegener Sci-Fi - Metropolis (1925) - German; Fritz Lang Animated - Steamboat Willie ( ) -- Mickey Mouse -- first film 1930-1939 Horror - Frankenstein (1931) - horror; Boris Karloff - Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - sequel (also a classic) - Dracula (1931) - Bela Lugosi - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) - The Invisible Man (1933) - The Mummy (1932) - Boris Karloff - King Kong (1933) Gangster - The Public Enemy (1931) - James Cagney - Scarface (1932) - Little Caesar (1931) - Edgar G. Robinson Comedy - The Music Box (1932) - Laurel & Hardy - Night at the Opera (1935) - Marx Brothers zany/screwball - The Awful Truth (1937) - situational/verbal comedy - You Can't Take it With You (1938) - Topper (1937) - Cary Grant Drama - My Man Godfrey (1936) - William Powell, Depression commentary - Gone With the Wind (1939) - Clark Gable/Vivian Leigh historical epic/romance - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Jimmy Stewart takes on Congress - Wuthering Heights (1939) - Lawrence Olivier/Merle Oberon - Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - Henry Fonda - The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) - UK; much humor - David Copperfield (1935) - UK - Pygmalion (1938) - UK; play the movie My Fair Lady was based on; humorous - Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) - UK - The Blue Angel (1930) - German; Marlene Dietrich - M (1931) - German; Fritz Lang/Peter Lorrie psychological War - All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - German Spy/Thriller - The Lady Vanishes (1938) - UK; Alfred Hitchcock -- much humor Musical - Top Hat (1935) - Fred Astaire - Swing Time (1936) - Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers - Shall We Dance (1937) - Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers Animated - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) -- first feature-length Adventure - Tarzan the Apeman (1932) - Johnny Weismueller - The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Errol Flynn - The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Western - Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford/John Wayne Edited August 2, 2012 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Favorites at our house: Quality Street - Katherine Hepburn Rebecca Casablanca It Happened One Night The Thin Man All About Eve Shop Around the Corner Wife Vs. Secretary - Clark Gable and he's surprisingly likeable in this one! A young Jimmy Stewart is in here, too. Notorious - Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains hth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) 1940-1949 Drama - Citizen Kane (1941) - It's A Wonderful Life (1946) -- much humor - The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Rebecca (1940) -- melodrama - Sergeant York (1941) - Pride and Prejudice (1940) - Pride of the Yankees (1942) - National Velvet (1944) - Oliver Twist (1948) - UK - Great Expectations (1946) - UK Spy/Thriller/Intrigue - Casablanca (1942) - Notorious (1946) - Gaslight (1944) Horror - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Film Noir - Double Indemnity (1944) - The Maltese Falcon (1941) - The Third Man (1949) - UK Western - Red River (1948) - My Darling Clementine (1946) Comedy - His Girl Friday (1940) - screwball - Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Adam's Rib (1949) - Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - screwball - Road to Morocco (1942) -- best of the Hope/Crosby "road" pictures - I Was A Male War Bride (1949) - screwball - Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) - UK Musical - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Animated - Fantasia (1940) - Disney - Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947) - Disney - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) - Disney Adventure - The Sea Wolf (1941) Fantasy - Beauty and the Beast (1946) - France War - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) 1950-1959 Drama - Friendly Persuasion (1956) -- with some gentle humor - All About Eve (1950) - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) -- adapted from the play - On the Waterfront (1954) -- adapted from the play - 12 Angry Men (1957) -- adapted from the play - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) -- adapted from the play - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) -- adapted from the play - A Night to Remember (1958) - Giant (1956) - The Caine Mutiny (1954) Animated - Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Disney - Duck Amuck (1953) -- Chuck Jones/Looney Tunes - One Froggy Evening (1955) -- Chuck Jones/Looney Tunes Thriller - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Dial M for Murder (1954) - Rear Window (1954) - Vertigo (1958) - North By Northwest (1959) Film Noir - Sunset Boulevard (1950) Horror - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Adventure - The African Queen (1951) - Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - Ben Hur (1959) - historical epic - The Hidden Fortress (1958) - Japan; samurai times; the film Lucas based Star Wars on Sci-Fi - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Forbidden Planet (1956) - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - Godzilla (1954) -- Japan Western - 3:10 to Yuma (1957) - High Noon (1952) - Seven Samurai (1954) - Japan; samurai times; the film The Magnificent Seven was based on Comedy - Father of the Bride (1950) - Spencer Tracy/Liz Taylor - Father's Little Dividend (1951) - sequel - Operation Petticoat (1959) - Cary Grant - Harvey (1950) - Jimmy Stewart - The Quiet Man (1952) - John Wayne - Roman Holiday (1953) - Gregory Peck/Audrey Hepburn - Born Yesterday (1950) - Some Like It Hot (1959) - Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis/Marilyn Monroe - The Mouse That Roared (1959) - UK - The Ladykillers (1955) - UK; black comedy Musical - Royal Wedding (1951) - Singin' in the Rain (1952) -- much humor - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) -- dance choreography - Oklahoma! (1955) War - Stalag 17 (1953) -- much humor; POW camp - Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Edited August 2, 2012 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I love it, too, although Joan Crawford gives me the creeps. Shudder. Wasn't there a remake of this recently? Was it any good? I haven't seen it, but I might be willing to give it a try. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_(2008_film) I like Joan Crawford's glass bathtub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Awesome lists, Lori D.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I like Joan Crawford's glass bathtub. And her phone, and the bubbles. :) There is not a single scene in that move I don't enjoy. The whole Vegas/ranch/divorce part is perfection. That's a film not given it's due. I don't want to do the spoiler thing, but I roar at the end every time, especially knowing how so many people feel about such transgressions, and thinking they are newfangled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 And her phone, and the bubbles. :) There is not a single scene in that move I don't enjoy. The whole Vegas/ranch/divorce part is perfection. That's a film not given it's due. I don't want to do the spoiler thing, but I roar at the end every time, especially knowing how so many people feel about such transgressions, and thinking they are newfangled. Such a good point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is irresistible and so darn charming, albeit a little rapey for modern tastes. So... how bad is it that this movie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are the ONLY two I've seen that have been mentioned in this thread? :D (Well, and Snow White.) :lol: :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) The Quiet Man - john wayne bringing up baby - cary grant, katharine hepburn dark victory - betty davis Casablanca - Ingrid bergman, Humphrey bogart The Philadelphia Story (wonderful for witty reparte) - cary grant, katharine hepburn, jimmy stewart Arsenic and Old Lace - Cary Grant Harvey (Jimmy Stewart would have people approach him on the and ask _ where Harey was. "oh, I left him at home.") Ben Hur - charleton heston ten commandments - charleton heston spartacus - kirk douglas, laurance olivier Dr. Zhivago - Omar Sharif Gigi - leslie caron It's A Wonderful Life - jimmy stewart Gaslight - ingrid bergman I Was A Male War Bride - cary grant Kind Hearts and Coronets Operation Petticoat - cary grant Around the World in 80 Days The Great Race - tony curtis, natalie wood, jack lemon (okay - it's 1965, but it has tons of cameos and the biggest pie fight on film.) The Inspector General - danny kaye The Court Jester - danny kaye (Is the chalice in the palace? the vessel with the pestel has the brew that is true) The Ladykillers - alec guiness How to Marry a Millionaire - marilyn monroe Gentlmen prefer blondes (FABULOUS Marilyn Monroe comedy) A New leaf - walter matthau, elaine may To Catch a Thief (when grace kelly met her prince) suspicion - cary grant rear window - jimmy stewart north by northwest - cary grant His Girl Friday - katharine hepburn, cary grant boys night out - james garner, kim novak support your local sheriff - james garner The Importance of being ernest - micheal redgrave top hat - fred astaire kiss me kate (a musical of actors performing the taming of the shrew) guys and dolls - marlon brando, jean simmons, frank sinatra pocket full of miracles - ann-margaret Edited August 2, 2012 by gardenmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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