Herding Cats in NC Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Dc (11, 9, & 5) & I watched Robin Hood (the 1938 version with Errol Flynn) the other day. They loved it! Full of action and very clever. I really enjoyed it as well. So, does anyone have suggestions for other great old movies? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Arsenic and Old Lace - very, very funny! I LOVE Cary Grant. My kids love Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart and To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 My all-time favorite is The King and I with Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. We'll be watching Errol Flynn's Robin Hood tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Calamity Jane with Doris Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) Ben Hur The 10 Commandments The Longest Day (may not be okay for young kids) The Great Escape (may not be okay for young kids) Not appropriate for kids, but I like them... Casablanca The Birds Rear Window Edited March 8, 2009 by King Alfred Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Arsenic and Old Lace - very, very funny! I LOVE Cary Grant. My kids love Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart and To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Love Cary Grant too, like him w/Katherine Hepburn. I love all the thirty and forty flicks. Fav guys are Bogart, Cagney, Grant and Gable. Gals, are Hepburn, Davis and Colbert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I prefer the movies of the 1940's and 50's over ones of today, and have since I was a child. I love Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant! Hitchcock is great. My favorite? There are too many! Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Anything by Hitchcock is great! Rebecca is my favorite. Other great old movies that my kids love too are: I Remember Mama Keys To The Kingdom All About Eve Singin' In The Rain Gone With The Wind Seven Brides for Seven Brothers M. Hulot's Holiday The Maltese Falcon Casablanca Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (one of my kids is a huge fan of Shirley Temple) The Seven Samurai Cheaper By The Dozen (1950) Yours, Mine, and Ours (the original with Lucille Ball) Harvey It's A Wonderful Life To Kill a Mockingbird Father Goose It Happened One Night Hans Christian Andersen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 The Court Jester, Follow Me Boys, Life with Father, Toby Tyler, Singin in the Rain, The Thief of Bagdad, Gulliver's Travels (1939 version) are all oldies that my DD8 and DS6 have enjoyed watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Penny Seranade Sargeant York My Friend Flicka Rachel and the Stranger Sabrina Desk Set Lassie Come-Home National Velvet To Catch a Thief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MgoBlue Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Casablanca...just loaned it to the neighbors..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancora_Imparo Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Bringing Up Baby (1938) - with Hepburn & Grant Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Judy Garland Singin'n the Rain (1952) - Gene Kelly The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) His Girl Friday (1940) - Cary Grant It Happened One Night (1934) - Clark Gable The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - "You've Got Mail" before the internet A Night at the Opera (1935) - the Marx Brothers, my daughter laughs through the entire movie Little Women (1933) - with Katharine Hepburn Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Jimmy Stewart National Velvet (1944) - Elizabeth Taylor Roman Holiday (1953) - Audrey Hepburn Easter Parade (1948) - Garland & Astaire Royal Wedding (1951) - Astaire dances on the ceiling Top Hat (1935) - Astaire & Rogers Sabrina (1954) - Bogart & Audrey Hepburn Key Largo (1948) - Bogart The Clock (1945) - Judy Garland In the Good Old Summertime (1949) - another "You've Got Mail" before the internet Harvey (1950) - Jimmy Stewart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Wow! These are all good ones. I'll add the following to the list: Gone With the Wind Jungle Book Mary Poppins The Sound of Music Charlie Chaplin flicks - any of them I'm sure there are many more. :lurk5: Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Here's one that hasn't been mentioned: Lilies of the Field (Sidney Poitier) I believe it's from the 60's but a fun movie to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Some that have not been mentioned: Holiday Inn The Music Man Meet Me in St. Louis Great Expectations The Pink Panther movies (with Peter Sellers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It stars Cary Grant and is hysterical. My kids tolerate most old movies, but love that one. Oh, and anything with Buster Keaton. They're silent movies, but a lot of fun. My DD loved the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herding Cats in NC Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Thanks everyone for the great ideas! I'm taking notes & looking forward to watching these with my dc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 The Bisoph's Wife We love the ice skating scene and have had some great discussions about how nothing upsets Dudley (the angel played by Cary Grant) and how much everyone likes him. We have also had some good times at homeschool ice skating pointing out when one of us is skating like Sylvester (you'll have to watch the movie to know what I mean)! We could use a Dudley around here! Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 A New Leaf, the original Lady Killers, Brief Encounter (for grownups...children would be BORED), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (ditto), The General (silent), those grand Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Bringing Up Baby -Hepburn & Grant Philadelphia Story-Hepburn My Man Godfrey-Carol Lombard & William Powell Made for Each Other-Carol Lombard & Jimmy Stewart The Seven Year Itch- Marilyn Monroe It Happened One Night-Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert The Out of Towners-Jack Lemon & Sandy Dennis Rebecca-Joan Fontaine & Lawrence Olivier Rear Window-Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly Okay-I could go on & on-big old movie fan. But-top of the list, no question Gone With the Wind:001_smile::001_smile::001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hello Dolly -- ever since my girls saw WallE, they wanted to see it. LOVED it. Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (old Disney) Treasure Island (old Disney) -- pirates, adventure, treasure...lots of "arrrr!" without the gore Roman Holiday (Audrey!) Bells on their Toes -- sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen My Fair Lady Shop Around the Corner Funny Face -- Audrey and Astair The Harvey Girls -- Judy Garland in the wild west. Funny! "The Road to..." movies with Bob Hope Paleface and Son of Paleface -- kind of un-PC but hilarious Bob Hope Treasure of Sierra Madre -- action-loving boys would love this one Too many to name!!!!:lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) Casablanca The African Queen Breakfast at Tiffany's (is that considered old?) All the Shirley Temple movies Singing in The Rain National Velvet Bringing Up Baby Danny kaye movies, but not the Hans Christian Anderson one...I have never enjoyed it, ever. lol Gone With The Wind The Wizard of OZ The Andy Hardy Movies White Christmas Funny Girl, What's Up Doc etc The Ghost and Mr Chicken (surprisingly scary...) The Ghost and Mrs Muir What about the Road to Bob Hope movies...my brother was a fan as a kid...me not so much Rebecca Doris Day movies Anything Debbie Reynolds (the one where she is reincarnated as a man...hilarious. Racy, but funny). Cheaper By The Dozen Yankee Doodle Dandy- my sister loved James Cagney as a kid and we must have watched the one where he dies 'yella' a hundred times on Sunday afternoon-- when such movies used to be on. We also went through a monster movies kick-- King Kong, Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Mummy etc as kids Beach Blanket Bingo etc (My mother adored these...and we kids did as well) Edited March 9, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 If you list a movie, will you list the ages it's good for? I'm trying not to expose my kids to stuff that's too advanced in one way or another. Too much kissing or torture or whatever. Alicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 A New Leaf, the original Lady Killers, Brief Encounter (for grownups...children would be BORED), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (ditto), The General (silent), those grand Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant movies. Just thinking about "A New Leaf" makes me want to laugh! The scene where she puts on the dress all crazy-crooked makes me :lol: on the floor!!!! But so sweet at the end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Just thinking about "A New Leaf" makes me want to laugh! The scene where she puts on the dress all crazy-crooked makes me :lol: on the floor!!!! But so sweet at the end... I love her description of a Malaga Cooler (she says Malager) after he has cracked open an expensive wine: "It's made with Mogen David Extra Heavy Malaga....it's not too sweet, and every year is good"! This is one of the best overlooked comedies the US has made. "Do it, sir, marry. Don't be poor, by which I mean don't be not rich. You have singlehandedly kept alive traditions that were dead before you were born." (The butler has all the best lines and looks.) And the scene where the horseman gallops so hard to catch up to him, the horse lies down and dies. "Heavens!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 As others have mentioned, Bringing Up Baby, Robin Hood (Errol Flynn), Rear Window and Casablanca. My son also loves Charlie Chaplin, especially The Kid. And Some Like It Hot is a family favorite here. He went through a bit of a Hitchcock phase a few months ago and enjoyed watching The Man Who Knew Too Much and North by Northwest. Oh, I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Burt Lancaster's Crimson Pirate (scenes were big inspiration in the 1st Pirates movie) & the other one w/the same side kick! They were circus buddies before Lancaster's movie fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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