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Weinermr
| Saturday, June 21, 2003 - 9:36 pm
Keys of the Kingdom - RIP Gregory Peck
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Babyboo
| Monday, June 23, 2003 - 6:56 pm
i love oldies, some of my favs are based on tennessee williams plays. cat on a hot tin roof sweet bird of youth streetcar named desire night of the iguana who's afraid of virginia wolf just to name a few, they don't make them like they used to.
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Scootersmom
| Monday, June 23, 2003 - 7:20 pm
I love the oldies (especially b&w). My favorites to watch over and over again (subject to change when I think of more...lol) I Remember Mama Paleface Roman Holiday Breakfast at Tiffany's Whatever Happened to Sweet Baby Jane A Nun's Story (Audrey Hepburn, wonderful) Anything with Myrna Loy and Audrey Hepburn. I love Myrna Loy! I just have to think of all the movies she was in...my mind has gone blank! Babyboo, you're so right..I consider the oldies as classics.
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Cjr
| Monday, June 23, 2003 - 10:17 pm
Scootersmom, I love Myrna Loy also! The Thin Man and Cheaper by the Dozen are my favorites with her. I love anything that Claudette Colbert was in: Three Came Home The Egg and I Imitation of Life I also love Father Flanigan's Boys Town but my all time favorite is Calamity Jane with Doris Day. My sister and I will watch that movie anytime we get together and have some down time.
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Readonly
| Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 11:58 am
The Thin Man movies were great. I also love anything with Audrey Hepburn, especially Love in the Afternoon. Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn in Bringing up Baby. Greer Garson in the Mrs. Miniver movies (and any other WWII tearjerker). I enjoyed all the Charlie Chan movies too.
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Not1worry
| Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 7:01 pm
Not classics like the ones mentioned, but now that we have our Netflix membership, I've been trying to find some decent movies for my kids, 5 & 7, to watch. I've been trying to remember the older Disney movies, before Disney went PG-13. So far we've rented the original Parent Trap, which they found hysterical. My husband thought the funniest thing was the dad continually was either smoking or drinking throughout. Today they watched The Love Bug. Of course we've done Sound of Music, the Wizard of Oz, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Amusingly, after they watch an old movie, will look at me accusingly - as thought I've been hiding these great movies from them. "Why haven't we ever seen this movie??"
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Marysafan
| Monday, July 14, 2003 - 2:39 pm
Not1worry....check out Disney's "Follow Me Boys". I took my little brother to see it when he was only seven and saw for the first time a remarkable young actor named Kurt Russel. Disney then exploited this young talent in a set of very lame movies. Haley Mills in Polyanna and In Search of the Castaways were also good. Another Disney Favorite was The Swiss Family Robinson.
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Not1worry
| Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 6:13 pm
Mary, we just picked up Pollyanna from the library today! I had forgotten about Follow me Boys and Castaways...am going to Netflix now, thanks!
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Julie
| Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 2:54 am
My favorite old movies are "Wizard of Oz"..kind of a fanatic and have a few collectibles. And "Little Women"...I used to watch this with my grandmother all the time, it was one of her favorites too.
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Kimmo
| Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 12:43 pm
The 1939 "Little Women" and the 1993(?) version are the best versions! I wanted to suggest "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". "Tom Thumb"? "National Velvet." I loved watching "A Little Princess" when I was in grade school. The 1990s version is good too.
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Not1worry
| Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 7:51 pm
Oh, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, thanks Kimmo. My mom thought of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang too. They watched Pollyanna today, and I wasn't sure my son would like it. (My daughter likes everything that's not scary) I told him it was about a bunch of cranky people and a cheerful girl who falls out of a tree. He did seem to like it, although it certainly didn't rank with the Love Bug!
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Ric_Munoz
| Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 2:13 am
Babyboo: Tennessee Williams did not write "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - that masterpiece was penned by another gay genius, Edward Albee. I'm assuming you know that, but in case you don't...
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Zeno39
| Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 4:48 am
I loved "Rose Marie", "Show Boat", "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", and the oldie "Annie Get Your Gun". Two of the best movies ever made (IMO) were "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" and "An Affair To Remember". I have to get my tissue when I watch them. Cry every time I watch the scene at the end of "An Affair To Remember"-- I am very soft hearted and sentimental. "Cat Ballou" was good too. "On The Waterfront" was terrific and the best movie for scenery was "Dr. Zhivago". All of these are just a few of my favorites.
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Bearware
| Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 2:40 pm
Breakfast at Tiffany's - classic tearjerker. Absolutely one of my all time favorite movies.
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Bronxie
| Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 5:49 am
With the exception of Gone With the Wind, my favorites seem to be musicals. Gigi; Annie; Guys and Dolls; The Music Man; My Fair Lady; Damn Yankees; The Wizzard of Oz, and Chicago.
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Carrie92
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 12:29 am
oh, I like Guys and Dolls too! and... Rebecca Gone With the Wind Pride and Prejudice (w/Greer Garson) The Greatest Show on Earth Jane Eyre Wizard of Oz Mary Poppins The Parent Trap Splendor in the Grass
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Mamie316
| Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 8:21 pm
Oh Carrie, I love Splendor in the Grass and watch it every time it is on! I love any Cary Grant movie and especially those with Irene Dunne such as Penny Serenade or My Favorite Wife. They really don't make them like that anymore!
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 5:15 pm
"The Best Years of Our Lives" is on TMC right now.
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 5:44 pm
Watched one of my favorites again on Sunday... Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 6:20 pm
I try to catch A Christmas Carol on tv each year. My all time favourite is the 1951 version with Alistair Sim. To me he IS Scrooge! lol. I also very much enjoy George C. Scott's version and Edward Woodward as Christmas Present is absolutely priceless. The late 30s version with Patrick McNee is not bad and the American version, with Henry Winkler...forget the name of it, was also extremely good.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 7:58 pm
Moon, Audrey Hepburn is Weinermrs' favorite actress. Great picks Rupertbear. I like your Christmas movie choices.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 8:06 pm
Thanks, Weinermr. I think the next version of A Christmas Carol should be done with Stuart Little & friends....lol ;)
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 9:30 pm
My Favorite Old Movies.... Imitation of Life circa 1959 with Lana Turner playing Lora Meredith. The original Imitation of life was filmed in 1934 with Claudette Colbert playing the lead whose name in this version was Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman {Both versions are good but I like the 59 version a little more. An Affair to Remember ... Another.... That Hamilton Woman aka "Lady Hamilton".... circa 1941 starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. But.... my all time Favorite was Wuthering Heights circa 1939 with Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier and David Niven. I saw this for the first time when I was 12 and to this day watch it I re-tape it every couple of years. {when the tape starts getting noisy.} P.S. to Rupertbear.... Notice NO Kilts in any of those movies LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 3:46 pm
Broxi, the last scene in Imitation of Life, I cry everytime. My mom got me hooked on that movie.
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 9:59 pm
My absolute favorite old movie: It Happened One Night Other favorites: Rebecca North by Northwest Strangers on a Train The African Queen Rear Window
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