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Abby7
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07-17-2002
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 2:47 am
(wizard of oz) (gone with the wind) 1.some like it hot 2.rear window 3.vertigo 4.dial m for murder 5.the bad seed 6.double indemnity (citizen kane) 7.the african queen 8.imitation of life 9.splendor in the grass (roman holiday) (charade) 10.12 angry men (whatever happened to baby jane-1962) 10.1 a place in the sun 10.2 all about eve 10.3 north by northwest --------- i know, i didn't follow the rules. the above are just off the top of my head w/o much thought. some of those aren't 1959 or before and some are "obvious" so they aren't part of the 10. lol i'll edit my list later so i follow the rules. :>) (i think this should be changed to top 20 or 25)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:01 am
I didn't think we had rules! LOL I also would have to add Splendor in the Grass because I love that movie!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:33 am
Doris Day movies
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:42 am
I love Doris Day movies! I know I haven't seen them all, but do enjoy those I've seen.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 1:48 pm
VinBlanche says Jimmy Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy is a fave of his. I like The African Queen Tracy & Hepburn films Doris Day & Rock Hudson Judy Holiday films
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:05 pm
I have to go first with the ultimate classics of Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz. The rest I chose (in no particular order) the films of my favorite actors. Mr. Skeffington - Bette Davis was fantastic when paired with Claude Rains. The Thin Man (all of them) - great elegance, great drinks, and great fun. Mildred Pierce - Joan at her best and the lighting was fantastic. Auntie Mame - When the parents came over for drinks was my favorite scene. You Can't Take it With You - Jimmy Stewart was so debonair in his tux. My Cousin Rachel - I still wonder whether Olivia de Haviland's character did it or not. An Affair to Remember - Cary Grant makes me swoon and I always cry watching this. In This Our Life - my 2 favorite actresses Bette and Olivia. Bette plays a beeyatch husband stealer. The Long Hot Summer - the scene of Paul Newman in his boxers is one to pause and admire. One of he and Joanne Woodward's first films as man and wife. Tarzan movies - Loved the ones with Johnny Weismuller. Wonderful childhood memories of watching those on Saturdays. Sweet Bird of Youth - another Paul Newman film. He played the outcast troublemaker so well. This was a 1962 film so I cheated on this one! The most unsettling film I have seen is Freaks from 1932. It is a story about love scorned in a traveling circus. It was very disturbing to watch because I worried about the producers taking advantage of the handicapped persons.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 4:24 pm
Oh definitely Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies and All Shirley Temple movies. My favorite was Heidi. I cried and cried over that movie when I was a kid. LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 5:13 pm
Heidi is my favorite Temple movie too. When the snow globe gets broken, gets me every time!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 12:45 pm
Making note of which movies to see...thanks for the lists, everyone! And here's my own list of movies up to 1959 (excluding holiday favorites such as Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace, Meet Me in St. Louis, and The Lemon Drop Kid: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Duck Soup (1933) It Happened One Night (1934) Lost Horizon (1937) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Fantasia (1940) His Girl Friday (1940) The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Rashomon (1950) Singin' in the Rain (1952) Forbidden Planet (1956) Some Like it Hot (1959) Alright, I know I cheated and named 12 movies instead of 10. But I simply couldn't narrow the list down any more! As it is I had no room for anything from Hepburn & Tracy; no film noir; no Preston Sturges; nothing with Leslie Caron (or most of my other favorite female dancers); no French films; no Groucho going over the contract or in his overcrowded stateroom; no Hitchcock or Gene Tierney or Jimmy Stewart or 12 angry men; no Lassie or Bambi or Pie or Dumbo; and no "Klaatu barada nikto" or "I coulda been a contender"!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 2:01 pm
I think we need a top 10 comedy list, top 10 drama list, top 10 musical list, etc. etc. etc.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 4:12 pm
how is "Meet Me in St. Louis" a holiday film? for one song?
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 4:24 pm
mamie, good, no rules! lol i'm not going to edit my list then. beachcomber, regarding "freaks"....i remember them chanting "one of us, one of us, one of us". yes, very unsettling.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 4:26 pm
I dont know why Landi but it is, it is on tv here every holiday season, all because of that one song.
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, March 19, 2007 - 4:46 pm
I agree, Landi, it not a holiday movie.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:59 am
*Shrug* Meet Me in St. Louis is always shown at Christmastime and it features both Christmas and Halloween scenes. Plus my main list was already too long! Besides, if someone can call White Christmas not a holiday movie, then I figure I can do the opposite with MMiSL. (Likewise with Arsenic and Old Lace - maybe not technically a holiday film but it does say "A Halloween Tale of Brooklyn" in the opening credits - good enough for me, lol! Btw, this reminds me of something I learned on TCM. Bob Hope was considered for the part of 'Mortimer' but instead Cary Grant was given the role, despite Grant thinking he wasn't right for the part. And as it turned out, Grant's performance was criticized for too much mugging. Still, I like him in the movie but it would have been fun to see Hope in the role, probably would be very different.) Anyway, It's a Wonderful Life isn't strictly a holiday film either, at least not in the way Miracle on 34th Street or The Bishop's Wife is. The same can be said for that other, often overlooked Frank Capra movie, Meet John Doe. But their Christmastime settings and the way they speak to the spirit of the season still make them holiday films to me. Mamie316 & Abby7: I like both of your ideas for either longer lists or ones divided by genre, lol. It was so difficult to decide - do I keep His Girl Friday, a terrifically funny and smart comedy with great chemistry but whose occasional, let's call it dated (un-p.c.), language startled me? And what about those movies I wouldn't necessarily call "great" but are still sentimental favorites such as Father of the Bride, Bell, Book, and Candle or The Swan (which was the first time I saw Alec Guinness outside of Star Wars and led me to become a fan of his truly great British comedies). Then there's the guilty pleasure schlock movies of which I can't help being fond since I grew up watching them with my brother on Saturday tv matinees. And I just love too many classic comedies and musicals; it was all but impossible to decide - and left me little room for dramas or suspense films (and all those others I named in my previous post + more!). And I also agree about watching any Cary Grant and Jack Lemmon movies - they're perhaps my two favorite actors. Oh, when I was checking dates for films, I discovered that there were some that were in color but I never knew that because I had only seen them on a black & white tv set!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 2:09 pm
I wouldn't say that all my choices are "greats" but I enjoy them every time. I have many sentimental favorites and it is hard to pinpoint which movies make a top list.
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 9:26 pm
Thanks Pamy, on the Doris Day reminder! I only had 8 on my list because I knew others here would remind me of some of my other favorites. 9. Pillow Talk! Is it pre-1950 something?
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 8:12 am
I love almost all old movies! Just about anything from the 30's to the 50's, but then there are several from the 60's, too. My all-time favorite is Gone With the Wind. For me this one is in a class all it's own. However, I have so many 2nd place favorites, I can't pick favorites. So, these are just some of the ones I can think of -- some have already been mentioned, some I didn't see mentioned: 1. Rebecca 1940 2. Since You Went Away 1944 3. Double Indemnity 1944 4. From Here to Eternity 1953 5. To Each His Own 1946 6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 7. Peyton Place 1957 8. The Long, Long Trailer 1954 9. Raintree County 1957 10. Blackboard Jungle 1955 (May I please mention this one classic from the 60's? To Kill a Mockingbird 1962)
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 2:19 pm
Naja, I finally watched Stella Dallas and see why you love it so. I sniffled and cried the last third of the movie. Barbara Stanwyck did a great performance, too bad she didn't get the Oscar.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 11:31 pm
Awww, that's great Beach 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, April 06, 2007 - 1:32 am
Beach, I didn't even realize that Stella Dallas came out on DVD until I just looked it up. I love it so much I just ordered it for my collection.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, April 06, 2007 - 5:56 pm
I saw two classic movies today. Planet Terror & Death Proof 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, April 06, 2007 - 5:58 pm
I watched On the Waterfront today for the first time in my life. Loved it!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 06, 2007 - 7:21 pm
I coulda been a contender!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 4:53 pm
I just watched Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy's "Mannequin" for the first time last night. I enjoyed it very much despite horrible plot flaws I want to catch up on old Joan Crawford movies, but would prefer to skip the super duds. Does anybody have suggestions for better ones from her younger years? I mean pre 1940 or so.
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