Wow, I killed the thread. Poor old movies, I still love you *pat pat*.

I feel so lucky now, as two of my close friends are HUGE old movie fans. We have movie nights where we just watch old movies. Last night we compared Errol Flynn-Robin Hood to Richard Todd-Robin Hood. And watched Horatio Hornblower, which isn't all that old. And discussed how amazing Jimmy Stewart is. And Paul Newman. And Cary Grant.

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C'mon, I know I'm not the only one around who likes old movies. Did I kill the discussion that badly?

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I haven't seen that one - it does sound interesting! *makes a note to look it up* I haven't been watching that many classics lately, either. I've been on an animated Disney spree this last week. Some of those would count as classics, though, I suppose.

One of the last classics I did watch was <b>Harvey</b>. I love this one, and am very grateful to my mom for showing it to me when I was young. I just got it on DVD. It's amazing to see the difference between VHS and DVD. The picture's so crisp and clean, and the sound is nice. I'm starting to develop an addiction to buying classic movies on DVD.

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It liiives!

I think you like cheap. I do too. There was a question: "What would be the first thing you would buy if you became a multi-millionaire overnight?" Me: If stashing savings for college doesn't count....Borders spree.

I haven't watched too many classics recently. Though I did get a comedy trio shortly after Christmas with The Awful Truth, Born Yesterday, and His Girl Friday. I'd already seen His Girl Friday (and love every minute of it) and was looking forward to The Awful Truth. Which was awesome, of course. Cary Grant is pretty much amazing in everything he does. I think his best leading lady is Katherine Hepburn, but Irene Dunne comes close. She has the same fire and wit. And Ralph Bellamy was his charming self as always. I've still yet to finish Born Yesterday. I started watching it, had to do something else, and just haven't gotten back to it. It didn't grab me, so I suppose we'll see.

I also saw The Magnificent Seven over break. Yul Brynner! James Coburn! Steve McQueen. Charles Bronson! Robert Vaughn! Man, the talent they had for that movie. And the music! So good.

Ack JF! Don't talk about Seven Brides! You'll make me want to watch it again. I just recently watched it and squealed all over again with the dancing. I ADORE the barn raising dance. Best dance in any movie I've ever seen. *needs to find My Sister Eileen* Pretty much "Going Courtin'" through to "Sobbin' Women" is the best sequence in pretty much any movie.

Oh yes, I've also been reloving my Marx brothers.

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I have not seen Penny Serenade. I'll have to look that up! My Favorite Wife though, that's a good one.

I suppose I'll have to give it another chance then. Yeah, I do like William Holden.

FRANK. Oh gosh. Tommy Rall is just an amazing dancer, hands down. He's the reason I watched Kiss Me Kate (also with Howard Keel!) and the reason I want to see my Sister Eileen. His dancing is just......guh. Randomly, I always find it amusing during the "Going Courting" song when Ephraim asks "You mean we gotta learn how to dance?" "Yes it came direct from Paris, France" because his name is so totally French.

I suppose the Marx brothers are a love them or dislike them kind of thing. If you want storylines, they aren't the ones to see. I love their early movies though, just the play between Groucho and Chico and Harpo in general.

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There was a sale on amazon.com a while ago, and I bought 5 movies. I have a wishlist on there too, and if I were to buy all the classic movies on the list, it would cost me over $300

I almost started Penny Serenade once awhile ago, but didn't finish it. I plan on going back to it sometime, hopefully soon.

I want to watch The Magnificent Seven again, too. I'm usually not too into westerns, but I really like this one.

Dang it, now I want to watch Seven Brides again! Yes, Frank is pretty much great. I can watch the barn dance scene over and over. Makes me wish there were more barn raisings these days.

Talking about classics made me want to watch more. I just watched <b>The Philadelphia Story</b>. I've seen it before, but it's been years, so I only remembered bits of it.

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Ooh, Cary in a drama. That should be interesting.

Oh oh oh! Kiss Me Kate is a good movie! Admittedly, I really enjoyed the Taming of the Shrew, which is what it's based off of. This movie is what made me love Tommy Rall so much. Because besides being an amazing dancer, he's quite pretty and a scoundrel. My favs. And I like a lot of the songs too.

You ought to watch one of their movies, just to see. You may end up loving it, you never know! Duck Soup is really good, as is Monkey Business and Animal Crackers. My main sadness with Duck Soup is it's missing the music parts where Chico plays piano and Harpo plays the harp. It just amazes me when they do that.

Haha! Bringing Up Baby is awesome. So is Holiday. Those are my two favorite Grant/Hepburn movies. Which, saying those are my favorites is like saying dark chocolate is the best chocolate - love 'em all anyway.

I've only seen Danny Kaye in White Christmas, but I loved him in it. I need to see more of his.

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i watched the red shoes again the other night. man, i love that film!

the ballet sequence in the middle is amazing. i believe moira shearer played second fiddle to margot fonteyn, but i much prefer moira to margot - being such a technically demanding form of dance, ballet can become more about skill and beauty than fire and passion, but moira shearer dances with real feeling. just wonderful!

i love anton walbrook, too. not many people have heard of him, but i think he was a fantastic actor. his delivery of the final speech is bang on, and never fails to make me weep.

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@ Nurr - Yes, he was also in another drama called None But the Lonely Heart, I believe he was nominated for an Oscar for that role as well.

I am going to have to see if I can buy that then.

I should probably check them out on YouTube I think. I'm sure there are plenty of clips there.

You can see TONS of Danny Kaye films on YouTube. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Up In Arms and Wonder Man are my favourites. But you can also pick out the best songs on YouTube as well.


@ ethelfleda - I like that film as well. I know of Anton Walbrook. He was very good in the Life and Death of Colonel Blimp amongst others.




I was thinking, sometimes it is hard to find what classic film to watch - especially if the cast are unknown or whatever. So I was thinking maybe we could all post what classics we own on DVD (or video) and maybe rate them for how much we like them? And maybe add any information a first time watcher might need. Like who is in them etc? It's nice to have recommendations. I won't be adding my video collection anytime soon though.


Comedy

Adams Rib [Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn] 5/5
Arsenic and Old Lace [Cary Grant, , Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre] 5/5
Bringing Up Baby [Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Barry Fitzgerald] 5/5
Court Jester, The [Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick] 4.5/5
Higher and Higher [Frank Sinatra] 3/5
His Girl Friday [Cary Grant, Rosiland Russell, Ralph Bellamy] 4.5/5
Importance of Being Earnest, The [Michael Redgrave, Margaret Rutherford] 4.5/5
Inspector General, The [Danny Kaye] 4/5
It Happened One Night [Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert] 5/5
Made For Each Other [James Stewart, Carol Lombard] 3/5
Odd Couple, The [Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau] 5/5
One, Two, Three [James Cagney, Horst Buchholz] 5/5
Out-Of-Towners, The [Jack Lemmon] 5/5
Pat and Mike [Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn] 4/5
Philadelphia Story, The [Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart] 4.5/5
Sabrina [Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden] 5/5
Send Me No Flowers [Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall] 5/5
Some Like It Hot [Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis] 5/5
Sylvia Scarlett [Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn] 4/5
Up In Arms [Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews] 4/5
Woman of the Year [Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn] 4.5/5

Drama/Romance

African Queen, The [Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn] 5/5
All About Eve [Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm] 5/5
Breakfast At Tiffany's [Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard] 5/5
Casablanca [Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains] 5/5
Dark Victory [Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart] 4/5
Gentlemen's Agreement [Gregory Peck, Dorothy Macguire, Celeste Holm] 4/5
Gone With the Wind [Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Haviliand] 5/5
I Know Where I'm Going [Roger Livesey, Wendy Hiller] 5/5
It's A Wonderful Life [James Stewart, Donna Reed] 5/5
Keeper of the Flame [Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn] 4/5
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook] 5/5
Lion In Winter, The [Katharine Hepburn, Peter O' Toole, Anthony Hopkins] 5/5
Lawrence of Arabia [Peter O'Toole, Omar Shariff, Claude Rains, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn] 4.5/5
Matter of Life and Death, A [David Niven, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey]
Mr. Skeffington [Bette Davis, Claude Rains] 5/5
Now Voyager [Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains] 5/5
Of Human Bondage [Bette Davis, Leslie Howard] 4/5
Penny Serenade [Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Mildred Natwick] 4.5/5
Pygmalion [Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller] 4/5
Red Shoes, The [Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook] 5/5
Roman Holiday [Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn] 5/5

Crime/Thriller/Film Noir

39 Steps, The [Robert Donat] 5/5
Angels With Dirty Faces [James Cagney, Pat O' Brien] 5/5
Big Sleep, The [Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall] 5/5
Charade [Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau] 4/5
Double Indemnity [Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck] 5/5
Gilda [Glenn Close, Rita Hayworth] 5/5
In A Lonely Place [Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame] 5/5
Key Largo [Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore] 5/5
Killers, The [Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner] 4/5
Lady Vanishes, The [Michael Redgrave, Maragaret Lockwood] 5/5
Letter, The [Bette Davis] 4/5
Maltese Falcon, The [Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet] 5/5
Public Enemy, The [James Cagney, Jean Harlow] 4/5
Rebecca [Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders] 5/5
Roaring Twenties, The [James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart] 4/5
Stranger, The [Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson] 4/5
Sunset Boulevard [Gloria Swanson, William Holden] 5/5
Third Man, The [Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles] 4/5
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? [Bette Davis, Joan Crawford] 5/5
White Heat [James Cagney, Virginia Mayo] 5/5

Horror

Bride Of Frankenstein [Boris Karloff, Elsa Lancaster] 5/5
Dracula [Bela Lugosi] 5/5
Creature From the Black Lagoon 4/5
Frankenstein [Boris Karloff] 5/5
Invisible Man, The [Claude Rains] 5/5
Phantom of the Opera, The [Lon Chaney] 4/5
Mummy, The [Boris Karloff] 4/5
Werewolf of London, The 4/5
Wolfman, The [Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains] 4/5

Musical

42nd Street [Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter] 5/5
An American In Paris [Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant] 4.5/5
Annie Get Your Gun [Howard Keel, Betty Hutton] 4/5
Band Wagon, The [Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant] 5/5
Barkleys of Broadway, The [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers] 4/5
Broadway Melody of 1940 [Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell] 4/5
Calamity Jane [Doris Day, Howard Keel] 5/5
Carefree [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy] 4/5
Flying Down to Rio [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers] 4/5
Follow the Fleet [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott] 4.5/5
Gay Divorcee, The [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton] 4.5/5
Gigi [Louis Jourdan, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier] 5/5
Holiday Inn [Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby] 5/5
Music Man, The [Robert Preston, Shirley Jones] 5/5
My Fair Lady [Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison] 5/5
On the Town [Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Vera Ellen] 5/5
Roberta [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irene Dunne] 4/5
Royal Wedding [Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford] 4/5
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers [Howard Keel, Jane Powell] 5/5
Shall We Dance [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton] 5/5
Sound of Music, The [Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer] 4.5/5
State Fair [Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain] 4/5
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers] 4/5
Swing Time [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers] 4.5/5
Top Hat [Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton] 5/5
White Christmas [Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen, Rosemary Clooney] 5/5
Yankee Doodle Dandy [James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston] 5/5

War

12 o' Clock High [Gregory Peck, Dean Jagger] 5/5
Best Years Of Our Lives, The [Dana Andrews, Frederich March, Myrna Loy, Tereas Wright] 5/5
Bridge on the River Kwai, The [Alec Guiness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins] 5/5
Colditz Story, The [John Mills] 5/5
Cruel Sea, The [Jack Hawkins] 4.5/5
Dam Busters, The [Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave] 5/5
From Here To Eternity [Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift] 5/5
Great Escape, The [Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner] 5/5
Guns of Navarone, The [Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn] 5/5
Ice Cold In Alex [John Mills, Anthony Quayle] 4.5/5
Longest Day, The [John Wayne, Robert Mithrum, Kenneth More, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda] 5/5
Reach For the Sky [Kenneth More] 5/5

Western

Big Country, The [Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Carrol Baker] 5/5
Bravados, The [Gregory Peck] 4/5
Gunfight At the OK Corral [Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas] 4/5
Gunfighter, The [Gregory Peck] 4/5
How the West Was Won [James Stewart, John Wayne, Robert Preston, Carrol Baker, George Peppard] 5/5
Unforgiven, The [Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn] 5/5

I was going to give mini summaries... but I don't think I'll bother now.

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You OWN all of those? When can I come visit?


Out of the ones I/my family owns...

Awful Truth, The: [Comedy, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne] 5/5
Born Yesterday: [Comedy, Judy Holliday, William Holden]
Casablanca: [Drama, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman] 5/5
Great Escape, The: [War, Steve McQueen, James Garner] 5/5
His Girl Friday: [Comedy, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russel] 5/5
It's a Wonderful Life: [Drama, James Stewart, Donna Reed] 5/5
Kelly's Heroes: [War, Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland] 5/5
Magnificent Seven, The: [Western, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen] 5/5
Music Man, The: [Musical, Robert Preston, Shirley Jones] 5/5

Night at the Opera, A: [Comedy, Marx brothers] 4/5
Notorious: [Suspense, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman] 4/5
Room Service: [Comedy, Marx brothers] 5/5
Scrooge: [Drama, Alastair Sim] 5/5
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: [Musical, Howard Keel, Jane Powell] 5/5
Strangers on a Train: [Suspense, Farley Granger, Robert Walker] 5/5
Suspicion: [Suspense, Cary Grant] 4/5
To Kill a Mockingbird: [Drama, Gregory Peck] 5/5
White Christmas: [Musical, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye] 5/5

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

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