your classics, show me them

[the_rev]

As I said yesterday, I've been on an old movie a classics kick! I'm not an expert in classic cinema, in fact there's a whole lot I've never seen. And all I have to go by is the opinions of my fellow netflixers, and those awards lists and whatnot. So I'd love to hear from you guys!

What are some of your favorite classic movies? I'm mostly looking for movies pre-70's, say, 1940-1960, but Feel free to define "classic" in whatever way makes you warm and fuzzy.

A few of my favorites:

Rebecca
Vertigo
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Holiday
The Dollars Trilogy
The Diary of Anne Frank
The King and I
It's a Wonderful Life
My Fair Lady
The African Queen
The Poseidon Adventure

Yours? Here or in your journal!

Comments

[fjbryan]

Ah, HOLIDAY! One of my absolute favorite Cary Grant movies. Love it.

Other goodies from the 40s-60s period:
Philadelphia Story
Some Like It Hot
Where Eagles Dare (if you like Clint, you gotta see this)
Great Escape
His Girl Friday
Bringing Up Baby
Guns of Navarrone (another Gregory Peck extravaganza)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Longest Day (pack a lunch)

And as you mentioned musicals:
Singin in the Rain
South Pacific
Anything by Astaire and Rogers (my favorite is Shall We Dance, but there are many)
American in Paris
Bandwagon
Brigadoon (take a hankie)
White Christmas

and a favorite of mine, which is either late 60s or early 70s, What's Up Doc? (not a musical, but has music....and great chase scenes in San Francisco. And comedy.)

[the_rev]

I'm surprised by how much I'm loving Cary Grant. He's quite endearing. And can be so silly. (I watched Arsenic and Old Lace a couple of weeks ago. Silly!)

I should have Philadelphia Story by the weekend and I'm looking forward to it! His Girl Friday and Bringing up Baby are already on my queue! I think I've seen part but not all of Breakfast at Tiffany's.

I love Clint but I've mostly seen his westerns. I wasn't sure how I'd like him as military. I watched the trailer for Where Eagles Dare. Funny how no one thought to bother with proper accents! :) I'll add it to my queue!

Musicals! Thanks. I think Singin' in the Rain is on my queue already!

I'm excited!

[wystii]

I really like... (aside from a few that you've already listed)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Funny Face
Magnificient Seven the Yul Brynner version
Charade - Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
Zorro with Tyrone Power (maybe The Mask of Zorro?)
I'll watch anything with John Wayne (but that might be my grandmother's influence she was a huge fan of his. I especially like the western with Dean Martin in it as the drunk sidekick - Rio Bravo. You'll recognise its influence on Silverado if you've seen that cowboy spoof.)
Sabrina the Humphrey Bogart version.
The Black Swan with Tyrone Power
The Ghost & Mrs Muir
Horatio Hornblower
Down Periscope?
- the original classic versions.

SO many of my old favourites have been remade but have yet to surpass the original versions in my list of all time favourite movies.

And if you want to see Clint Eastwood in a musical... Paint your Wagon... kinda slashy to boot!

[wystii]

this hornblower: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043379/
And I think I have the periscope movie confused....

[wystii]

it's probably this one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/
or posibly, operation petticoat: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053143/

Or the two might have just blended into one in my memory...

[the_rev]

Hah, maybe I should just check them all out, periscopes and petticoats and all. :)

Several of these are already on my queue (Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Charade, Sabrina), but I'm glad to have them recced and then some! Thanks.