Hi all,

I was wondering if there was any old movie fans in here like I am? I don't consider "Who's That Girl?" to be an old movie - I'm talking about films from the '30's, '40's and '50's. Any fans?

I luv classic movies. TMC and AMC (even though they don't play as many "classics" these days) are my favorite movie networks.

Some of my favorite classic movies are

We're No Angels
Imitation of Life
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
Arsenic and Old Lace
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Some Like It Hot

Great thread!!!

RiteDiva wrote:

I luv classic movies. TMC and AMC (even though they don't play as many "classics" these days) are my favorite movie networks.

Some of my favorite classic movies are

We're No Angels
Imitation of Life
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
Arsenic and Old Lace
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Some Like It Hot

Great thread!!!

Excellent movies.

Touch of Evil, Night of the Hunter and Psycho are good ones too.

MandyPerfumeGirl wrote:

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was any old movie fans in here like I am? I don't consider "Who's That Girl?" to be an old movie - I'm talking about films from the '30's, '40's and '50's. Any fans?

I love old movies, to name a few:

Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
The Al Jolson Story
The Wizard of Oz
Jezebel
Caged
A Night to Remember
3 Faces of Eve
Mildred Pierce
Gone With the Wind
West Side Story
All about Eve
Dark Victory
Imitation of Life
Backstreet

I love the Little Rascals too! I also like some B-Bomb horror movies from the 50's like Attack of the 50ft woman, Queen of Outer Space, The Thing, It the terror from beyond space (Alien was based on this movie) and many others.

I have a great great uncle that I watch old movies with when I have the time, I have learned a lot about Old Hollywood from him since he is a big movie buff.

Forgot to mention Imitation of Life. In a lot of ways I could relate to it.

Chris wrote:

Forgot to mention Imitation of Life. In a lot of ways I could relate to it.

OH??? I am interested in hearing about that??

I never tried to cloak my blackness like she did (I can't imagine treating my dad as bad as she did her mom), but like the main character I am biracial, so I guess in that regard I can somewhat relate and imagine what times must have been like back in the racially aware 1930s (original) or 1950s (remake.)

Chris wrote:

I never tried to cloak my blackness like she did (I can't imagine treating my dad as bad as she did her mom), but like the main character I am biracial, so I guess in that regard I can somewhat relate and imagine what times must have been like back in the racially aware 1930s (original) or 1950s (remake.)

Thats the key, the times were what they were, very sad indeed, I can't even imagine what it must have been like. She was very cruel to her mother and through it all, her mother still loved and cared much about her.

Chris I thought you were sicilian like me

Black father, White (Polish) mother.
Ma hey basti pensare a me siciliano nello spirito.

Hey that's cool, so there are quite a few fans of the old classic movies. I also am a fan of "Some Like It Hot", "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Psycho" like a couple of posters mentioned above. I also like:

Top Hat
From Here to Eternity
Sabrina
Stalag 17
It Happened One Night
Dial 'M' for Murder
The African Queen
The Caine Mutiny
Gone with the Wind

Just to name a few!

Tony Marino wrote:

Chris wrote:

I never tried to cloak my blackness like she did (I can't imagine treating my dad as bad as she did her mom), but like the main character I am biracial, so I guess in that regard I can somewhat relate and imagine what times must have been like back in the racially aware 1930s (original) or 1950s (remake.)

Thats the key, the times were what they were, very sad indeed, I can't even imagine what it must have been like. She was very cruel to her mother and through it all, her mother still loved and cared much about her.

Chris I thought you were sicilian like me

Yes she was very cruel to her mother and in the end would be sorry.

Chris wrote:

Black father, White (Polish) mother.
Ma hey basti pensare a me siciliano nello spirito.

Io il mio amico siciliano

I LOVE old movies, there's just no other film like them, they're the best.

I have a LONG list of favorites in that regard:

The Bat, all three versions from 1926, 1930 and 1959
House on Haunted Hill
The Bat
Invaders from Mars
You Can't Take it With You
Harvey
Rear Window
The Wizard of Oz: 1925 version, not 1939
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Modern Times
Our Hospitality
The Devil Doll
Freaks
The Nanny
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Hold that Ghost!
Anything with the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys
Tarantula
The Thing From Another World
The Kid
The Rains Came
Suddenly (a great underrated Frank Sinatra movie I'd recommend to everybody)
Double Indemnity
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Night of the Hunter
The Tingler
The Mad Magician
Holiday
Bringing up Baby
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Rope
The Trouble with Harry
Nosferatu
The Headless Horseman
Sherlock Jr.
Dr. Jack
It's a Gift (W.C. Fields, another one I'd recommend to everybody, that's about THE funniest movie I've ever seen)
Rebel Without a Cause
Blackboard Jungle
Anatomy of a Murder
East of Eden
The Member of the Wedding
Shadow of a Doubt
Hell's Kitchen
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1933 with Peter Lorre, not James Stewart)
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917 with Mary Pickford, not 1936 with Shirley Temple)

I just LOVE the old movies, there's something great to most of them. It's funny that back then when they didn't have as much money or effects as they do today, they tried harder to give you more entertainment for your money's worth.

I'm a fan of movies period. Love the Golden Age of Hollywood and even the silent era. I know so many kids can't take B & W let alone no dialog. I used to just love silent comedies but grew to appreciate silent dramas as well. Not just for historical import or techniques but as films in and of themselves. They were very un-p.c. back then but in a way that's refreshingly honest. See some Lon Chaney Sr. films and you'll see some of the best acting put to film.

Great choices every body Sorry if I repeat any:

Babes in Toyland (1934)
Any Marx Brothers from 1929 to 1935
Any W.C. Fields
Cat People (1942)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Rodan (1956)
One, two, Three (1961)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain gang (1932)
Death takes a Holliday (1934)
Everything that everyone else has already listed (2010)

Adamwarlock is right on about Lon Chaney Sr.

Yes,

Some of my favorites:

Gone With The Wind
The Wizard of OZ
National Velvet
Top Hat
Shall We Dance(all of the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire films)
Nosferatu(1922)
The Grapes of Wrath
The Best Years of Our Lives
The African Queen
I Want to Live(Susan Hayward)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Wuthering Heights(1939)
Rebecca
Mildred Pierce
It's A Wonderful Life
The Heiress
Imitation Of Life(1934)