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Offline BEG

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Old movies
« on: January 19, 2013, 10:04:25 PM »
I have been sick for about a week now. During this snot filled week I have watched countless old movies. One thing I have learned is that Bette Davis was not a very good actress but I loved All About Eve.

Here are a list of what I watched:

All About Eve
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane
Hush Hush Sweet Charolete
Rear Window
It Happened One Night
The Philadelphia Story
A Letter To Three Wives (I had never heard of this movie until I found it on Amazon Prime)
Psycho
Dial M For Murder

Some of them i have seen before but it has been quite awhile. I'm in a classic movie phase, please suggest some of your favorite old movies.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2013, 10:13:44 PM »
I'm a fan of Cary Grant.

"That touch of mink" and "The bachelor and the bobbie sockser" being my favorites.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2013, 10:17:12 PM »
Off the top of my head:

Maureen O'Hara in the Parent Trap...one of my favorites!

Robert Redford & Paul Newman. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Sidney Poitier and Spencer Tracy. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Ben Hur.


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Re: Old movies
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2013, 10:23:06 PM »
Quote from: BEG on January 19, 2013, 10:04:25 PM
I have been sick for about a week now. During this snot filled week I have watched countless old movies. One thing I have learned is that Bette Davis was not a very good actress but I loved All About Eve.

Here are a list of what I watched:

All About Eve
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane
Hush Hush Sweet Charolete
Rear Window
It Happened One Night
The Philadelphia Story
A Letter To Three Wives (I had never heard of this movie until I found it on Amazon Prime)
Psycho
Dial M For Murder

Some of them i have seen before but it has been quite awhile. I'm in a classic movie phase, please suggest some of your favorite old movies.


If you like westerns, try Bite The Bullet with Hackman, Coburn and a few other notables. Fine movie.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2013, 11:29:26 PM »
Seven Days in May - Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Jimmy Stewart

The Great Race - Tony Curtis

Twelve O'Clock High - Gregory Peck



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Re: Old movies
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2013, 11:34:43 PM »
Quote from: Firekrakka on January 19, 2013, 10:17:12 PM
Off the top of my head:

Maureen O'Hara in the Parent Trap...one of my favorites!

Robert Redford & Paul Newman. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Sidney Poitier and Spencer Tracy. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Ben Hur.


I have seen all of those but it has been a long time since I have seen them. When I watch old movies I look up all the stars in the movies.  Of course the big name stars we know but about (somewhat) but I really find it interesting.

One of the women in "A Letter To Three Wives", Linda Darnell, had a tragic life. Her personal life was a mess but she was such a breathtakingly beautiful woman. She ended up dying from burns she got after her house caught fire in the 60's.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2013, 11:38:54 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on January 19, 2013, 11:29:26 PM
Seven Days in May - Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Jimmy Stewart

The Great Race - Tony Curtis

Twelve O'Clock High - Gregory Peck


Kirk Douglas was in A Letter To Three Women.

The only one of those movies I have seen before is Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.

My husband is going to be pissed because of all these old movies I'm going to watch, I won't get anything done. :p
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2013, 11:40:32 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on January 19, 2013, 10:13:44 PM
I'm a fan of Cary Grant.

"That touch of mink" and "The bachelor and the bobbie sockser" being my favorites.

Cary Grant was great in The Philadelphia Story.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2013, 11:42:04 PM »
Quote from: Shooterman on January 19, 2013, 10:23:06 PM
If you like westerns, try Bite The Bullet with Hackman, Coburn and a few other notables. Fine movie.

I do like Westerns, I think I will add that to my list.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2013, 11:47:31 PM »
The Quiet Man

The Best Years of Our Lives

North By Northwest

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Maltese Falcon

On The Waterfront

The Cowboys

The Searchers

Bad Day at Black Rock

Sabrina (the one with Bogart in 1954, not Harrison Ford)

There's more, but I can't think of them right now.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2013, 11:51:20 PM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on January 19, 2013, 11:47:31 PM
The Quiet Man

The Best Years of Our Lives

North By Northwest

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Maltese Falcon

On The Waterfront

The Cowboys

The Searchers

Bad Day at Black Rock

Sabrina (the one with Bogart in 1954, not Harrison Ford)

There's more, but I can't think of them right now.

I almost watched North By Northwest today because its free on Amazon Prime. That may be my next movie.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2013, 12:01:36 AM »
I forgot Yojimbo and The Seven Samurai.

Yojimbo was remade as A Fistful of Dollars amd then Last Man Standing (Bruce Willis).

The Seven Samurai was remade as The Magnificent Seven.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2013, 12:33:17 AM »
How old is old? I would consider a movie thats 45 years old to be old but my parents would rarely watch a movie that "new"

I dont watch many old movies but there are a few I like, if they count as old.

Dr. Strangelove
2001
Spartacus
Goldfinger
Manchurian Candidate
Cool Hand Luke
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2013, 01:46:35 AM »
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2013, 04:12:45 PM »
Some of my faves not previously mentioned:

(I'll go with 30-plus years as "classic" movies)

The Conversation
Key Largo
Double Indemnity
The Longest Day
Raging Bull
Godfather I and II
Being There
Duck Soup
Chinatown
Das Boot
In The Heat Of The Night
Dr. Strangelove
Marty
Ghandi
and a whole slew more...
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2013, 05:14:21 PM »
Quote from: BEG on January 19, 2013, 10:04:25 PM
I'm in a classic movie phase, please suggest some of your favorite old movies.


Old ?These ain't old ...

I like a good Fred Astaire/Rita Hayworth movie anytime ....

Krakka bought me a collection of Oldei Westerns for Christmas we need to crack open ...

Jimmy Stewart made several goodies ...

My Ronnie Reagan collection is good ....
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2013, 07:27:23 AM »
Some of my favorites:

Movies staring Errol Flynn
Captain Blood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Objective Burma
The Sea Hawk

Most John Wayne movies.

Movies staring Cary Grant
Operation Petticoat
Father Goose
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Blandings builds his dream house


Spencer Tracy Films
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Northwest Passage




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Re: Old movies
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2013, 08:57:42 AM »
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2013, 11:28:54 AM »
I like the old Charlie Chan movies, and the Topper movies.
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2013, 11:38:29 AM »
A Bridge too far
The Longest Day
Dirty Dozen,
Big Jake,
McClintock,
Cowboys,
Outlaw Josey Wales,
Benhur,
The Ten Commandments,
Sampson,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid,

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« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2013, 12:25:19 PM »
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2013, 04:00:28 PM »
My all time favorites...I don't really like to watch movies over and over again, but these I can always watch!!

An Affair to Remember w Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. As many times as I have seen it, it still makes me cry.

In Harm's Way w John Wayne and Patricia Neal. This was the last movie I saw with my mother. She was a Navy nurse too, during WWII and looked a lot like Patricia Neal did in this movie.

McClintock w John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Such a fun movie!!

Others:

Paint Your Wagon
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Rio Bravo
The Alamo
Donovan's Reef
The Longest Day
How the West was Won
The Sons of Katie Elder
Chisum
The Green Berets
Mr Roberts
Ensign Pulver
A Bridge Too Far
Back To Bataan
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Re: Old movies
« Reply #23 on: January 21, 2013, 04:08:46 PM »
That's about all I watch other than a few sci-fi/fantasy shows I like.  Many of the ones I like have already been mentioned.

I'm also into British mysteries...currently hooked on Downton Abby, we're on the third season now.  It's more of a drama series, but really well done.  And if anyone else is into British mysteries, Downton Abby is really, really good...lots of well known and good actors too.  

Currently the third season is airing on T.V., but if you want, you can get the first and second season free on Amazon Prime and download those to your set.
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« Reply #24 on: January 21, 2013, 04:41:28 PM »
James Cagney movies, just about all of them.

Humphrey Bogart movies, Casablanca, African Queen, The Caine Mutiny/i] and a host of others

Once Upon a Time in America Robert DeNiro

Edward G Robinson Little Caesar, Key Largo



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