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Title: old movies
Post by: Jay92 on June 16, 2011, 03:28:04 PM

anyone recomend good old movies?


i love films likesomelike it hot, breakfast at tiffany's,the misfits,casablanca,rebel without a cause,giant,singing in the rain,gone with the wind

any marilyn monroe,audrey hepburn,clark gable,james dean films i love

i just love the oldies

any good ones?

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: Demosthenes on June 16, 2011, 03:29:53 PM

I'm a big fan of old spaghetti westerns, like the Man With No Name trilogy.

Also a fan of cheesy old sci-fi films like "Logan's Run".

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: pbsaurus on June 16, 2011, 04:21:30 PM

Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my all time favorites.  We have the Stanford Theater nearby which shows the classics on the big screen I've seen lots there.

I love the Hitchcock ones.  Check out Vertigo, Man Who Knew Too Much, Dial M For Murder, To Catch A Thief, etc.

Kind Hearts and Coronets is a fantastic Alec Guiness one.
Roman Holiday is another good one.
Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz both came out in '39.  What a year!

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: Min on June 16, 2011, 08:19:23 PM

Clue is pretty old.  So is Clueless.

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: Acrossmultiverse on June 17, 2011, 09:12:06 AM

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 16, 2011, 04:21:30 PM

I love the Hitchcock ones.  Check out Vertigo, Man Who Knew Too Much, Dial M For Murder, To Catch A Thief, etc.

Hitchcock's movies are fantastic (of course not all of them!). "Strangers on a train", "Vertigo" and "Rear Window" are my favourite ones (James Stewart is such a great actor).
Since you like Audrey Hepburn, I recommend you "Charade" of Stanley Donen with the marvelous Cary Grant. Talking about M. Grant, he also played in "Monkey Business" with Marilyn Monroe, this movie was not really interesting but still a nice comedy to watch. Another mythical actress : Bette Davis, in my opinion this woman has class. I loved her in "All about Eve" by Mankievicz.
I love all Chaplin's movies, M. Verdoux is not well known but really interesting. "Freaks" of Tod Browning is a movie you have to watch. Of course "King-Kong" (the first version, of Cooper and Schoedsack).

I could recommand you some old french movies : "The River" (Jean Renoir); "The Beauty and the Beast" (Jean Cocteau) which is really poetic; if you like the New Wave and Brigitte Bardot, you should watch "Et Dieu... créa la Femme" (Roger Vadim).

Ok, I have to stop now. Hope you'll find at least one movie that you like. :)

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: ivan on June 17, 2011, 10:31:16 AM

The French have made 3 superb movies:

1. Fantômas (1964) of André Hunebelle with the versatile Jean Marais and the delightful Louis de Funès.
2. Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) of André Hunebelle with the versatile Jean Marais and the delightful Louis de Funès.
3. Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1966) of André Hunebelle with the versatile Jean Marais and the delightful Louis de Funès.

Unfortunately, they are not available on Netflix.

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: Demosthenes on June 17, 2011, 10:48:02 AM

One older film I recently re-enjoyed (via Netflix) was the Michael York version of "The Three Musketeers".

One of the better interpretations of Dumas, in my opinion.  The original novel is actually quite funny and is very tongue-in-cheek, and not all the film approaches have nailed this quite right.  I've always liked the early 90s version (with Charlie Sheen!), but that one deviated from the plot too much in key areas, and made it almost TOO slapstick for my liking.

As for the one starring Michael York, it has a bonus: Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu!

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: ivan on June 17, 2011, 11:15:14 AM

Yeah, Chuck was great as the Cardinal! I love the part where Porthos grabs him, and he snarls "Prenez vos pattes sales sur moi, vous damn singe sale!" And then when Athos and D'Artagnan blow up the palace the Cardinal yells "Vous Maniacs! Vous l'avez fait sauter! Ah, maudit! Dieu vous damner tous en enfer!" And when he catches Aramis in bed with the Queen he yells "C'est une maison de fous! Une maison de fous!" And it's hilarious how Richelieu breaks the 4th wall when he turns to the audience, twirls his mustache, cocks an eyebrow and asks "Une planète où les singes ont évolué à partir des hommes?"

Wait, I might be thinking of something else...

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on June 17, 2011, 12:59:26 PM

I really enjoyed The Night of the Hunter (1955).

Title: Re: old movies
Post by: pbsaurus on June 17, 2011, 01:46:47 PM

Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari are both pretty trippy.  But it sounds like you really like the 50s era of American cinema.

Haven't seen The Three Musketeers.  I'll have to check that one out.  My two favourite French films are newer (Man Bites Dog and The Closet) but I do like some of the older ones.