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Touch of Evil
White Heat The Public Enemy Rope Sunset Boulevard Strangers on a Train |
The two most notable are Stalag 17 and Bringing Up Baby, but pretty much all of the classics starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Danny Kaye or William Holden.
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Many from the Hitchcock classics.
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A lot of posters here that would really enjoy this one:
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Shit, along with "the Thin Man" and "The Best Years of our Lives", I forgot "Giant", and (yes, I admit it), "Gone with the Wind"
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Anything with WC Fields
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3 stooges
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WC is the best
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Oddly enough the company that owned Playtex also owned a large chain of TV stations and rights to a huge movie library. That's why I got to see Hope/Crosby and the Marx Brothers. Fields got second wind when I was in college and suddenly the movies theatres would run his movies. There were 5 classic Hitchcock movies, Rope being one of them that were tied up in legal issues until Hitchcock died. On the other hand, some movies are out of copyright. There's a couple of brothers here in town that own a couple of art theatres. They teamed up with a guy who had a collection of films out of copyright and converted them to VHS. Mostly film noir or 60's sci-fi. They sold well. One of the brothers told me it was all in the artwork on the box cover. They paid an artist to do really colorful art and people snapped them up. I guess they had tried simple B&W shots from the movies and no one would buy them. |
some like it hot, kitty foyle, lamp post, gone with the wind, wizard of oz, bell book and candle, jane eyre, and on and on
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Oooh, already mentioned three of my big faves:
The Third Man Sunset Boulevard Strangers on a Train All About Eve is another favorite of mine. And fucking Jailhouse Rock. Also love Robert Mitchum movies: The Night of the Hunter Thunder Road |
Wages of Fear
ride the high country (1962 but thought it good enough to deserve a pass) invasion of the body snatchers |
Come on, you guys haven't even begun to scratch the surface yet.
Nice to see White Heat mentioned, and that Cagney hasn't been forgotten. I'll also add in Captains of the Clouds, another Cagney film. Sahara with Humphrey Bogart. In fact anything with Bogart. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) 1956 was a great year, brought Godzilla to the world. The Flying Saucer (1950) |
The Great Dictator with Charlie Chaplin :thumbsup
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Damn, everyone here has great taste. I love all the movies mentioned as well as the Thin Man series... Powell & Loy were a great combo :thumbsup
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I haven't actually seen this one yet, but I see it's going to be on TCM next Saturday, have my PVR set to record it. |
The Thing from Another World
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Sunset Boulevard, yes... forgot that one.
The Lady Vanishes Dr. Jeckyll, Mr. Hyde - it's silent. I watched it recently and it was captivating. A true piece of movie-making gold. |
What a great thread Chris - definitely love all the Universal Monster films of which you mentioned Frankenstein (my favorite of all of them).
Citizen Kane is up there for sure Casablanca Big Sleep Ben Hur Wizard of Oz Gone with the Wind (which is still the top box office film once you count for inflation) |
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1939 had TEN. Plus several more solid contenders. I think most people today really don't grasp that, the sheer magnitude of the movie lineup from that particular year. |
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Don't forget Hitchcock
North by northwest Notorious Lifeboat To catch a thief Etc. |
I'll add another to my list that I watched the other night.
The Desert Fox Always wanted to see it, never got around to it until recently. Excellent portrayal of Rommel by James Mason. |
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I think I've seen 95% of the movies listed... they're all excellent to great... mine would be (off the top of my head):
Casablanca The Devil and Daniel Webster Public Enemy Singin' in the Rain I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gaing Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Fountainhead City Lights The Crimson Pirate Shit there's no way to post in this thread without spending hours at it... lol They Drive By Night It Came From Outer Space War of the Worlds North by Northwest The Brain From Planet Arous The Time Machine Fuckit or I'll never stop :1orglaugh :D |
Also King Kong, Edge of Darkness, Angels with Dirty Faces aargh I have to stop!
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HG Wells, The Time Machine.
Great story. |
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