The Old Movie Thread

elvendrummer87 · 11-06-2002, 05:22 PM

What's your favorite really old movie? (like, whenever - 1965)
I'd have to say mine was a toss up between It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old LAce, and Kiss Me Kate.

**crickhollow** · 11-06-2002, 05:37 PM

I like _Three Guys Named Mike_ (I don't know why I like it, I just do)
and old war movies like _Battleground_, where the hero always gets together with the French country girl, and no one (except maybe the hero's wisecracking budd, who always hails from New York) gets killed. Seriously wounded maybe, but not killed.

the one involving Cary Grant and the empire state building (it features prominently in some 'recent' romance movie--Sleepless in Seattle, maybe?)

An American in Paris, as well as most old musicals.

The Court Jester--a comedy blockbuster, and most expensive movie of its day.

Take your pick, I've got more.

GandalfTheWhite · 11-06-2002, 10:03 PM

dont know when it was made but i like the odd couple

Lizra · 11-06-2002, 10:52 PM

I don't watch many movies, but I really like "Sargent York", about the famous World War One hero. Gary Cooper is wonderful, and they talk pretty funny!

mirrille · 11-06-2002, 11:58 PM

I've got a ton of picks, but I'll just name the first few that come to mind:

Roman Holiday - I could watch this over and over. It's such a charmer. Audrey Hepburn. Gregory Peck. What more could you ask for?

Lawrence of Arabia - Wow!

Singin' in the Rain - Cute and funny. Catchy tunes and dazzlingly dance numbers. Gene Kelly is my idol.

GandalfTheWhite · 11-07-2002, 12:51 AM

is the graduate old enough for this topic, cuz i just remembered it and that movie is AWESOME!

BeardofPants · 11-07-2002, 01:01 AM

I think I have too many.

I love Breakfast at Tiffanys, and Laurence of Arabia, and the Bridge on the River Kwai.

For very old, I'd have to go with Metropolis. Quite possibly one of the most amazing films I have ever seen... the fact that it is a silent film limits its profundity in no way.

***azalea*** · 11-07-2002, 08:39 AM

I love A Night at the Opera, Some Like it Hot, My Man Godfrey, Auntie Mame, A good REALLY old one is The Black Pirate. There are so many good old movies! I love Turner Classic Movies and American Movie Classics -- they show old movies with no (or very few) commercials!

Draken · 11-08-2002, 05:40 AM

Well just a few for starters...

It's a Wonderful Life - obviously!

Doctor Zhivago - David Lean directing, Julie Christie so beautiful it almost hurt to look at her, wonderful sense of what huge historic events do to ordinary people - and a classic sad ending.

The Haunting - the superbly atmospheric 1960s b&w original, not tha pants remake.

And a little out of period (1970s)...Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter...no I kid you not, ironic British Hammer horror at its height, with Caroline Munro at her sultry best!

BeardofPants · 11-08-2002, 07:12 AM

Well, I just bought Birth of a Nation, M, and Plan 9 from Outter Space. Should be interesting!

Philia · 11-08-2002, 11:33 PM

Well, I have alot.

Cyrano De Bergerac (the original)
Wizard of Oz

Casablanca
Mary Poppins
The Grapes of Wrath
Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
And My all time favorite.~ The Three Faces of Eve

Elven Archer · 11-10-2002, 09:20 PM

well i'm not sure when they were made but i know they're old

Eldorado
The Sons of Katie Elder
Mister Roberts
and i can't think of the name but it's John Wayne's first movie
and then his last ( i think )....
The Shootist (i think i spelt that wrong)

I like John Wayne movies

the wizard of oz for some reason creeps me out. so does alice in wonderland

Coney · 11-10-2002, 09:31 PM

The Great Escape.

Any of the old Laurel and Hardy films

King Kong.

Jonny Weissmuller Tarzan movies.

Nosferatu.

Practically all the Hitchcock thrillers

Ben Hur

Loads of others.................

galadriel88 · 11-11-2002, 12:10 PM

Oi! Where to begin?

The Glass Bottom Boat
Practically all musicals I've ever seen but especially Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Bye, Bye, Birdie, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, and The Music Man
McClintock
Double Indemnity (sp?)
All Disney cartoons

More as I think of them...

Oh, and Lizra, the best way I can think of to spend a boring afternoon is curled up on the couch watching TCM or AMC! I love those channels!

elvendrummer87 · 11-18-2002, 08:18 PM

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Originally posted by azalea
I love A Night at the Opera, Some Like it Hot, My Man Godfrey, Auntie Mame, A good REALLY old one is The Black Pirate. There are so many good old movies! I love Turner Classic Movies and American Movie Classics -- they show old movies with no (or very few) commercials!

I love all of those movies! I forgot to mention I like all the "Road to..." pictures with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and almost all of Danny Kaye's movies.
Our stupid cable company doesn't offer TCM and whenever I turn on AMC it always has something weird on. For instance, when I get home, "MAsk" will be on. *shudder*

Elven Archer · 11-23-2002, 03:42 PM

i'm not sure how old this one is but Paul Newman was young in it and he's kinda old now. anyway it's Cool Hand Luke.

Quote:

I don't watch many movies, but I really like "Sargent York", about the famous World War One hero.

I watched Sargent York in 6th grade and really liked it.

galadriel · 12-02-2002, 10:40 PM

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Originally posted by Draken The Haunting - the superbly atmospheric 1960s b&w original, not tha pants remake.

Yeah, the remake was terrible. Once again, Hollywood replaces phychological horror and suspense with cheesy special effects.

**crickhollow** · 12-03-2002, 08:45 PM

has anyone said White Christmas? I love that movie

***Khamûl*** · 12-04-2002, 01:02 AM

I like Casablanca. Another one of my favorites is 12 Angry Men.

And Godzilla movies. Gotta love guys fighting in big rubber suits.

Miranda · 12-04-2002, 05:34 AM

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Originally posted by Khamûl
I like Casablanca. Another one of my favorites is 12 Angry Men.

And Godzilla movies. Gotta love guys fighting in big rubber suits.

Casablanca!!! Oh I love Casablanca and Gone with the Wind too. I also like the black and white Nosferatu (Dracula) its really creepy- scary than the commercial horror rolled out these days. Mx

11-06-2002, 05:22 PM	#1
elvendrummer87 Enting Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: new jersey Posts: 80	The Old Movie Thread What's your favorite really old movie? (like, whenever - 1965) I'd have to say mine was a toss up between It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old LAce, and Kiss Me Kate.

11-06-2002, 05:37 PM	#2
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	I like _Three Guys Named Mike_ (I don't know why I like it, I just do) and old war movies like _Battleground_, where the hero always gets together with the French country girl, and no one (except maybe the hero's wisecracking budd, who always hails from New York) gets killed. Seriously wounded maybe, but not killed. the one involving Cary Grant and the empire state building (it features prominently in some 'recent' romance movie--Sleepless in Seattle, maybe?) An American in Paris, as well as most old musicals. The Court Jester--a comedy blockbuster, and most expensive movie of its day. Take your pick, I've got more. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

11-06-2002, 10:03 PM	#3
GandalfTheWhite Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 297	dont know when it was made but i like the odd couple __________________ "Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council." -Gandalf The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. "He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom." -Gandalf "A thing is about to happen which has not happened since the Elder Days: the Ents are going to wake up and find that they are strong." -Gandalf

11-06-2002, 10:52 PM	#4
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I don't watch many movies, but I really like "Sargent York", about the famous World War One hero. Gary Cooper is wonderful, and they talk pretty funny! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

11-07-2002, 12:51 AM	#6
GandalfTheWhite Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 297	is the graduate old enough for this topic, cuz i just remembered it and that movie is AWESOME! __________________ "Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council." -Gandalf The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. "He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom." -Gandalf "A thing is about to happen which has not happened since the Elder Days: the Ents are going to wake up and find that they are strong." -Gandalf

11-06-2002, 11:58 PM	#5
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	I've got a ton of picks, but I'll just name the first few that come to mind: Roman Holiday - I could watch this over and over. It's such a charmer. Audrey Hepburn. Gregory Peck. What more could you ask for? Lawrence of Arabia - Wow! Singin' in the Rain - Cute and funny. Catchy tunes and dazzlingly dance numbers. Gene Kelly is my idol.

11-07-2002, 01:01 AM	#7
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I think I have too many. I love Breakfast at Tiffanys, and Laurence of Arabia, and the Bridge on the River Kwai. For very old, I'd have to go with Metropolis. Quite possibly one of the most amazing films I have ever seen... the fact that it is a silent film limits its profundity in no way. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-07-2002, 08:39 AM	#8
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I love A Night at the Opera, Some Like it Hot, My Man Godfrey, Auntie Mame, A good REALLY old one is The Black Pirate. There are so many good old movies! I love Turner Classic Movies and American Movie Classics -- they show old movies with no (or very few) commercials!

11-08-2002, 05:40 AM	#9
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Well just a few for starters... It's a Wonderful Life - obviously! Doctor Zhivago - David Lean directing, Julie Christie so beautiful it almost hurt to look at her, wonderful sense of what huge historic events do to ordinary people - and a classic sad ending. The Haunting - the superbly atmospheric 1960s b&w original, not tha pants remake. And a little out of period (1970s)...Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter...no I kid you not, ironic British Hammer horror at its height, with Caroline Munro at her sultry best! __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

11-08-2002, 07:12 AM	#10
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Well, I just bought Birth of a Nation, M, and Plan 9 from Outter Space. Should be interesting! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-08-2002, 11:33 PM	#11
Philia Enting Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 57	Well, I have alot. Cyrano De Bergerac (the original) Wizard of Oz Casablanca Mary Poppins The Grapes of Wrath Citizen Kane Gone with the Wind And My all time favorite.~ The Three Faces of Eve __________________ Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away. --Unknown What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. --Robert Louis Stevenson Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. --Unknown Love your enemies. It really pisses them off! --Unknown Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. --Jeanne Moreau, French Actress We are never so helplessly unhappy as when we lose love. --Sigmund Freud

11-10-2002, 09:20 PM	#12
Elven Archer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: America! Posts: 480	well i'm not sure when they were made but i know they're old Eldorado The Sons of Katie Elder Mister Roberts and i can't think of the name but it's John Wayne's first movie and then his last ( i think ).... The Shootist (i think i spelt that wrong) I like John Wayne movies the wizard of oz for some reason creeps me out. so does alice in wonderland __________________ "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 'it goes on'." ~robert frost

11-10-2002, 09:31 PM	#13
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	The Great Escape. Any of the old Laurel and Hardy films King Kong. Jonny Weissmuller Tarzan movies. Nosferatu. Practically all the Hitchcock thrillers Ben Hur Loads of others................. __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

11-11-2002, 12:10 PM	#14
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Oi! Where to begin? The Glass Bottom Boat Practically all musicals I've ever seen but especially Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Bye, Bye, Birdie, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, and The Music Man McClintock Double Indemnity (sp?) All Disney cartoons More as I think of them... Oh, and Lizra, the best way I can think of to spend a boring afternoon is curled up on the couch watching TCM or AMC! I love those channels! __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

12-03-2002, 08:45 PM	#18
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	has anyone said White Christmas? I love that movie __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

12-04-2002, 01:02 AM	#19
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I like Casablanca. Another one of my favorites is 12 Angry Men. And Godzilla movies. Gotta love guys fighting in big rubber suits. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

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