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Post by GerryT on Feb 4, 2008 16:39:59 GMT -5
Gone With the Wind and Wizard of Oz both fall into this category.
Among the best of the era.
Gone With the Wind was one of the first full length color productions.
And Wizard of Oz cleverly used color for the Oz portions and black and white for the Kansas scenes.
And Bogie and Bergman in Casablanca. This great film is even older than Tim and I, and it is still mesmerizing to watch. Here's looking at you, kid!
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Post by fit on Feb 4, 2008 19:10:03 GMT -5
Spirit of St. Louis, White Christmas, The Thin Man series with Loy and Powell  |
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Post by mrbeefy on Feb 4, 2008 20:09:16 GMT -5
I heard about "some" of those movies, but I think they're before my time! LOL! ;D
How about some of the "Little Rascals"? Now THAT's classic!
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Post by Karrie on Feb 5, 2008 12:53:20 GMT -5
My favorite older movies are:
Gone with the Wind
The ORIGINAL-Miracle on 34th St
ALL of Elvis's movies
Singing in the Rain
Oklahoma
Mary Poppins-great Soundtrack
Some Like it Hot
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad World
South Pacific
Sound of Music
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Post by fit on Feb 5, 2008 18:03:05 GMT -5
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad World South Pacific LOL! A quick bit of personal history with both (and why we own them on DVD). #1- my parents got married in a small town and had a weekend honeymoon "in the big city"- and the big thing was going to see Mad Mad world. ;D #2- My wife's father is in South Pacific... somewhere...  he was in the marines and is in the extras in that scene on the beach. |
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Post by Karrie on Feb 6, 2008 9:21:40 GMT -5
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad World South Pacific LOL! A quick bit of personal history with both (and why we own them on DVD). #1- my parents got married in a small town and had a weekend honeymoon "in the big city"- and the big thing was going to see Mad Mad world. ;D #2- My wife's father is in South Pacific... somewhere... he was in the marines and is in the extras in that scene on the beach. That is so neat about your parents! My mom still tells me how popular that movie was when it first came out!
How COOL that your father-in-law was an extra in the movie! Do you guys do like the "Look, look there he is...." when people watch the movie with you guys? |
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Post by GerryT on Feb 6, 2008 12:52:14 GMT -5
That is cool, Chris!! I have a Rodgers & Hammerstein DVD collection including South Pacific, Oklahoma, Sound of Music and The King and I.
All of them terrific.
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Post by Sareen on Feb 16, 2008 2:58:39 GMT -5
Casablanca
CinemaPardisco
A street car named desire
Citizen kane
Macenna's gold
Sunset blvd
Sound of music
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Post by GerryT on Feb 16, 2008 14:53:24 GMT -5
Great list, Ein.
My mom saw the original stage production in 1947 (that was even before MY time! ;D ) with a very young Marlon Brando and with Jessica Tandy as Blanche.
The movie was haunting and an emotional experience. What makes it ironic and chilling was that Vivien Leigh was actually having emotional problems at the time and undergoing therapy.
So the art imitating life parallel is very much there.
And a great film from 1948 is the Snake Pit, which showed the horrors of a mental hospital and a patient (played brilliantly by Olivia de Havilland) wrongfully committed. The scene where she undergoes electric shock treatment is harrowing to this day.
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Post by beckie on Feb 23, 2008 23:06:40 GMT -5
Rebel Without a Cause Giant(with Elizabeth Taylor) The Marx brothers silent films were also a hoot if you haven't seen them  |
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Post by tonyboloni on Mar 18, 2008 14:02:34 GMT -5
Holy crap! Those flying monkeys scared the crap outta me when I was a kid.
The witch...not so much; she looked like some old bat down the street who didn't hand out candy on Trick or Treat.
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he was in the marines and is in the extras in that scene on the beach.
