Good Oldie Films?!
Question: I love old films but haven't seen many, I loved Calamity Jane, Young At Heart and of course Gone with the Wind, I have seen more but just on TV and can't always remember names. Any suggestions
Answers: I love old films but haven't seen many, I loved Calamity Jane, Young At Heart and of course Gone with the Wind, I have seen more but just on TV and can't always remember names. Any suggestions
Four Daughters~"Young at Heart" is the musical version of this classic b&w film. There are two sequels: "Four Wives" and "Four Mothers".
Raintree County~Civil War-era story with Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint
Forever Amber~Linda Darnell, Cornell Wilde and George Sanders~~a period film about a girl who ends up the King of England's mistress
Stella Dallas~Barbara Stanwyck
Born Yesterday~Judy Holliday and William Holden~~It's soooo much better than the Melanie Griffith version! She won the Best Actress Oscar.
Roman Holiday~Audrey Hepburn (U.S. film debut and Best Actress Oscar), Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert
It Happened One Night~Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert~~Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture!
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers~musical
Oklahoma!~musical with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae
Daddy Long Legs~musical with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron
My Fair Lady~musical with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison
The King & I~musical with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner
Bells Are Ringing~musical with Judy Holliday and Dean Martin
Singin' in the Rain~musical with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Conner, plus Jean Hagen in her best role
Carousel~musical with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae
Guys & Dolls~musical with Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando
The Music Man~musical with Shirley Jones and the amazing Robert Preston
Scrooge!~musical with Albert Finny~~It's a wonderful version of "A Christmas Carol"!
Funny Face~musical with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn
The Court Jester~Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, and Angela Lansbury
Charade~Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
Houseboat~Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse~Cary Grant and Myrna Loy
Mr. Hobbes Takes a Vacation~James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara
Yankee Doddle Dandy~James Cagney and Joan Leslie
Pillow Talk~Doris Day and Rock Hudson
Lover, Come Back~Doris Day and Rock Hudson
Casablanca~Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Rebel Without a Cause~James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo
North by Northwest~Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
The Crimson Pirate~piratical adventure with a light tone
Desk Set~Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
Come September~Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin
Where the Boys Are~Dolores Hart and George Hamilton
Vertigo~James Stewart and Kim Novak
Dancing Lady~Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Fred Astaire (film debut)
Cat Ballou~comic Western with Jane Fonda
The Three Lives of Thomasina~I loved this film when I was a little girl and still love it. Thomasina is a cat in this story set in Ireland. Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber, who played brother and sister in "Mary Poppins" (another wonderful film), co-star, along with Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire. If you like cats, you will love this film that is narrated by the cat!
Auntie Mame~Rosalind Russell
Wuthering Heights~Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier
It Started in Naples~Clark Gable and Sophia Loren
To Sir, With Love~Sidney Poitier
Butterflies Are Free~Edward Albert, Jr., Goldie Hawn and Heckart
A Star Is Born~the original with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
To Kill a Mockingbird~Gregory Peck, Mary Badham and Philip Alford
Shenandoah~set in the Civil War, with James Stewart as the patriarch of a family who believes he can stay out of the war
Friendly Persuasion~Quaker family during the Civil War, starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy Maguire (the mother in "Old Yeller", "The Yearling" and "Swiss Family Robinson"~all wonderful films), and Anthony Perkins
I Married a Witch~a cute comedy that inspired "Bewitched", starring Veronica Lake, Fredric March and Cecil Kellaway
Harvey~James Stewart~~This is one of the sweetest, funniest, gentlest comedies ever filmed!
Paper Moon~Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal~~It's not all that old, not like some of the others, but it's a wonderful period film.
No Time for Sergeants~Andy Griffith FUNNY!
A Face in the Crowd~Andy Griffith SCARY!, with Patricia Neal, Lee Remick (film debut), and Walter Matthau
Three Coins in the Fountain~wonderful cast, with three love stories
It's a Wonderful Life~James Stewart and Donna Reed
The African Queen~Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
There are so many films that it's difficult to know where to start and stop. If you want films from a specific genre, I'd be happy with more suggestions. I've been watching movies for 50+ years and am a dedicated film buff; I watch all sorts of movies. Are there specific actors and actresses you prefer? I listed a lot of comedies and musicals.
The African Queen.
On every Christmas.
Psyco!!!! i loved it...
a film that is VERY old.. but timeless and hasn't really dated.. it's spooky
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
it's a wonderful life..1946..
a film everyone should see at least once..
might be on at christmas
Whistle Down the Wind.
swing kids!
The Greatest Show on Earth
Annie get your Gun
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Carousel
Oklahoma
An Affair to Remember
Royal Wedding
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Any of the "Road to" movies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Penny Serenade
Imitation of Life
It.s a Wonderful Life
The Five Pennies
Johnny Belinda
Father Goose
Casablanca is my all-time favorite movie.
Casablance, Some like it Hot, White Christmas, anything with Errol Flynn, many more Maybe look up competitiors for best movie in the ten years you like the most ie. 40-50 and rent those movies. They did a better job of picking back in those days
Breakfast At Tiffany's
To Kill a Mockingbird, with Gregory Peck. It's outstanding!
Rebecca, with Lawrence Olivier
An Affair to Remember, with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
Sgt. York, with Gary Cooper
I Want to Live, with Susan Hayward
Meet Me in St. Louis, with Judy Garland
How Green Was My Valley, with Roddy McDowell (wonderful movie)
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Spring and Port Wine 1969/70, James Mason, Diana Coupland and a fantastic support cast, click it into any search engine and read the comments it's a must see film, hope you get the chance to watch it.
Ray. West York's. U.K.
you echo my sentiments Arthur B.
There are too many that I miss, I have bought some off
Play.com. My favourite musical is Finians Rainbow with Petula Clarke and Tommy Steele. Twinky, susan george and charles bronson. A taste of Honey, Rita Tushingham.
Audrey Hepburn!!!!
Breakfast at Tiffanies and Paris when it sizzles, as well as My Fair Lady
Brilliant! Love her work! shes hilarious!
I scrolled through the list of answers and there are a wonderful selection of really great films there. may I add a, "A Christmas Carol" with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
One thing that the oldies did was tell a story, something that often isn't the case today with all the emphasis on special effects.
Two of my favourite old films are
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
and
Hobsons Choice
Both great films.
Ben Hur is good.!!!
breakfast at Tiffany's operation petticoat is a classic
anything with doris day ,carry grant and audrey hepburn you will enjoy