Favorite Old-Timey Movie

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-06-2005, 10:27 PM

I did a search and found nothing, so here's one.

This thread is for listing your favorite old movies. They don't have to be black and white films, but should preferrably be pre-1980 and back.

I'll start.

I like old time movies, but my favorite would have to be Stalag 17, an amazingly funny comedy made in 1953 about WWII POW's.

mortalitas incomitatus · 11-07-2005, 12:12 AM

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
This is my Fave movie of all time.
The slapstick film, with murderous aunts compassionately serving up elderberry wine to elderly gentlemen - with their crazy nephew assisting by burying the unfortunate victims
it is funnier than alot of modern day comedies as it doesnt rely on toilet humour.

Mortimer: Darling, I love you so much I can't go through with our marriage.
Elaine: (drawing back) Have you suddenly gone crazy?
Mortimer: No, no, I don't think so. It's only a matter of time. Look, look darling. You wouldn't want to have children with three heads, would you? I mean, you wouldn't want to set up housekeeping in a padded cell. Oh, it would be bad.
Elaine: What are you talking about?
Mortimer: Well, I don't quite know, Elaine. Look, I probably should have told you this before, but you see, well, Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

ahhhhh....makes me laugh.

Phayte · 11-07-2005, 12:53 AM

My favorite would have to be Cleopatra with Elizabeth Tailor.

tenet_2012 · 11-07-2005, 12:55 AM

ummmm, A Clockwork Orange is a great movie

Teardrop · 11-07-2005, 08:55 AM

The Wizard of Oz. It's a timeless classic.

Teardrop · 11-07-2005, 03:46 PM

I love Breakfast at Tiffany's. The part where Audrey Hepburn sings Moon River is my favourite. It doesn't get any better than that.

mortalitas incomitatus · 11-07-2005, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Santarea

Oh wait, I;m a Goth.

Nosferatu.

oh shit yeah, what were we thinkin?
thanks for um reminding me.
definatly dracula.

mortalitas incomitatus · 11-07-2005, 04:01 PM

but i do love the raven with bela lugousi
i have it on video but i need to find it on dvd, anyone know where i can find it?

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-07-2005, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tenet_2012

ummmm, A Clockwork Orange is a great movie

Congrats Tenet! You just earned some of my respect. That movie didn't even cross my mind, and my SN is based off of it. *slaps forehead*

Ahh well, I'm probably just gonna stick to naming good ol' b&w and pre 70's movies.

Another classic would be FROM THE TERRACE (1960) starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in their second movie together.

Katshin88@Gmail.com · 11-07-2005, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tenet_2012

ummmm, A Clockwork Orange is a great movie

Ahhh, Malcolm McDowell, what a face. I think he potrayed Alex very well.

Oh yeah, my old time movie besides clockwork orange is M.

tenet_2012 · 11-07-2005, 09:00 PM

Did you know that in 1990 some bar in London showed A Clockwork Orange without Kubrick's permission? Kubrick sued the bar and won. The bar was so broke after that that they had to shut-down in 1993. Kubrick was an asshole....

That being said; still a good movie.

Phayte · 11-08-2005, 12:41 AM

Another good oldie is "Army of Darkness". Its so corny it's halarious. Plus bruce was born and raised in my hometown

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-08-2005, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Phayte

Another good oldie is "Army of Darkness". Its so corny it's halarious. Plus bruce was born and raised in my hometown

That is just too awesome, as is Bruce himself. The one shirt I wear the most is my Army of Darkness shirt.

tenet_2012 · 11-08-2005, 08:27 PM

What about another Kubrick film called:

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Awesome movie right ther! Word!

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-08-2005, 11:02 PM

Come to think of it, has anyone here seen Citizen Kane (1941)? It was rated the best movie of all time by the AFI, over Casablanca (#2) and The Godfather (#3).

I'm going to see it regardless, but I would like some input beforehand.

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-10-2005, 03:48 PM

Ok, seeing as how no-one will answer my question, I will provide the list AFI released with the 100 best movies on it. Scroll through to see if any you really like are on it.

This is a just for fun thing. (I personally think Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction should have been much higher)

The Complete List:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Look at the date on most of those. People really knew how to write movies way back when.

secretboy · 11-10-2005, 04:03 PM

They wrote a lot of crappy movies way back when, too. We just don't remember them. :P

1946 - one of my favorite movies of all time, The Big Sleep, was released to theatres. The following year, the Academy Awards snubbed the film entirely. Instead, "Best Picture" went to The Best Years of Our Lives, a movie that, if just for the description, I would have to be held at gunpoint to watch. Big Sleep wasn't even nominated, and Best Years beat out nominees like It's A Wonderful Life which at the very least is a little more memorable these days.

It's all too common to look back at the 'good old days' and see what great things came out of it. But it's often because we've completely overlooked all the fucking crap out there, too.

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-10-2005, 04:13 PM

That is true, but that's also very common in our own little worlds because even when we look at the past through our life, we try to remember the good over the bad. It's just a pychological flaw in humans I guess.

But you're right, some of the best movies were overlooked, while crappy ones were led to fame. I believe this happened with A Clockwork Orange, and I know it happened with Donnie Darko (not an awesome movie but definitely a cult classic worth watching). DD flopped in the movies, then behold, a year later becomes a very well known and liked movie.

secretboy · 11-10-2005, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TheKorovaMilkbar

That is true, but that's also very common in our own little worlds because even when we look at the past through our life, we try to remember the good over the bad. It's just a pychological flaw in humans I guess.

But you're right, some of the best movies were overlooked, while crappy ones were led to fame. I believe this happened with A Clockwork Orange, and I know it happened with Donnie Darko (not an awesome movie but definitely a cult classic worth watching). DD flopped in the movies, then behold, a year later becomes a very well known and liked movie.

Yup. Same with Office Space, and Fight Club. Two movies I really like that did...atrotiously in the box office. Years later they were hits, but at the time...

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-11-2005, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by secretboy

Yup. Same with Office Space, and Fight Club. Two movies I really like that did...atrotiously in the box office. Years later they were hits, but at the time...

And wouldn't you know it, I own all four mentioned. Office Space, Fight Club, A Clockwork Orange, and Donnie Darko.

I like collecting movies of that calibur. And very soon I will be collecting some of the old movies mentioned here in this thread, which is part of the reason I made it. And with two people suggesting Arsenic and Old Lace, it looks like that is one of them, along with The Big Sleep, since you seem to have a similar taste in movies as I do. The only two I have now are Casablanca and Stalag 17. And I'm highly considering buying the Hogan's Heroes collection.

TheKorovaMilkbar · 11-14-2005, 12:14 AM

I watched Casablanca last night. Humphrey Bogart places such an awesome cynic.

Samuel · 11-14-2005, 07:14 AM

I'm going to have to add a plug for Easy Rider, and of course M*A*S*H.

Manimal · 11-19-2005, 03:00 PM

I came here to post this very one:

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

GREAT film. Most on that list I really enjoy.

Beowulf · 01-13-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Santarea

and no one said Plan 9 from outer Space?

sad, sad times indeed

"Plan 9? Ah, yes. Plan 9 deals with the resurrection of the dead. Long distance electrodes shot into the pineal and pituitary gland of the recently dead. "

I love that film, it`s one of my all time favourite B-movies !.

Have you seen `Bride of the Monster` yet ?.

Vorsuc · 01-13-2006, 09:28 PM

Lady in the Lake

Not only is this a classic film noir detective story based on a Ramond Chandler novel of his character Philip Marlowe (The Big Sleep, Strangers on a Train, etc) that has all the usual intrique, mystery, cute dames, treachery and double crossing that are so a part of the genre, but the film asks you to "solve the crime" by piecing together the puzzles and spotting the clues.

To this end the film is shot entirely in first person, which for 1947 makes this a rather unique and enjoyable piece of cinema.

Getting hold of a copy is a pain though, you'll have to track down a VHS copy but if you like film noir, or fancy watching some neat cinematography, I definitely recommend hunting down a copy, it'll be well worth it.