Favorite old flicks

Tired of the current crop of films of late, I've been rediscovering some great old H'wood films -- had never seen Lawrence of Arabia until this weekend and was floored by what a great piece of work it was. So, friends, point me in the direction of your fave
old films (say, pre-1970) that I should check out.

I've always dug Twelve Angry Men, Going My Way, South Pacific, Sgt. York, Midway, and of course It's a Wonderful Life. Lawrence now tops the list.

So what's next in my queue?

 

A Bridge Too Far is a good one. To Hell And Back is another, if you like war flicks.

 

lots of great character- and dialogue-driven black and whites that are pure gold.

it happened one night is a good one.

if you have a vcr (ha), get your hands on "you're a big boy now" ... my favorite movie.

 

also, "hell in the pacific" is classic.

 

Bridge on the River Kwai

Pride of the Yankees

City Lights

Citizen Kane

 

The original Father of the Bride is a classic.

 

I am addicted to Turner Classic Movies. I have too many favorite classic movies to list, but I definitely include Citizen Kane, The Thin Man (and its sequels), Now Voyager, To Have and Have Not, It Happened One Night, Metropolis and African Queen on my list.

 

nice pull on african queen.

 

Good list to start off with, though must resist the siren call, as this is outing territory, and shouldn't go too far.

Duck Soup remains the greatest comedy in cinematic history, however.

 

I'm going to pounded for this, but...
While I enjoy Citizen Kane, I just never saw a reason to put it up there in the pantheon of "greatest ever" that seems the
popular sentiment.
And I also don't get Bogart. Dude just creeps me out for some reason, so I can enjoy African Queen but my dislike of Bogart just distracts me too much.

Gotta check out some of these others, tho.

 

I wouldn't pretend to rank them, just throwing some out there ...

All the Bogart movies. Dark Passage is underrated.

Original Flight of the Phoenix

Harvey [/sf_express]

Days of Wine and Roses

To Kill a Mockingbird

Gone With The Wind

East of Eden

Giant

 

Big Sleep is awe-inspiring, as is Maltese Falcon.

For all his problems, Peter Lorre was riveting.