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Favorite old flicks

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Killick, Aug 3, 2008.

  1. The Granny

    The Granny Guest

    Has anyone mentioned, "They Died With Their Boots On" ??
     
  2. Joe Williams

    Joe Williams Well-Known Member

    One of funniest movies of all time, IMHO:

    W.C. Fields' "It's A Gift."

    Think Netflix has it, one of discs in a Fields box set.

    Also:

    "Night of the Hunter" (really creepy Bob Mitchum)
    "All Through The Night" (comic Bogart/gangster caper)
    "Bad Day at Black Rock" (killer cast, full of baddies)
     
  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Reefer Madness

    Birth of a Nation
     
  4. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Birth of a Nation is must-see stuff . . . especially the second half, when the Klan plotline kicks in, big time.
     
  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Chinatown
    Network
    Maltese Falcon
    Casablanca
     
  6. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Since when are Chinatown, Butch Cassidy, Cook Hand Luke, et al OLD movies?

    I saw them when they were first released. :)

    Breakfast at Tiffanys

    Roman Holiday
     
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    It took me a long time to see Breakfast at Tiffany's, but I loved it.
     
  8. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    I'm gonna read the book.
     

  9. Chinatown and Network are both post-1970 films.
     
  10. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    All the Marx Brothers movies.

    The Sound of Music

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Wizard of Oz
     
  11. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Fail-safe is a terrific flick. So is High Noon. Great dramatic storytelling in both.
    And if you're going on just this side of 1970, I've always loved Duel for the unique way it tells a story. It's one of the few examples I can think of where the cinematography really tells the story, not just illustrates it.
     
  12. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    AMC had a Chaplin marathon Saturday night, which meant I got to see "Modern Times" for the first time. Freaking hilarious, and Paulette Goddard (before she gets "cleaned up" at the end) was 10x hotter than most of what Hollywood considers sexy today. I DVR'ed "The Great Dictator" for later this week.
     
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