Favorite Classic Films?

about 1970 i saw a film "little fauss and big halsey" about motorcycle racers.i've never seen it on t.v. and i've never seen it at video stores......the cast included michael pollard and robert redford in the title roles.

 

Casablanca
Bringing Up Baby
North by Northwest
The Graduate
Cool Hand Luke
The Rack
Dr. Zhivago (the original)
anything with WC Fields
any westerns with Gene Autry or Roy Rogers
Rio Bravo (cause I love Ricky Nelson)
GWTW
Blue Hawaii (cause I was born there)

 

after reading the news about aig insurance useing government bailout money to pay bonuses to some employees i began to think of the 1990's film "quiz show".do the employees accept the money or do they take the high road and turn it down?the film dealt with a similar dilema during the game show scandel of the 1950's.

 

busby berkeley films. "42nd street" etc.........."shaft"and the great soundtrack by issac hayes....."the sting" a great story.the soundtrack didn't really fit the era of the story.but it was my introduction to the great music of scott joplin......"all that jazz" directed by bob fosse and probably about himself......these were a few films that to me the music was important to.

 

about '68 disney studios produced "the gnome-mobile".it was based on a depression era story by upton sinclair.walter brennen stars in the movie with a message of forest conservation .

 

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the passing of actor henry gibson made me think of the 1976 robert altman film nashville.several intertwining stories set in nashville mostly about the country western industry.pretty good movie.

 

You should have figured some sucker for 70s movie flicks would post it on youtube

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I have to say that Casablanca is my all time favorite classic movie. It's pretty much PERFECT in every way that a movie should be. With that being said, I can't even begin to list all of my favorites; there's just too many.

 

The Searchers

it's an old western starring John Wayne. it's a classic

 

I think Casablanca is the greatest movie ever made. I've probably seen it a dozen times or more, and every time I see something different in it that I'd missed before. The dialogue is so witty ... there aren't a lot of obvious jokes, but there's dry, subtle humor that you might not catch the first time through. And the DVD has a fascinating commentary track by Roger Ebert. This was one of his alltime favorites, too.

So many great scenes ... the La Marseillaise scene with the Germans ... the film noir scene with Rick and Sam ("of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine") ... and of course the famous closing scene. Bogey was as studley as can be, and Ingrid Bergman was so beautiful she took your breath away.

It's so funny that at the time it was made, it was considered to be a good film, but not necessarily a great one.

If I remember correctly, the last time I rented the DVD, you had the choice of watching a colorized version or the original black-and-white. This is one movie that I cannot imagine being colorized. The lighting and effects are so perfect in black-and-white. I hope they've removed that choice now.

 

There are so many great classic films I'd literally have to write down hundreds of them down as being favorites,almost all of them having been made during the 1930s-70s .--- I agree TCM is a great channel,and in my opinion most of the so-called best movies made from the 1980s-to present will NEVER be considered classics.They won't even be considered good.

 

I have to disagree with you. It seems to me that in every era, there are 5% or so (just to pick a figure) of artistic efforts -- movies, books, music -- that transcend that era and become "classics".

Just to give an example, people talk about the late 50's being the "golden age" of rock n' roll, but the truth is, the majority of the stuff being produced then was ca-ca. But with selective memory, we only remember the stuff that was great. Same with the "golden age" of television. The stuff that was really good stands out, and so that's what we remember.

It also goes in cycles. Sometimes we go a few years with nothing but crap coming out of Hollywood, with everyone copying everyone else, and then suddenly some filmmaker will break the logjam and give us something wonderful.

I think we'll have more "classic" movies and music in the future.

 

caliente,I know they still come out with a few good films however there were so many good to great films released each and every year during the 1930s-70s.So the volume(the amount) of good films,not only what are considered classics now,but even entertaining grade B movies they made during that time period was amazing.--Nowadays they may come out with maybe 3 or 4 good movies a year.I realize I may be biased against contemporary films,but Hollywood seems to have forgotten or is not capable of making quality movies anymore for the most part.I know my opinion may be a little extreme,because people still go to the movies.lol

 

Speaking for myself, I go to less and less all the time, for a couple of reasons ... most movies made today are terribly violent, which upsets me too much, and also because it annoys me to pay $10 for the privilege of watching commercials.

 

Last time I went to the movies was in 2002.In addition to not liking the movies they make nowadays I agree with you about movies being too violent and or graphic.And as far as commercials go in the theater,I agree with you on that too,it is rediculous and un-acceptable that they even show them in the cinema.

 

I DVR'd...
North By Northwest,
The Day The Earth Stood Still, and
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

All from TCM.

 

Have you used Netflix? I haven't but I'm thinking about it. I've worn out the front door to Blockbuster by now, but they're closing more and more of them all the time.

 

I have not used Netflix,so I'm not familiar with them.--Since I mainly enjoy the older movies,I stick to Turner Classic Movies,and the Encore Western channel for good older western movies and tv shows.

 

my next choice would be "network" from about 1975.it had a good cast and was entertaining.the 70's was one of my favorite decades for films.i think there are still good movies being made but not as many as there used to be.