Classic Films
Related: About this forumSo I'm really getting into the classics
More specifically gangster movies of the 1930's and 1940's
Here is what I've seen thus far:
"G-men"
"White heat"
"The Saint in New York"
"The Maltesse Falcon"
So for this weekend I have "Little Caesar" on tap. I would love some suggestions from you guys!
Zoonart
(11,922 posts)Forgot all about this! Thanks!
Zoonart
(11,922 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)And a few others from that era, there's lots of fifties movies that are great but other than "Oklahoma" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" my memories fail me.
I still haven't seen the "Maltese Falcon" or "Casablanca" yet and only recently watched "Gone with the wind" but Turner Classic Movies is chock full of oldies.
I normally watch history and documentaries along with movies only, you just have to have your priorities..
Enjoy!
gay texan
(2,490 posts)Glorfindel
(9,750 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)This one lets you enter custom search parameters:
http://unogs.com/
This website lists all the other websites that can search Netflix for you:
https://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-style/11-better-ways-to-find-movies-on-netflix.html/?a=viewall
And this page has the full Netflix sub-genre unique identifier codes to find specific categories of films that don't always show up in a basic search:
http://www.zmonline.com/random-stuff/here-are-the-secret-netflix-codes-that-unlock-tons-of-hidden-movies-and-shows/
pscot
(21,024 posts)Great noir. It was filmed in LA in black and white, and it's a fabulous looking film.
braddy
(3,585 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,530 posts)Angels With Dirty Faces
gay texan
(2,490 posts)Marbgd1
(28 posts)Heya Texas,
Bogart and Bacall, the first I think (1944?): "To have, and to have not". Gads, she was a beautiful creature!
Little known, "Double-indemnity". You can see why Barbara Stanwyck was never typecast as "demure".
Bogart again, but again little known: "The Caine Mutiny" not quite film noir, but has a dark element of humanity
Pretty much any non-western with Robert Mitchum. Esp. menacing in "Cape Fear" (1962) opposite Gregory Peck also "The Big Sleep" ? Many were in color.
and absolutely not a film noir, but almost the last (1964) of the near-perfect black and white films: "The Americanization of Emily" with James Garner and Julie Andrews.
Enjoy. There is much good stuff out there! Never forget Gene Kelly movies for a lift.
catbyte
(34,557 posts)costarring Agnes Moorehead & Brue Bennett
"Out of the Past" is another noir classic, starring Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer & Rhonda Fleming
For classic comedies, it doesn't get any better than "Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant), "The Philadelphia Story" (Hepburn, Grant, Stewart)
Then there's "All About Eve" Unmatched, witty dialog starring Bette Davis, Anna Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Thelma Ritter, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlow, & Marilyn Monroe in one of her early screen roles. FABULOUS! Actually, I might just have to watch it again tonight.
I'm a big classic movie buff. If you want more suggestions, please let me know.
CBHagman
(16,994 posts)Two political films, just for starters:
The Talk of the Town, with Ronald Colman as a SCOTUS nominee, Cary Grant as a fugitive, and Jean Arthur as the small town schoolteacher/housekeeper who knows too much about both of them.
Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in which a jaded Jean Arthur meets up with Capitol Hill newcomer Jimmy Stewart.
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You Can't Take It with You, another Frank Capra classic, this time with Arthur as a woman with a free-spirited family and a rich boyfriend (Stewart again).
Then it's back to Washington for The More the Merrier, in which Jean Arthur survives the housing shortage in wartime D.C. with two housemates, Charles Coburn and Joel McCrea.
gay texan
(2,490 posts)On TCM. That was actually a pretty fun movie. However the bloody silent films that followed after that had me on my ass and just absolute side-splitting laughter