Classic movies

My All-Time favorite movie has always been White Christmas. I love listening to Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney sing. When I hear Bing Crosby sing it reminds me of how my Grandpa sings. It's like a warm hug. That movie is just so wholesome and it leaves you feeling good. I love movies with dancing and singing, perferably both. That one just tops all!

I am going to say something between the obvious classic and the "is it a classic?"..........Out of Africa. Love that movie, definitely a true classic!

I love To Kill A Mockingbird. It is such a good story and Robert Duval"s first movie.
Cool Hand Luke is a great movie, and Farewell To The King is also one of my all time favorites.

Originally Posted by krazy kat2

I love To Kill A Mockingbird. It is such a good story and Robert Duval"s first movie.

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I forgot all about that movie - it has been years since I have seen it. Gregory Peck was gorgeous!

My top 3:

Gone With the Wind

The African Queen

Casablanca

For pure, mindless entertainment, I pop some popcorn and put on Blazing Saddles.

I also have a good collection of John Wayne and Mae West movies.

Rocky Horror Picture Show Is that a classic!?!

i love it!

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Is that a classic!?!

i love it!

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Of course it is! I met Richard O'Brien last year or was that the year before?? - he was SO nice - you would have liked him!

Casablanca is the one classic moive i have never seen yet
i keep meaning to sit and watch it, but never do.

Oh, some excellent choices here! But the classic picture I both love and admire the most is To Kill A Mockingbird. It has the most humble and humane hero I know in all of fiction. It's a flawless adaptation of a flawless book... timeless... meaningful... personal and universal, small and vast, at the same time.

Anyone who hasn't seen it... or read the book... do it soon. It enriches your soul.

Bell, Book, and Candle (1958)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051406/

I really love Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Rear Window, West Side Story, Psycho, The Haunting, and Mary Poppins! Those are just some of my favorite classics!

Tricia

Any movie with Danny Kaye, Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, or Bing Crosby are my favorites!

Although, my all-time favorite would have to be White Christmas.

Now, please keep in mind that I am only 21 and I LOVE oldies, most people my age have never even heard of the old movies, it's so sad, they are really missing out.

Oh yeah, I also love Westside Story and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers!

The real classic movies are still new in this house (our cable only brought in Turner Classic Movies less than a year ago), so I'm still catching up, but I really like Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. I've seen it 3 times already and I can't get tired of it. Wait Until Dark (with Audrey Hepburn) was good too, and, of course, Charlie Chaplin's movies are great classics (only seen The Circus so far, though... lol). But other than that, no other old movie sticks out in my mind (I saw the original King Kong, but that movie was baaaaaaaad! lol)

My all time favorite is "Gone With the Wind". Love the movie and the book. I think I can recite every line (drives DH nuts!)

Also love:
Quiet Man (another one I know almost every line)
Bringing up Baby (LOVE Katherine Hepburn!)
It's a Wonderful Life (can't have Christmas without it)
Miracle on 34th St. (the original)

I have to thank my mom for my love of musicals. I love all of them!
Sound of Music
King and I
White Christmas
Singing in the Rain
Brigadoon
Oklahoma
My Fair Lady
Going My Way

The list could go on and on.....

Originally Posted by adymarie

What is your fav classic movie and why?



I tend to enjoy the musicals like South Pacific and White Christmas. My all time fav is Court Jester with Danny Kaye. I think the comedy in it is absolutely brilliant (the pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle, the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true) and Danny Kaye plays the part to perfection

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I've always loved the old Hammer horror films. My dad has a collection of stills from these pictures and I grew up watching them -- I was always fascinated by the old school Hollywood horror movie monsters. And I always rooted for the underdog.

Other than the Hammer flicks, I have a special place in my heart for Arsenic and Old Lace.

Oh yeah, and I love the original Around the World In 80 Days!!!!

Originally Posted by Kiwideus

Of course it is!

I met Richard O'Brien last year or was that the year before?? - he was SO nice - you would have liked him!

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Oh coool..that is Rif Raf right?

I never was into Musicals, I go for drama's. Loved The Godfather and offbeat movies like the orginal Planet of the Apes with my favorite actor Charlton Heston. Of course I have always loved the old 'B' movies which scared the heck out of me as a kid like, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman, they used to be known as horror movies, today there is just too much gore in the horror movies so I don't see them. I also loved The Bridges of Madison County, always loved a good romantic movie but not a comedy, a true drama.

Originally Posted by ShopCat

"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"-a must see black n white.
"Duel"-I think it's Steven Speilberg's first movie.

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Oh I loved Duel and watch it any time it's on TV, it's scary cuz it could really happen. That's why I always liked Alfred Hitchcock movies like Psycho (but haven't watched it in years, too afraid) The Birds also.