Which "old" movies to watch?

[bonfireheart]

Inspired by the thread on here where people were posting pics of hot "older" actors like Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Robert Redford...made me realise how I know of these actors but have never watched any of there movies. What's on your must watch list? Planning on hibernating over Xmas:)

Sidney Lumet

All About Eve is wonderful.

Casablanca

Gone with the wind

@elephantoverthehill

I tried to find 'Harvey' tonight, no luck. James Stewart in a whimsical role. I would like to see it again, I first watched it many, many years ago.

You can buy or rent it on YouTube @elephantoverthehill

‘Whatever happened to Baby Jane’ with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford not Christmassy at all, quite dark but great film!

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On The Town - another nice performance from Gene Kelly (and Frank Sinatra, if you like that sort of thing) and it's on the iplayer for the next couple of weeks.

@greenleathertrousers

Yes agree, *@greebols and @bonfire*, sounds wonderful. I am going to watch it at the cinema for the first time this year with our x3 teenage children!

Aww, enjoy it! Have your kids seen it yet? I've been wondering if my two are old enough to appreciate it yet, but I suspect they'd talk through it and ruin it for me.

I watched Psycho recently by Alfred Hitchcock - although I thought I knew the story it was still a good watch.
Rear window is another.

On all these threads someone always suggests The Bishop's Wife so I thought I would get in first!

For Christmas tradition, and admiring the 1960s special effects, Jason and the Argonauts. A fantastic film.

Plus any MR James ghost stories that have been televised. Mark Gatiss has adapted another for (BBC) television this year. It will probably be on Christmas Eve.

Dial m for murder
An affair to remember
Brief encounter
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Vertigo

I have watched White Christmas several times; it's on tv most years! So cheesy, but such fun.

Singing in the rain is joyous

Oh I love Arsenic and Old Lace, I'd forgotten.
Yesterday White Christmas was on with Bing Crosby. I realised I'd never seen it. DH couldn't stick it though.
Kids movies, Bed knobs and Broomsticks is an old favourite.

Another ghost film is the Ghost Train (1941) which was based on a play written by Arnold Ridley (Godfrey from Dad's Army).
It came on one Christmas Eve and I watched it with my dad and enjoyed it. Part comedy, part spooky, starring Arthur Askey.

The Great Escape
E.T.
Up The Junction
The Deer Hunter
To Sir With Love

Meet Me In St Louis
Hans Christian Andersen
The Court Jester
Ziegfield Follies
Holiday Inn
On the Town
An American in Paris
High Noon
Shane
The Magnificent Seven
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
True Grit (the original)
North by North West
Vertigo
Rear Window
Strangers on a Train
The Manchuria Candidate
In the Heat of the Night

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The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Paper Moon, Rear Window, Les Diaboliques or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

St Trinians - for a bit of fun and light relief (and also newer ones)
Roman Holiday
The King and I
Carry on films (may not be considered that pc for today’s audience)
Doctor films (eg Doctor in the house) (also may not be that pc)
Films with Hayley Mills in

talkingpicturestv.co.uk

Guess who's coming to dinner
The great Gatsby (1974)

@DialSquare

The Yellow Rolls Royce. Your heart will break for Alain Delon.

Oh God I 💕 love, love that film. I must look for it online, it's ages since I saw it. Thank you for mentioning it.

Midnight (1939) with claudette colbert. Nobody every recommends this one - best comedy ever. Try it if you find it.

The Women (1939) all woman cast - dated, but 100 times better than that awful remake with meg ryan. Worth seeing just for wonderful adrian’s gowns.

Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara stanwyck. Perfect in every way