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Recommend to me old films!

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Susu49 · 15/02/2022 20:18

Watching Casablanca for the first time...I love old films but don't feel I've seen that many of them.

Can you please give me your recommendations?

Off the top of my head, ones I've loved in the past include The Ladykillers and pretty much anything with Alistair Simm!

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Metheven · 15/02/2022 21:07

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g I totally agree, Roger Livesey should have been a huge, huge star. Oh yes to a thing for James Mason, have you seen him in The Wicked Lady? Again, the voice.

MrsMouse03 · 15/02/2022 21:10

I love My Fair Lady and The Bridges if Madison County

ClariceQuiff · 15/02/2022 21:13

Coming forward a bit, there were some cracking films in the 1970s

The Wicker Man is a fantastic film from the early 70s. Look for 'The Director's Cut' or 'The Final Cut' because the original theatrical release had some of the best bits cut.

Do not confuse it with the dreadful 2006 remake starring Nicolas Cage!

Aardvarkitsabloodyaardvark · 15/02/2022 21:14

Arsenic and Old lace (Cary Grant)
Some like it hot
Friendly Persuasion (Gary Cooper)
Calamity Jane
Seven Brides for seven brothers

Not as old...
The goodbye girl
Wish you were here
Peggy Sue got married

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/02/2022 21:15

@Metheven

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g I totally agree, Roger Livesey should have been a huge, huge star. Oh yes to a thing for James Mason, have you seen him in The Wicked Lady? Again, the voice.
Oh yes.
frogface69 · 15/02/2022 21:15

The Franchise Affair
Bunny Lake is Missing
Woman in a Dressing Gown

notthatonethisone · 15/02/2022 21:16

Oh I'm going to Chuck in a few more!

School for scoundrels if you like Alistair sim. Terry Thomas is brilliant in it...

And the smallest show on earth. Peter sellers and Margaret Rutherford. A young couple inherit a decrepit old cinema and its three ancient staff and try to get it going again...

niki26 · 15/02/2022 21:16

I came on to say 12 Angry Men but someone beat me to it!

The Apartment. Also agree with Roman Holiday.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/02/2022 21:18

High Noon. Fantastic film. Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Both on top form. Excellent music.

Great piece of hokum: Where Eagles Dare. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.

Frankly, any early film with Clint Eastwood. Play Misty for Me terrified me when I first saw it. The Outlaw Josey Wales is atmospheric.

catlovingdoctor · 15/02/2022 21:19

The man who came to dinner- from the 40s and in black and white but so funny!

Also, for a noir thriller, Footsteps in the fog...one of my favourites

Joxster · 15/02/2022 21:22

@DickVanDyke26

I like Barefoot in the Park with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.
I came on to recommend this! Love this movie.
Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/02/2022 21:24

The Odd Couple. Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

Also, very different role for Walter Matthau - The Taking of Pelham 123. Better than the remake (as so often).

Dog Day Afternoon. Al Pacino and John Cazale. Interesting heist/hostage taking movie in early 1970s New York.

whattodo2019 · 15/02/2022 21:26

A Town Like Alice

sadandcrazy · 15/02/2022 21:26

An affair to remember
Gaslight
So long at the fair
The Merry Widows
Brief encounter
Rear window

InTheCludgie · 15/02/2022 21:27

Rear Window
The Bishops Wife
The Big Sleep
Oliver!
Breakfast at Tiffany's

speedymum1968 · 15/02/2022 21:27

Blithe Spirit 1945 with Rex Harrison
Whisky Galore !

jennybluetree · 15/02/2022 21:35

Some Like it Hot, Jason and the Argonaughts, War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Singing in the Rain, Rosemary's Baby, Them, The Lady killers, The Red Shoes, White Christmas

Spudina · 15/02/2022 21:38

Harvey
Mr Smith goes to Washington
Any Hitchcock (but in particular North by Northwest)
Gaslight
A Audrey Hepburn film where she plays a blind lady.
To catch a thief
His Girl Friday
So many........

Davros · 15/02/2022 21:44

Anything involving

  • Bette Davis
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Billy Wilder
  • Gene Tierney
  • Claude Rains
  • Lana Turner
  • Joan Fontaine
  • Margaret Rutherford
  • Kenneth More
  • Jack Hawkins
I've got bookmarks for all of these and more My all time favourite old film is Sullivan's Travels directed by Preston Sturges
TwoBigNoisyBoys · 15/02/2022 22:00

Placemarking with interest! My suggestions would be…

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
12 Angry Men
To Kill a Mockingbird

AlecTrevelyan006 · 15/02/2022 23:17

Pretty much anything starring James Stewart

pollygartertidywife · 15/02/2022 23:22

@elQuintoConyo

The Wicked Lady

Black Narcissus

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

The Yellow Rolls Royce

How to Marry a Millionaire

North by Northwest

Letter From An Unknown Woman

Passport to Pimlico

Canterbury Tales (set in ww2 Canterbury)

This Happy Breed

Marathon Man

Smattering of B/W, 60's and 70's for you.

Can't believe only one person has mentioned 'This happy Breed' one of the best between the wars films EVER made !
Nannyamc · 15/02/2022 23:22

Inn of the sixth happiness .
Ingrid Bergman.

choochoomama · 15/02/2022 23:23

Heaven can wait (Don Ameche)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Thewindwhispers · 15/02/2022 23:31

Chinatown

Charlie’s Aunt

Singin in the Rain!!!