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Aibu to ask what your favourite old film is?

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Funkyslippers · 04/04/2021 11:11

Just saw Easter Parade is on today. Would love to try watching some old films but not sure I'd like them. Which ones are good for novices like me?

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elQuintoConyo · 04/04/2021 15:31

Blythe Spirit - Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford.
Kind Hearts and Coronets, superb, I know everyone''s mentioned it.
The Wicked Lady - just awesome!
Black Narcissus
Harvey
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Some Like it Hot
How To Marry a Millionaire
Calamity Jane
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lady Killers - hilarious!
The Heiress with Livia de Havilland, heart breaking.
A Carnival of Souls - spoooooky!

I love old movies.

ShinyMe · 04/04/2021 15:36

I love Doctor Zhivago. It's wonderful.

Also recently saw a Grace Kelly film for the first time, High Society, and really enjoyed it.

ShinyMe · 04/04/2021 15:36

Oh oh oh, and I LOVE Ice Cold in Alex.

ShinyMe · 04/04/2021 15:39

My absolute favourite though is The Red Shoes.

Isolatedizzy · 04/04/2021 15:39

Love a Cary Grant film too!
Houseboat with Sophia Loren! When she transforms the hideous gold dress into something stunning! ❤️

cortex10 · 04/04/2021 15:42

Mrs Miniver
In Which We Serve
Jacques Tati films
Ealing comedies
39 Steps

GintyMcGinty · 04/04/2021 15:45

All time favourite: Gone With The Wind

Also love:
Harvey
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
To Kill a Mockingbird
Casablanca
The Birds
The Great Escape
Musicals like Singing in the Rain, Wizard of Oz

AngeliqueDePeyrac · 04/04/2021 15:48

I dont think anyone has mentioned It Happened One Night - clark gable and claudette colbert. A thing of perfection and hilarious

ChequerBoard · 04/04/2021 15:48

Adding some of my favourites to the list of those already mentioned:

Waterloo Bridge (have tissues ready)
Mrs Miniver
The Wicked Lady
Jezebel
Raintree County
The Shop Around the Corner (James Stewart original version)
The Women (original with Norma Shearer)
Mildred Pierce (Joan Crawford)
A Woman's Face (Joan Crawford)
The Light in the Piazza (Olivia de Havilland)
Pimpernel Smith (Leslie Howard)
Genevieve (Kenneth Moore)
Twice Round the Daffodils (Juliet Mills)

Did I mention that I LOVE old movies!!

Pumpkyumpkyumpkin · 04/04/2021 15:50

The Third Man
North by Northwest
Roman Holiday
Night of the Hunter
The Old House
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Vertigo
The Birds

And then a bit newer...

Play Misty For Me
Suspiria (the original)
Rosemary's Baby (my no 1 all time favourite film)
Three Days of the Condor
Sisters

SchmooobyDoo · 04/04/2021 15:50

Some Like It Hot is on right now 🐰

Pumpkyumpkyumpkin · 04/04/2021 15:50

Oh and Barefoot in the Park!

PainterInPeril · 04/04/2021 15:55

Genevieve.
The Ladykillers.
Kind Hearts and Coronets.
The Lavender Hill Mob.
The Great Escape.
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing.
Hello, Dolly!
Bugsy Malone
Swallows and Amazons.
Martin Chuzzlewit.
Gaslight.
Footsteps in the Fog.
How To Steal A Million.
Rear Window.
Cottage to Let.
The Green Man.
Cool Runnings.
The Magnificent Seven.
Tiger Bay.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 04/04/2021 16:00

Just thought of two more. Quatermass and the Pit and the original Village of the Damned.
So many other good suggestions above.

SulisMinerva · 04/04/2021 16:17

So many great films already mentioned! I’ll add:
The Thief of Bagdad
The Court Jester
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland)
Victim
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lion in Winter
A Man for All Seasons

suckingonchillidogs · 04/04/2021 16:23

Wuthering Heights (Laurence Olivier version)
White Heat
Imitation of Life

ImaginaryFriends · 04/04/2021 16:23

Many of the above mentioned
plus

Now Voyager
Rebecca the one with Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier

2bazookas · 04/04/2021 16:28

The Third Man
Rebecca (Both versions)
The 39 Steps (first version )
Goodbye Mr Chips

Elderflower14 · 04/04/2021 16:28

Bringing Up Baby
High Society
What's Up Doc?
To Catch A Thief.
Roman Holiday.

Steptoeshorse1965 · 04/04/2021 16:32

"Casablanca" With Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergmann is one of mine.

Elderflower14 · 04/04/2021 16:33

@2bazookas

The Third Man Rebecca (Both versions) The 39 Steps (first version ) Goodbye Mr Chips
I went to Vienna for a mini break last year. Got chatting to the lady next to me on the plane. Turned out she lived near my sister and used her shop. We shared a taxi from the airport and met for dinner the night. She invited me back to her flat to watch The Third Man. It was extra magical watching it in Vienna and having been on the Ferris Wheel in Prater Park that morning!
TheNestedIf · 04/04/2021 16:33

ITV3 has a "Carry On" fest this weekend which, I'll be honest, I, personally sort of needed

Otherwise, if you like old musicals with a bit of dance, I'd recommend "On The Town".

Elderflower14 · 04/04/2021 16:34

*The next night.

prawntoastie · 04/04/2021 16:35

Via Las Vegas staring elvis
Gentlemen prefer blondes

Pollypudding · 04/04/2021 16:35

Some absolute crackers here and may I add
Passport to Pimlico