Your favourite Old Hollywood films?

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I’m just getting into Old Hollywood films. I’ve only watched a handful so far, but right now my favourite is Bringing Up Baby (staring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant)

What’s your favourites?

@Sausagesonlegs The film is The Greatest Show On Earth

The woman In the window with Edward G Robinson. Fantastic twist At the End!

The full movie is on YouTube

I'm making notes of what and where to watch, Loads of wonderful films I had forgotten but my favourites are

This Happy Bree - dmy absolute favourite
The Titchfield Thunderbolt
Passport to Pimlico
Mrs Miniver
Tawny Pipit

Passport to Pimlico was on the TV today

From Hollywood
Gone with the Wind
Sabrina - the original

Sampson and Delilah made in 1947. One of my favourite films. It always makes me cry twice.

yes! I saw it on a big screen, and it was fantastic!

This thread has inspired me, and am giving Singin in the Rain another go now, it’s fabulous!!!

I am going to make a list of films that have been mentioned (more than once) on this thread and watch them all. Thanks so much I’m having a lovely evening 💕

There are several films I’ve wanted to watch, but they aren’t on any streaming services. Particularly Rear Window, Laura and The Philadelphia Story.

I think we’ll be watching Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner tomorrow as it’s on Prime (I’m rather partial to Katharine Hepburn, so that’s a bonus ☺️)

Dragonwyk, it’s perfection especially on a windy rainy winters afternoon 🖤

Hope no one minds me updating the thread again, but we watched Ninotchka last night and it was brilliant. I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned on the thread!

Random Harvest.
The Heiress.
Jezebel.
Showboat.
So many! I used to love the watching the Sunday matinee on tv with my mum when I was younger. She was a big Bette Davis fan

Yes! That is a good film! 'I'm ready for my close-up, Mr deMille'' - 'they don't make faces anymore' . ....hope I've the quotes right.

'The Apartment' by Wilder is good too. Jack Lemmon. And also 'Avanti' from the 70s.

Anatomy of a Murder- love this film and don't think it's been mentioned.
12 Angry Men
West Side Story
National Velvet
My Fair Lady
North by Northwest

The Dirty Dozen
Kelly's Heroes

Suuuch a quotable film!

"I am big, it's the pictures that got small!" is my fave

Omg mine too. I love that naivety and seeing only the good in others. It’s beautiful

I saw “ Trouble in Town”, a black-and-white Cary Grant film (who was hamming it up for all he was worth) in the cinema recently and absolutely loved it

I’ve not heard of this. How did you access it?

The Out Of Towners
A Matter Of Life And Death
Passport To Pimlico
Sparrows Can’t Sing
St Trinians

A mix of US and U.K. films.

Rear Window

Imitation of life

Magnificent Obsession with Rock Hudson
How Green was my Valley
Every Bette Davis movie!!

I often wonder if Sky bought virtually all the rights to show old films like those mentioned but also films from the 70's, 80's onwards as it's so hard to see these films any more apart from a few of the same ones repeated on loops?

My fave ever is His Girl Friday, apparently still the fastest talking comedy ever made and with AMAZING Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant.

Dial M for Murder and Rear Window - saw both for the first time as a teen and was RAPT.

Guys and Dolls is so good. Also Oklahoma? Great songs.

FYI loads of these musicals have what my dad used to call “the bonkers ballet” section, I still remember his finger jammed on the fast forward button on our old video player waiting for it to be over. No idea why they did them but I can tell you they look much funnier speeded up (I just skip them now).

I watched it through FMHY.