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?

Some Like It Hot remains one of my favourite films of all time. Hilarious.
12 Angry Men made a big impact on me.
Roman Holiday is silly but lovely.

Roman Holiday is next on the list. Thank you.

Destry rides again

Citizen kane
The third man

Quiet Man
Sunset Boulevard
Paper Moon
Gone with the Wind
Imitation of Life
A kids one but Raising a Riot

Jacqueline

On The Beach, from the book by Nevil Shute.

Musicals:

1. Anything with Fred Astaire
2. Anything with Gene Kelly
3. South Pacific
4. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
5. The King and I
6. Calamity Jane

Other films:

1. Casablanca and anything with Humphrey Bogart, including The African Queen
2. An Affair to Remember
3. The Heiress (for Montgomery Clift)
4. Red River (for Montgomery Clift)
5. The Big Country
6. To Kill A Mockingbird
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. The Philadelphia Story
9. Alfred Hitchcock films
10. The Dambusters and other British WWII films
11. The Wicked Lady
12. The Man in Grey
13. Bhowani Junction

Rear Window is on Sky Movies, literally at the moment 😁

Sunset boulevard and wizard of oz

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
Sunset Boulevard
The Third Man
All About Eve
The Bishop’s Wife
Singin’ In The Rain
The Philadelphia Story
It’s A Wonderful Life
Twelve Angry Men
An American In Paris
Meet Me In St Louis
Young At Heart
Now, Voyager

We’ve watched many of your suggestions - thank you. We’re going to watch Laura (1944) now.

My old Hollywood favourites, so far are:

1. Ninotchka
2. Holiday
3. Some Like it Hot
4. Adam’s Rib
5. Queen Christina

Whistle Down the Wind, while a fantastic film, is not an old Hollywood film! Directed by Bryan Forbes in 1961.

There are so many, my Grampa was a cinema projectionist so I was brought up on old films. I'd say my main ones are The Wizard of Oz, Calamity Jane, 7 brides for 7 brothers. I had a crush on Howard Keel at age 6 as I would get all embarrassed when he was on screen being manly lol. I do like a disaster movie like The Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno

You should definitely watch Pillow Talk! Rock Hudson was a dreamboat!

Also recommend Holiday Inn and White Christmas (obvs for Christmas time!).

It's such a lovely lovely film. And Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Anton Walbrook was so charming. A matter of life and death is so beautiful.Red Shoes and Black Narcissus are just amazing.
1930s/40s musicals, anything with Fred Astaire but especially the Band Wagon though it's 50s.
30s horror-the Universal classics and my favourite The Black Cat with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi-all art deco and sinister.
40s noir. Big Sleep is still a masterpiece.
The Thin Man. Perfect screwball/crime. And the best dog.

If anyone especially likes noir, David Thomson wrote a novel called Suspects that links characters from films from Laura to Chinatown. It's one of my comfort books.

Just realised op said hollywood and I blethered about Powell and Pressburger. Unrepentant-they are masterpieces.

Yes!

It has been added to the list! I don’t think I’ve seen a Rock Hudson film before…

Thoroughly Modern Millie is AMAZING!!!!

Young At Heart - Doris Day and Frank Sinatra

Me too !

All About Eve
The Quiet Man
Some Like It Hot
Dark Victory
The Women
Now, Voyager
Calamity Jane

Oh Lord, I could go on and on ...

Casablanca
Roman Holiday
Some Like It Hot