Classic films appreciation thread - come and join us!

[PrivateParkin]

Following on from the recent thread about favourite actors from old films, @FatBallsAndSunflowerSeeds had the fab idea of an old movies appreciation thread... So here it is! If you like old films and actors of any kind, come and join us.

old thread

We thought we'd look out for any classic films being shown on TV, post them on this thread and then discuss them afterwards... But if you want to post about any of your favourite old films and actors at any time, that would also be fab. Basically, this is just a place to chat about old films - please come and join us!

I'm off to check the TV schedules for any potential gems coming up - I will post again with anything that looks good.

Meantime, here's James Cagney tap dancing down the stairs in Yankee Doodle Dandy - happy bank holiday everyone
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xlvB4xk4LNQ

I'm watching Conspiracy of Hearts. The suspense is killing me and I can't stop crying. Yet it's brilliant!

Well I enjoyed that very much. Sylvia Syms was brilliant - well, all the leads were good, but the Yvonne Mitchell character was my favourite. The child actors were excellent as well.

Now, what shall I watch next?.... I still have Laura recorded and haven't watched it yet, but suggestions always welcome!

When you watch a 2nd 3rd 4th etc time

The bit when the door doesn't close properly

Then when the lorry won't start

Always get to me

Subtitles yes, you mean the door with the huge picture covering it?! I was shouting "The door! The door!!" at the TV!

One of my favourite films is on TCM right now. The Rebel with Tony Hancock, only decent thing he did!

Conspiracy of Hearts is wonderful! I thought I had it to record, but I was wrong - I'm going to see if it's on again soon.

It's what my mother would have called a "lovely film".

Watched "They Were Sisters"

Excellent stuff!

Was shouting at the screen - "Don't marry him, Charlotte - he'll break your heart!"

Did she listen? Did she bum!

Did the relationship between husband and his eldest daughter make you squirm too Schaden? I couldn’t decide how much subtext I was inventing.

Set your recorders, folks. BBC2 6:25am Sunday 27th Jan. The Man in the White Suit. Top stuff from Sir Alec Guinness!

Yes fleas - it was extraordinarily creepy and inappropriate. I felt he was grooming her to take her mother's place in the most incestuous way - especially as he treated the other children appallingly.

I don't know how much this would have disturbed contemporary viewers - or whether it's just the atmosphere that we live in now where there is a greater awareness of what can happen in even the most normal-seeming families.

Or perhaps people were really more openly demonstrative with their children then?

But it certainly was creeeeeeepy.

@CharDeeMacDennis did you ever find out what your mystery film was called? Could it have been Leave Her To Heaven starring Gene Tierney? I'm a latecomer to this thread so sorry if you've put the fretting behind you and moved on!

MissMatty Yes! That's the one! How fab to have got an answer after so long. Thank you, you film genius, you

Had forgotten about this thread and now want nothing more, on this wet, windy Sunday, than to curl up and watch something old and noirish.

that's amazing!!! great work MissMatty!

I just looked it up and it sounds brilliant. So pleased the mystery has been solved Char

Is on the Tube of You.

Am going to watch it tonight.

@Davros >

The only decent thing he did? Hancock was one of the greatest comedians this country has ever produced, though his radio and TV output was superior to the films.

Heads up for one of my top ten movies of all time: A Matter of Life and Death, BBC2 Sunday 1:50pm. Powell & Pressburger's finest in my opinion.

We'll have to agree to disagree. I'm not a Hancock fan and, of course, his comedy is very dated now. 🎬

ChinkChink thanks for the heads up on A Matter of Life and death. BBC2 seems to be showing a lot more classics lately - perhaps the schedulers have been reading this thread?!

*GREEN FOR DANGER

• ALASTAIR SIM

LONDON LIVE

@ 14.45 today*

Oh flip! I missed it! I love Alistair Sim

I got all excited too Schaden but I think SubtitlesOn may be one of they London folk, as I’m not sure how to watch London Live

It's been on TP recently too, so keep your eyes peeled in case it cycles back around soon...

Thank Parkin and Subtitles

Sorry guys yes I do live in London

London Live is a channel like TP they also show brilliant films daily

I don't have sky but it seems that is a way of seeing London Live on Sky

I think you can watch online too

Schaden, fear not, Green for Danger is always on somewhere or other. 'Twill be back on TP soon

And myimaginarycat too, sorry. Us Alastair Sim fans must send out the bat-signal whenever we spot his films popping up.