Recommended movies from the golden era only

[rue]

I haven't seen Blazing Saddles in ages, but I do remember that line
I'll take your advice.

Casablanca.... hmmm..... I think I will try watching that again. It comes highly recommended by a friend of mine too.

Thanks Mike

 

[Kirk H.]

I haven't seen Blazing Saddles in ages, but I do remember that line
I'll take your advice.

Casablanca.... hmmm..... I think I will try watching that again. It comes highly recommended by a friend of mine too.

Thanks Mike

I love the old westerns that Randolph Scott did. Scott gre up here in Charlotte NC and was good friends with Billy Graham. He is even buried here in Charlotte ( just some trivia) He did a lot of westerns in the 1950's that were produced by John Wayne's production company Batjac. Some of my favorites are:
1. The Tall T
2. Seven Men From Now
3. Ten Wanted Men
4. Tall Man Riding
5. The Bounty Hunter

It looks like your list is growing by leaps and bounds so if you have the time, you should have a lot of great movies to watch.

Take care

Kirk H.

 

[rue]

Westerns are great too.

Thank you again Kirk

 

[LizzieMaine]

How about some silent pictures?

Broken Blossoms
The Big Parade
The Navigator
Show People
Seventh Heaven
The Marriage Circle
Girl Shy
The Black Pirate
My Best Girl
The Crowd

 

[Sam Craig]

Rue

I looked through much of the thread, but didn't have time to make sure no one had suggested these, but three that are fine and enjoyable and each offer its particular piece of what the time was really like ...

The Egg and I

Father was a Fullback

and

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer

Also the Andy Hardy series ...

These all offer a unique look at the times, how people talked, how they dressed, stuff that the history books usually leave out...

Sam

 

[rue]

How about some silent pictures?

Broken Blossoms
The Big Parade
The Navigator
Show People
Seventh Heaven
The Marriage Circle
Girl Shy
The Black Pirate
My Best Girl
The Crowd

Actually I was hoping someone would suggest silent films and was going to ask if no one did, so thank you very much

 

[rue]

Rue

I looked through much of the thread, but didn't have time to make sure no one had suggested these, but three that are fine and enjoyable and each offer its particular piece of what the time was really like ...

The Egg and I

Father was a Fullback

and

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer

Also the Andy Hardy series ...

These all offer a unique look at the times, how people talked, how they dressed, stuff that the history books usually leave out...

Sam

The only one I've seen is The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, so thank you Sam



I really hope others (besides me) benefit from this entire thread

 

[Masked Marvel]

It seems like no one has mentioned the Serials.......

If you have not seen any of the classic cliffhangers of the era....your missing out.

I would recommend any of the Republic ones.....they where considered the best....

You can get some on dvd.....

Adventures of Captain Marvel....
King of the Royal Mounted....
G-Men vs the Black Dragon...
Batman
Batman and Robin....

If you look on ebay...you can find more.

Just a thought...

 

[Sam Craig]

Rue,

The interesting thing about the Andy Hardy series and other "family" oriented films from the 40s is that they seem to give an idea of what the time was like ... what it felt like ... or at least what the people of the time wished that it felt like, and I suppose that is all that popular art can hope for

Today's TV certainly doesn't document daily life ... but it does, rather sadly I would argue ... give some flavors of our time

When you watch these family movies you can get a taste of the time

In Father was a fullback, Natalie Wood uses some terrific slang

Andy Hardy illustrates several of the clothing fads of his era

They are a terrific snap shot of another era.

Sam

 

[Curmudgeon]

Sydney Greenstreet. Although his film career was short, he was an incredible actor. Any of his films are worth putting on the list.

JP

 

[rue]

Thank you MM, Sam and JP


I've watched some of the movies listed on this thread and have yet to be disappointed.

 

[DNO]

Wings (1927): Silent film but the only silent film to ever win the Oscar for best movie.

Hell's Angels (1930): Howard Hughes directing Jean Harlow. The aerial scenes are spectacular.

Gunga Din (1939): Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Victor McLaglen and Sam Jaffe...how can you lose? (I love McLaglen)

Beau Geste (1939): Gary Cooper and a delightfully evil Brian Donlevy.

In Which We Serve (1942): Directed by and starring Noel Coward.

King Solomon's Mines (1950): Stuart Grainger...a man's man, indeed.

The Cruel Sea (1953): a little outside your date range but a great film about the naval service in WW2

 

[rue]

Thank you DNO

 

[Gregg Axley]

Huge EGR fan here...
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse. He's a Doctor in this one, that gets involved in crime, to study why criminals are lured (or drawn) to it physically. I believe Bogie is in this one as well. Really good film.
Larceny Inc, another fine film.
Key Largo, has that one been mentioned already? Bogie, Bacall and Lionel Barrymore...need I say more?
We are also Stanwyck fans.
Night Nurse has been mentioned, but also look at Banjo On My Knee (saw that one the other night and loved it) with a young Walter Brennan (you hardly recognize him).
I'll have to go back and look through my collection to see what else we've watched, but this is a good start.

 

[Dennis Young]

Rue,

I'm a huge Orson Welles fan and here are some of his finest.

The Third Man. (He played Harry Lime. One of his best)
The Lady from Shanghi
Touch of Evil

 

[rue]

I'm a fan of his, but haven't seen all his movies, including these, so thank you Dennis

 

[Rudie]

I just watched "It Happenend One Night" from 1934 with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. I can easily see why it was voted best American movie in 1998.

http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/it-happened-one-night-v25509

 

[Dennis Young]

I love that film!!! =)

 

[ButteMT61]

I love that film!!! =)

And I LOVE her

 

[Philip Adams]

As my fellow Loungers have such fabulous taste in films a lot of my favourites have been mentioned already. So I'd like to contribute the following selection of British films made in 1950 or earlier. (I know some of them have already been mentioned too).

Brighton Rock (1947)
In Which We Serve (1942)
The Clouded Yellow (1950)
They Made Me A Fugitive (1947)
Night and the City (1950)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Odd Man Out (1947)
The Third Man (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
39 Steps (1939)
Piccadilly (1929)

I don't know how many of them will be available in the US, but if you get the chance, I'd say they're all worth a look.