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Pretzel · 70-79, M
Casablanaca
To have and have not
The Trouble with Harry
The man who came to dinner
Shennendoah
Rope
Notorious
Bringing Up Baby
People will Talk
Arsenic and Old Lace
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Pretzel Some really good ones there! I need to watch a few of those again. Arsenic and Old Lace, especially. Those kooky old ladies! Haha. Funny, but I have never seen Casablanca - I know it has to be a good movie. i really must watch it!
Pretzel · 70-79, M
@LadyBronte oh and citizen cane and a face in the criwd
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Pretzel Both good ones!

DrWatson · 70-79, M
Citizen Kane
The "Thin Man" movies.
Hope/Crosby's 'On the Road' movies

And there is one that is on my mind these days because of one scene. The movie is "High Society", from 1956. At the end of the movie, there is a scene which addresses the subject of consent, and how a man should conduct himself when the woman he is with gets drunk. I think a lot of men today ought to listen to Frank Sinatra's little speech about "there are rules about that sort of thing." From the "unenlightened" 1950's.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@LadyBronte The chemistry between William Powell and Myrna Loy, as a married couple solving crimes together is really fun.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@DrWatson Awesome! Thanks!
katydidnt · 61-69, F
@DrWatson Myrna Loy's dresses and her and Powell's witty badinage makes me hanker for an adulthood decades earlier (while conveniently evading the flu epidemic, WW I, the market crash and the dust bowl, but after the development of reliable anesthesia.)
Dexiter · 70-79, M
The Marx brothers are my favorite comedies. I never hear anyone speak of them anymore. But i admit thier art has seen its day. You have to aquire a taste for them and i doubt young people would understand them. But its amazing when you read about them. Hatdly any of thier movies script gets used. They adlib a goog portion of it and is hilarious to old folks for sure.

I have watched all of them over and over through the years and I still catch jokes grouch throws out that I never caught before. That man was like Williams with his brain firing out stuff faster than a normal person could think. That what made ji tv show so good. You bet Your Life.
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Not that I. The WW2 expert you are however I feel that I know enough to have accurate conclusions about it all and my time is better spent on more current events. @beckyromero
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson
I feel that I know enough to have accurate conclusions about it all and my time is better spent on more current events.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
~ George Santayana
Yes. I've watched old favorites countless times each. These include:

My Man Godfrey

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Playmates (1941) - an abysmal film overall but for a comedic tour-de-force by a literally dying Jack Barrymore (his final movie).

Safety Last (1923) - Harold Lloyd hangs on for dear life to the hands of a skyscraper's big clock.

Stalag 17

White Heat

Libeled Lady

The Kid (silent Chaplin tearjerker)
@Bignakedguy

Each and every character was fleshed out, too.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@rinkydinkydoink I recognize a couple titles, and may have seen the others too, but some titles I don't remember. I I'll have to put them on my list to watch. Thanks!
@Dexiter

Walter Houston's "Howard" is my all-time favorite supporting actor portrayal.

Also, ever notice the partially obscured sign in the Tampico background and what it spells out? ( EVIL) Foreshadowing or what??

Bignakedguy · 31-35, M
*Cracks my knuckles before typing*

I love the 1930s. Always have. I love how dreamlike those films were

1. Dinner at eight
2. Angel (With Marlena Dietrich)
3. Blonde Venus
4. Dancing lady (Love the soundtrack)
5. The Women
6. My man Godfrey
7. Search for Beauty
8.Divorcee

That last one- Divorcee with Norma Shearer is a must watch! She conveys such vulnerability. And I love it when these fabulous movies feel human for a change.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Bignakedguy Thanks! Quite a list! I've seen a couple of those - Godfrey and Dinner @ 8 - but I don't think all of them. Thanks! They're all going on my list!
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
Have You ever seen The egg and I?
That's where ma and pa Kettle got there start.
I really do like that one.

There's an old one with Olivia de Havilland called The Heiress.
That's a pretty good movie,too.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Justmeraeagain I think I have seen all the Ma and Pa Kettle movies at some point when I was growing up. I'll have to look that one up and rewatch it. And Ill look for The Heiress too. Thanks.
Dexiter · 70-79, M
I love all old WWII navy movies and they have been showing a lot of then lately like They Were Expendable, Operation Pacific etc.
Dexiter · 70-79, M
@Musicman ive never s÷n ir. Thanks i will add that to my list to see!
Musicman · 61-69, M
@Dexiter Let us know how you like it.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@Musicman
Scarlet and the Black.

Excellent movie.

You might also want to watch, Massacre in Rome.

Richard Burton plays Col. Kappler.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
Anyone remember Harvey? The big white rabbit and Jimmy Stewart? I have a hankering to watch that one again too! Lol!
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@LadyBronte Great film! Love it when Jimmy Stewart hangs the painting of himself and Harvey over the fireplace.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@ChipmunkErnie It is such a funny movie! I've always loved it. Jimmy Stewart has always seemed like he would have been the nicest person, too.
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
I love old Susan Hayworth movies.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@robbie2499 I need to look up her movies. I don't know if I've seen any or not.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
I love old movies.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@ChipmunkErnie Me yoo. Much better than most of today's movies.
Actually I watched:
Too Many Girls
The Long, Long Trailer
Forever Darling

I was in a Lucy and Desi fest… lol
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Unefilletrescurieuse Oooh I had forgotten about those other two. Thanks! I'll be looking for them!
@LadyBronte I enjoyed them. 😍
bookerdana · M
The Ghost and Mrs Muir is good,saw DOA a month ago..great opening scene
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@bookerdana Love that one!
whiskeyinateacup · 36-40, F
Mrs. Miniver
Vivacious Lady
My Favorite Wife
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
A Letter to Three Wives
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
Stella Dallas
Arsenic and Old Lace
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@whiskeyinateacup I just love Arsenic and Old Lace & The Ghost and Mrs. Muir! I am not sure I've seen the others. I'll put them on my list!
Thrust · 56-60, M
Check out Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen. Great cast
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Thrust I will. Thanks!
The only good one I might be lured out of my cave to see is the new Downton Abbey movie.
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@OlderSometimesWiser I will be seeing that one soon with a couple friends. I feel like it might be a little bittersweet, though. I'm excited for the new movie, but it is the end of the era we have grown to love.
Just 12 angry men and Wizard of oz
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@Bobby1123422 I've seen those too, but it's been a really long time.
PatKirby · M
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LadyBronte · 61-69, F
@PatKirby Lol. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. It's been a long time since I've seen it.

 
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