Recommended Classic Movies?

Question

What are your reccomendations for classic movies? (like from the 30's and 40's or so) I
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"The Perils of Pauline" starring Betty Hutton


Umm..I can't think of the name of it right now but it's with Lucille Ball, and she and her best friend's husband are forced to spend time together, they are on vacation..hiding their affair, and then everything that could possibly goes wrong does, they don't actually ever have "it", and in the end they rightfully end the affair...If you could tell me what this is called that would be great!

Anyhow, any recommendations please!! :)

Answer 1

The Lucille Ball movie is probably Facts of Life, with Bob Hope.



As far as recommendations, try A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Peggy Ann Garner gives one of the all-time great child performances, and a Christmas scene is very important to the plot.

Answer 2

Here's my list. See what you make of it:

It's a Wonderful Life

Top Hat

Notorious

My Darling Clementine

Bringing Up Baby

Double Indemnity

Singing in The Rain

Gold Rush

The Searchers

High Noon

Vertigo

His Girl Friday

Rear Window

It Happended One Night

The Maltese Falcon

Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Wild Bunch

North by Northwest

On The Waterfront

Quiet Man

Philidelphia Story

Answer 3

The people who said "The Facts of Life" are right. It starred Lucille Ball and Bob Hope.



recommended Westerns:

Stagecoach

Winchester '73

The Badlanders

From Hell to Texas

Hour of the Gun

A Thunder of Drums



War:

Battleground

The Story of G.I. Joe

A Walk In the Sun

The Bridges at Toko-Ri



horror:

Frankenstein (1931)

King Kong (1933)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Body Snatcher (1945)



comedy:



Harvey (1950)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Answer 4

~What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) It has two of the greatest actresses of the 1940's, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Disturbing and weird, but, a brilliant film.



~The Yearling (1946) I love anything with Gregory Peck!



~To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) See above.



~Gone With The Wind (1939) Classic and a must see!



~Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Two words, James Dean!



~East Of Eden (1955) Another James Dean must see!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It would be a very long list as I like many. In no particular order just how they come into my head here are some of my favorites:

Since you said "classic" I expanded a bit to some later films but still think that the later ones expanded the craft.



Psycho with Tippi Hedren

Seven Year Itch with Marilyn Monroe naturally

How to Steal a Million with Audrey Hepburn

"Any" Jack Lemmon movie including The Outsiders (not that Steve martin thing) and Prisoner of 2nd Avenue.

The original 1930 version of "All Quiet on the Western Front"

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World from 1963

The effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds 1970

(with Joanne Woodward. won academy award but impossible to find on video. AMC runs it once in awhile and I taped it there. )

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Clint Eastwood

Sunset Boulevard with Gloria Swanson

Une Femme est Une Femme (famous French Film from 1961)

Also "Breathless" (the french movie from the early 60's as well

Hiroshima mon Amour ground breaking French film from the 50's.

Blowup incredibly colorful "Mod" film from London in the 60's.

Read My Lips also french film

Contempt with Brigette Bardot and Jack Palance

No Down Payment 1957 best movie ever filmed about what surburban life was like in Southern California in the 50's when ti was developing. Tony Randall, Joanne Woodward and lots of other well known stars.

Fool for Love with Sam Shephard and Kim Bassinger

Barabas, which actually filmed the scene of Jesus' crucifiction during a very rare total solar eclipse.

How the West was Won! Filmed in Cinerama I was lucky enough to see this one in the theatre as a child when first came out. For folks who never got to see in "Cinerama" that was a process similar to Cinemascope widescreen, but used three projectors running three different rolls of film shot with three separate lenses to give an ultra wide angle shot. Cinemascope, which most of ther wide screen movies used is different as used three folls of film in one camera with one single lens. Incredible to see on the big screen. You can see the effect of this in the wide open shots in the movie as the far off background doesn't totally line up in two points due to the three lenses having been "scrunched" to fit a tv screen, or even a modern "wide" format which is still not as wide as Cinerama originally was. Panavision like they usually use nowdays is one big lens and one roll of film.

That's too many already and could go on all night. Leave the rest for others to suggest. :-)

Answer 7

Check out movies with Betty Grable, Dorothy Dandridge, Dorothy Lamour or Lena Horne. I love all of their movies. "Slightly Dangerous" with Lana Turner is a good one. And "Holiday Inn" with Crosby & Astaire. I also recommend "The Tall Men" and "Montana Belle" with Jane Russell and "River of No Return" with Marilyn Monroe.



Oh yeah and that movie you're asking about is "Facts Of Life" with Bop Hope.

Answer 8

High Noon i never get tired of it and the two main stars are Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly there beautiful together its a all time classic...another one of my favorites is Roman Holiday that movie was romantic and beautiful it also has Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck its my all time favorite.

enjoy!

Answer 9

Wow, these people are way off. Half the movies mentioned in the answers section were made after the 40s. I'll give you 5 movies, chances are you haven't seen 1 or 2: Larceny Incorporated, The Each Dawn I Die, Angel on My shoulder, They Died with Their Boots on, Born Yesterday, Ox Bow Incident.

Answer 10

if your into weepies imitation of life i think Lana Turner starred in this or a western: Virginia city with Errol Flynn (1940), epics: Gone with the wind,Sparticus,10 commandments. War: Hellcats,battle of Midway.

Answer 11

James Bond

Answer 12

i think the movie your talking about is called yours,mine and ours

it has Lucille ball in it(and this is the original one of course,i don't know if you have ever seen the remake)but another good old one is singing in the rain you have probably already heard of it but its a great movie.

Answer 13

Citizen Kane is an oldie but a goody.

Ikiru is a Japanese movie, but is an outstanding/touching movie.

Answer 14

To Kill a Mockingbird is great but it was made in the 60s...

Answer 15

"Casablanca"

"Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

"Key Largo"

"The Big Sleep"

Answer 16

Nobody has listed it, but Random Harvest is an all-timer.

Answer 17

my favorite movie ever is breakfast at tiffany's with audrey hepburn.

Answer 18

rebel without a cause

Answer 19

The seven year itch.

Answer 20

"The African Queen" is great