Classic Icons Must-See Film List- Add Yours!

Miss.Blondie. · 03-02-2006

I have been reading all the threads about old hollywood actresses, so now im really interested in movies from that era...besides the obvious movies like casablanca, gone with the wind and breakfast at tiffany's, I have no idea what movies to see! anyone feel like helping me out with the name of old (b/w or colour), 1910-1945 movies that you have seen and would recommend to me? Non-english movies (with subtitles) are also okay with me

thanks in advance chicas!

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Josephine · 05-02-2006

i love old movies and here are my suggestions (i tried to make a list of critically acclaimed films as well as some of my faves):

-The Philadelphia Story (1940)
-Citizen Kane (1941) [thought to be the greatest film ever made]
-How Green Was My Valley (1941)
-Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
-cover girl (1944)
-The Best Years of our Lives (1946)
-It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

alicia753 · 05-02-2006

Notorious
It's a wonderful life
Meet John Doe
The ghost and Mrs Muir
Spellbound
Lulu
Rebecca
The portrait of Jennie
The Philadelphia Story

Colette_B · 06-02-2006

-ninotchka 1939
-wuthering heights 1939
-the great dictator 1940
-breif encounter 1945

alicia and josephine have made some good choices that i would also recommend!

PrincessProzac · 06-02-2006

Bringing up Baby - Katharine Hepburn is just perfect in this

Metropolis is a silent film, but definitely worth seeing in my opinion.

The original King Kong

Anna Karenina starring Greta Garbo

Laura - one of my favourite films ever and starring the most beautiful woman to ever grace the screen

jackieonassis · 09-02-2006

The Philedelphia Story
Wizard of Oz
Bringing up Baby
To Have and Have Not
Casablanca

alicia753 · 09-02-2006

To be or not to be
Under capricorn
The shop around the corner
The most dangerous game
The maltese falcon
Key Largo
Dark Passage
The big sleep

Ziegfeld Girl · 12-02-2006

I adore old movies!

Some of my favourites between 1910-1945:

The Women (1939)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Rebecca (1940) - anything by Hitchcock is a winner.
Modern Times (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Regle du jeu, La (1939)
The Thin Man series
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Laura (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Kira Charisse · 15-05-2006

Bogart and Bacall are great, together or seperately.

Fave Bogart:
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
The African Queen (his only movie with Katharine Hepburn)

Fave Bacall:
Designing Woman (with Gregory Peck)
How to Marry a Millionaire (with Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe)

Fave with both:
To Have and Have Not
Dark Passage
Key Largo

Ziegfeld Girl · 16-05-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kira Charisse

Bogart and Bacall are great, together or seperately.
Fave with both:
To Have and Have Not
Dark Passage
Key Largo

Don't forget The Big Sleep (1946).

Josephine · 16-05-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kira Charisse

Designing Woman (with Gregory Peck)

oh i love that film - its so clever how you can hear their thoughts

Orchide · 16-05-2006

Some of mine I would recommend for any classic film lover:

Laura (Preminger starring Gene Tierney)
Rebecca (Hitchcock starring Joan Fontaine & Olivier)
Portrait of Jennie (Jennifer Jones)
The Boyfriend ( Ken Russell directed Twiggy flapper vehicle)
Gilda (Rita Hayworth)
The Misfits (MM)
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, Dietrich, Janet Leigh)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Joan Crawford, Bette Davis)
All About Eve (Bette Davis)
Chinatown (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway)
Marnie (Hitchcock starring Tippi Hedren)
This Property Is Condemned, Inside Daisy Clover (Natalie Wood)
Babydoll (Tennessee Williams starring Carroll Baker)
Young Girls of Rochefort, Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Catherine Deneuve)
Daisies (1960's Czech new wave)
Rosemary's Baby (Polanski directed with Mia Farrow)
Annie Hall, Love & Death (Woody Allen directed both starring Diane Keaton)
A Streetcar Named Desire, GWTW (Vivien Leigh)
Shanghai Express, The Blue Angel (Dietrich)
Gah...I am naming too many and still have so many

For silents:
Metropolis
Piccadilly (Anna May Wong)
It (Clara Bow)
Pandora's Box (Louise Brooks)
The Unknown (Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford)
Our Dancing Daughters (Joan Crawford, Anita Page)

thats it for now

starburst · 17-05-2006

My suggestions:

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Picnic (1955)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)- my personal favorite
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Charade (1963)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Graduate, The (1967)

Some Hitchcocks:

Rebecca (1940)
Rear Window (1954)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Marnie (1964)

Josephine · 18-05-2006

^ i really love a lot of those films starburst - nice choices

SusanSuperstar · 18-05-2006

I love all the old movies!!!!!!!

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Psycho
How to mary a Millionaire
Casablanca

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starburst front row Join Date: Mar 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 331	My suggestions: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Sunset Blvd. (1950) A Place in the Sun (1951) Roman Holiday (1953) Sabrina (1954) Rear Window (1954) On the Waterfront (1954) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Picnic (1955) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)- my personal favorite Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) West Side Story (1961) Splendor in the Grass (1961) Charade (1963) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Graduate, The (1967) Some Hitchcocks: Rebecca (1940) Rear Window (1954) To Catch a Thief (1955) Vertigo (1958) North by Northwest (1959) Psycho (1960) The Birds (1963) Marnie (1964) Last edited by starburst; 17-05-2006 at 01:32 PM.

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Miss.Blondie. windowshopping Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 13	Classic Icons Must-See Film List- Add Yours! I have been reading all the threads about old hollywood actresses, so now im really interested in movies from that era...besides the obvious movies like casablanca, gone with the wind and breakfast at tiffany's, I have no idea what movies to see! anyone feel like helping me out with the name of old (b/w or colour), 1910-1945 movies that you have seen and would recommend to me? Non-english movies (with subtitles) are also okay with me thanks in advance chicas! I edited the title and pinned this so that it would get seen by everyone in here You can expand your list to fit this entire Icon subforum. Just remember, must be pre-1980's. Last edited by Orchide; 16-05-2006 at 04:45 AM.

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Josephine tfs star Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Gender: femme Posts: 1,638	i love old movies and here are my suggestions (i tried to make a list of critically acclaimed films as well as some of my faves): -The Philadelphia Story (1940) -Citizen Kane (1941) [thought to be the greatest film ever made] -How Green Was My Valley (1941) -Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) -cover girl (1944) -The Best Years of our Lives (1946) -It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

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alicia753 V.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: in my monde Gender: femme Posts: 35,163	Notorious It's a wonderful life Meet John Doe The ghost and Mrs Muir Spellbound Lulu Rebecca The portrait of Jennie The Philadelphia Story

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Colette_B V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: California Gender: femme Posts: 5,599	-ninotchka 1939 -wuthering heights 1939 -the great dictator 1940 -breif encounter 1945 alicia and josephine have made some good choices that i would also recommend! __________________ symptomatic of what we've become, I used to think you were the only one.

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PrincessProzac rising star Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, England Gender: femme Posts: 107	Bringing up Baby - Katharine Hepburn is just perfect in this Metropolis is a silent film, but definitely worth seeing in my opinion. The original King Kong Anna Karenina starring Greta Garbo Laura - one of my favourite films ever and starring the most beautiful woman to ever grace the screen __________________ "Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid."

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Ziegfeld Girl fashion insider Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: femme Posts: 2,199	I adore old movies! Some of my favourites between 1910-1945: The Women (1939) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Rebecca (1940) - anything by Hitchcock is a winner. Modern Times (1936) It Happened One Night (1934) A Night at the Opera (1935) Regle du jeu, La (1939) The Thin Man series Brief Encounter (1945) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Laura (1944) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) The Little Foxes (1941) The Philadelphia Story (1940) __________________ "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

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Kira Charisse windowshopping Join Date: May 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 1	Bogart and Bacall are great, together or seperately. Fave Bogart: Casablanca The Maltese Falcon The African Queen (his only movie with Katharine Hepburn) Fave Bacall: Designing Woman (with Gregory Peck) How to Marry a Millionaire (with Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe) Fave with both: To Have and Have Not Dark Passage Key Largo

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Orchide Been things & seen places Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Echo Park, California Gender: femme Posts: 3,815	Some of mine I would recommend for any classic film lover: Laura (Preminger starring Gene Tierney) Rebecca (Hitchcock starring Joan Fontaine & Olivier) Portrait of Jennie (Jennifer Jones) The Boyfriend ( Ken Russell directed Twiggy flapper vehicle) Gilda (Rita Hayworth) The Misfits (MM) Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, Dietrich, Janet Leigh) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Joan Crawford, Bette Davis) All About Eve (Bette Davis) Chinatown (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway) Marnie (Hitchcock starring Tippi Hedren) This Property Is Condemned, Inside Daisy Clover (Natalie Wood) Babydoll (Tennessee Williams starring Carroll Baker) Young Girls of Rochefort, Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Catherine Deneuve) Daisies (1960's Czech new wave) Rosemary's Baby (Polanski directed with Mia Farrow) Annie Hall, Love & Death (Woody Allen directed both starring Diane Keaton) A Streetcar Named Desire, GWTW (Vivien Leigh) Shanghai Express, The Blue Angel (Dietrich) Gah...I am naming too many and still have so many For silents: Metropolis Piccadilly (Anna May Wong) It (Clara Bow) Pandora's Box (Louise Brooks) The Unknown (Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford) Our Dancing Daughters (Joan Crawford, Anita Page) thats it for now __________________ www.vivlish.com Last edited by Orchide; 16-05-2006 at 04:31 AM.

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Josephine tfs star Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Gender: femme Posts: 1,638	^ i really love a lot of those films starburst - nice choices

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SusanSuperstar LOVE Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In My Own World Gender: femme Posts: 6,112	I love all the old movies!!!!!!! Breakfast at Tiffany's Psycho How to mary a Millionaire Casablanca