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OT: Favorite Old Movies

The Ghost and Mrs Muir with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. A very young Natalie Woods plays Anna Muir. I’ve seen it a hundred times and still get weepy at the end.

Side note for fashionistas- Gene Tierney was married to the designer Oleg Cassini at the time and he designed her dresses. One reason was that she had broken her foot and needed to conceal her cast.

 
ClifSpliffy said:
kinda funny how this one never seems to be even mentioned in most "best whatever" surveys, yet it's one of only a few films ever made that airs annually. and, unlike those other few, it can air 24 hrs a day, often for days on end, and on multiple bigtime networks. add up the total viewers over time - I triple dog dare you to find a more watched film. we luv it! (ps. same vintage as caddyshack above)
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I truly despise this film - unfortunately the only one in my family who does - but I do acknowledge it has absolutely been embedded deeply in the celebration of Christmas for generations of families. I'd rather have a Yule Log with music. :)
 
I agree with RockyMTblue2 pick of the Quite Man. I was very surprised that it took so long to be mentioned. Both Wayne and O'Hara were fantastic, but as in most "great" films it the character actors that make the file great. As with Casablanca they both have fantastic ensembles of actors.
 
TWG236 said:
I agree with RockyMTblue2 pick of the Quite Man. I was very surprised that it took so long to be mentioned. Both Wayne and O'Hara were fantastic, but as in most "great" films it the character actors that make the file great. As with Casablanca they both have fantastic ensembles of actors.
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The John Ford Stock Company of actors at work, it is a well known unofficial entity. Ford repeatedly reused actors in his movies time and time again. "The Quite Man was no different.

John Ford Stock Company - Wikipedia

One of my favorites of this group is Jack Pennick, a guy who had bit parts in many John Ford movies, maybe getting a line or two of dialogue, if that. Pennick is often uncredited in his movie parts. I refer to him as "The Face". It's not a pretty mug, but once you recognize him it is difficult not to start looking for him in other Ford movies.
 
JordyG said:
I won't give a list, just one of. Again, not an oldie. But every time, and I mean every time it's on TV I find a way to watch at least some of it. So many scenes, so much of the dialogue from this film are indelibly etched on my minds retina. "You were saying something about best intentions?"

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“Zed’s dead, baby, Zed’s dead”
 
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RockyMTblue2 said:
I truly despise this film - unfortunately the only one in my family who does - but I do acknowledge it has absolutely been embedded deeply in the celebration of Christmas for generations of families. I'd rather have a Yule Log with music. :)
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You will surely get a lump of coal in your stocking this year. Bah, humbug.
 
HuskyNan said:
The Ghost and Mrs Muir with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. A very young Natalie Woods plays Anna Muir. I’ve seen it a hundred times and still get weepy at the end.

Side note for fashionistas- Gene Tierney was married to the designer Oleg Cassini at the time and he designed her dresses. One reason was that she had broken her foot and needed to conceal her cast.

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I am a big Gene Tierney fan. The Ghost was great, as was Laura. An interesting connection to today's news cycle is that Ms Tierney was infected with measles by a fan who broke quarantine. She was pregnant at the time and gave birth to a severely disabled child. This seems to something that just will not go away. Tierney had a tragic life otherwise also, being afflicted with mental health issues for many years.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
I truly despise this film - unfortunately the only one in my family who does - but I do acknowledge it has absolutely been embedded deeply in the celebration of Christmas for generations of families. I'd rather have a Yule Log with music. :)
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im not ready to put a lump of coal in ur stocking just yet, cuz, ya know, all 'taste' is personal. here is a chance to redeem ur sole (lol). another classic oldtimer? extra credit for anyone who correctly answers the question 'what is mr. magoo's first name?'
 
Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe - "River of No Return". The title song is very haunting, I Iove it. Filmed in the Canadian Rockies, I'll be heading back there this summer:

 
Nick Pignatello said:
3 Steve McQueen movies not mentioned The Sand Pebbles (good book), for those who had hot 60s Mustangs Like me Bullitt and for Auto racing fans like me LeMans.
Best John Wayne The Searchers
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The Sand Pebbles!!! Absolutely great film and absolutely depressing in it's stark look at geopolitics.
 
RSHERMVIKES said:
I have to apologize beforehand but I love Movies and have over1500 DVD's or video tapes in my collection! So here is just a fraction of my favorites : NO SP{ECIAL ORDER
1962 To Kill A Mockingbird Gregory Peck
1969 True Grit John Wayne
1962 How The West Was Won Huge Cast
1967 In The Heat Of The Night Sidney Portier & Rod Steiger
1960 Inherit The Wind Spencer Tracy, Fredric March & Gene Kelly
1951 Halls Of Montezuma Richard Widmark
1952 High Noon Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly
1939 Gunga Din Cary Grant, Victor <Mc:Laglen & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
1941 The Maltese Falcon Humphrey Bogart
1956 Moby Dick Gregory Peck
1945 A Walk In The Sun Dana Andtrews, Lloyd Bridges, Richard Conte
1939 Stanley & Livingstone Spencer Tracy
1943 Sahara Humphrey Bogart
1944 The Purple Heart Dana Andrews
1959 Pork Chop Hill Gregory Peck
1955 Mister Roberts Henry Fonda, James Cagney
1944 Going My Way Bing Crosby &Barry Fitzgerald
1957 The Enemy Below Robert Mitchum & Curt Jurgens
1967 Camelot Richard Harris & Vanessa Redgrave
1960 The Alamo John Wayne, Richard Widmark, & Laurence Harvey
1956 Around The World In 80 Days Huge Cast
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You're disqualified for the sin of greed!
 
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ClifSpliffy said:
im not ready to put a lump of coal in ur stocking just yet, cuz, ya know, all 'taste' is personal. here is a chance to redeem ur sole (lol). another classic oldtimer? extra credit for anyone who correctly answers the question 'what is mr. magoo's first name?'
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Someone very famous lately thinks it is Jefferson Beauregard;) But it is most likely Quincy.
 
My favorite "modern era" basketball movie (Hoosier's is not modern era) for being a gritty look at the college big leagues:



Bobby Knight had a cameo appearance.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Last one for the day! Ah, the glories of going to the movies for a Saturday Matinee, two movies, cartoons for two bits,and a Bonomo's Turkish Taffy Bar (vanilla; chocolate and strawberry were gross) and one of my childhood idols:

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i m a big Edgar Rice Burroughs fan and have read all his books .. I have this movie on my hard drive but my favourite Tarzan films are the Johnny Weismuller movies bcuz of Maureen O'Sullivan.. and my favourite JW film is Tarzan's New York Adventure where he saves Boy(Korak) from the Circus people and jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge! haha
 
Went through all the replies and am amazed that Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was not mentioned. By far and away the best comedy made with a cast that today cannot be matched. I double over in laughter before the scenes start. With classic lines, "Just one little tap", or "We have to kill him", or 'He just kicked the bucket", or 'It's under the big W I tell ya", it doesn't stop. Check it out if you have not already.
 
One of my somewhat modern tough guy favorites from the wonderful Christopher Walken, King of New York:

 
WillB4 said:
Went through all the replies and am amazed that Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was not mentioned. By far and away the best comedy made with a cast that today cannot be matched. I double over in laughter before the scenes start. With classic lines, "Just one little tap", or "We have to kill him", or 'He just kicked the bucket", or 'It's under the big W I tell ya", it doesn't stop. Check it out if you have not already.
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I don't know if I mentioned it on this thread--- but Ive posted Mad Mad Mad Mad World at least twice around here

The scene where they're splitting up the "shares" on the side of the road is an all time classic
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
So if I had started a song/music thread you'd have been all over it. How about ICONIC Movie Theme Scores.
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I know I have posted this before, but one cannot mention opening movie themes without this opening from The Sandpiper. Let me borrow from the comments: "The opening aerial shots of Big Sur featuring the theme song The Shadow of Your Smile, written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Webster. One of the greatest movie songs of all time, and the footage is breathtaking. "
"For sure, my favorite opening sequence of any movie ever. The theme, Jack Sheldon's trumpet, the unspoiled scenery of Big Sur, the titles typeset in that rickety print remind me of driftwood. Liz was beautiful in the film and the chemistry between her and Richard made the movie better than were it a couple of performers that were not in love in real life (well, that's how I feel about it although some will disagree with me but that's ok). "

It may not make anyone's best movie list, but it is very interesting to watch, given the time frame and the circumstances.

The Sandpiper (1965) opening credits and music
 
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One great old Bond movie and theme song by Nancy Sinatra - "You Only Live Twice"

 
ClifSpliffy said:
im not ready to put a lump of coal in ur stocking just yet, cuz, ya know, all 'taste' is personal. here is a chance to redeem ur sole (lol). another classic oldtimer? extra credit for anyone who correctly answers the question 'what is mr. magoo's first name?'
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You mean Quincy
 
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