Classic Movies: Do you watch them?

Kazutaka · Post by **Kazutaka** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:48 am

Just curious, when your not watching anime, does anyone watch classic Movies anymore? My friends seem to think Im a bit strange for watching "old" movies. I dont know any one else who watches them with a passion like I do. Am I all alone out here?

Here is a list of some of my personal favorites (too long to post them all) . If anyone else out there watches, whats your favorites??

Marlene Dietrich (The Original Femme Fatale)
Destry Rides Again, 1939 co-starring Jimmy Stewart,
Stage Fright, 1950, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Around the World in 80 Days, 1956
Desire, 1935 co-starring Gary Cooper

Mae West (The Original Sex Goddess)
Im no angel, 1933 w/ Cary Grant
Klondike Annie, 1936

Rudolph Valentino (Romance ^_^)
The Sheik, 1921
Four Hoursemen of the Apocalypse, 1921

Charlie Chaplin (Still some of the best comedy)
(just a few of his MANY works)
Gold Rush, 1925
City Lights, 1931
The Kid, 1921

Douglas Fairbanks (Swashbuckler/famous international playboy)
The Black Pirate, 1926
The Taming of the Shrew, 1929 Mary Pickford

Katharine Hepburn
Bringing up baby, 1938 w/ Cary Grant
Africian Queen, 1951 with Humphrey Bogart

Fred Astaire
Not enough room to list all my favorites

Clark Gable (ah more Romance ^_^)
It Happened One Night, 1934 with Claudette Colbert
Gone with the Wind, 1939

Orson Welles (someone I greatly admire)
Citizen Kane, 1940
The stranger, 1946

Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra, 1963 with Rex Harrison

Bela Lugosi (Greatest horror actor)
(Just a few of his MANY works)
Dracula, 1931
The Black Cat, 1934
Mark of the Vampire, 1935

Edward Wood (Because he never gave up)
Plan 9 From Outer Space, 1958 - because this is the one he is remembered for and the last film of Bela Lugosi.

Veldrin · Post by **Veldrin** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:56 am

*claps* Good work. I would watch them but I have no time, money, or patience.

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:57 am

Gregory Peck Kicks teh ass.

Kazutaka · Post by **Kazutaka** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:19 am

R-A-N-M-A wrote:Gregory Peck Kicks teh ass.

Yes, he does, I have seen quite a few of his films.
Mobey Dick (1956 as well as 1998), To Kill A Mockingbird, The Omen, (My personal Favorite) The Boys From Brazil .

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:20 am

My dad's favorite movie is 12 O'Clock High, Its a pretty sweet movie from way back when. Its about WWII day light bombing.

Kazutaka · Post by **Kazutaka** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:32 am

R-A-N-M-A wrote:My dad's favorite movie is 12 O'Clock High, Its a pretty sweet movie from way back when. Its about WWII day light bombing.

Oh yeah, General Frank Savage, good movie. My uncle did some bombing runs during the war, so it was interesting to hear his "war stories" and then see some of the films from that time frame.

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:11 pm

12 O'Clock High, Rat Patrol, McCales Navy, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea;
these are all fine TV Series, but I used to love the silly things that were also
on TV and no-body seems to recall these little skits - except for Disney ^^;;;
1) Peanut-Butter and Dogs make for a Great Talk Show Hoste ^^
2) an Iced-over Pond, ducks trying to land . . yup - Duck Bowling ^^ - hehe

fyrtenheimer · Post by **fyrtenheimer** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:52 pm

Those are the best kind of movies.

Danny Kaye? = Hot. The Kid from Brooklyn. Best movie ever.

Kazutaka · Post by **Kazutaka** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:21 pm

fyrtenheimer wrote:Those are the best kind of movies.

Danny Kaye? = Hot. The Kid from Brooklyn. Best movie ever.

Good one, I also liked The secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General, Hans Christian Andersen, and every Christmas I watch White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.

AznRAVEr1022 · Post by **AznRAVEr1022** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:50 pm

Ed Wood is an awesome guy, and that movie about his life with johnny dep was cool too