While we're all stuck inside - suggest a classic movie for us to watch!

Sunrise.

"On the Beach"

It's about the end of the world and stars Ava Gardner.

Who didn't say "Melbourne would be an ideal place for a movie about the end of the world" while filming it there.

My apologies. I skimmed the lede and missed the part about the end of the world.

Still a good choice, R2.

Porky's Revenge 2

Ordinary people

"Airplane" always makes me laugh, and it's a movie we especially need these days.

How about "Made For Each Other" 1939

Carole Lombard, Jimmy Stewart and Charles Coburn

Lots of these on YouTube

"Paper Moon," if for no other reason than to watch this master class scene in acting from the late, great Madeline Kahn:

Birdie: What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.

Margo Channing: Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!

Addison DeWitt: You're maudlin and full of self-pity. You're magnificent!

Addison DeWitt: That's, uh, all television is, my dear, nothing but auditions.

Margo Channing: Heaven help me. I love a psychotic!

Margo Channing: Lovely speech, Eve. But I wouldn't worry so much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.

Bill Sampson: Many of your guests have been wondering when they may be permitted to view the body. Where has it been laid out?

Better still, you could spend hours on my YouTube channel, watching dozens of Gap videos plus many, many rare Stevie Nicks songs and performances.

#GiveGap!

#Rhiannon

Speaking of Madeline Kahn, her movie debut was in "What's Up, Doc?"

Barbra was never funnier in this, and Ryan was never hotter.

You can't NOT love this movie.

Jeremiah Johnson

Rosemary’s Baby

In the past week, I've watched the following films on Amazon Prime:

Room at the Top (1959) - Simone Signoret won the Best Actress Oscar and Neil Paterson won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for this gripping melodrama about an ambitious working-class veteran (Laurence Harvey) who hopes the win the hand of an heiress but falls in love with another man's wife instead.

The World of Suzie Wong (1960) - William Holden is a bit too old to be playing an architect who drops everything to move to Hong Kong and become an artist, but he has nice chemistry with Nancy Kwan, as the prostitute who models for him.

Wake in Fright (1971) - A teacher (Gary Bond) loses all his money in a bad gamble and is at the mercy of some rambunctious locals (including Donald Pleasance and Jack Thompson) when he's trapped in Australia's Outback over the winter break.

The Bachelor Weekend (aka The Stag; 2013) - Predictable but enjoyable Irish comedy about a wild bachelor party weekend in the wilderness. The male cast -- Andrew Scott, Hugh O'Conor, Peter McDonald, Andew Bennett, Michael Legge, Brian Gleeson -- spend the last third of the film naked -- no frontals, but plenty of butts.

I don't think Pauline Kael loved it. Except for Mabel Albertson.

R16 No surprise. Pauline Kael hated everything.

"Singing in the Rain" is my go-to when I need to escape reality and lose myself in old Hollywood's glory days.

"An' I caaan't stann 'im!"

Algiers

Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer

Pauline Kael MADE Brian de Palma, so she liked him.

Double Indemnity is a great movie of course. Any movie by Preston Sturges will be among the best comedies ever made. My faves are Palm Beach Story (saw it 6 times and almost never watch anything twice) and Sullivan's Travels. The Third Man (if you have a good screen because it's best seen on a big screen to appreciate the light and shadows of the B & W).

There are a lot of good movie threads on DL. Just search for them.

Glorious 39. A fun melodrama, but the trailer sucks.

The best 1930s screwball comedy: My Man Godfrey with William Powell.

I highly recommend KVOS2. which is a national cable channel that features old movies. Yesterday I saw one with Hedy Lamarr She was remarkably beautiful and not a bad actress. Right now No Time for Sargeants is on. I am in Seattle, corona central and we are on lockdown.

Brian De Palma did not make What's Up Doc.

Speaking of screwball comedies, "Bringing Up Baby." Hepburn and Grant at their comedic best.

"Sullivan's Travels", starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, is a hilarious romp with HEART. What starts out as a madcap comedy blossoms into a very uplifting and moving ending ! Neither maudlin nor sappy, it keeps it sense of humor, even while bringing a tear to your eye. It's Preston Sturges at his best!

One of my all-time favorites: Cactus Flower

Walther Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Rick Lenz, Vito Scotti, Jack Weston..

Matthau plays a single dentist who pretends to be married so his girlfriend (Hawn) won't nag him to marry her. Then when he decides to marry her, she wants to meet his wife and hear for herself that the wife is okay with the divorce. Enter the dentist's nurse, Ingrid Bergman. Lots of witty dialogue and Goldie won the Oscar.

All About Eve

R27 Ingrid Bergman was just great in that movie. A completely different role for her.

"The Narrow Margin" - original 1952 version, not the remake.

A great noir thriller with a great performance by Marie Windsor. Lots of great plot twists and turns.

The Palm Beach Story. With Mary Astor giving one of the best comic performances ever as a rich nympho.

'I thought I was losing my grip!'

After which she turned into the all American mother in Meet Me in St. Louis.

IMITATION OF LIFE (59) or any of the Douglas Sirk-Ross Hunter melos.

Do a '70s film festival:

Chinatown

Godfather

Godfather II

The Conversation

Annie Hall

Apocalypse Now

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Close Encounters

Young Frankenstein

Network

So many great films...

R32 Ah, yes. 39-year old Lana Turner playing an acting ingenue being romanced by 28-year old hunk John Gavin.

Loved this shmaltz fest!

How about an Alfred Hitchcock film festival?

North By Northwest

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Trouble With Harry

Family Plot

Vertigo

Frenzy

The Birds

Rear Window

Lifeboat

The Lady Vanishes

Psycho

Torn Curtain

Topaz

Breakfast At Tiffany's

most of these are very well known

How about all of the old Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes films? They about an hour long, and pretty much available on YouTube.

Moonstruck.

Fanny and Alexander, Dr Zhivago, Braveheart.

"Rear Window" would be perfect right now. Jimmy Stewart was trapped in his apartment with a broken leg.

Good call, R35.

Back Street

Not a classic film but the HBO series Rome is addictive. Two seasons. On Amazon Prime.

The Thin Man 1934.

And, R23, sounds like you've been watching MoviesTV which is also a OTA station which features lots of great older movies...

Here's today's schedule - Central Time Zone.

Next up, after No Time for Sergeants:

Cover Girl,

Pal Joey and

Funny Girl.

In scary, unsure times like these, a glossy Doris Day comedy will put a smile on your face:

Pillow Talk

Lover Come Back

Send Me No Flowers

Move Over, Darling

The Thrill of It All

Don't forget Please Don't Eat The Daisies!

Love me my Doris!

A great non-Hitchcock thriller: Charade with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.

More Cary Grant, the perfect movie star: Operation Petticoat and Father Goose

Some Gene Tierney classics -

Laura

Leave Her to Heaven

The Ghost and Mrs Muir

‘Frank Capra’s ‘You Can’t Take it With You’ .

Wonderful ensemble cast including Jimmy Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Miller, Dub Taylor, and the always lovely, silver voiced, Jean Arthur.

R48 Oh, my gosh, yes! "Leave Her to Heaven!"

What an evil cunt Gene Tierney was in that one!

"Swim, Danny, swim! Faster!"

Three totally different movies to entertain those with cabin fever:

1) That's Entertainment....yes we've seen it all before, but all put together, it's two hours of heaven.

2) Marty...as down to earth as you can get, it's funny, heartbreaking and uplifting all at the same time.

3) Boys In The Band...forget Casablanca, All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard....BITB is the most quotable (and bitchy) movie you will ever see!

If you're an Xfinity subscriber, Showtime, Epix, History, and a few other premium channels are free for the next month. Just say the word * free * into you remote. Otherwise, take on some old Hollywood musicals.

Desperate Living

Indiscreet 1958

Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman

Here you go r47

Charade

The Birds is a great movie and I can't watch it enough . Though it might be a bit too on the nose for anyone already stressed.

I took the advice above and am currently watching Romance On The High Seas with Doris Day. Great film with a great score.

I Know Where I'm Going

What I'm watching:

"Targets" (1969) -- Peter Bogdanovich first feature. Boris Karloff is in it, maybe Monte Landis too.

"A Woman of Affairs" (1928) -- Greta Garbo

very poor print quality "The Menace" (1932) -- Bette Davis

"A Safe Place" -- Orson Welles, Tuesday Weld

"Berkeley Square" (1933) -- Frank lloyd

"Fine Manners" (1927) -- Gloria Swanson

"It's Such a Beautiful Day" -- directed by Don Hertzfeldt

"Futurismo" -- directed by Marcel L'Herbier

"If You Could Only Cook" (1935) -- Jean Arthur, Herbert Marshall

"It's Love I'm After" (1937) -- Leslie Howard

"Sons of the Desert" (1935?) -- Charley Chase, Laurel & Hardy

"Letty Lynton" (1932) -- Joan Crawford

"Marianne" -- Marion Davies

Parts One and Two of "Little Dorrit"

"Phantom of Crestwood"

"Private Detective 62" (1932) -- William Powell

"Spiderbaby" -- Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr.

"Stage Struck" -- Gloria Swanson

"The Ritz" (1976)

"The Old Dark House" (1932) -- Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton

"The Single Standard" (1929) -- Greta Garbo

"The Wind" -- Lillian Gish

"Wild Orchids" (1929) -- Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone

"Zaza" (1923) -- Glroia Swanson

Also!

"This Modern Age" -- Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton

"Miss Bluebeard" -- Bebe Daniels, Raymond Griffith

"Honey" (1930) -- Nancy Carroll, ZaSu Pitts

"Hopscotch" (1980) -- Walter Matthau (yes, occasionally I watch colour films)

"Christmas in Connecticut" (1945) -- Barbara Stanwyck

Eighteen Afterschool Specials plus a Little Lulu ABC Weekend Special

"Man's Favorite Sport" (1964) -- Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss

"The Lodger" (1927) -- Ivor Novello

Not a movie, but the greatest television series ever made, in my opinion — I, Claudius.

The cast, the writing, sex, murder, politics — it has everything and satisfies on every level.

Good choice, r58!

I happen to love films where the streets of a romantic city figure prominently, so ...

Foul Play. Delightful Screwball comedy with Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore set in San Francisco.

Arthur. Touching comedy with Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli set in New York.

Superstar with Molly Shannon - stupid, but funny/mindless

Kill Bill - for your frustrations

"Love Me Tonight" - Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette McDonald, Myra Loy, Charles Ruggles, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Butterworth and Mrs. Trumble from "I Love Lucy" -- with an original score by Rodgers & Hart introducing classics like "Isn't It Romantic", "Lover" and "Mimi" -- innovative directing by Rouben Mamoulian who directed the original stage productions of "Oklahoma!" and "Porgy and Bess" --- and oh yes, it's one many critics and classic film lovers' list as being probably the greatest musical of all time!

It's also very funny, and being a pre-code film, very sexy, especially Myrna Loy as a man-hungry Countess. The Chevalier-McDonald chemistry is also great.

Here's "Mimi":

“The Body Disappears” - a silly WWII era farce in which Edward Everett Horton and Willie Best have the most screen time (although the aren’t billed first).

TCM just broadcast it a couple of days ago - so you can find it on demand if you have Comcast.

It’s an absolute delight.

NASHVILLE

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

BODY HEAT

LOLITA

THE COMMITMENTS

XANADU

Die, Mommie, Die!

It’s a classic to me.

Down To Their Last Yacht

These current times just made me think of this bizarre surreal depression comedy about the upending of society. You can watch it free on this website

I love Sayonara directed by Josh Logan - it is a visually beautiful movie with a beautiful talented cast - 1957 - Marlon Brando, James Garner, Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. Sure it is dated but a great romantic movie. It's on Amazon ..... I love the montage when Marlon Brando keeps trying to catch the lead of a dance group's attention each night waiting at the foot bridge.

Wait Until Dark. A masterpiece in building suspense.

PS - We do all realize that “What’s Up, Doc?” is a virtual remake of “Bringing Up Baby”, right?

Charles Busch IS a living legend! Die, Mommie, Die is a classic.

R71 There's no leopard in "What's Up, Doc?", but there is a Chinese dragon float.

The More The Merrier - 1943, with Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn and Joel McCrea.

R58/59. Are you a film professor? Love that you picked one of my favorites Garbo films (Wild Orchids).

If you want to go wayyy back, Chaplin in Modern Times, the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera and Animal Crackers, and a young, dapper Jimmy Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

How about Lubitsch's delightful take off on operetta.The Oyster King's Daughter. And it's a silent.

His sound 'The Merry Widow' is MGM at its most lavish and a delirious dream.

Trouble in Paradise. 3 stars at their slyly sophisticated charming best. A talent which is practiced now by an elderly British few.

Watch "Baby" with Ruth Roman, one of the weirdest movies ever

I just saw Ace In The Hole. Directed by Billy Wilder. Stars Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling. Very atmospheric. Shocking ending for 1951.

Also, Detour. Great storytelling. B movie. Barely an hour long and unforgettable.

Pandora's Box. Silent. Beautiful. Louise Brooks.

History of the World, Pts 1 and 2 - Mel Brooks

I would suggest a Kathleen Turner film festival. She starred in some of the great rewatchable films of the 80s:

Body Heat

Romancing the Stone

Prizzi’s Honor

Peggy Sue Got Married

The War of the Roses

[R11] I love you, GapPlaylistsGuy

My favorite. Genuinely unsettling!

If you don't mind subtitles, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a whole lot of nutty fun

Fellini's Amacord is funny and sweet and crazy. . .

I watched a 1942 movie called "So's Your Aunt Emma" with Zasu Pitts. I actually chuckled several times and even laughed out loud once or twice.

Super corny and predictable, but it made me laugh. Also, it's free on YouTube.

These two movies are by no means classic, and generally overlooked, but they're two of my favorite comedies. "Mixed Nuts" is a zany Christmas movie with a stellar cast, including Madeline Kahn and Steve Martin. A notable role that I truly enjoyed was Liev Schreiber's crossdresser.

Another is "The 'Burbs," with Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, and Bruce Dern. Darkly funny.

"Gone With the Wind"

My go-to movie when I'm feeling down is Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati. Most of his movies lift my spirits.

many think the Dame Edith should have beat both Barbra and Kate for '67 Best Actress Oscar...

"The Whisperers" isn't much fun now that millions of American elders on fixed incomes are struggling with shopping in stores stripped bare by hoarders with unlimited incomes (See The WaPo's heartbreaking story today, Saturday).

For a more delightful Edith Evans movie, watch "The Importance of Being Earnest."

Prescient.

La grande bellezza plague.

Nuff said.

Did the last 3 posters read OP post?

Clearly not.

Most posters are suggesting things we've all watched and some darkk-ish shit too. They may as well suggest Steel Magnolias and It.

Dial M for Murder is a Hitchcock mystery with Grace Kelly. Was remade in the 90’s as A Perfect Murder. I like both versions.

[quote]No surprise. Pauline Kael hated everything.

She adored "Last Tango in Paris" and thought it was the greatest movie ever made. Her review is embarrassing to read now.

METROPOLIS!

It was on my list for years as a movie I “should” see but, ugh, a silent 1920s sci-fi movie? Over two and a half hours long? Blah.

I watched it one day, finally, and I immediately realized why it’s a must-watch movie. Despite being old, German, silent and long, it’s impressive and pretty fucking riveting. The themes of the movie are entirely relevant today: basically, a few, super-rich people run the world from above, having fun and oblivious to the suffering of the people who are worked to death (and literally sacrificed) underground. The guy who accidentally discovers what really goes on is the imbecile heir/nepotism beneficiary of an evil business mogul. Basically, it’s about 2020!

Someone suggested "The Birds." I love it, but it is an end-of-the-world movie.

“Marie Antoinette” with Norma Shearer. It has everything, beautiful clothes, amazing sets, wonderful parties, the most beautiful man, and a dazzling Queen. It even has a Barrymore. In the end as the queen endures her confinement we might feel better about our own confinement.

In color

I love the 60's caper movies with Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Sophia Lauren and Audrey Hepburn. Think Charade, Arabesque or Hot To Steal a Million with Peter O'Toole.

Most classic film buffs are familiar with "The Philadelphia Story," starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, but a movie I enjoy almost as much is "Holiday," which has the same two stars and, like "The Philadelphia Story," is based on a play by Philip Barry.

If you want a sweet trifle, Barefoot in the Park is a lovely little movie worth watching. Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are magnetic.

The Apartment won Best Picture for a reason. It was ahead of its time. A really excellent and sadly overlooked movie. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a melancholic romantic tragicomedy.

As long as people are recommending Norma Shearer movies, we certainly have to include "The Women," which is the very definition of escapist fun and features Joan Crawford in one of her best roles.

OUTBREAK on Netflix or Mommie Dearest

Night of the Hunter- beyond scary, beautiful cinematography, one of my favorite films of all time.

Has anyone said Stage Door yet? It’s a great ensemble like The Women, with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball—who is very much not Lucy Ricardo in it!

Has anyone said Stage Door yet? It’s a great ensemble like The Women, with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball—who is very much not Lucy Ricardo in it!

The Thin Man series with William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (if it's available) On the Beach Death in Venice Double Indemnity (Really anything directed by Billy Wilder) Dodsworth Bring Up Baby Weekend Pillow Talk (really!) Prizzi's Honor The Letter Parasite

GASLIGHT is fab because Ingrid Bergman is one of the very few from that era who acts in a naturalistic style we can still connect with.

THE HARD WAY (1942) used to be on YouTube but now I can’t find it! Ida Lupino plays a ruthless stage mother (actually, older sister) who pushes ingenue Joan Leslie to stardom at any cost.

If you can get it, that one’s very good.

Panama Hattie (1942) with Ann Sothern singing "I've Still Got My Health"

One of my favorite old movies:

[quote]Panama Hattie (1942) with Ann Sothern singing "I've Still Got My Health"

Bitch stole my song.

while singing prettier and with better legs, too!

"A New Leaf," with Elaine May and Walter Matthau. Hysterically funny!

My favorite line: "Every time she eats, she has to be vacuumed."

1943's "Thank Your Lucky Stars" starring Eddie Cantor along with Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Edward Everett Horton, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Dinah Shore, S. K. Sakall and Hattie McDaniel.

Here's Eddie Cantor singing, "We're Staying Home Tonight" from the finale...

R122 Yes, A New Leaf is clever and funny.

I watched this on YouTube the other day and it was really entertaining: No Down Payment (1957). Tony Randall and Joanne Woodward in a soapy drama about four young couples living in a newly developed mid-mod cul de sac.

Reminds me of three great Matthau movies from the 70s: Hopscotch (w/Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty), very clever.

The original Taking of Pelham One Two Three from 1974 (w/Martin Balsam, Jerry Stiller, Robert Shaw)

Charley Varrick (well-written suspense)

QUEEN BEE- Joan Crawford hilariously campy and evil, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY and RADIO DAYS-two of the best nostalgic Woody's both not featuring Woody, WHAT'S UP DOC?- you just can't beat it for laughs and dreamboat Ryan O'Neil, BLACK WIDOW- great Debra Winger/Theresa Russell mystery with style to burn, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY-hilarious Charles Busch murder mystery that makes fun of Gidget beach party movies with lots of hot guys, and funnier than the excellent DIE MOMMIE DIE, CABARET- Bob Fosse's best and just so great, REEFER MADNESS THE MUSICAL-very funny with a great score and featuring Alan Cumming, Kristen Bell, Ana Gasteyer, Steven Weber and super hot Robert Torti as sexy, shirtless Jesus, POLYESTER-John Waters funniest, and a new Criterion special edition disc, THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIES-so silly they're actually funny, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE- Meryl plays Carrie and Shirley plays Debbie, and hot Dennis Quaid, and Looney Tunes cartoons in between to break up the monotony.

When I looked at R127 I thought I was having a COVID stroke! What a schizo-looking post.

She doesn't know how to hit return, R128.

The highlight of "Thank Your Lucky Stars" at R123: Bette Davis singing "They're Either Too Young or Too Old."

A classic in its genre. The Carry On movies always give me a chuckle. Kenneth Williams hated them - he thought most of them trash.

The highlight of "Thank Your Lucky Stars" was Hattie McDaniel's "Ice Cold Katie" but it'd never be filmed today. So much talent in this number - and working in a big budget film when acting jobs for African-Americans were few and far between - if also so many awful racial stereotypes on display.

Psycho Beach Party, featuring Amy Adams!

I'm watching Python, particularly Life of Brian.

Also gaining immense satisfaction from the Equalizer movies with Denzel Washington. With assholes seemingly winning all the time with lies and corruption, it's a relief to watch a few assholes get what's coming to them. If only....

If you're looking for something atmospheric and creepy, try The Comfort of Strangers -- Christopher Walken, Helen Mirren, and Rupert Everett at his most gorgeous, plus beautiful Venice locations. I know it's not a classic but it's worth 90 minutes of your time.

He's a very naughy boy!

A classic and very out there film. Yeah, not everyone involved is PC, but I love this film and hear something new every time.

Side note: We need restaurants like this again. Gloves....

The Best of Nicole, so dark, so funny.

R138 One of my faves! Plus Ileana Douglas is in it...

(R138) And Joaquin Phoenix!

R138 And Casey Affleck! OMG, now I have to find that movie. It was so dark and so funny!

(R138) Plus Buck Henry, Wayne Knight of Seinfeld and Holland Taylor (whom I love).

r87 I've been watching films on YouTube lately and that one keeps popping up as a recommendation. I was avoiding it but I'll check it out after I watch That Hamilton Woman.

R138 And let's not forget George Segal. He's uncredited but plays an important part. It's free on Crackle.

PEEPING TOM (1960) It's dark but not an end-of-the-world film

Hitchcocks favorite movie of his own and my favorite Hitchcock movie.

Shadow Of A Doubt

Whole movie is at the link

Raising Arizona, a Looney Tunes cartoon come to life. Hilarious. And back when Nick was hot and adorable.

R147 Another great suggestion! Plus, John Goodman!

I despise "My Dinner With Andre." Talk about a movie that was absurdly overpraised by critics. Such a cinematic innovation: Plant a camera in front of two talking heads I wouldn't want to spend five minutes with. People actually thought it was improvised. Every word of it was scripted.

But chacun a son gout, R137.

The Big Lebowski. Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman. What's not to like, Dude?

Alec Guinness was peed off that so many people only knew him for star wars (yawn) and not his theatre work, well I knew him for his Ealing Studios films; darkly comedic moral tales, they're little gems:

The Ladykillers (1955) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) The Man in the White Suit (1951) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

It's sort of forgotten now, but I really liked the 1978 movie House Calls, with Walter Matthau & Glenda Jackson . . .

I recently watched "Emma" (1932) with Marie Dressler, on TCM, and she delivered a warm and touching performance as a faithful housekeeper who marries the widowed man of the house, and then has to deal with his no good, spoiled rotten kids. It also stars handsome young Richard Cromwell, who went on to marry Dame Angela.

Marie Dreessler is not your typical leading lady, but she was a terrific actress.

[quote]It also stars handsome young Richard Cromwell, who went on to marry Dame Angela.

Despite his being a homosexualist. They were married for only 9 months. Dame Angie talked about his being gay in interviews years later. They remained friends until his death in 1960.

R151 to which list I'd add his "Our Man In Havana" (1959) with Noel Coward, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives, Ernie Kovacs, and Ralph Richardson in the adaptation of Graham Greene's 1958 novel of pre-Castro Havana filmed in Havana after Castro had taken over the country.

R152 They also did Hopscotch together. Great chemistry between Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson.

R138 I'm watching To Die For for free on Crackle right now. Loving it! Thank you.

Another great and hysterically funny Alec Guinness movie from the late 50s (I think), The Horse's Mouth, from the equally great book by Joyce Carey.

Also for Jean Arthur fans and Preston Sturges fans (and New York City double decker bus fans), one of my favorite comedies ever, "Easy Living". Brilliant Depression era (1939?) comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Sturgess. (Don't get the one with the same name featuring Victor Mature!)

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple.

American Graffiti Jaws Meatballs Animal House Godspell Sleeper The Hotel New Hampshire Where The Buffalo Roam (the last 2 are pretty out there but given the monotony of “shelter in place”-they are worth a look

[quote]American Graffiti Jaws Meatballs Animal House Godspell Sleeper The Hotel New Hampshire Where The Buffalo Roam

That's some title for one movie.

Genevieve (1953) is an absolute delight, featuring gorgeous Kay Kendall and a wonderful harmonica score by Larry Adler. Truly a classic.

Les Misérables (2019), which recently won Best Picture at the Césars and was nominated for Best International Film at the Oscars, is available on Amazon Prime. Excellent, often nerve-racking film, featuring hotties Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti and Djebril Zonga.

For those who might like to go digging.

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R156 - I'm not a big fan of Hopscotch, but then I haven't seen it in decades, so maybe the older me would appreciate it more now.

But House Calls was special and charming - almost a throwback to a 1940s movie. When I saw it in the 1970s as a kid, I saw something "ordinary" (in a good way) believable and smart in the way the Matthau & Jackson characters related to each other - he as a widow, and she as a divorcee.

Plus it has a couple of really good laughs.

And Art Carney.

An absolutely sparkling comedy from 1939-"Midnight" starring Claudette Colbert, John Barrymore Mary Astor and Don Ameche.

From www dot thepiratebay dot org you can torrent "The President's Analyst" (1967), a fun Cold War / Great Society film with Jim Coburn, Joan Darling, William Daniels, Severn Darden and Godfrey Cambridge.

The Lady Eve with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. A classic comedy!

R162 Thanks, I just watch "Genevieve" tonight on Amazon Prime, and it was delightful!

In glorious B&W

Speaking of Joseph Schildkraut, he's terrific playing Anne Frank's father in "The Diary of Anne Frank". With folks hunkering down, it's a fine film to at least even more now realize the kinds of hardships they had in sheltering in place for more than 2 years to hide from the Nazis, sort of how we nowadays hide from a virus.

This girl made a list of woman-centric noirs which I found very entertaining. I have to add to the list 'Wicked Woman' (1953) a delicious down n dirty B movie. Also check out the similarly titled 'The Wicked Lady' a Gainsborough histric drama about a noble lady turned highway robber.

I suggest the OP browse the American Film Institute's TOP 100 List. It's probably the most authoritative "Best" list for movies.

At Close Range. Because Sean Penn is a little hottie in it. Also Christopher Walken is just awesome!

Strange little gem: My Talks with Dean Spanley - an uneven performance and some miscasting (the son is all wrong) but well worth taking in.

Our 'elites' - the ones sitting in power right now - are fucking nuts and always were.

Loved this film because Peck is so gorgeous and a blonde brat is taken down.

Sorry, bad post. Neighbors were having a huge fight and I'm still sleepy.

The Big Country is silly melodrama at it's best.

Local Hero

R161 The post was a mistake. It’s not the name of one movie. It’s the title of Fiona Apple’s next album.

For some reason which I'll never know a classic comedy which is NEVER mentioned on DL or anywhere really is The Devil and Miss Jones with Jean Arthur at her very best. One of those the big boss goes undercover as a clerk to find out what the employees are really up to comedies. And when you've got Coburn and Byington in supporting roles it's pretty enjoyable and clever with funny plot twists. Fly in the ointment-an only ok Robert Cummings.

If you're an Esther Williams' fan and I don't know why there aren't more of them Easy to Love has a very beautiful early 50s Cypress Gardens setting and a whopper of a Busby Berkeley finale which is completely bonkers and exhilarating. You've probably seen it in one if the That's Entertainment films. Lots of water skiers doing amazing things.

Not really a classic, but if you love cheezy old sci-fi 'The Giant Claw' is worth a look.

I see your Giant Claw, and I raise you Tarantula . . .

Yes, but what will Tarantula do when faced with ... The Monolith Monsters ?

At a time like this, only Joan Collins can save us

[quote]R170 In glorious B&W

Sorry, but even a global pandemic can’t make DL embrace that wonky eyed Norma Shearer!

Wild Orchid (1990)

If you want giant creature movies, look no further than THEM!

SPLICE!

Can’t read all 190, so Dinner at Eight, if it hasn’t been suggested already. Harlow, her maid, Berry and Dressler are worth it just for their bits.

I'm in the midst of a Carry On... marathon. I'm in the US, but lucky to have a multi region DVD player, so I have the complete set of films. Fortunately, quite a few are available on YouTube. Here's one of my favorites, Carry On Camping (the complete film):

'You couldn't get into the men's room at the Astor!'

R192, I've not seen them all, but I loved Carry On Up the Khyber, which was so funny that I fell off the chair laughing hysterically.

Back at you [R-187]

Norma fucked her way to the top by hurling herself at MGM producer Irving Thalberg.

Considering the competition, he must have had quite the inferiority complex to settle for HER!

You must have her confused with Crawford. As they said “Irving couldn’t get up on the screen and act for her. Either the public likes you or they don’t.

Norma is terrific. There has been as much love for her on DL as hate. Watch her go from regal queen of the MGM lot in the Barrett's of Wimpole Street to a daughter terrified of her sexual predator father. She's also incredibly moving at the end of Marie Antoinette. Then there's Private Lives, The Student Prince of Old Heidelberg, Escape...

Get that cross eyed troglodyte OUT of here!

These may be our final days. We don’t need exposure to that hack the Widow Thalberg hastening them, any!

Joan you always have to mention one of your movies don't you?

Norma’s a boring, saccharine piece of SHIT.

And that will be my final post on this complete nonentity!

"L.A. Confidential." Loved the inside of Lynn's (Kim Basinger's) apartment. Always seemed like night-time in her apartment. Also starring: Russell Crowe (young & hot), Guy Pearce, Dudley Smith (very dirty cop), David Strathairn, and, yes, Kevin Spacey. Lots of other really good character actors.

^^ notice there was no hot NORMA SHEARER lookalike whore in that film.

Just sayin’....

Norma was a lot of things but never boring and always interesting because she acted with her whole body and had a most expressive face and was never typecast. She may not be as well remember as the others but when you watch her films you knew she was somebody. She’s never overshadowed in “The Women” and that alone says a lot.

Include me as liking Norma Shearer. Have never understood the hate for her here.

Robert Morley, 'How did YOU get to be a star?'

Norma, 'Because I WANTED to.'

[quote]R205 Have never understood the hate for her here.

It’s because she has the simperingest little cow frau face [italic]ever.

That she had not a career but the career is amazing. She had no stage experience, not the best figure and of course her eye problem. She really help put the illusion in Hollywood.

You guys have convinced me to finally watch "Sunset Boulevard." I am watching it now. I'll report back.

I also love Norma Shearer so please don't purport to speak for everyone.

Whoever recommended "Emma", I agree that's a great one

Wilde, TX Chainsaw 1974, Talented Mr. Ripley, Taking Woodstock, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, Party Monster, The Outsiders, Once Upon A Time In America, My Own Private Idaho, Misery, Little Boy Blue, Lawn Dogs, La Bamba, Joshua Tree 1951, Islands In The Stream, Gods And Monsters, Godfather 1 & 2, Gattaca, The Emerald Forest, Eyes Wide Shut, Easy Rider, Drugstore Cowboy, Capote, Boogie Nights, The Aviator, 2001 A Space Odyssey, 54, Bugcrush

I have seen Hitchcok movies and Bergman movies listed, but don't think I have seen Notorious. With Shadow of a Doubt, probably my favorite Hitchcock from the 40's. Bergman, Grant, and Claude Rains are all great and the mother character is something. Hitch really built some suspense with no action or chase scenes in the movie. One of the few times Grant showed some of his darker side as well.

I saw Casablanca recently. I don't know if I was too young the first time I saw it or it is a movie you appreciate more on repeated viewings, because I really like it now and thought it was just OK the first time I saw it.

Here's a link to 'Them' from 1954 at The Internet Archive. It's worth watching just for James Arness as big blonde, ant-killing FBI agent Robert Graham.

"Street Scene" from 1931. Starring Sylvia Sidney and directed by King Vidor. I saw it be chance several years ago and was blown away. Very natural acting style on display which surprised me because it is an early talking film. Loved it.

I love campy horror movies when I'm feeling down. Rocky Horror is on the list, as is The Thing, and Them.

If you want camp, you can add The Brain from Planet Arous

I might take this opportunity to finally watch “The Thin Man”. William Powell has never done much for me, and Myrna Loy’s fine, but in the same way, not really compelling - to ME. (I like her in that big Goldwyn WWII movie, “The Best Years of Our Lives” but it’s not really about her.)

Anyway, your numbers are up, you two. Do. not. Disappoint!

Triumph over disaster as Jeanette stood among the ruins aaaannnndddd saaaaang

From the 1936 film of the same name; "San Francisco." Still shown on local San Francisco TV every April 18th, the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake

Breaker Morant - This came out in 1980, when Australian directors and actors were receiving worldwide reception. Today some of the actors might seem familiar to you, but seeing new talent was part of the pleasure of this movie. It's about a court martial during the Boer War in South Africa, almost at the very end. Three Australian lieutenants are on trial for murder and atrocities committed during the war. Whether they did it, why they did it, which ones did what and whether the trial is fair are all up for examination. This is my favorite courtroom drama and possibly my favorite war movie. It's quite good and I never hear it mentioned these days, although it's at 100% at Rotten Tomatoes.

Paris, Texas (1984)

Well, you can tell by this list that U’ve git time in my hands...

Agora - Rachel Weisz as 4th century AD philosopher Hypatia in account of murderous early Christian fanatics.

The Answer Man - Intriguing take on self-help books, and the people who follow them.

Brother Sun Sister Moon - Zeffirelli’s follow-up to Romeo and Juliet. Beautifully photographed, very sincere take on St. Francis. It grows on you.

Canterbury Tale - Powell & Pressburger wartime film about oblique spirituality. Some strange plot elements, but fascinating effort.

The Counterfeit Traitor - Marvelous adult WWII spy movie with William Holden and an incandescent Lilli Palmer, who is magnificent.

The Devil and Daniel Webster - Mysterious take on Faust , with lovely photography and great performances. From much underrated director William Dieterle.

Dreamchild - Affecting account of 80-year-old model for Lewis Carroll’s Alice, finally dealing with her feelings about him. Memorable.

Green Dolphin Street - Wild MGM spectacle, with everything crammed in, including Donna Reed becoming a nun! Great fun.

Handsome Harry - Fascinating character study about a popular guy forced to confront secrets from his past. Good performances.

I Remember Mama - Loving chronicle of family in 1910 San Francisco. Beautifully don, with sadness and comedy. George Stevens’ first film after WWII.

Jungle Book - Incredible color spectacle with Sabu, a feast to watch! Not to mention a wonderful score by the maestro Miklos Rozsa.

Lost Horizon - Ronald Colman in this 1937 masterpiece. One of my favorite films, ever. Still controversial, but so much of it works beautifully. Colman’s best performance. Unearthly score by the great Dimitri Tiomkin.

Miss Morrison’s Ghosts - Dramatized documentary approach to account of two conservative English ladies Who reportedly encountered Marie Antoinette in a time warp at Versailles. Dame Wendy Hiller wonderful as usual.

Lady in White - Suspenseful ghost story with elements if family comedy and civic discord. Worth seeing.

Madam Satan - De Mille period domestic drama. First half is dull, but second half is unbelievable Art Deco costume ball on a dirigible! Has to be seen to be believed.

The Masque of the Red Death - Too topical Vincent Price horror show, with rich color cinematography by one Nicholas Roeg.

The Moon and Sixpence -Beautiful exploration of what art means, with George Sanders as a Gaughin type of artist. See if you can find a print with the color ending!

One, Two, Three - My favorite comedy. Jimmy Cagney and Coca-Cola colonialism in corrupt 1960 Berlin!

The Portrait of Jennie - Another eerie ghost love story, also directed by William Dieterle. Beautiful cinematography. Last shot is the surprise!

Rembrandt - Laughton as the genius artist. Beautiful, affecting film.

Resurrection - Fascinating character study of woman who suddenly finds she can heal. Ellen Burstyn is wonderful, and Eva Le Gallienne as her grandmother is even better.

Savage Messiah - My favorite Ken Russell film, about sculptor Henri Gaudier, with a great Dorothy Tutin. Few of the usual Russell pyrotechnics. Very affecting.

Smashing Time - Very funny forgotten 1960’s comedy with Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tushingham. Redgrave as a pop singer is a scream!

Soldier of Orange - Early Paul Verhoeven film about what happens to a group of Dutch friends in WWII. Brought Rutger Hauer to deserved international attention.

This Means War - what happens when two really close buddies fall for the same woman. The fact that the two are both professional spies adds to the mix. Chris Pine and Tom Hardy in almost a love story.

Truly Madly Deeply - The aftermath of losing a loved one, with supernatural overtones. Bittersweet love, with a great Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson.

Westward the Women - Robert Taylor leads a wagon train of mail order brides across the country. Wonderful ensemble, with s lot of postwar Broadway actresses. And even Taylor is pretty good.

*that I’ve got time on my hands...

Cheeesh...

[quote]Dreamchild - Affecting account of 80-year-old model for Lewis Carroll’s Alice, finally dealing with her feelings about him. Memorable.

Starring the actress Coral Browne!

"The Love Parade" starring Maurice Chevalier and in her film debut, Jeanette McDonald, totally matching him in star power immediately. Co-starring DL fave Lillian Roth and Lupino Lane, the original double-jointedly acrobatic star of "Me and My Girl" and of the Ida Lupino theatrical family, who are very wonderful themselves.

It's directed by the great Ernst Lubitsch, and from way back in 1929, the first full-year of talking pictures. Plus, it's pre-code and very sexy and funny, even if some scenes are stage bound since they were still figuring out how to make sound work in the early days of talkies.

Here's a sample - enjoy!

Here's Lupino Lane Lillian Roth, also loads of fun.

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" bisexual love triangle without hysteria, peter finch, glenda jackson, murray head

Watching Expedition Bigfoot on the Travel Channel.

The Trouble With Angels

Watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time because of you guys. I admit I was multi-tasking while watching. However, I will probably watch it again and pay more attention. Can't believe how many catch phrases are in that movie: "Ready for my close-up."

As exaggerated as the character (Norma Desmond) was, I think that there really are women (some men) like Desmond. Madonna comes to mind.

R229, you can't multi task and watch "SSB" at the same time.

DA FUQ IS WRONG WITCHU?!!

I second Cagney's "real" last film: One, Two, Three. It's very, very funny. As an added bonus, you get an extended scene of Horst Bucholtz in his underwear. The snappy dialogue goes a mile a minute, so you gotta pay attention!

Another scene from One Two Three:

Could do an 80s movie thing.

Stripes Private Benjamin Pretty in Pink St. Elmos Fire But the 70's list left out these dystopic goodies: Planet of the Apes Soylent Green The Exorcist The Omen series.

[quote]I second Cagney's "real" last film: One, Two, Three. It's very, very funny.

An added attraction: Cagney's wife is played by DL fave Arlene Francis.

My Eldergay children, in these troubling times If you need me , call me ',,,,,,, much love and wash your hands !!!!

R235, Diane, gurl, that movie had one scene that gave me nightmares for weeks.

Another frightening scene was in "Lady Sings the Blues."

As you know Mary my make artist was able to come up with both concepts based upon headshots of YOU as a Supreme. Please name all of the movies you starred in? Much love and peace in these troubled times my dear. Remember to wash your hands in cold water , with no soap for only 5 seconds, that is plenty to kill all biohazards

All the great Powell and Pressburger films:

A Matter Of Life And Death

Colonel Blimp

The Red Shoes

Black Narcissus

I Know Where I'm Going

"Once Ipon a Time in America" is an excellent film about the Jewish mafia in early 20th century New York. It is also somewhat long, so watching it will help a good bit of time pass

Good one, R240. Since we're talking mob movies:

A Bronx Tale

"Chinatown" from 1974. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway and a bunch of vivid supporting character actors.

It Came from Hollywood (1982) Featuring John Candy Dan Aykroyd Gilda Radner Cheech & Chong

R240, great movie, with a fantastic sound track.

Boys in the Sand

The Other Side of Aspen

Sailor in the Wild

Now those are classics, r245!

The Times of Harvey Milk. If you haven't seen it in a while, you might be surprised how beautiful and powerful it is.

NOSFERATU (Murnau-1921). Made in the ruins of the devastation of WWI and after more millions dying in the Spanish Flu, it's still relevant as a terrifying contagion narrative.

I recently saw Bela Lugosi's Dracula for the first time. While his portrayal is iconic, in many ways Nosferatu has aged better and has some truly creepy images.

If you like Nosferatu, you might like Shadow of a Vampire. It is a fictional story of the making of the film with Willem DaFoe playing the "actor" playing the vampire. To say that the "actor" he is playing is typecast is an understatement.

Passport to Pilmico or any Ealing comedy .Just a hour and a half of escapism

I love Passport to Pimlico -But haven't been able to find it anywhere. :(

"Fargo" (Coen Brothers). You can just listen to it, like an audio book, if you need to multi-task.

CAMILLE (Cukor-1936). Be a slut, and party like there's no tomorrow, and then fatally cough your lungs out . . . tomorrow.

Here you go, R251.

Klute (1971)

Jane Fonda plays a hooker and she got an Oscar for that role.

You are a GOD, [R254] -Thank you so much for sharing that!

Tonight at 10pm eastern, TCM is showing the magical Max Reinhardt 1937 "Midsummer Night's Dream" escapism doesn't get any better than this. with DL fave and still alive olivia in a starring role

Max Reinhardt's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was released in 1935, not 1937. And, yes, I'm still here.

TCM had a great movie on last week - a 1958 French film from Louis Malle called "Elevator to the Gallows," with Jeanne Moreau and two beautiful actors, Maurice Ronet and Georges Poujouly.

A great suspense film with lots of twists and turns and nice male eye candy.

"Aimee and Jaguar" is a great Germsn film based on the real love story of a Jewish woman,who was working undercover in Berlin during WW II, who fell in love with a German housefrau. It is a beautiful and tragic story

Strictly Ballroom. The delightful fantasy comedy with heart. And yummy Paul Mercurio.

Tonight I watched a sweet gay romance from The Netherlands called Just Friends (2018) on Amazon Prime. It's very slight and hardly earth-shattering, but it's a charming way to spend an evening, the leads are cute and there's some nice Dutch locations.

R261 Great suggestion. I long for the day when love is in the air, not infectious droplets.

How about Ernst Lubitsch"s lovely romantic comedy NINOTCHKA (Garbo/1939).

R33 bumping because Young Frankenstein is on. Could not be the more perfect movie to watch right now.

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) full fillm on youtube link. DL fave Agnes Moorehead as a blonde madam

The Conformist - a wonderful exploration of the many compromises people make to their ambition.

[quote]The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) full fillm on youtube link. DL fave Agnes Moorehead as a blonde madam

I watched a 1960s episode of "Password" last night on Buzzr. Elizabeth Montgomery (an excellent player) was one of the celebrities. At the top of the episode, Allen Ludden told her, "We had your grandmother on the show a few weeks ago, Agnes Moorehead!" Agnes must have loved that.

I object to the OP's Anti-Apocalyptic Rule. It's like she's trying to bury her head in the sand and ignore what's coming.

You'll never see toilet paper again unless you start training for the Thunderdome NOW.

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Campy, scenery-chewing acting from (still living!) Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis, and nearly-unrecognizable DL fave Agnes Moorehead. Great sets. Great song. The plot is absolutely cruel. Bette's acting in the last scene is incredible.

An old favorite of mine that blends screwball comedy with the supernatural is Topper from 1937. Interesting special effects as Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, two recently dead carefree socialites, haunt their hen-pecked banker, Roland Young. Billie Burke as Young's wife is also a riot. There are two sequels (without Bennett and Grant) that are enjoyable in their own right. All three are available on YouTube in the public domain.

If you have Amazon Prime, you can see The Whisperers (1967), for which Edith Evans should've won the Best Actress Oscar instead of Katharine Hepburn (in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner).

THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER depressed me, r266. What did she do that was so bad?

The message of the film is a real downer.

I think it was the last Lana Turner/Ross Hunter collaboration tear jerker "Madame X" from 1966

my parents wouldn't let me go "mamie stover" because I was 10, but my "wild" aunt took me. I knew what "revolt" meant but had no idea what she was revolting against.

richard egan did spark some early tingles

Our Jessie in FRANCES, about the talented, wildcat actress Frances Farmer.

The movie Farmer made just before her arrest, which would have revitalized her career had there not been such a scandal:

R266, thanks for the movie, if for nothing else than seeing Richard Egan strip down at the beach. Egan, Aldo Ray and Rod Taylor at their peaks were unbelievable.

hey what am i....chopped liver

Thanks for SON OF FURY. Fun adventure film. Beautiful Alfred Newman score.Remade years later with Cornel Wilde as TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR.

THE MIRACLE WORKER, the ultimate story of hope.

Thanks for the recommendation of SON OF FURY, r281. Not for the movie, per se, but your endorsement of the score; AN is one of my faves.

I've also got ZAZA on my watchlist, r59. Let's meet over cocktails and compare notes!

Seconding r240 and ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW YORK. It is an incredible film about male friendship that bears repeated viewings to realize the brilliance of its non-linear structure, performances, production design and musical score. But only watch the nearly 4-hour Director's Cut!!

Butterflies are Free, one of the few Neil Simon adaptations that doesn't seem stage bound. A young blind boy tries to find independence but falls in love with a free spirited hippie. A beautiful performance by Goldie Hawn, perhaps her best and Eileen Heckart inexplicably won the Best Supporting Oscar for her role as the busybody mother.

In a somewhat similar vein, A Patch of Blue won Shelley Winters another Oscar for a very typical performance from her. A simple story of a blind girl, brilliantly played by the late Elisabeth Hartman, who falls in love with a black man, played of course by Sidney Poitier. It's very moving and Hartman's performance may make you cry. Winters plays the loudmouthed, bigoted mother who blinds her daughter in a fit of rage, allows her daughter to get raped by one of her boyfriends and tries to get her into prostitution.

I'd recommend Days of Heaven only if you have a widescreen TV and a superb sound system.

"Butterflies are Free" wasn't written by Neil SImon -- it was by Leonard Gersche.

R286, yikes, you're right. Maybe that's why I enjoyed it so much.

Enough with these fossilized Elderkween suggestions.

Time for some suggestions for the non-pearl-clutching set..

Who is that very handsome man at R280?

c'est moi

Stormy Monday - It isn't really a classic, more a small movie that got overlooked. I went to see it because Sting played a supporting role as a jazz-club owner. A baby-faced Sean Bean stars as a young man come to Newcastle looking for work who finds a place a Sting's club. Tommy Lee Jones plays a mean, crooked businessman who might be trying to take out Sting. The movie looks great and sounds great. Pay attention when the radio is playing.

One of my favorite photos of handsome Mr. Payne.

Not a classic but a CULT classic

'I've made 30 stag films and I've never faked an orgasm!'

Before movie legend Jennifer Jones made her final screen appearance in the disaster flick Towering Inferno, she made this disaster. Rock star/cult leader Bogart Peter Styvenson corrupts a fat heiress and her stag actress mother and homosexual father. Like that bad night Tijuana, you hope the ordeal will fade from memory once the vomiting stops. Cruel and malicious, you can't stop watching as our jaw keeps dropping. Originally titled Angel, Angel Down We Go - the name was changed to capitalize on the still unfolding Manson Murders. Classy!

A ridiculous but very smart and sweet film-buff friend of mine just sent me a list of films (low to highbrow and everything in-between) that he think I’d like based on what he knows I’ve already enjoyed, but I confess the list is so long it feels impossible to know where to start with it. It would take days to even glance at the IMDB of each and decide whether I’d like it or not.

Still, I’d like to give his thoughtful rundown a try, and use the project to break up my home work. Might tasteful Dlers recommend the Top 10-20 of these? (Part I, as follows):

Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia (1983) George Sand’s La mare au diable (1923) A Song of Love (1950) Pasolini’s Arabian Nights (1974) The Wages of Fear The Lion in Winter Pierrot le fou Genghis Khan (1965) Becket Fascination (1979) A Touch of Evil Apocalypto Pandorum Burn! The Egyptian (1954) Red Cliff Bedlam (1946) Taipei Story Mrs Dalloway Vision Something Wild 12 Monkeys Tagore The Music Man Opera for the Apocalypse Mr. Smith goes to Washington Local Hero Gohatto Dune Dororo By the Rivers of Babylon Au revoir les enfants All The President’s Men Satantango Todd Haynes’ Poison (1991) Clean (2004) Visitor Q Touki Bouki Decasia The Country Doctor Wake in Fright Ken Russell’s The Devils Dead of Night Ghost Dog Good Night & Good Luck Dylan Dog La fille de d’Artagnan (aka Revenge of the Musketeers) Titan A.E. R.U.R. The 13th Floor Secret of Tesla Turn the River Amnesia Moon Damnation Alley The Yellow Wind Turbine Amadeus Byron (2003) Stage Door The Women Eve’s Bayou Lady Vengeance The Night of the Hunted Sunset Strip 25th Hour Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon Lipstick & Dynamite - documentary

More to come...

You Ought to Be in Pictures! (1940) Journey to Italy (1954) Against the Day Solaris (1972) Raging Bull Miller’s Crossing Southern Comfort Southlander Delicacy All Over Me The Thin Man The Rocketeer Night of the Comet The Tartar Steppe Colas Breugnin Man from Snowy River Man from Colarado Desperado Cheyenne Liberty Valance High School Confidential Sorority Girls from Hell Black Widow Desert Blue How Stella got her Groove Back Capricorn 1 The Last Starfighter Faeries (1999) TV Eye Christine Truckfighters Dark City The Toxic Avenger Garbage World Blood Car Idle Hands Samurai Cop Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns Phantom of the Rue Morgue Over the Garden Wall Book of the Dead Age of Insects Four Brothers 12 Angry Men Threads (1984) Judgement at Nuremburg Network Dead Man Walking Memento Little Children with Jackie Earle Haley Sheba & The Gladiator Anna Karenina (1935) Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot (1951) Kafka’s The Trial (1962) Julius Caesar (1970) Dreyer’s The Passion Of Joan Of Arc Murnau’s Sunrise Vidor’s The Crowd Steiner’s H2O Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Akhmed Jiyû ren’ai A Bittersweet Life (2005) Anything else by Kurosawa, Lumet, Jean Melville, Yasujiro Ozu, Mario Bava, Chloe Zhao, Abel Ferrera, Bong Joon Ho, Elem Klimov & Aleksei German (but he didn’t say which were the best?)

The Exterminating Angel (Bunuel, 1962). On the Criterion Channel and elsewhere.

THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE

(depressing, though)

From your list at r298, the ones I've seen and recommend:

Wages of Fear (1953)

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Bedlam (1946)

Something Wild (1986)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Au revoir les enfants (1987)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Stage Door (1937)

The Women (1939)

From your list at r299, the ones I've seen and recommend:

The Thin Man (1934)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

12 Angry Men (1957)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Network (1976)

Dead Man Walking (1995)

Sunrise (1927)

The Crowd (1928)

SUNRISE is just goddam beautiful and brilliant.

The Shadow On The Wall Kiss of Death Tugboat Annie

"Kiss of Death Tugboat Annie" is one of my favorites.

Thanks ever so, R302 & R303. Those do seem very good choices, and a fine starting point for the enormous list I have. Now I can dive in with more confidence.

Everyone else, please don’t hesitate to recommend others if you notice one that you’ve seen and loved in my dear friend’s catalogue.

Now off I go to find a stream!

Tried to watch the Big Sleep the other night..made it to about 40 minutes

Additional recommendations from the lists at R298/R299:

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Ozu's Tokyo Story, Late Spring, and Floating Weeds

Touch of Evil

Memento

Dead of Night (1945)

Anna Karenina (1935)

Christine (1983)

Journey to Italy

Pierrot le Fou

All the President's Men

Eve's Bayou

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), close to my favorite movie.

Fail-Safe (1964) with Henry Fonda

Seconds (1966) with Rock Hudson

Kurosawa's RED BEARD (1965). The great Toshiro Mifune plays the crusty but benign head doctor of an impoverished rural hospital in 19th century Japan. Cute guy Yuzo Kayama is the Dr. Kildare-type junior who learns to check his ego and privilege serving the poorest and sickest.

It's pretty awesome. And totally relevant now.

I know we cancelled him over his political opinions a while back; however, Bret Easton Ellis' podcast on film and pop culture has introduced me to several great films. He spends about 20 minutes with each film review, featuring both well-known classics and more obscure movies. Each episode is about 2 hours long. This week is Contempt, Footlight Parade, The Day of the Locust, The Big Knife and others.

Okay -Not so much a classic, as fun and timely: Don't Drink the Water.

Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Michael Constantine, Ted Bessell. An American caterer and his family are touring Europe when their plane is hijacked behind the iron curtain. They get off the plane to take a few pictures and are accused of being spies. They have to take refuge in the American Embassy, which they cannot leave... So, people locked in afraid of dying if they go out. It's actually very silly and funny. Based on the Woody Allen play. He later remade it as a TV movie starring himself, Julie Kavner, Mayim Bialik, and Michael J. Fox, but I prefer the original.

I'll second "The Night of the Hunter."

Since R312 brought up Kurosawa (I haven't seen "Red Beard"), I'll suggest "The Seven Samurai." It's long (3.5 hours) and subtitled. Normally, I hate it when movies run past 2 hours (e.g., Casino), but this one was OK.

I've been watching Mad Max movies.

My favorite Kurosawa movie is [italic]Derzu Uzala[/italic], but you want to watch a clean print, if possible. It's based on a Russian memoir by Arseniev about his friend, DU. The story itself is beautiful, that of a "civilized" man who travels east to Siberia and meets DU, who is still close to nature. These two men have little in common but become great friends. Some of the shots Kurosawa film are achingly beautiful, out on the vastness of the steppes. The film as financed by Mosfilms of the USSR. Perhaps that's why the print hasn't been maintained. I saw it in a theater that showed a scratchy print with subtitles and the sound was a bit warped. It was still quite moving. You will wonder about man's place in the modern world and what we have lost.

^^^ You beat me to the punch, R318. A spellbinding, breathtaking movie. I saw it when I was a jaded, all-knowing twentysomething and I expected to hate it. But it’s stayed with me for my entire life.

Ernest Goes to Africa

"All this and Heaven Too" (1940). Wonderful Anatole Litvak film from Warner Bros . Bette Davis, Charles Boyer and Barbara O'Neil (Scarlett Ohara's mother in GWTW) are all superb. Based on the true story of a governess, an unhappy duke and his mad wife in a tale of jealousy and murder in 1848 France..

Most anything with Cary Grant, but these are my favorites:

My Favorite Wife The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer The Bishop's Wife Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Suspicion

I'm gonna watch Shampoo...need something light and fizzy with some great SoCal scenes from the 70's

Barbara O'Neil is not only incredibly beautiful but gives an excellent (Oscar-nominated) performance as the unhinged wife in ATAHT.

"Mr and Mrs Smith", 1941. It is Alfred Hitchcock's only entry in the screwball comedy genre and seems to be one that many haven't seen.

Interesting that Barbara O'Neil was only 29 when GWTW came out.