@PlacidPenguin What do you mean by “old?” Because North by Northwest, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story are like Film History 101. I know, because I watched them in Film 101. I got a C, but that’s beside the point. (I also would only suggest His Girl Friday, for what that’s worth…)
@simplersimon That sounds about right. I just remember that being one of those “why is this so popular?” movies, like Vertigo or Citizen Kane.
@PlacidPenguin I personally suggest you start with Bringing Up Baby. It was the first black and white movie I can remember watching, because my dear sweet mother made me, and I loved it. Full of comedy that aged very well.
@Moose your mother picked better than mine. She started me on An Affair to Remember. If my dad hadn’t stepped in with better options, I likely wouldn’t have watched any more Cary Grant films growing up.
@Moose Bringing up baby is one my favorite old movies. Operation petticoat, father goose, African queen, and gaslight round out my list. Operation petticoat is hilarious.
@Moose I pissed my Film History professor off by asking if Walt Disney was an ok director to do my final report on. (I had already done Kubrik, but he didn’t know that. just got a death stare)
@Moose A theater with a retro film series showed Bringing Up Baby, so i went and saw it for the first time in at least a decade. I was shocked to realize that Katherine Hepburn in that movie is basically Dot Warner from Animaniacs.
@chr I can understand your instructor possibly balking because Disney never directed a single feature length film (despite being a prolific producer). Sure, even shorts are “films”, but depending on how the syllabus and/or assignment was worded, Disney might not have even met the criteria. It isn’t a question of taste, but whether he even meets the definition.
“The Bishop’s Wife” is certainly an appropriate choice for this holiday season. But there are so many good ones to choose from. Another fun movie is “I was a male war bride.”
I just came here to say the obvious. ALL OF THE ABOVE. There were more that weren’t even on there (such as the already mentioned “The Bishop’s Wife”). I own about half of the ones on the list in this poll.
Grant underwent a hundred or more LSD sessions (treatments?). He started taking LSD under the supervision of a doctor in '63 when his third wife left. Grant said that when he took LSD and went to psychotherapy that he “went through a rebirth” and his depression lifted for a time.
Although he discouraged the use of recreational drugs he was quite firmly convinced that LSD helped him come to terms with his ‘issues’. In fact, Grant felt so grateful for the breakthroughs he had with LSD that he left $10,000 in his will (which to a penny pinching miser such as Grant, was a hell of a lot of money) to the doctor who had supervised most all the sessions with LSD.
As an example of how frugal he was, he routinely cut off all of the buttons from his old shirts and saved them, just in case he’d need a button in the future - and his housekeeper was directed to dust with the old shirts until they would literally fall apart when washed.
When he died, they found shoe boxes full of buttons.
“North by Northwest” just for the scene where the kid puts his fingers in his ears in anticipation of the gun shot that he shouldn’t know is about to happen.
@orken411 Yeah, but I preferred her role in Rear Window. I have a strong preference for brunettes and redheads over blondes, but the scene where she “introduces” herself…
Is it bad I haven’t seen any of these movies? I’m not a big movie buff in general so…
@ninjaemilee No, it’s good. You’ve got a lot of great movie watching ahead of you. I’m jealous.
@ninjaemilee @dave
Forget watched, I’ve never even HEARD of any of these movies.
And yes, I watch “old” movies.
(And by “old” I mean that after using a certain calculation involving certain variables, the result is horrendous.)
@PlacidPenguin What do you mean by “old?” Because North by Northwest, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story are like Film History 101. I know, because I watched them in Film 101. I got a C, but that’s beside the point. (I also would only suggest His Girl Friday, for what that’s worth…)
@Moose
That’s the thing. I never took a film history class.
(And it’s not like any of the channels which I watch which show things from the 40s and 50s have these movies.)
@Moose I’d say the airplane chase is all you have to see of N by NW, but it’s none too shabby, save a flat ending.
@simplersimon That sounds about right. I just remember that being one of those “why is this so popular?” movies, like Vertigo or Citizen Kane.
@PlacidPenguin I personally suggest you start with Bringing Up Baby. It was the first black and white movie I can remember watching, because my dear sweet mother made me, and I loved it. Full of comedy that aged very well.
@Moose
Since I have a wide open schedule Thursday, I suppose I’ll watch the movie during that time.
@Moose your mother picked better than mine. She started me on An Affair to Remember. If my dad hadn’t stepped in with better options, I likely wouldn’t have watched any more Cary Grant films growing up.
@Moose Bringing up baby is one my favorite old movies. Operation petticoat, father goose, African queen, and gaslight round out my list. Operation petticoat is hilarious.
@Moose I pissed my Film History professor off by asking if Walt Disney was an ok director to do my final report on. (I had already done Kubrik, but he didn’t know that. just got a death stare)
/giphy y u mad?
@Moose A theater with a retro film series showed Bringing Up Baby, so i went and saw it for the first time in at least a decade. I was shocked to realize that Katherine Hepburn in that movie is basically Dot Warner from Animaniacs.
@chr I can understand your instructor possibly balking because Disney never directed a single feature length film (despite being a prolific producer). Sure, even shorts are “films”, but depending on how the syllabus and/or assignment was worded, Disney might not have even met the criteria. It isn’t a question of taste, but whether he even meets the definition.
Seriously? How am I supposed to pick one?
@AnnaB I totally agree! I honestly thought there would be some sort of “All the ones I have ever seen” option.
@AnnaB Particularly difficult since the list doesn’t include either The Bishop’s Wife or Night and Day, two of my favorites.
I love the house one. Some things never change…
When somebody says there is a better movie than Bringing Up Baby:
Spoiler alert - the baby in Bringing up Baby is a large jungle cat.
Father Goose. Clean, not too heavy, and family friendly.
@condega5 I absolutely adore father goose. Watched it with my husband a couple of years ago. He didn’t see the appeal. I was appalled lol
@condega5
@condega5 I was going to post Father Goose too. Great movie, has a bit of everything.
Walk, Don’t Run
“The Bishop’s Wife” is certainly an appropriate choice for this holiday season. But there are so many good ones to choose from. Another fun movie is “I was a male war bride.”
@Cheddy And it’s one of my three favorites, along with Night and Day and Topper.
This was a hard one but Arsenic and Old Lace made me laugh the most
/image Arsenic and Old Lace
/giphy Arsenic and Old Lace
I just came here to say the obvious. ALL OF THE ABOVE. There were more that weren’t even on there (such as the already mentioned “The Bishop’s Wife”). I own about half of the ones on the list in this poll.
@Shrdlu Cary Grant had the kind of charm that is missing in today’s actors. I’m a huge fan of Gregory Peck too.
That was a tough call with Arsenic and Old Lace as well as Bringing Up Baby, but I own Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, so there you go.
I look forward to the Jimmy Stewart poll.
@jqubed Yes, this should be the Dec 25 poll!
monkey business!
Little known facts:
Grant underwent a hundred or more LSD sessions (treatments?). He started taking LSD under the supervision of a doctor in '63 when his third wife left. Grant said that when he took LSD and went to psychotherapy that he “went through a rebirth” and his depression lifted for a time.
Although he discouraged the use of recreational drugs he was quite firmly convinced that LSD helped him come to terms with his ‘issues’. In fact, Grant felt so grateful for the breakthroughs he had with LSD that he left $10,000 in his will (which to a penny pinching miser such as Grant, was a hell of a lot of money) to the doctor who had supervised most all the sessions with LSD.
As an example of how frugal he was, he routinely cut off all of the buttons from his old shirts and saved them, just in case he’d need a button in the future - and his housekeeper was directed to dust with the old shirts until they would literally fall apart when washed.
When he died, they found shoe boxes full of buttons.
@Pavlov thx for ‘sharing’
@orken411 ‘you’re welcome’
“North by Northwest” just for the scene where the kid puts his fingers in his ears in anticipation of the gun shot that he shouldn’t know is about to happen.
:20 second mark on the right
It was a tough choice. I put “Father Goose” just because I like it, but “North by Northwest” is great if not just for the cool architecture.
I had to Google him. I’ve never seen any of these movies. I’ll pass.
@RiotDemon But, but… How could you? You need to watch one. Topper is a ghost story- try that one.
I don’t know which actor was Cary Grant, but I loved Tom Hanks in The Philadelphia Story.
‘To Catch A Thief’ because…Grace Kelly. Apparently the Prince of Monaco thought so too. Set of = where he met and wooed Grace.
@orken411 Yeah, but I preferred her role in Rear Window. I have a strong preference for brunettes and redheads over blondes, but the scene where she “introduces” herself…