What was the last classic movie you saw?
What was the last classic movie you saw?
#1What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 7:43amMy daughter and I watched "All About Eve" Sunday night. Thanks to the public library, we were able to see it free (and commercial free). So, what was the last classic movie you saw? (or what would you recommend?)
#2re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 8:00amI don't know if it would be considered a classic, but the last "old" movie I watched was ELMER GANTRY a couple weeks ago. It was nominated for several Oscars upon its release, but not one for Jean Simmons, inexplicably. Anyway, it's a good movie and still quite relevant today. In short, it's about evangelists and their hypocrisy. I recommend it.
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#2re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 8:04amTCM showed Gone With The Wind last week, and I watched it with my youngest daughter. I also watched Auntie Mame, which I had recorded on our DVR.
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#3re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 8:20amShadow of a Doubt. It's terrific--rent it!
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#4re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 8:25am
I went to the San Francisco Silent Film Festival a few weeks back, and saw a bunch of great stuff, including a wonderful film with Douglas Fairbanks called THE GAUCHO, and a terrific John Gilbert film called BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT. Great fun, both of them.
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#5re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 9:27am
"All That Heaven Allows" with Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson and Agnes Moorehead. Classic Douglas Sirk '50s melodrama. Beautiful score, too.
Much of the movie "Far From Heaven" was inspired by this film (and other Sirk films, but this one in particular).
They showed it on HD Cinemax, and I recorded it on my DVR. Looks great in HD, too.
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#6re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 12:43pmGaslight. It was creepy!
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#7re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 12:51pmI consider "The Boys in the Band" to be a classic. That's the last older movie I watched. Right before that I bought and watched "All About Eve" also. It was on sale at Virgin for 10 bucks during the closing sale and I knew I already had points against my "card" for not owning it so I bought it!!
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#8re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 12:58pmTCM is one of my favorite channels and I watch it often. I, also, own many films on DVD. The most recent one I watched was Call Me Madam.
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#9re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:28pmSome Like it Hot about a month a ago. Believe it or not, it was the first time I'd seen he film. I don't know how I avoided it all these years.
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#10re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:30pmL.A. Tool and Die
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#11re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:31pmThe forest scene, doodle. Gets me every time.
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#12re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:32pmIdol Country
....but the world goes 'round
#13re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:34pmIdol Country isnt old enough to be a "classic" you whippersnapper!
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#14re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:52pm"The Sting" if it's on, I can't turn it off. Redford/Newman all the way!
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#15re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 1:59pmRosemary's Baby! GOD I love that movie. I walked around talking like Ruth Gordon for days.
#16re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 2:03pmI'd love to hear your Ruth Gordon impression, Joe. Film yourself and post it on YouTube. :-P
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Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
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#17re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 2:10pmI LOVE "All That Heaven Allows"...I took a film class in college that was centered around Sirk...though I think "Magnificent Obsession" is my favorite.
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#18re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 2:16pm
Another "all" movie: ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO. A Bette Davis costume drama from 1940, also starring Charles Boyer and a gloriously over-the-top Barbara O'Neill (most famous for playing Scarlett O'Hara's mother in GWTW).
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#19re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 2:58pm
I think that my favorite Classic movie which I saw on TCM not that long ago is The Best Years Of Our Lives. Just love it so much.
Believe it or not I still have yet to se Cassablanca but it is on my "to see" list. Not sure as to why it took me too long to see it.
When I was in high school we were talking about the civil war in my history class and thus started to watch GWTW. Being that I was rare in high school in that I loved (and still do love) old movies and anything related to performing arts it was one that I fell in love with. Of course there were kid who came up with every typical high school student reason for not wanting to watch or not liking the movie. And, then there were others who were only keen on watching it because it meant that we didn't have to do actual work in class. I think that I was the only one who actually was loving every moment of what I was seeing. And, before we watched it the teacher spoke to us about the last line of the movie and asked if we knew anything about why that line was so shocking. When I gave the correct answer people looked at me like I had three heads or something.
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#20re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 3:06pm"Tomorrow is another day" was shocking?
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#21re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 3:38pm
I don't know if these are considered classics, but they are older films:
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
First Love (1939)
#22re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:22pmWow! You all have seen some GREAT movies! I've never seen Elmer Gantry but I'd love to see Shirley Jones' Oscar performance! I love The Americanization of Emily! Now I'm gonna have to check some of these movies out!
#23re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:52pm
Just watched 'The Lion in Winter". Such great dialogue.
O'Toole and Hepburn are absolutely amazing.
#24re: What was the last classic movie you saw?
Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:53pmAnd one of the greatest scores ever. ^^^
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