What was the last classic movie you saw?- Page 2

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:04pm

Love "Lion in Winter"--and yes, it has a great score.

Stockard, I watched "Gaslight" on TCM the other day, too!

[IAMWHATIAM]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:27pm

We did 2 double features recently:

Now, Voyager and Double Indemnity
and
The Philadelphia Story and It Happened One Night

I think the next 2 on our list are The Apartment and Strangers on a Train.

[bschneid76]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 6:31pm

The most recent classic film I saw was "The Furies" with Barbara Stanwyck, wonderful! I also saw the original "Great Expectations" with John Mills, another terrific film.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 6:42pm

Reg, it was the first time I'd seen it and it was awesome!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 7:35pm

As you all know, I am vehemently anti-Hollywood. However, several friends insisted that I join them at a local church that features a "Friday Nights at the Movies" program. That night's film was "On The Waterfront" and I have to admit that I was really impressed by it. Excellent acting, a strong script and a terrific Christian allegory.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 9:21pm

Gaslight is awesome! Ingrid and Charles are so good. And Lansbury's screen debut (with an Oscar nomination) is terrific. She took a fairly simple role and made it very layered. Her short scenes with both leads are really creepy and unsettling.

Speaking of Gaslight ... "Angel Street" was such a mega-hit on Broadway in the '40s. My good friend played Nancy (Lansbury's part) in the first national tour.

And it's a five-character play. Why hasn't there been a big revival with an all-star cast? I think it could be a hit, for a limited run, with the right people (just like The Heiress). Looks like the last time it was on Broadway was over 30 years ago (with Dina Merrill and Christine Andreas).

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 9:59pm

Great idea, Besty. I nominate Michael Cumpsty for the Boyer role.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 10:41pm

I saw Maria Tucci in the Heiress at the McCarter Theater when I was in college. She was scary good. I forgot who played the Montgomery Clift part...some soap opera pretty boy...or maybe Reed Birney.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 10:58pm

...jumping in on the Lion In Winter score conversation:

I sang in a concert which celebrated the score.
It was a fabulous concert! Such a thrill!


Lion In Winter at Carnegie Hall

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 11:07pm

Addy, so cool!

"Elenora regina Anglorum
Salut et vita"

Or some such . . .
Updated On: 8/4/09 at 11:07 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 11:40pm

I plan to watch "Sunset Boulevard" some time this week (one of my favorite movies)

The LAST one I watched was "Babes in Arms" (also one of my favorites)

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 2:27pm

I just finally watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time 2 weeks ago. I have All About Eve on the DVR also... another one I've never seen but have wanted to.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 2:35pm

I just re watched THE LONG, LONG TRAILER. I forgot how much I love that one!

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 3:12pm

I watched "Footlight Parade" on the Megabus home from NYC. Have had it for over a year as part of the Busby Berkeley DVD set but never took the time to watch it.

Loved it.

[singingwendy]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 3:17pm

Either The Philadelphia Story or An American in Paris---I saw them both at about the same time....

[StockardFan]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 5:31pm

So Angel Street was the stage version of Gaslight? Or am I totally confuddled?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 5:56pm

Other way around, Stockard.

Last classic movie I Netflixed was John Huston's WISE BLOOD. It's a masterpiece, as good as anything Huston has done and virtually no one has seen it.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 7:02pm

"Gaslight" was the film version of the Broadway play "Angel Street." Though the play was known in the UK as "Gas Light."

There was an earlier, British film version called "Gaslight," which was released in the US as "Angel Street."

I think.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 7:23pm

Strangers on a Train

I had to turn this one off mostly because I'm a huge fan of Robert Walker's work and seeing him like that upset me lol

I just re watched THE LONG, LONG TRAILER. I forgot how much I love that one!

Have you ever seen Forever, Darling where Lucille plays a woman with a guardian angel? I think my favorite Lucille Ball film is Yours, Mine, and Ours.

An American in Paris

Oddly enough that's my least favorite Gene Kelly film. I don't hate it but if I had to choose between it and another one of his films I'd go with the other one.

Has anyone seen Dark Victory or So Proudly We Hail?

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 8:26am

There is an earlier British version of GASLIGHT starring Anton Walbrook and an actress named Diana Wyngarde or something like that. A pretty good little movie, worth seeing for Walbrook's performance at the very least. It is included on the current DVD of the MGM classic with Boyer and Bergman.

I watched THE PETRIFIED FOREST with Bette Davis, Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart last night. Pretty creaky movie all around, just as talky as all get out, but the three leads all manage to shine. Bogart in particular is really something. Got it as part of a Warner Gangsters Collection Box Set, along with WHITE HEAT, PUBLIC ENEMY, LITTLE CAESAR and others.