TV and Movies

[wilma]

Some of my favorites:

Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Casablanca, Rebecca (1940) with Joan Fontaine, Little Women (1933) with Katherine Hepburn & Joan Bennett, Lilies of the Field (1963) with Sidney Poitier

My favorite musicals: The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story

[amyb]

Musicals I loved as a kid (when dinasaurs roamed the earth 🤣) are my favorite classic movies...

My Fair Lady 

Camelot 

King and I (I cry still everytime)

Sound of Music

Haven't watched or seen any in years but used to love watching the Hepburn/Tracy comedies...the classics from my parents' era. My mom was a huge movie buff in her young years, as her generation, to me, grew up in the Golden era of movies. She said she went every Saturday afternoon, after her chores, with her girlfriends, to the movies. So I learned about some of those through her.

[amyb]

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@Etoile308 wrote:

So difficult to pick a favorite.

But when it comes to musicals I love everything about My Fair Lady. Perfection in every category....the music, oh that score, the costumes, the story, the acting. Perfection.

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YES! It was brilliant in every aspect...Lerner & Lowe at their best. I loved it too as a kid...went several times to see it, would play the album all the time and act out the parts, lol.

We even put it on as a show, in my cousin's basement, lip synching to the album, profits going to the "Fresh Air Fund" some charity, through our local newspaper. Got our pics in the paper. Lol...I played Eliza...and wore my mom's frilly nightgowns for costumes. Hahaa. 

[Pink123]

"Victor Victoria"

[SloopJohnB]

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@SandySparkles wrote:

I LOVE❤ watching the classics sometimes because they are the BEST, whether it is comedy or a serious drama; especially in black and white. There is nothing like the BEAUTIFUL clothing, elaborate sets of the musicals, perfectly coiffed hairdos and dramatic makeup.😊 Movies today rely on a lot of special effects and computer generated imagery. I like them too, but the classics relied on the TALENT of the actress or actor to pull the audience in.😁 I need a few recommendations.

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane was a Masterpiece!

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

@SandySparkles  Loved Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, also.

Love The Wizard of Oz, Dirty Dancing and Brian's Song.

As musicals I love Cabaret, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease and A Chorus Line.

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[beach-mom]

I agree with you all who said My Fair Lady! Others of mine: Gigi. Flower Drum Song, South Pacific, Sound of Music, Bye Bye Birdie,  Cinderella (the original musical). 

Classics that aren't musicals: Sayonara, Houseboat, Operation Petticoat, An Affair to Remember, Back Street, and so many others. GWTH is definitely in a class by itself!   

[monicakm]

@SandySparkles 

You're just killing it with the recent great questions!

Fun! My favorite classic movie and I hope it's classic is and will always be Les Miserables. That was the most influential, life changing movie I have ever watched, late late one night probably 30 years ago. Victor Hugo was the author of the book which I also read, all 1300 pages of it.  I have been a different person, for the better, ever since. I've been fortunate enough to see the Broadway play three times and a more recent movie release about 6 years ago.  Kindness, forgiveness, and empathy are the main teachings in this book by Victor. Hugo.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Doctor Zhivago

Grease

Original Cinderella (1965)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

There are more I can't think of right now, but will come back and edit and add....

[Love to Run]

1959 Imitation of Life.

[Trix]

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@amyb wrote:

Musicals I loved as a kid (when dinasaurs roamed the earth 🤣) are my favorite classic movies...

My Fair Lady 

Camelot 

King and I (I cry still everytime)

Sound of Music

Haven't watched or seen any in years but used to love watching the Hepburn/Tracy comedies...the classics from my parents' era. My mom was a huge movie buff in her young years, as her generation, to me, grew up in the Golden era of movies. She said she went every Saturday afternoon, after her chores, with her girlfriends, to the movies. So I learned about some of those through her.

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@amyb I'm grinning at your list because I started humming Camelot after reading the title of the thread and the part about including musicals. 

During a recent long car ride, my brother and I discussed our favorite movies.  The film that made the cut on both our lists was The Godfather. Sticking to the rest of my list among the top were:

Terms of Endearment, The Music Man, While You Were Sleeping, Network, The Roaring Twenties (co-starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart at their best), Gone With The Wind, The Naked City, Holiday Inn, All That Heaven Allows (Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson paired in a tale of lovers in a socially frowned upon romance), and the not-so-easy to find No Down Payment (a 1957 gem adapted from a terrific novel. It has an ensemble cast that includes a young Joanne Woodward in a major role).

My brother isn't participating, but I'll add two of his so that a couple of westerns are on our list: He says that no list is complete without Stagecoach and The Searchers.