BunnyR Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 It was really hard but.... I love Ginger Rogers Vivacious Lady...............Charles Coburn was a gem Flying Down to Rio...........Great film and the dancing and music perfection! Mildred Pierce.......best Film Noir, I watch it every time! What Ever Happen to Baby Jane................Victor Bruno, love his scenes. I also love religious films. Jennifer Jones is another favorite of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 "Hands Across The Table" -- Carole Lombard is my all-time favorite actress, and this comedy with Fred MacMurray remains relatively unknown. "Libeled Lady" -- William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, newspaper intrigue, heiress, fishing scene! Need I say more? "The Smiling Lieutenant" -- the Lubitsch touch. Jazz up your lingerie! "A Hard Day's Night" -- Richard Lester captures the quintessence of the Beatles, and indeed the 1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY - Robert Siodmak noir with George Sanders THE WALKING HILLS - John Sturges directs Randolph Scott THE TATTERED DRESS - Jack Arnold directs Jeff Chandler in a precursor to Anatomy of a Murder LAW AND ORDER - Edward L. Cahn's take on Wyatt Earp with Walter Huston and Harry Carey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontyC Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 NORTH BY NORTHWEST SOME LIKE IT HOT GONE WITH THE WIND MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935 version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares60 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 *French noir* *Classe tous risques* (The Big Risk) - Claude Sautet *Touchez Pas au Grisbi* (Hands Off the Loot) - Jacques Becker *Quai des Orfèvres* (Quay of the Goldsmiths) - Henri Clouzot *Bob le Flambeur* (Bob the Gambler) - Jean-Pierre Melville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Are you joking here? I only ask because 3 of the 4 movies are on the movies TCM plays most often thread. Hey, great list of movies but I had just read that and then I see this. My list would be: The Petrified Forest It's Love I'm After Holiday The Strawberry Blond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libradoll Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Suddenly Last Summer Mister Cory Ten North Fredrick The Empty Canvas I could name more but since you only asked for 4 - these are mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emertiff Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I would definitely pick The Philadelphia Story (1940), The Band Wagon (1953), The Red Shoes (1948), and On The Town (1949). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori3 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The Grapes of Wrath: 1940 Perfect casting, perfect direction and an important part of our history. Each scene is almost like a little masterpiece. That Hamilton Woman: 1941 starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Historical drama set during Napoleonic wars, with Olivier playing Lord Nelson. A beautiful, yet doomed love story. Anchors Aweigh: 1945. Gene Kelly dances with Jerry the mouse, Frank Sinatra sings, “I fall in love to easily.” Need I say more? Fun forties musical and Kelly was nominated for Oscar, Best Actor category. He Ran All The Way: 1951 John Garfield’s last film and he brings all together in a beautiful multilayered performance. Only Garfield could play a tough criminal who allows the audience to see not only his toughness but his sensitivity, vulnerability and his loss as well. Yes, he is the bad guy, but before to long you are on his side, not on the side of the family he holds hostage. He wants so badly to belong to this family and find love that it is heart breaking because they won’t even meet him half way. If Hollywood had any guts in 1951 he would have or should have been nominated for an Oscar for this performance. However, HUAC had him by the neck, and Hollywood turned their backs on him and they ran all the way like scared little sheep. Edited by: Lori3 on Feb 23, 2012 10:30 PM Edited by: Lori3 on Feb 23, 2012 10:33 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleAbner Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The Ghost Breakers (1940) Green for Danger (1946) Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) Where's Charley? (1952) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemanut Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I would pick four favorites that, to my knowledge, TCM has never shown: Freud- 1962 Directed by John Huston Hold Back The Dawn-1941 Directed by Mitchell Leisen The Great Gatsby- 1949 Directed by Elliott Nugent Too Much, Too Soon- 1958 Directed by Art Napoleon Have seen them before except for Gatsby, years ago on AMC [when that channel meant something] and recorded a couple on VHS. Haven't seen Too Much, Too Soon [ worth seeing for Errol Flynn's Barrymore ] since KCOP Channel 13 Los Angeles showed it at least 20 years ago. And as an alternative choice, not that there would be one, 1951's Hollywood Story with Richard Conte. Probably haven't seen that since late 70's or early 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemanut Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Libradoll: Ten North Frederick with Gary Cooper is a great choice. Have it on VHS that I recorded on PBS some years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Cinemanut, I'm pretty sure *Hold Back the Dawn* has been on TCM. Perhaps in a salute to either Olivia, Charles Boyer or Billy Wilder? *The Great Gatsby* has long been tied up not so much in rights issues but because of the 1970s version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Often when a film is remade, the original or former version gets buried in the vault. Disney did a similar thing with the 1940 version of *Swiss Family Robinson* starring Thomas Mitchell and Freddie Bartholomew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimalac91748 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Champagne For Caesar (1950) Starring Ronald Colman and Vincent Price. Meet Danny Wilson (1951) Starring Frank Sinatra and Shelly Winters. Hollywood Or Bust (1956) Starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Johnny Concho (1956) Starring Frank Sinatra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 {font:Georgia}1. THE BIG PARADE (1925){font} {font:Georgia}2. THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (1966){font} {font:Georgia}3. WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (1978){font} {font:Georgia}4. THE FRESHMAN (1925){font} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasEB Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) The Savage Innocents (1960) Red Psalm (1972) Dust in the Wind (1986) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyR Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I want to mention, "Between Two Worlds" and "Portrait of Jenny". Interesting movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Champagne for Caesar, definately! Vincent Price is hilarious in that. Slightly Honorable - Pat O'Brien It's a Gift - W.C. Fields Blues Busters - Bowery Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewrite Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The rise and fall of the newspaper business: His Girl Friday, 1940 Deadline USA, 1952 All the President's Men, 1976 State of Play, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanMartin68 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Vivre Sa Vie Midnight Cowboy Smoke and Flesh (haha, tcm would never show it, nevermind..) Rosemary's Baby annnd.... Duffy. Those aren't really my favorites, just the first four movies that came to mind.. I like this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have seen Hold Back the Dawn on TCM. Very good movie. They should of shown it when they did their salute to Goddard a while back. The Ladd version of The Great Gatsby is a movie I would really like to see. i.e. it is a movie I have read about for years now but still have NOT seen!!! So say that Ladd is the best Gatsby out of the 3. Maybe so, but how can I know if I cannot see the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontyC Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 > {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > Are you joking here? I only ask because 3 of the 4 movies are on the movies TCM plays most often thread. Hey, great list of movies but I had just read that and then I see this. Yes I am, James. Wanted to see if my list would raise any eyebrows. Glad to see it did yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb23 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I would love to be a TCM guest programmer! I could easily program an entire day of nothing but musicals ... jamesjazzguitar, I noticed you chose "Holiday," and unless there is another movie with the same title I am thinking of the Hepburn/Grant comedy. Ironically I was thinking of this movie even before I read your post. I really enjoy "Holiday" and I don't think it gets shown often enough - it seems to be overshadowed in popularity by "Bringing Up Baby," which I also enjoy. But okay - 4 movies: Holiday Singin' in the Rain (I know, you are thinking it's a cliched choice and overdone or what-have-you, but what can I say? It is my favourite movie of all time. ) The Gay Divorcee (because I have to include a Fred Astaire movie, and this was the first one I ever saw) Now, Voyager ( my favourite Bette Davis movie) And now I will cheat and add some backup choices ... On the Town The Treasure of the Sierra Madra Gaslight Dead Ringer (another Bette Davis movie, and a good one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Holiday is my favorite of the Grant Hepburn movies and that is saying a lot since all of their movies were very good. I also picked it because it isn't shown as much as Baby or The Philly Story. Holiday is somewhat of a message movie but it does so in a very lighthearted way. I just love how Cary and Kate connect in that one. Love your other choices. You will noticed I picked 2 Bette Davis movies. Both of these I picked because they are not shown as often as movies like Now Voyager or Dark Victory, and also because of Leslie Howard. An actor that wasn't overshadowed by the great Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Well anyone who has ever read any of my TCM Programming Challenge schedules know that my #1 pick would be the film I've been looking for a copy of for years: WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT FEELING GOOD? (1968) But if I couldn't have any premieres (it's a Fox movie, after all), which I think is one of the criteria for the guest programmers, then as a musical fan I'd have to pick one of my all time favorite musicals. There are so darn many of them, so I'd have to narrow it down by picking something that isn't shown on TCM that much. I guess what I'm trying to say is: LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT (1966) But other than that I don't think I could resist the fact that three of my all-time favorite movies have similar titles: REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) This would exclude my favorite director of all time, Billy Wilder, so I might replace the most well known of those three, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, with the best of Wilder's obscure films: FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (forgot the year-- during WWII sometime) But then I love Capra, too, so I don't know. I'd probably cut out the musical all together and show GRAVES instead. Wow, good thing I don't actually have to make this decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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