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(2,403 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:17 PM Jun 2018

So I'm really getting into the classics

More specifically gangster movies of the 1930's and 1940's

Here is what I've seen thus far:

"G-men"
"White heat"
"The Saint in New York"
"The Maltesse Falcon"

So for this weekend I have "Little Caesar" on tap. I would love some suggestions from you guys!

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So I'm really getting into the classics (Original Post) gay texan Jun 2018 OP
Key Largo Zoonart Jun 2018 #1
Ah ha! gay texan Jun 2018 #2
Also Little Caesar Zoonart Jun 2018 #5
Love Key Largo. Great movie. n/t TDale313 Jun 2018 #6
I've always loved "The African Queen" SonofDonald Jun 2018 #3
Thank You! N/t gay texan Jun 2018 #4
The Petrified Forest Glorfindel Jun 2018 #7
If you have Netflix, try these search engines to find the movie genre you like procon Jun 2018 #8
Kiss Me Deadly pscot Jun 2018 #9
Good stuff braddy Jun 2018 #10
The Roaring Twenties Doc_Technical Jun 2018 #11
Thank you!!! N/t gay texan Jun 2018 #12
While Film-noir is not the only classic genre ... Marbgd1 Jun 2018 #13
For noir: Dark Passage is another great Bogart/Bacall movie, catbyte Jun 2018 #14
Throw yourself a Jean Arthur film festival. CBHagman Jun 2018 #15
I happened to catch mr. Lucky this weekend gay texan Jun 2018 #16

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
3. I've always loved "The African Queen"
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:24 PM
Jun 2018

And a few others from that era, there's lots of fifties movies that are great but other than "Oklahoma" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" my memories fail me.

I still haven't seen the "Maltese Falcon" or "Casablanca" yet and only recently watched "Gone with the wind" but Turner Classic Movies is chock full of oldies.

I normally watch history and documentaries along with movies only, you just have to have your priorities..

Enjoy!

procon

(15,805 posts)
8. If you have Netflix, try these search engines to find the movie genre you like
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:40 PM
Jun 2018

This one lets you enter custom search parameters:

http://unogs.com/



This website lists all the other websites that can search Netflix for you:
https://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-style/11-better-ways-to-find-movies-on-netflix.html/?a=viewall



And this page has the full Netflix sub-genre unique identifier codes to find specific categories of films that don't always show up in a basic search:
http://www.zmonline.com/random-stuff/here-are-the-secret-netflix-codes-that-unlock-tons-of-hidden-movies-and-shows/

pscot

(21,023 posts)
9. Kiss Me Deadly
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:52 PM
Jun 2018

Great noir. It was filmed in LA in black and white, and it's a fabulous looking film.

Marbgd1

(28 posts)
13. While Film-noir is not the only classic genre ...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:04 AM
Jun 2018

Heya Texas,

Bogart and Bacall, the first I think (1944?): "To have, and to have not". Gads, she was a beautiful creature!

Little known, "Double-indemnity". You can see why Barbara Stanwyck was never typecast as "demure".

Bogart again, but again little known: "The Caine Mutiny" not quite film noir, but has a dark element of humanity

Pretty much any non-western with Robert Mitchum. Esp. menacing in "Cape Fear" (1962) opposite Gregory Peck also "The Big Sleep" ? Many were in color.

and absolutely not a film noir, but almost the last (1964) of the near-perfect black and white films: "The Americanization of Emily" with James Garner and Julie Andrews.

Enjoy. There is much good stuff out there! Never forget Gene Kelly movies for a lift.

catbyte

(34,170 posts)
14. For noir: Dark Passage is another great Bogart/Bacall movie,
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:02 PM
Jun 2018

costarring Agnes Moorehead & Brue Bennett

"Out of the Past" is another noir classic, starring Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer & Rhonda Fleming

For classic comedies, it doesn't get any better than "Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant), "The Philadelphia Story" (Hepburn, Grant, Stewart)

Then there's "All About Eve" Unmatched, witty dialog starring Bette Davis, Anna Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Thelma Ritter, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlow, & Marilyn Monroe in one of her early screen roles. FABULOUS! Actually, I might just have to watch it again tonight.

I'm a big classic movie buff. If you want more suggestions, please let me know.

CBHagman

(16,968 posts)
15. Throw yourself a Jean Arthur film festival.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:05 PM
Jun 2018

Two political films, just for starters:

The Talk of the Town, with Ronald Colman as a SCOTUS nominee, Cary Grant as a fugitive, and Jean Arthur as the small town schoolteacher/housekeeper who knows too much about both of them.



Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in which a jaded Jean Arthur meets up with Capitol Hill newcomer Jimmy Stewart.

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You Can't Take It with You, another Frank Capra classic, this time with Arthur as a woman with a free-spirited family and a rich boyfriend (Stewart again).



Then it's back to Washington for The More the Merrier, in which Jean Arthur survives the housing shortage in wartime D.C. with two housemates, Charles Coburn and Joel McCrea.

gay texan

(2,403 posts)
16. I happened to catch mr. Lucky this weekend
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:19 PM
Jun 2018

On TCM. That was actually a pretty fun movie. However the bloody silent films that followed after that had me on my ass and just absolute side-splitting laughter

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