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I can't remember yesterday, let alone what I posted the first time. :P  
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That is so Rebel Without A Cause.

Here's the 2nd version of my favourites (anything with Goddard, Fellini, Rosellini, and Truffaut):

Sunset Boulevard
M
The Man Who Knew Too Much (with Peter Lorre)
The 400 Blows
La Dolce Vita
Nights Of Cabiria
Partners
Breathless
Goodbye Again
East Of Eden
Night Of The Iguana
Eyes Without A Face
Planet Of The Apes
The Seven Year Itch

...too many more to mention. I'll leave it at that. i'm sure I forgot some really good ones, but long lists aren't that great to read anyway.

Tarzan Boy (New Wave in more ways than one)

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What are your favorite classic movies? Some of mine are:

Gone With The Wind
Casablanca
Rebecca
Some Like It Hot
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
The Ten Commandments
Mildred Pierce
Sands of Iwo Jima

That's about all I can think of for right now.


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Three movies I never get sick of watching:  (1) Cool Hand Luke, (2) The Graduate (3) American Graffiti.  The by-line for American Graffiti was "Where were you in '62?"  I was one year out of high school in 1962 and watched them film some of the movie in San Rafael,CA in July 1972.  They closed off downtown for two weeks from midnight until 6 a.m.  Perhaps the greatest attraction to that film, for me, is the music.  brings back happy memories.  I finally was able to see the movie in Brisbane, Q. Australia in 1973.  It was fantastic.......and it still is.

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LMAO!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry, but that is just so clueless, and thinking of the reactions to what you say on the other messageboard I frequent just makes it all the more funny.

There is no difference between a movie in colour and a black and white movie.  Generally, if the cinematography is as good as it was in Citizen Kane, you can get a lot more from black and white movies.  

See I could accept you saying that Citizen Kane was a great movie, because it is a masterpiece in every sense of the word.  Yet you had to cheapen it by saying that it was good for a black and white movie.  

I'm sorry to rant, but this sort of stuff really, really annoys the hell out of me.

By the way, what did you think of The Man Who Wasn't There?  It had all the resources to film in colour, yet to chose to hark back to the 40s and do a stylish black and white noir.  IMO, the absence of colour enhance the movie and the scenery was almost like an extra character.

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LMAO!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry, but that is just so clueless, and thinking of the reactions to what you say on the other messageboard I frequent just makes it all the more funny.

There is no difference between a movie in colour and a black and white movie.  Generally, if the cinematography is as good as it was in Citizen Kane, you can get a lot more from black and white movies.  

See I could accept you saying that Citizen Kane was a great movie, because it is a masterpiece in every sense of the word.  Yet you had to cheapen it by saying that it was good for a black and white movie.  

I'm sorry to rant, but this sort of stuff really, really annoys the hell out of me.

By the way, what did you think of The Man Who Wasn't There?  It had all the resources to film in colour, yet to chose to hark back to the 40s and do a stylish black and white noir.  IMO, the absence of colour enhance the movie and the scenery was almost like an extra character.
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Clueless? Sorry to tick you off like that. It is just I do not watch black and white flicks that often, and I liked Citizen Kane, so I posted it was good and made a comment that it is black and white, just so nobody would be suprised if they decided to rent it. The only other black and white flick I liked was Double Indemnity. Perhaps you are a bit too high and mighty, that there is only one way to enjoy/understand a movie. And there is a difference between b&w movies and color movies, in my opinion. b&w does not add anything. I think many of these movies would have been great in color.  

BTW, what other message boards are you thinking of? This is the only one I am using.

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Since my favorite actresses are
Crawford, Davis, Colbert +
Stanwyck, I like just about
anything they've been in but tops
for each is

Flamingo Road, Now Voyager, No
Time For Love, Remember the Night
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I love "Now, Voyager"; it hits pretty close to home.

I really like Barb Stanwyck, as I do Bette and Joan (and Kate, etc), and I love the comedy "Ball of Fire" of hers.  Really cute!

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Having not seen it mentioned here I must remind all of "Being There" with Peter Sellers. A truly great satire.
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I understand, Ben. :D

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I think you meant "Woolf" not "Woof," but they both sound canine enough for me!
These are two of my favorites.  My friend and I refer to "Who's Afraid of Virgia Woolf" all the time.  A lot our private jokes come from classic movies.  We just call it "Virginia Woolf."  Ironically, neither of us have ever read Virginia Woolf.
"Mad, Mad..." was one of those movies that made me laugh until I had stomach cramps and couldn't breathe.  Same thing with Peter Sellers in the "Pink Panther" movies.

FOUR GREAT PAUL NEWMAN MOVIES
Hud
Hombre
Cool Hand Luke
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

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Having not seen it mentioned here I must remind all of "Being There" with Peter Sellers. A truly great satire.
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A beautiful film I have since bought on DVD. The film is a plodder but it is so worthwhile to watch.

Other classics include:

The Odd Couple (Lemon and Mattheau classic)
Jason and The Argonauts (mentioned previously)
12 Angry Men (Wonderful melodrama featuring Jack 'Quincy' Klugman)
The Apartment (Another Jack Lemmon classic)
The Italian Job (The great car chase at the end)
Sons of the Desert - (Laurel and Hardy masterpiece)
The Wizard of Oz (mentioned previously)
Calamity Jane (Doris Day film - Whip Crack Away!)
Patrick (70s film about a man in a coma who can kill telepathically)
The Ruling Class (Early 70s film featuring Peter O' Toole)
The Elephant Man (1980 film but a classic)
The Swimmer (Late 60s film with Burt Lancaster)
Young Frankinstein (70s classic with Gene Wilder)
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (Another Gene Wilder 70s classic)

Some of them are not really old classics but I thought they were worthy of a mention. I haven't seen Citizen Kane yet, I've been meaning to for ages.

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Hud and Hombre - dark mid 60s Paul Newman works.
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I mentioned those earlier.  Two of my faves.  They showed both last month on AMC.  Don't forget "Cool Hand Luke."

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What about The Beatle's cartoon 'Yellow Submarine'? That was a great classic.
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They re-released the movie a few years ago.  It came to one of our local indie theaters.  I wish I had gone to see it, it wasn't there long.  Capitol also reissued the complete soundtrack, and an expanded version of "The Magical Mystery Tour" album.  The concept was a disaster,* but the songs are wonderful!
My sister wanted my little niece to inherit the Beatles, so she bought her a copy of MMT on video, and other Beatles music and paraphenalia.  It worked!  :)
*The idea was to take a big bus tour, Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters style, and film whatever happened.  When you're stoned on pot and acid, you have the Midas touch.  When you're sober, the products of your inebriation may appear assanine.