What Old Movies Do You Still Love To Watch--PRE-1950s!!

Funny you should ask. This was recently a big discussion in my home because I contend that the majority of best movies are to be found in black and white. Rebecca, The 3 faces of Eve, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte - my rule of thumb is that if it is black and white they had more to say and more style in the way that they said it. They didn't rely on special effects and super-hyped celebrities. Dialogue, intrigue, grace and style - even in the most mundane and forgotten of black and white films you can find these elements. Does anyone remember the name of that great dramatic film starring Andy Griffith (yes, Andy) he played a singer and guitarist who couldn't handle fame? Wonderful movie. I caught it one night way back in the days when AMC really was a quality station. One of my top five favs - Sunset Boulevard. Never get enough of those classic lines!

Let me see.... The Canterville Ghost (1944) my all time favorite movie ever I Married An Angel (1942) my second favorite movie ever Gone With The Wind (1939) State of the Union (1948) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) Dumbo (1941) Imitation of Life (1934) Imitation of Life (1959) I know it is after 1950 but it is an awesome remake Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Little Miss Marker (1934) The Bluebird (1940) Heidi (1937) The Little Princess (1939) Ok, just to name a few! LOL. The funniest thing is that all those movies were made before I was even a twinkle in my mother's eye. I was born in 1972 and most of my favorite movies were made in the 30s and 40s. Heck my mother wasn't even born until 1951. :)

Gone with the Wind Mary Poppins Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wizard of Oz Bambi 101 Dalmations I think that is about it to be honest I know some are after but I was born in the 60s lol does that excuse me????????? lol

Nosferatu - an absolutely amazing film for it's day and genre. For all the fantastic tricks Hollywood can pull these days, nothing beats the chills from Nosferatu.

Oh, I just love your questions, another stroll down memory lane... Wizard Of Oz March Of The Wooden Soldiers Now Voyager Gunga Din The Bells of St. Mary's I know the next one is after 1950 but I had to add it, I just love this movie... What Ever Happened To Baby Jane (Eat ya din din Blanche)

i like the 1920's-late 30's sci-fi/horror. nosferatu cabinet of dr.caligari metropolis dracula (lugosi) phantom of the opera the mummy the classics.

I can think of several that i really enjoy! Sargeant York with Gary Cooper, Ben Hur with Charlton Heston, The Grapes Of Wrath with Henry Fonda and The Ten Commandments with Moses, well i'm not that old, it was with Charlton Heston! LOL! Take care Pyewacket.

the most watched romantic movies "AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER" which is a remake of an old movie LOVE AFFAIR which is re done by warren beatty and annette benning.some old musicales .i like casablanca but it is after the war.the 7 samurais of japan.

We have a Christmas tradition at our house. During the weeks prior to Christmas, we always watch 'Miracle on 34th Street' and 'It's A Wonderful Life.' Hubby and I love these two movies and our children have grown to love them too! Oh,and we also watch 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' but it isn't a pre '50s movie!

Hi pyewacket - I have to say I really love your topics - they always make me think! Anyway, I'm not really a film buff, but my Mum used to like to watch the old black and white movies on a rainy Sunday afternon when I was rwing up..... we get loads of rainy afternoons here in England - LOL! So here are some of mine........... "Casablanca" - such a wonderful film in every way. "Lost Horizons" with Ronald Colman - I saw it on TV again a couple of years ago and I still loved it. "Wuthering Heights" with Laurence Olivier. "A Yank at Oxford" with Robert Taylor. "Gone with the Wind". "Prisoner of Zenda" - the original version with Ronald Colman and Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn:-))

I know I'm going to be completely alone in this, but all I have to do is watch some of the old "classics" and I'm glad to rush back to the present. I like black and white when the photography is good, but the clunky storylines, wooden acting, and static direction of so many older movies drives me crazy. It's like being forced to read nothing but elementary primers instead of adult books. There are some oldies I can enjoy, but they're few and far between. Movies have evolved, and they're all the better for it.

My absolute favorite is Arsenic and Old Lace!! I just bought it on DVD and I love watching it. I plan to get other ones that have simular actors/actresses and see if I like them. I love Cary Grant and Vincent Price is another of my favorites. I love his House on Haunted Hill (the original one). LIVE IN PEACE

Well one of my favorites is "Rear Window", and my holiday movies "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Wwhite Christmas". I have to add "Its A Wonderful Life" and "Bell, Book and Candle". I would watch any Bob Hope - Bing Crosby movie as well as Jerry Lewis with or without Dean Martin. Then you have to have some John Wayne and some Kirk Douglas and maybe even some Clint Eastwood. I don't know how many of those would be pre 1950's but those are the earliest I can remember.

Hi pyewacket, My brother would love this question. He is an old movie king. He loves, and has every Edward G. Robinson movie, every Humphry Bogart movie. He has so many old movies from the 1930's to the 1950's. Just name a movie and he would either have it or know about it. I liked Casablanca, and old disney movies. Bambie was my favorite, I'm not sure if that was 1950's or 60's.

Well any movie soon turns old doesn't it? I wouldn't say an old movie but a favorite. As time passes by my favorite movie that I'll be in any mood towatch I'll watch it no matter how old it gets. I still like to watch Toy Story. And that movie came out a long while ago, 1995, 11 years ago.

Titles escape me now, but there are several westerns I like. Ghost Breakers with Bob Hope is a favorite. I can remember parts of several movies from the 1930's and 1940's that I watched in the 50's and 60's when I was growing up. But I don't know the titles so much. A few Rita Hayworth movies(I think) were good. Cary Grant and Errol Flynn I liked very much. Really, they don't have actors today anything close to those of the golden era of movies. They have replaced the acting with special effects to make up for the lack of true talent.

I love all of the Elvis Presley movies from the '50s. Blue Hawaii was my absolute favorite. Of course, I am a big fan of his music anyway. I also loved the cheesy horror film "The Thing". I still torment my husband with it. LOL

The Adventures of Robin Hood, from the 30's. You know, the technicolor one with Errol Flynn? I love it. =) Actually, I love most of the swashbucklers from that time. They are just so neat, with the extravagent swordplay (because there must always be steps to fight up and down!). Some of the old horror stuff is pretty awesome. I love how the terror is in the atmosphere, not gore. They gave me the chills so much when I was younger. =)

I was born in 1941, saw my first movie in 1943- remember the amazement and fear I felt at the big images. went to the movies every SAturday or Sunday with my little sister, and saw anything they were playing. On Saturdays they had serials- ongoing short movies of superman adventures and various cowboy epics, which I can not recall by name. then there would be the main feature. When it was a musical I was bored and annoyed, but if it was a drama and featured Barabara Stanwyck who I loved, I was into it. I liked drama, the first one I was able to thoroughly enjoy was DOA which has been remade, but wasn't really impoved in the remake. Before television, we required alot less in our drama to be entertained. I loved Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff movies so much. So my sister and I were engrossed in a movie on a sunday afternoon when our father came down the aisle looking for us. He told us to come home right away. That was sdarey. We couldn't think why. Mutely and stiff with anxiety we followed him. When we got home, we saw in our living room, a television set. We were speechless with the thrill. The first show we watched on it was the Canada Dry Circus Hour. It was the last of our week end movie trips.

I love the Marx Brothers movies. I also love to watch the old horror classics like Dracula with Bela Legosi and Frankenstein and the Wolfman. And I also like Mae West. Don't know why but I do.