What movie is your favorite from the “Golden Age” of cinema? and why?

[Breanna_nonbinary]

I think one of my favorite love stories from the golden era is Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I love the two lost souls finding each other and themselves with each other.

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It’s the only movie that makes me cry every time I watch it.

[Rosexøxø]

• Giant (Rock Hudson/ Elizabeth Taylor/ James Dean)

-West Side Story (Rita Morena/ Natalie Wood)

• The Ten Commandments (Charleston Heston/ Anne Baxter/ Yul Brynner/ Edward G. Robinson)

-It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (4 Mad’s lol) - (Mickey Rooney)

• The Bishop’s wife (Cary Grant/ Loretta Young/ David Niven)

-It’s a wonderful life (James Stewart)

• The Best Years of Our lives (Dana Andrews)

-Pillow Talk ( Kim Novak / Rock Hudson)

• Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (William Powell / Anne Blyth)

-Pal Joey (Frank Sinatra/ Rita HayWorth/ Kim Novak)

• Strangers When We Meet (Kirk Douglas/ Kim Novak)
  
  -All about Eve (Bette Davis/ Anne Baxter)
• Cinderfella (Jerry Lewis)

-Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews/ Dick Van Dyke)

[Rosexøxø]

Guys and Dolls + From Here To Eternity are good ones too.

OMG if forgot to add African Queen to the list with Humphrey Bogart, that’s also a fun one, for me to see

[Rosexøxø]

HOLD ON 2 more and then I’m done! Lol

Clint Eastwood’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

And

Paul Newman’s and Rober Redford’s Butch Cassiday and The Sundance Kid

[Jamie05rhs]

@Rosexøxø This is a GREAT list!!

I COMPLETELY agree with West Side Story, The Ten Commandments, It's A Wonderful Life, Marry Poppins, and African Queen. And the Good the Bad and the Ugly was a good movie, too. Even though I think it's slightly overrated.

(I'm not familiar with the others; sorry.)

[Jamie05rhs]

I am a Jerry Lewis fan, but I have not seen Cinderfella! I will have to look for that one.

[Rosexøxø]

@Jamie05rhs ty! And yes! You’ll love it! MAYBE? It’s the men’s version of Cinderella, but they chose a great princess for him! Love it 🤓🤲

[Jamie05rhs]

@Rosexøxø Sweet! :)

[XHopelessRomanticX]

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers— the songs, the characters, the dresses!!! and the dance scene at the barn raising have always stuck with me.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Breathless by Goddard

It's so artistic and experimental and the whole feel is so abstract. It feels like when you're just letting your mind wander.

The coolest thing to me about breathless is how interesting and realistic the characters are but also how the point of the whole movie is something you can think about for a long time. It's a surprisingly rewatchable movie.

If you're into that sort of thing

[NamerOfStars]

Depending on when you draw the lines, I think either The Third Man or Twelve Angry men. Both fantastic movies that use all SORTS of interesting cinematographic tricks that you don't notice at the time, but which make it more compelling when you do.

[Breanna_nonbinary]

I haven’t heard of The Third Man but I love Twelve Angry Men. Always made me want to be on a jury.

[NamerOfStars]

If you haven't seen the Third Man, do- it's one of those movies that everyone should watch.

[Breanna_nonbinary]

@NamerOfStars have you ever seen A Patch of Blue with Sidney Poitier? Classic movie that seems to be forgotten.

[NamerOfStars]

No, but I'll add it to the list!

[Wraith_Cemetery]

I'm quite the pre-1960s movie buff and really adore the films of earlier eras, especially the Silent Era.

Some of my favourites in the Golden Age are:

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
The Adventure of Robin Hood (1938
Shanghai Express (1932)
Cleopatra (1963)

[Lliam]

Those are great. I also like the 1934 version of Cleopatra a lot.

[Lliam]

There were so many great ones. The "Golden Age" is an apt appellation.

I like Casablanca a lot. But I think my favorite is The Quiet Man. It makes me laugh my ass off.

I could go on and on, but I'll leave it at that.

Actually, I'll name one more absolute favorite. Hell's Angels (1930).

[AngryCarl2]

I didn't know the 1960s were the "Golden Age" or even part of the Golden Age. Don't get me wrong, there are films of the era that I look back on fondly but there were better movies in the 1970s and the cinema had better attendances in the 1930s.

[OfDeath]

I don't know. What is considered the golden era?

[Breanna_nonbinary]

www.studiobinder.com/.../

[OfDeath]

I see. So about 1930 - 1960. Or some shorten it to 1930-1945 while some stretch it from 1915-1960.

If it had to be restricted to the shorter time frame, my favourite movie from the golden age of Hollywood would be Goodbye Mr Chips (1939).

If I'm allowed 1930-1960 I would pick Sunset Boulevard (1950).

If I was allowed to go with the longest time frame, I would say it's The Man Who Laughs (1928).

[AviatorTom]

Based on what movie I've watched... and enjoyed... the most times, it would have to be "The Wizard of Oz", not only a classic story but also one of the first films in color.

[ManOnFire]

The Sound of Music, The Magnificent Seven, and Ten Commandments. I watched like maybe 40 minutes of The Seven Year Itch and it didn't seem very good, which is probably why the critics hated it.

[DizzyDesii]

Wizard of Oz, Shirley Temple films (Heidi, Little Princess, etc), The Parent Trap, and The Birds. I’d like to finish North By Northwest

[exitseven]

So many good movies. Maybe El Dorado with John wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan. Every time it is on Grit i have to watch it

[OddBeMe]

Don’t Jake, it’s Chinatown.

[Rosexøxø]

Jack Nicholson is a gem. I can’t remember but wasn’t he in one who flew over the cuckoos nest?

[OddBeMe]

Yes. Another good one.

[OddBeMe]

Love the always sunny parody

[QuietRunner]

Casablanca or Roman Holiday

To Catch a Thief is good too

[Breanna_nonbinary]

I love Roman Holiday!!! 😃

[QuietRunner]

It is so good

[Rosexøxø]

I can’t believe I forgot Gregory peck. Roman holiday and to kill a mockingbird bird we’re enjoyable films for me by him.

[Iron_Man]

The Rocky movies, Braveheart, etc. etc. so many out there

[dolemite89]

angels with dirty faces, that and public enemy were my fave james cagney films

[CubaPirate]

The Wizard of Oz I just love those corny costumes

[Jennz6]

I would like to see that movie

[Breanna_nonbinary]

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a great love story. Plus it has one of the best songs in it of all time, Moon River.

[Jennz6]

@Breanna_nonbinary oh I love that song 🎶

[Breanna_nonbinary]

And the ending when they look for the cat is so sad. Makes me cry every time.

[Jennz6]

@Breanna_nonbinary Aww 🥰 I always cry too

[Breanna_nonbinary]

There’s a great song by Deep Blue Something that came out in the 90s called Breakfast at Tiffany’s and everyone thinks it an upbeat song but it’s a sad song about a relationship ending.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1ClCpfeIELw

[Jennz6]

@Breanna_nonbinary okay I’ll listen now

[Jennz6]

@Breanna_nonbinary nice, and the guy singing the song 🎶 is cute and the girl at the end of the video walking down the street is also pretty cute 🥰 too

[Breanna_nonbinary]

It’s a great song. It’s about a girl breaking up with the guy and he says hey remember the romantic movie we both loved? It’s a start that we both like it and have that in common.

[Jennz6]

@Breanna_nonbinary yesss I want to have something in common with you

[BrookeS]

I love white Christmas

[BrookeS]

I also like “Gentleman prefer blondes”

[Jamie05rhs]

Casablanca was pretty good.

[LiamJHayden]

To Kill a Mockingbird

[LiamJHayden]

Just love the acting.

[Rosexøxø]

I can’t believe I forgot about that one. It’s a classic

[PainusNdeeAnus]

It’s a Wonderful life obviously.

[Crafteroon]

Rear Window.

[Pterodon]

North by Northwest

[Breanna_nonbinary]

Hitchcock right? Cool. Gotta see it.

[Pterodon]

It is and in my opinion his best

[Breanna_nonbinary]

Sweet. I’ll check it out.

[Pterodon]

Citizen Kane and Casablanca are also considered the gold standards and they’re both great and very much worth watching. Another movie that isn’t from that era but is considered a masterpiece is Apocalypse Now. That is a have to see

[Breanna_nonbinary]

I don’t know if I can sit through Citizen Kane. I’ve heard it’s rather slow. Apocalypse Now is a great movie but I haven’t seen it in years.
I tried watching bringing Up Baby but it was so stressful!!!🫣

[Pterodon]

Citizen Kane makes sense at the very end. It’s all revealed then

[Pink2000]

Pollyanna

[riverrat3]

Imitation of life

[Rosexøxø]

I can’t believe I forgot THAT oneee ugh you guys really know the classic goldies

[riverrat3]

The original in black and white is better than the remake

[Rosexøxø]

I understand your enthusiasm ☺️