I've been watching quite a few old movies lately from the 30's through the 50's (predominantly b&w pictures), with a view to enjoying the stars of the time, and schooling myself a little bit in some of the classics. I'd not watched most of these before, but all were enjoyable and many were great. Do you like old crime thrillers and film-noir pictures from the golden age of film? What favourite's of yours am I yet to see? (I know Casablanca would be a pretty good fit, before you suggest that, but I've seen it several times already).
I've seen the following in the last 2-3 months:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - Lana Turner, John Garfield
Dial M for Murder (1954) - Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
To Have and Have Not (1944) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan
The Big Sleep (1946) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Gaslight (1944) - Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury
The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Aster, Sydney Greenstreet
The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty
Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Out of the Past (1947) - Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
Dark Passage (1947) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
In a Lonely Place (1950) - Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame
Gilda (1946) - Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford
Crossfire (1947) - Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Gloria Grahame
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten
Night of the Hunter (1955) - Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Double Indemnity (1944) - Fred McMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
Notorious (1946) - Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Touch of Evil (1958) - Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - Barabara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles
I've especially enjoyed seeing the work of golden age actresses I was less familiar with, but who were big picture icons of the time, such as Lana Turner, Gloria Grahame, Gene Tierney and Jane Greer.
I've seen the following in the last 2-3 months:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - Lana Turner, John Garfield
Dial M for Murder (1954) - Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
To Have and Have Not (1944) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan
The Big Sleep (1946) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Gaslight (1944) - Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury
The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Aster, Sydney Greenstreet
The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty
Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Out of the Past (1947) - Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
Dark Passage (1947) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
In a Lonely Place (1950) - Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame
Gilda (1946) - Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford
Crossfire (1947) - Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Gloria Grahame
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten
Night of the Hunter (1955) - Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Double Indemnity (1944) - Fred McMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
Notorious (1946) - Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Touch of Evil (1958) - Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - Barabara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles
I've especially enjoyed seeing the work of golden age actresses I was less familiar with, but who were big picture icons of the time, such as Lana Turner, Gloria Grahame, Gene Tierney and Jane Greer.