What old movies are you watching.

[Marianne]

1935 Midsummers Night Dream
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One of my favorites. For 1935 the special effects are pretty good as are the costumes. Olivia de Havilland good as always and a young Mickey Rooney plays a great Robin Goodfellow (puck) except for that really annoying sound he makes through out the whole movie.


Cast[edit]

L. to R. :Ross Alexander, Dick Powell, Jean Muir and Olivia de Havilland
The Athenian Court

• Ian Hunter as Theseus, Duke of Athens
• Verree Teasdale as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Philostrate, Master of Revels to Theseus
• Dick Powell as Lysander, In love with Hermia
• Ross Alexander as Demetrius, In love with Hermia
• Olivia de Havilland as Hermia, In love with Lysander (as Olivia de Haviland)
• Jean Muir as Helena, In love with Demetrius
• Grant Mitchell as Egeus, Father to Hermia

The Players

• Frank McHugh as Quince, the Carpenter
• Dewey Robinson as Snug, the Joiner
• James Cagney as Bottom, the Weaver
• Joe E. Brown as Flute, the Bellows-mender
• Hugh Herbert as Snout, the Tinker
• Otis Harlan as Starveling, the Tailor
• Arthur Treacher as Epilogue

The Fairies

• Victor Jory as Oberon, King of the Fairies
• Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies Carol Ellis: singing voice
• Nini Theilade as Fairie, Attending Titania (as Nina Theilade)
• Mickey Rooney as Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy
• Katherine Frey as Pease-Blossom
• Helen Westcott as Cobweb
• Fred Sale as Moth
• Billy Barty as Mustard-Seed

 

[R.D.]

I love old movies. One of my favorites is Payment Deferred 1932 - IMDb 1932

History always proves the more things change the more they stay the same

 

[Delta4Embassy]

I love old movies from the 30s or so. Kinda weird though thinking everyone's dead by now. Best one in recent memory was "Things To Come" (1936) Was fascinating to see how on-target they were about WWII and other things.

 

[shart_attack]

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[Syriusly]

Quo Vadis 1951 film - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Robin Hood- Erol Flynn was the definitive Robin. The humor and action still holds up.

The Philidelphia Story- Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart- I can watch that move every year.

 

[Marianne]

Tonight one of my favs.
1943, Song of Bernadette

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Jennifer Jones play a good part and you get to see a young Vincent Price.

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

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• The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 drama film which tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, who from February to July 1858 in Lourdes, France, reported eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was directed by Henry King.
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• Summary: NR · 2hr 36min · Drama
• Estimated budget: $1.60 million USD
• Release date: Dec 25, 1943
• Director: Henry King
• Story by: Franz Werfel
• Awards: Academy Award for Best Actress · Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

 

[Jameson]

"The Wizard of Oz' 1939 - have a very soft spot for this movie and I think it's adorable till this day

 

[Marianne]

The Secret Garden (1949)

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• The Secret Garden is a 1949 US drama film. It is the second screen adaptation of the classic 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The screenplay by Robert Ardrey was directed by Fred M. Wilcox. It centers on a young orphan who is thrust into the dark and mysterious lives of her widowed uncle and his crippled son when she comes to live …
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• Summary: NR · 1hr 32min · Drama
• Estimated budget: $1.43 million USD
• Release date: Apr 30, 1949
• Director: Fred M. Wilcox
• Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Margret O'Brien was a talented child actress and one of my fav's. This movie also features a very young Dean Stockwell.

 

[Roadrunner]

1935 Midsummers Night Dream
A Midsummer Night s Dream 1935 film - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

One of my favorites. For 1935 the special effects are pretty good as are the costumes. Olivia de Havilland good as always and a young Mickey Rooney plays a great Robin Goodfellow (puck) except for that really annoying sound he makes through out the whole movie.


Cast[edit]

L. to R. :Ross Alexander, Dick Powell, Jean Muir and Olivia de Havilland
The Athenian Court

• Ian Hunter as Theseus, Duke of Athens
• Verree Teasdale as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Philostrate, Master of Revels to Theseus
• Dick Powell as Lysander, In love with Hermia
• Ross Alexander as Demetrius, In love with Hermia
• Olivia de Havilland as Hermia, In love with Lysander (as Olivia de Haviland)
• Jean Muir as Helena, In love with Demetrius
• Grant Mitchell as Egeus, Father to Hermia

The Players

• Frank McHugh as Quince, the Carpenter
• Dewey Robinson as Snug, the Joiner
• James Cagney as Bottom, the Weaver
• Joe E. Brown as Flute, the Bellows-mender
• Hugh Herbert as Snout, the Tinker
• Otis Harlan as Starveling, the Tailor
• Arthur Treacher as Epilogue

The Fairies

• Victor Jory as Oberon, King of the Fairies
• Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies Carol Ellis: singing voice
• Nini Theilade as Fairie, Attending Titania (as Nina Theilade)
• Mickey Rooney as Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy
• Katherine Frey as Pease-Blossom
• Helen Westcott as Cobweb
• Fred Sale as Moth
• Billy Barty as Mustard-Seed

Anything with Myrna Loy!!

 

[Marianne]

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

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• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, and Bill Robinson. The screenplay by Don Ettlinger and Karl Tunberg is loosely based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The film tells the story of a talented orphan's trials and tribul…
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• Summary: G · 1hr 21min · Musical
• Release date: Mar 18, 1938
• Director: Allan Dwan
• Production company: 20th Century Fox
• Story by: Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Music by: Mack Gordon · Raymond Scott · Jack Yellen · Harry Revel · Lew Pollack · Sidney D. Mitchell · Arthur Lange

 

[Marianne]

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

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• Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is a comic revision of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. Mr. Dinkle and Jack look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arriv…
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• Summary: NR · 1hr 10min · Comedy
• Estimated budget: $682,580 USD
• Release date: Apr 07, 1952
• Director: Jean Yarbrough
• Prequel: Comin' Round the Mountain
• Sequel: Lost in Alaska

 

[Marianne]

The Little Princess (1939)

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• The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star.
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• Summary: G · 1hr 33min · Drama
• Release date: Mar 10, 1939
• Directors: Walter Lang · William A. Seiter
• Story by: Frances Hodgson Burnett

 

[Marianne]

The line up on this one doesn't get much better. You even have Liz Taylor.

Cast[edit]

• June Allyson as Josephine 'Jo' March
• Peter Lawford as Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence
• Margaret O'Brien as Elizabeth 'Beth' March
• Elizabeth Taylor as Amy March
• Janet Leigh as Margaret 'Meg' March/Brooke
• Rossano Brazzi as Professor Bhaer
• Mary Astor as Marmee March
• Lucile Watson as Aunt March
• Sir C. Aubrey Smith as Mr. Laurence
• Richard Stapley (Richard Wyler) as John Brooke
• Leon Ames as Mr. March
• Harry Davenport as Dr. Barnes
• Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Kirke
• Ellen Corby as Sophie

Little Women (1949)

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• Little Women is a 1949 American feature film. Based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name, it was filmed in Technicolor and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt. The original music score was composed by Adolph Deutsch. The film also …
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• Summary: G · 2hr 2min · Drama
• Estimated budget: $2.78 million USD
• Release date: Mar 10, 1949
• Director: Mervyn LeRoy
• Story by: Louisa May Alcott
• Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

 

[Marianne]

Time for the Christmas themed movies.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

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• It Happened on Fifth Avenue is a motion picture comedy, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore, Charles Ruggles and Gale Storm. The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Story.
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• Summary: NR · 1hr 56min · Comedy
• Release date: Apr 19, 1947
• Director: Roy Del Ruth

 

[Dekster]

I think I want to see a Lion in Winter again. I should google to see if it available online or on DVD.

 

[Marianne]

Holiday Affair (1949)

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• Holiday Affair is a black-and-white 1949 light romantic comedy film starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh. In this modest film, directed and produced by Don Hartman, Mitchum expanded from his typical roles in film noir and war films. It was based on the story Christmas Gift by John D. Weaver, also the film's working title.
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• Summary: NR · 1hr 27min · Romantic comedy
• Release date: Nov 23, 1949
• Director: Don Hartman

 

[Marianne]

Remember the Night (1940)

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1hr 34min · Comedy

• Remember the Night is a 1940 American romantic comedy/drama Christmas film directed by Mitchell Leisen, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. The film was written by Preston Sturges—his last as a writer before he becam…
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• Release date: Jan 19, 1940
• Director: Mitchell Leisen
• Screenwriter: Preston Sturges

 

[Marianne]

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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
NR · Animation
IMDb 6.7/10

• Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July is a 90-minute crossover television film filmed in stop-motion animation in the style of their 1964 Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It premiered on November 25, 1979 on the ABC network.
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• Release date: Jul 01, 1979
• First episode: Nov 25, 1979
• Episode duration: 99 minutes
• Directors: Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.
• Networks: ABC Family · American Broadcasting Company
• Screenwriter: Romeo Muller

 

[Marianne]

A not so old version of A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol (1999)

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adaptation
IMDb 7.4/10

• A Christmas Carol is a 1999 television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous novel A Christmas Carol. It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. The film wa…
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• Release date: Dec 05, 1999
• Episode duration: 95 minutes
• Director: David Hugh Jones
• Story by: Charles Dickens

 

[Marianne]

White Christmas (1954)

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2hr · Musical
IMDb 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes 76%

• White Christmas is a 1954 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen, loosely based on the 1942 film Holiday Inn. Filmed in Technicolor, White …
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• Release date: Oct 14, 1954
• Director: Michael Curtiz
• Music by: Irving Berlin
• Costume designer: Edith Head
• Production company: Paramount Pictures
• Screenwriters: Melvin Frank · Norman Panama · Norman Krasna