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Movie Meme Answers
If you like old movies, this is a good group to add to your Netflix list. Or you can wait until they show up on TCM again.
If you like old movies, this is a good group to add to your Netflix list. Or you can wait until they show up on TCM again.
1. It Happened One Night (1934)
Clark Gable won his only Oscar for this. It’s the original “road trip” movie and one of the first screwball comedies.
2. The Lion in Winter (1968)
Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Peter O’Toole as Henry II, Anthony Hopkins as Richard the Lionhearted, John Castle as Geoffrey and Timothy Dalton as King Philip plus a remarkable play and screenplay by William Goldman.
3. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Marlon Brando in a torn t-shirt yelling “Stella” – this is the one that made him a star. Even with all references to homosexuality removed to meetHollywood
4. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. If you’ve only seen the remake, scrub your brain with bleach and watch this one.
5. The Talk of the Town (1942)
Jean Arthur again. This time she had to choose between Cary Grant (nee Archibald Leach) as Leopold Dilg and Ronald Coleman. She gets no sympathy from me.
6. Double Indemnity (1944)
Barbara Stanwyck and her anklet. The quotes were spoken by Edward G. Robinson. This movie is steamy (and I believe it’s one of only two times that Fred MacMurray played a bad guy.)
7. Desk Set (1957)
The second to last Hepburn/Tracy movies, it’s still a delight.
8. The Sting (1973)
Newman andRedford and I can’t believe no one got this.
9. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Paul Scofield deservedly won an Oscar playing Sir Thomas More.
10. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
It’s a little dated but Alan Arkin is so funny that it still works. In a 3-year period he made this, Wait Until Dark (he was terrifying) and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (guaranteed to make you cry), leaving me convinced that he just might be the best American actor ever.
11. Butley (1974)
Alan Bates, Alan Bates, Alan Bates and Alan Bates.
Ben Butley was definitely related to Gregory House.
12. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
My favorite musical of all time. If I’m in a bad mood, the barn raising dance always helps.
13. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
If you haven’t seen Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Mary Astor in this, you obviously don’t like old movies. So why are you still reading this post, angel?
14. Born Yesterday (1950)
Nobody did a dumb blonde who wasn’t really so dumb as well as Judy Holliday.
15. Ball of Fire (1941)
Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, 7 wonderful old character actors, gangsters, an encyclopedia and a lot of laughs. “This is yum. And this is yum. And this is yum-yum.”
Bonus. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth in a sweet, turn-of-the-century comedy. Not a “must see” movie, but still very enjoyable.
Clark Gable won his only Oscar for this. It’s the original “road trip” movie and one of the first screwball comedies.
2. The Lion in Winter (1968)
Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Peter O’Toole as Henry II, Anthony Hopkins as Richard the Lionhearted, John Castle as Geoffrey and Timothy Dalton as King Philip plus a remarkable play and screenplay by William Goldman.
3. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Marlon Brando in a torn t-shirt yelling “Stella” – this is the one that made him a star. Even with all references to homosexuality removed to meet
4. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. If you’ve only seen the remake, scrub your brain with bleach and watch this one.
5. The Talk of the Town (1942)
Jean Arthur again. This time she had to choose between Cary Grant (nee Archibald Leach) as Leopold Dilg and Ronald Coleman. She gets no sympathy from me.
6. Double Indemnity (1944)
Barbara Stanwyck and her anklet. The quotes were spoken by Edward G. Robinson. This movie is steamy (and I believe it’s one of only two times that Fred MacMurray played a bad guy.)
7. Desk Set (1957)
The second to last Hepburn/Tracy movies, it’s still a delight.
8. The Sting (1973)
Newman and
9. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Paul Scofield deservedly won an Oscar playing Sir Thomas More.
10. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
It’s a little dated but Alan Arkin is so funny that it still works. In a 3-year period he made this, Wait Until Dark (he was terrifying) and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (guaranteed to make you cry), leaving me convinced that he just might be the best American actor ever.
11. Butley (1974)
Alan Bates, Alan Bates, Alan Bates and Alan Bates.
Ben Butley was definitely related to Gregory House.
12. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
My favorite musical of all time. If I’m in a bad mood, the barn raising dance always helps.
13. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
If you haven’t seen Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Mary Astor in this, you obviously don’t like old movies. So why are you still reading this post, angel?
14. Born Yesterday (1950)
Nobody did a dumb blonde who wasn’t really so dumb as well as Judy Holliday.
15. Ball of Fire (1941)
Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, 7 wonderful old character actors, gangsters, an encyclopedia and a lot of laughs. “This is yum. And this is yum. And this is yum-yum.”
Bonus. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth in a sweet, turn-of-the-century comedy. Not a “must see” movie, but still very enjoyable.
