What Are Your Favorite Movies Made Before 1950?

Free Republic ^ | 12/12/09 | Randita

[Harold Shea]

Great story,Funny as heck.

[calex59]

It Happened One Night is my moms favorite movie,Gable & Lombard, great movie

"It Happened One Night" starred Gable and Claudette Colbert, not Lombard.

I liked William Powell and Carole Lombard in "My Man Godfrey", 1936.

All of the above movies mentioned here on this thread!

[SmokingJoe]

“1939 was probably the best year for so many excellent movies.”

I would tend to agree. Some of the best movies ever made were made in 1939:

Gone With the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Stagecoach
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Ninotchka
Gunga Din
The Roaring Twenties
Dark Victory
Destry Rides Again
Beau Geste
The Women
The Rules of the Game
Of Mice and Men
Babes in Arms

[J40000]

“Oops. Left out anything with a screenplay written by Otis Kribblecobblis.”

Yes indeed! - “It’s A Gift” - 1934

[beckysueb]

Gone with the Wind. Love that one.

[beckysueb]

Splendor In The Grass.

[Smokin' Joe]

Twelve O’clock High

Gone With the Wind

Casablanca

Captain’s Courageous

David Copperfield

King Kong

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Wizard of Oz

Captain Blood

The Four Feathers (1939)

Hell’s Angels

I know, that’s eleven, and there are many, many more.

[Joan Kerrey]

In favorite order but Gone With The Wind and Casablanca are both among the greatest over multiple generations.

Gone with the Wind 1939
Casablanca 1942
King Kong 1933
Miracle on 34th Street 1947
Maltese Falcon 1941
The Grapes of Wrath 1940

[J40000]

Animal Crackers
Monkey Business
Horsefeathers
Duck Soup
Wings
The Big Parade
Captain Blood
The General
Steamboat Bill Jr.
The Circus - Chaplin
The Gold Rush

[buccaneer81]

Splendor In The Grass.

Wrong decade. Made in 1961.

[Political Junkie Too]

Since you mentioned Fugitive from a Chain Gang, let me add another Paul Muni movie, Angel on my Shoulder.

-PJ

[BluesDuke]

In no particular order . . .

The Enchanted Cottage
The Best Years of Our Lives
Made for Each Other
The Shop Around the Corner
The Great Dictator
City Lights
Duck Soup
Casablanca
Dark Passage
Leave Her to Heaven

[buccaneer81]

Singing in The Rain..

Nope. Made in 1952.

[Junior_G]

The Lost Weekend, 1945.

[stop_fascism]

I haven’t. Just added it to my netflix queue.

[buccaneer81]

Lost Horizon

Excellent choice.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

You GWTW fans might want to check out my WWII +70 years posts for the next week or so. Gone With the Wind Mania has broken out in December 1939 and will build until the New York premier on the 19th, with Frank Nugent's review on the 20th.

And anyone interested in classic films can get on my movie only ping list (if you're not interested in news and sports, too, that is) to receive notice when I post movie reviews on the 70th anniversary of their original publication dates. After 'Gone With the Wind' there are some good ones coming up in 1940.

[buccaneer81]

The Lost Weekend, 1945.

Another excellent choice. It and "Days of Wine and Roses" are the two best depictions of alcoholic behavior ever.

[Apple Blossom]

It Happened One Night is not Clarke Gable and Carol Lombard; his co-star was Claudette Colbert.

Fantastic movie I remember seeing for the first time with one of my house-mates in college. We sent up a cheer when she ran across the lawn to her waiting car.

[The_Reader_David]

Animal Crackers
Casablanca
Horsefeathers
Night at the Opera
The Great Dictator
The Maltese Falcon