What Are Your Favorite Movies Made Before 1950?

Free Republic ^ | 12/12/09 | Randita

[ChildOfThe60s]

—Lady for a Day (1933) **far superior to the Glen Ford remake of 1961. Warren William was great. His Perry Mason movies of the 30s were cool.
—My Man Godfrey (1936)
—Double Harness (1933)
—Murder, My Sweet (1944)
—Ninotchka (1939) Melvin Douglas and Garbo - nice combination
—Comrade X (1940)
—It Happened One Night (1934)

Thank goodness for Turner Classic Movies!!

[JoeProBono]

[Apple Blossom]

Another good film with Claudette Colbert is the story of the confinement of Agnes Newton Keith in a WWII Japanese prison camp entitled “Three Came Home” based on her book. 1950

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Casablanca, 1942

The Big Sleep, 1946
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
The Philadelphia Story, 1940
The Petrified Forest, 1936

Stagecoach, 1939
White Heat, 1949
Sahara, 1943
The Thin Man, 1934

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939
The Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949
Gilda, 1946
Cat People, 1942

I could go on and on...

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

How is it that so many more great movies were made prior to 1950 than after? Is it just me?

Because TV was starting to ruin movies. Before TV, all of the talent and money went into movies. As TV grew, things got dispersed.

[Roscoe Karns]

Angel on my Shoulder

That's a great one. You can watch the entire movie (among others) here:

[longhorn too]

They just don’t make movies like them anymore. I am so thankful that I have AMC, TMC, and Fox movies. Usually I can find a good one on!

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Days of Wine and Roses was one of the most difficult films to watch I’ve ever scene. Just heartbreaking.

[ansel12]

White Zombie 1932
Waterloo Bridge 1931
Cat People 1942
The Old Dark House 1932
Tarzan the Ape Man 1932
Hell’s Angels 1930
The Vanishing American 1925
Nosferatu 1922
Dracula 1931
Frankenstein 1931
Maciste in Hell 1925
Faust 1926

[Stultis]

I like early Hitchcock.

My favorites are "The 39 Steps" (Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll are both brilliant) and "The Lady Vanishes" (possibly the most perfect balance between comedy, romance and suspense Hitchcock ever achieved).

[ansel12]

A great film that is superior to “The Grapes of Wrath” is “The Southerner” 1945.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038107/

[Stultis]

Ooops. I duped you. But added one. (See above.)

[Redhd2]

Hey gg, how about “Carson City Kid”,1945, thats just 64 years ago? :)

[Auntie Mame]

All the Shirley Temple movies.

[Harold Shea]

The movie It Happened One Night is on Utube

All of it

Enjoy all who have never seen it

[wtc911]

Imitation of Life 1934-I cried my eyes out when Delilah died.

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Go ahead, ruin it for everybody...

[goat granny]

I saw them all when just a wee one, but don't remember the names of any of them....If Roy or Gene was in it, it was my favorite...(.No need to get nasty and bring up age, you ageist you.)..Then there was Hopalong Cassidy, Hoot Gibson and Gabby Hayes....

64 is still just a babe in arms....yikes, I am old..

[Migraine]

Go ahead, ruin it for everybody...

I know what you mean. I was standing in line for Titanic when some pooper mentioned that the ship sinks...

[wtc911]

aw man...another one ruined.

[LifeComesFirst]

Potemkin is one of those movies that was influential and left a lasting stamp on every film that came after—but the film itself is rather dull, IMO. I believe Kubrick also felt that Eisenstein lacked substance, so I’m not alone.