I love watching old movies, one of my favorite things to do when I have the time. I either rent them ..or I keep an eye on TCM or AMC cable channel lineups for something good.

Every once in awhile, I catch an oldie that I've never seen before that I rave about..and everyone says "Oh yes, I love that movie"... like they've all seen it a hundred times. I just saw "Rebecca" the other day, caught it by accident..and realized even though it was a classic, I'd never seen it before.

Could you share with me some really good old movies that you love? Hoping I see somethign I've never seen before that I can watch for. Even if it's something you're sure everyones seen...

If you have a favorite old movie...

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), October 13, 2000

Answers

Good ole fashion bump

-- bumper (bumper@adelphia.net), October 13, 2000.

It's A Wonderful Life.

Never get tired of it. If it's on tv I have to watch it.

gene

-- gene (ekbaker@essex1.com), October 14, 2000.

Gene! Me too! I love that movie!

I also like the movie "Somewhere in Time." Like "Titanic" it's sad, but sweet.

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), October 14, 2000.

"Harvey" is mine. I like to watch it back-to-back with "It's a Wonderful Life." Why don't we have actors around like Jimmy Stewart anymore?

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), October 14, 2000.

Kritter, this isn't that old a movie, but I judge "Gandhi" to be the best movie I've ever seen. (Ben Kingsley's performance is simply uncanny.)

-- Peter Errington (petere@ricochet.net), October 14, 2000.

Peter, Gandhi was fascinating, wasn't it? Loved it! Good choice!

Gene and kb8, everything with Jimmy Stewart in it, I'll watch over and over. I still view Harvey with childhood glee, and no holiday season is complete without watching "It's a Wonderful Life"! Same for any movies with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in them.

Gayla, I'll have to watch for "Somewhere in Time"...haven't seen that one yet. I certainly loved Titanic. (didn't think I would either..)

I'm thankful for the cable stations that run old black and white movies..and I hope there will always be an audience for them. Not only can you see some fantastic stories, but you can get a feel for the period of time in which the film was made..and that is priceless as well.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), October 14, 2000.

Going My Way, The Grapes of Wrath, Spencer's Mountain (upon which "The Waltons" is based), Casablanca.

Fav "later" film: On Golden Pond.

As you can tell from these choices, I'm a sentimentalist.

-- Dennis Olson (djolson@pressenter.com), October 17, 2000.

Den, haven't seen "Going my Way"...but I think it's a Crosby film, musical, right? Will have to watch for that one on the cable channels..wish the video stores carried more old movies!!!

Casablanca..of course :-) Grapes of Wrath is so depressing...ugh.

BTW, Old war movies, boy oh boy, love those,..!!

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), October 17, 2000.

Movies? That's those moving things on the screen on that box that isn't connected to the modem?

OH! I really like "The Bad Seed". The original version.

See ya in a week or so...

-- helen (BACK@ya.for.a.minute), October 17, 2000.

I caught the middle of an old movie on TV some time back. It was a technicolor movie, and Ingrid Bergman was playing a nun. Then I realized I'd seen it before. It was the old black and white classic "The Bells of Saint Mary's". What I'm getting at is that colorization has gotten very very good.

-- Peter Errington (petere@ricochet.net), October 18, 2000.

A New Leaf with Walter Matthau and Elaine May. Unlikely couple finds common ground and a satisfying life together.

-- (sis@home.zzz), October 21, 2000.

Geeze krit! There are so many!! I have worn out 3 tapes of "It's a Wonderful Life" but I haven't worn out the "King and I" album-what a spectacular movie. My teenage favorite was "Joy in the Morning" with Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimeiux - saw it like 14 times in the theatre!! And then there are the classic horror movies which come to mind, with Halloween appoaching. Who could compare with the eloquent Vincent Price (who was quite an accomplished traveler and an even better cook!). Classics all!

-- Aunt Bee (Aunt__Bee@hotmail.com), October 26, 2000.